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Winter School 2021:
Fragment and Form

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CHR Winter School 2021 on the theme of Fragment and Form was a hybrid event, hosted online and in-person at the Bertha Retreat at the Boschendal Estate in Franschhoek.

Love and Revolution in the Twentieth-Century Colonial and Postcolonial World

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The CHR is very pleased to announce the publication of Love and Revolution in the Twentieth-Century Colonial and Postcolonial World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), edited by G. Arunima, Patricia Hayes, and Premesh Lalu.

Keynote Address: A Prolegomenon towards ukuNqakula as an Aesthetic and Political Location

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Professor Thembinkosi Goniwe will be delivering a keynote address “A prolegomenon towards ukuNqakula as an Aesthetic and Political Location” as part of the Other Universals Virtual Institute 2021 inquiry into Aesthetics and Politics on Tuesday, 23 November.

Curating in the Dark

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CHR Doctoral Fellow Phokeng Setai was among nine speakers invited to participate in the colloquium BLACK SELF/ a conversation, convened by Ashraf Jamal in partnership with the NIROX Foundation.

Kinetic Objects: Humans and Things and Puppets

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Kinetic Objects is a teaching collaboration emerging from the Centre for Humanities Research and the Jackman Humanities Institute in the framework of the partnership on Aesthetic Education: A South North Dialogue, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Performing Charlotte Maxeke

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With 2021 being declared “The Year of Charlotte Maxeke,” the DSI-NRF Flagship on Critical thought in the African Humanities at the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, has embarked on a special production based on the life of Maxeke.