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READ MORE DSTI-NRF Call for Application Endorsements: UK-SA (NRF) Bilateral Chair in Culture and Technics, & SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory.

The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) invites applications from candidates seeking grantholder endorsement for DSTI-NRF Master’s and Doctoral Student Funding for the academic year 2027. Successful applicants will work alongside a team of leading researchers at the CHR under either the UK-SA Bilateral Chair in Culture and Technics, or the SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory....
READ MORE Humanities in Session: Artist Forum with Cedric Nunn

This session focuses on the work and photography of Cedric Nunn, who will be in conversation with Candice Jansen.
READ MORE Exhibition Launch: Together/Apart

The Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape and the Little Museum of Dublin are proud to present Together/Apart, which opens on Wednesday 13 May in Ireland.
September 9, 2025

Film Screening: Albie: A Strange Alchemy

The Centre for Humanities Research (UWC) and the Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival cordially invite you to the second session of ENGAGE/REFLECT/CREATE: The CHR-Encounters Documentary Series, a monthly screening programme which will run until December 2025.
August 19, 2025

ENGAGE / REFLECT / CREATE: The CHR-Encounters Documentary Series

The Centre for Humanities Research (UWC) and the Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival cordially invite you to the opening session of ENGAGE/REFLECT/CREATE: The CHR-Encounters Documentary Series, a monthly screening programme which will run from now until December 2025.
July 29, 2025

African Critical Inquiry Programme Announces 2025 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award

The African Critical Inquiry Programme has named Maja Jakarasi as recipient of the 2025 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award. Jakarasi, a Zimbabwean student in the Anthropology Department, is working on his PhD at the University of the Western Cape. Support from ACIP’s Ivan Karp Award will allow Jakarasi to pursue significant research for his dissertation.