A Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) Lecture On 6 June, Premesh Lalu will be giving a lecture as part of the programme for the opening of the Leuphana Institute…
The CHR’s Premesh Lalu’s much anticipated new book, Undoing Apartheid, appears in November 2022 with Polity Press. The book responds to the CHR’s inaugural question of the meaning of post-apartheid…
Power: remaking selves, archives, environments Visual History & Theory Workshop 27-28 July 2023 Call for Papers Workshop date: 27-28 July 2023 Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 June 2023 Venue:…
Congratulations Prof. David Scott, Guggenheim fellow for 2023 The Other Universals consortium congratulates our long standing collaborator Prof. David Scott on his recognition as a Guggenheim fellow for 2023. The…
Deadline: 14 April 2023 The South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM) invites contributions for its 2023 conference, hosted by the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western…
OSCILLATIONS: Sonic Inquiries and Practices Attuned to trans-hemispheric engagements in sound and knowledge production, the Akademie der Künste, the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, and Deutschlandfunk…
The CHR hosted its annual Winter School from 17 to 20 October 2022 at the District Six Homecoming Centre in Cape Town. “In addition to fellows and researchers from the…
Publication announcements: Fernanda Pinto de Almeida and Ross Truscott The CHR is delighted to highlight recent publications by Fernanda Pinto de Almeida and Ross Truscott. A humanities inquiry informed by…
The CHR congratulates Rui Assubuji on his recent appointment as Research Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto. Rui is currently a Research Associate within the SARChi Chair…
Join the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs for the book launch of Premesh Lalu’s Undoing Apartheid. Friday, February 03, 2023 8:00 PM SAST / 10:00 AM PST / 6:00…
The Planetary Humanities Workshop takes place on 2 and 3 December, 2022 in Cape Town Building on the outcomes of an online meeting in June 2021, and a precirculated position…
The CHR is offering a range of research grants and fellowships in 2022-2025 to support new research activity in the UWC archives. They form part of the university’s initiative to…