CHR delegation visit
In August 2024, a CHR delegation met with leadership and Humanities and Social Sciences colleagues at Sol Plaatje University to discuss future collaborations and joint research initiatives....
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Centre for Humanities Research: Celebrating milestones
With the recent launch of the next phase of the CHR’s DSTI-NRF Flagship in the Humanities at its new Greatmore facility, we would like to thank our partners, alumni and academic cohorts for bringing the centre to this next phase of its development....
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Launch of the CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab
The CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab was launched on 30 July 2024 by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape and the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande....
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In January, CHCI held its first Africa Humanities Workshop in Addis Ababa, hosted by Elizabeth Giorgis, Associate Professor of Art History, Criticism and Theory in the College of Performing and Visual Art and the Center for African Studies at Addis Ababa University.
The CHR congratulates doctoral fellow Rui Assubuji on winning the Ster Kinekor Encounters Youth Experience Award for Best Short Film at the 20th Encounters Film Festival.
The CHR is pleased to announce that three documentaries produced as part of the Documentary Film course will show at this years 20th Annual Encounters South African International Film Festival.