Centre for Humanities Research

Join us Monday 16 November 2026 at Iyatsiba Lab, Woodstock, for the year’s final Humanities in Session Seminar. Michael Neocosmos presents “Twelve Theses on Thinking and Overcoming the Neocolonial in Africa.” 13:00–15:00. RSVP: [email protected] #Humanities

Join us Thu 29 Oct 2026, 13:00–15:00 at Iyatsiba Lab, Cape Town, for “Underwater Cables & Global Digital Infrastructure.” RSVP: chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/humani… #Humanities #DigitalInfrastructure

Looking Together — CHR's International Workshop in Visual History & Theory, 16–17 Oct 2026 at Iyatsiba Lab. On migration, solidarity & mobility. Makuapis exhibition launches 15 Oct, 16:00 (book 15:30); runs until 15 Nov. RSVP: [email protected] #VisualHistory

CHR’s International Workshop in Visual History & Theory — "Looking Together" — 16–17 Oct 2026 at Iyatsiba Lab, Université Paris 8. Themes: migration, solidarity, mobility. Keynotes: Zeynep Gürsel (border‑surveillance photography) & Raphael Grisey (Bouba Touré archive).

Join our own Sam Longford in conversation with Zakes Mda today — doors 17:30, event 18:00 at The Book Lounge (Cnr Buitenkant & 71 Roeland St, Cape Town City Centre). RSVP: [email protected]. More: chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/title-… #BookEvent #CapeTown

Join us Thu 15 Oct 2026 at Iyatsiba Lab, Woodstock, Cape Town for the Humanities in Session seminar 'Facing the Heat in South Africa' — Vishwas Satgar in conversation with Lee Walters. 13:00–15:00. #Humanities #ClimateJustice

Join us and Jazz in the Native Yards for a Solo Showcase with Andile Yenana in conversation with Valmont Layne on Wednesday, 23 September. Time: 17:00–19:00 Venue: Iyatsiba Lab Free event — tickets via FIXR: fixr.co/event/andile-yenana-…

CHR and Encounters invite you to a film screening and masterclass with Brendan Canty on Mon 21 Sep 2026 at 11:00, and a film screening + panel on Tue 22 Sep 2026 at 14:00. Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore St, Woodstock. Free — RSVP essential: [email protected]

Join us Thu 3 Sep, 13:00–15:00 at Iyatsiba Lab, Woodstock (Cape Town) for Archive Lab: HOME: IE — Naoya Yoshikawa. After his family home’s sale, Yoshikawa’s photographs explore place, memory, loss and belonging. Works-in-progress; no independent recordings#ArchiveLab #Photography

We are deeply saddened to share that Tiisetso Dladla passed away in Johannesburg on 11 Aug 2026. She was a doctoral fellow in New Archival Visions (NAV) at the Centre for Humanities Research, with her PhD registered in the Dept of Historical Studies. #InMemoriam #UWC

Please join us and the District Six Homecoming Centre for Burn/t Out — The Legacy of Forced Displacement in North(ern) Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ with Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne. Tue 25 Aug, 18:00 (for 18:30). Venue: District Six Homecoming Centre (Buitenkant & Caledon St).

Join us Thu 20 Aug at Iyatsiba Lab for Humanities in Session: Artists' Forum with guitarist/composer Reza Khota—performing in SA and internationally for 25+ years. 13:00–15:00, Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore St, Woodstock (enter via Regent St). #ArtistsForum

Join us & the District Six Homecoming Centre for "Burn/t Out" — the legacy of forced displacement in Northern Ireland’s 'Troubles' with Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne. RSVP essential: [email protected]. Tues 25 Aug, 18:00 (for 18:30).

Join us Thu 13 Aug, 13:00–15:00 at the UWC Innovation Hub for Archive Lab: "Immersive Technologies and the Archive" with Meghna Singh & Kyle Marais. Start with an Immersive Zone tour, then a moderated discussion. Works-in-progress—no independent recordings. #ArchiveLab #UWC

Please join us on Thursday 30 July for Humanities in Session: Artists' Forum with Tshegofatso Moeng. Date: Thursday 30 July Time: 13:00–15:00 Venue: Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore Street, Woodstock (enter via Regent St) For more infomation: chrflagship.uwc.ac.za/humani…

Please join us for Archive Lab (NAV, UWC) on 16 July 2026, 13:00–15:00 at Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore St, Woodstock. Brian Tilley & Makonenyana Molete (VNS/Afravision) discuss documenting resistance in 1980s South Africa. RSVP [email protected] #archives #SA

Call for papers: International Workshop in Visual History and Theory — Regarder Ensemble / Looking Together. Explore collective modes of looking and activation across images and media. Deadline: 17 July.

Join us Tuesday 7 July for "Moving between Facts and Fabulations: Some Notes", a lecture with the CHR Winter School. Time: 5:30–7:00pm Venue: Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore Street, Woodstock RSVP: [email protected]

Join us Thu 9 July — Hecuba screening 3:00–5:00pm; lecture with Morna Regan & Lynne Parker 5:30–7:00pm via Charlotte Maxeke–Mary Robinson Research Chair. Iyatsiba Lab, Woodstock. RSVP: [email protected] #WinterSchool

Diana Vives' "The Sky Beneath", on The Iyatsiba Lab wall along Greatmore St (the old racial municipal boundary), embodies the CHR's hemispheric humanities—political, aesthetic and academic. I donated it after meeting Premesh Lalu; I hope it provokes conversation. #Humanities #Art