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Allen Isaacman Collection Annual African History Lecture

Dr Thozama April's unique study comes to life in MAXEKE puppetry and object theatre production Dr Thozama April conducted her research on Charlotte Maxeke, the ‘Mother of Black Freedom’ in South Africa, to pursue her doctoral studies in the Department of Histo...

Honouring the memory of the late Prof Owen Kalinga We are saddened by the recent news of the passing of a colleague and dear friend who served the institution back in the 1990s, as a professor in the Department of Hist...

Changing Museum Times In his latest book, Professor Leslie Witz argues that the conventions and traditions of museums need to be re-evaluated and re-imagined if we are to do justice to changing histo...

2023 African Critical Inquiry Workshop: Archiving Otherwise - Sound Thinking and Sonic Practice The African Critical Inquiry Programme (ACIP) is pleased to announce that the 2023 ACIP Workshop will be Archiving Otherwise: Sound Thinking and Sonic Practice. The project was ...

Apply now: 2023 Zeitz MOCAA & University of the Western Cape (UWC) Museum Fellowship Programme The 2023 Zeitz MOCAA & University of the Western Cape (UWC) Museum Fellowship Programme call for applications officially opens. This call marks the second iteration of...

'Advancing Restitution': a discussion Join Iziko Museums of South Africa and The University of the Western Cape for a discussion between Professor Dan Hicks, Curator of World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Muse...

Zeitz MOCAA and UWC launch pan-African fellowship programme The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) are pleased to announce a year-long fellowship programme developed to educ...

UWC’s new SARChI Chairs promote Visual History and Health Systems Governance The University of the Western Cape now holds two more national research chairs: Professor Patricia Hayes is the SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory; and Prof Helen Schneid...

Women Changing The World At UWC: Did You Know? Women at the University of the Western Cape are leading the way to a better society, educating the leaders of tomorrow and conducting game-changing research into various topics ...