CHCI in Africa
In 2016, CHCI undertook a new collaborative and international research project in the humanities with a regional focus on Africa. That ongoing initiative is comprised of two projects: a mapping of the Humanities in Africa and the creation of CHCI Africa Humanities Workshops involving scholars from throughout the African continent and around the world. The whole project is conceived simultaneously as both regional and as a fundamental element of engagement in a globalizing world. Articles and interviews within this series highlight the people and events that have contributed to this initiative as well as its legacies.
East African Deans of Humanities Symposium
This report outlines the key ideas and strategic insights emerging from the East African Humanities Deans Symposium held at Moi University, Kenya, on 5-6 May 2025, and hosted by Moi University African Cluster Centre. The Symposium was convened to examine the current condition, challenges, and prospects of the humanities in regional higher education.
Astonishing African Futures
This fourth and final episode of Ideas from Africa asks how do African science fiction writers tell stories about their own imagined future?
Pauline Strong: On the CHCI/Mellon Global Humanities Institute on Climate Justice and Problems of Scale
An interview with Pauline Strong, former director of the University of Texas Humanities Institute, reflecting on the CHCI/Mellon Global Humanities Institute on Climate Justice and Problems of Scale hosted at the University of Pretoria July 29th - August 7th, 2022.
Decolonizing the Mind
This third episode of Ideas from Africa explores what "decolonizing the mind" portends for African writers, thinkers, and revolutionaries as well as its global significance in the twenty-first century.