HUMA - INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES IN AFRICAContract • February 17th, 2021
Contract Type FiledFebruary 17th, 2021HUMA is an interdisciplinary research institute at UCT, based in the Faculty of Humanities. Its primary objectives are threefold: to undertake and champion interdisciplinary research and exchange; to promote the next academic generation; to contribute to social commentary and debate that straddles academic and non-academic publics. Each is undertaken from the vantage point of an Afropolitan outlook and Pan African approach, and an interest in establishing appropriate linkages and relationships elsewhere on the continent and globally. HUMA’s intellectual agenda is shaped by one central theme: On Being Human, which is organised around four research clusters: (1) Humanity and its Limits, (2) Human/Non-human, (3) Humane/Inhumane, and (4) Humanist/Anti-humanist. Amongst the Institute’s strategic initiatives are: a publications and dissemination programme, a lusophone programme, a policy and public engagement programme, a grants and fundraising programme, and a skills development programme f