Humanities Institute
The Humanities Institute stands for transdisciplinary and innovative, research, and transformative knowledge production for a future Africa. Led by Arica’s pre-eminent humanities scholars, it is a southern African and regional hub for the incisive study of the challenges our continent faces. It also constructively develops Africa-focused research networks to empower African knowledge scholars globally.
About us
The Humanities Institute (HI) is one of the projects of the College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
The HI was founded on Saturday, 31 August 2019, during a three day NIHSS-sponsored workshop at the Unite Building, Howard College Campus.
The first Chair and Director of the HI, was Prof Nhlanhla Mkhize, followed by Prof Johannes A. (Jannie) Smit (since 30 June 2020).
The HI has a number of partnership projects.
- The NIHSS Doctoral School (est. 2014)
- The NIHSS Postdoctoral Fellow Programme (est. 2020)
- The UKZN Doctoral Academy (est. 2019)
- The J.L. Dube Chair in Rural Education
- Alternation Journal (est. 1994)
- Alternation African Scholarship Book Series (AASBS) (est. 2020)
Research Projects
- Researcher Professor
- HI Research Groups
- NIHSS Working Groups
- Mellon Early Career Scholars
Catalytic Projects
- NIHS Doctoral School
- Doctoral Academy
- NIHSS & CHUM Postdoctoral Fellows Project
Affiliated Projects
- African Languages
- Ma’at Institute
- JL Dube Chair
- CCRRI
- Centre for Creative Arts Institutes
- Centres, Units & Journals
Internationalisation & Collaboration
- Internationalisation Cooperation
- Provincial Collaboration
- Inter-provincial Collaboration
Contact Information
HI Committee
Prof. Nhlanhla Mkhize
Deputy-Vice Chancellor
Prof. Johannes Smit
Hi Chair
Prof. Saleem Badat
Research
Prof. Johannes John-Langba
Doctoral Academy
Prof. Nobuhle Hlongwa
African Languages Project
Prof. Relebohile Moletsane
J.L. Dube Chair in Rural Education
Dr Ismail Mahomed
Institute for Creative Arts