Research groups in the Faculty of Humanities bring together scholars dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary inquiry on key themes, fostering collaboration across departments and disciplines, mentoring emerging researchers, and contributing to UCT’s mission of producing globally relevant scholarship grounded in African perspectives.
- African Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society (ACRES)
- Centre for Contemporary Islam (CCI)
- Centre for Curating the Archive (CCA)
- Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR)
- Environmental Humanities South (EHS)
- Institute for Creative Arts (ICA)
- Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa (IDCPPA)
- Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA)
- Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research