Robyn HUMPHREYS

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• HERA

Robyn HUMPHREYS

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University of the Western Cape

Biographie

Robyn HUMPHREYS is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of the Western Cape. She recently completed  her PhD in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town. Her PhD research explored how recent histories of contract and historical archaeology shaped heritage practice when a 18th century burial ground, with enslaved human remains, was discovered in Green Point, South Africa. This project led to research  focused on heritage policies related to the dead from archaeological sites and the avenues communities can use to make claims to ancestral remains in South Africa. She is also currently conducting provenance research for ancestral remains currently at the Institute of Anatomy at Leipzig University.

Recent publications/ contributions

Bam-Hutchison, J. & Humphreys, R.A. (2025).
“Recalling Indigenous Knowledge in Cape Town”, in Being and Becoming Indigenous Archaeologists, Volume II.
Edited by Nicholas, G. and Watkins, J.
Publisher: Routledge.

“Mourning the Dead: Connecting People, Places and Remains. Prestwich Street Burial Ground: Memory Contestations in Cape Town”
Podcast produced by Schasiepen, S. and Burnett, A.
Written by Humphreys, R.A.
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/28j504hqdTe0YZFGB495ww

UnRest Documentary
R.A. Humphreys appears in this documentary directed by Professor Siona O’Connell of the University of Pretoria.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne_pAk6Y_yU

“The Taung Child Turns 100: Reflecting on a Century of South African Palaeoanthropology”
Webinar hosted by the Human Evolutionary Research Institute at the University of Cape Town.
R.A. Humphreys’ presentation is available here:
https://www.crowdcast.io/c/9pa2gi0byrmh