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The Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) announces its third Graduate Students’ Conference slated for 28-29 July 2017 for students writing their doctoral dissertation. The conference is an opportunity to present their original findings, engaging strong archival and empirical research. All work has to be original, not papers written from secondary work.

The conference shall take place at MISR, Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

Thematic areas of the conference:

Political Studies

Cultural Studies

Historical Studies

Reflections on Sylvia Tamale’s Inaugural Professorial Lecture
Samson A. Bezabeh

We pleased to announce that research at MISR has featured prominently in The New York Times, both American and International editions, over the past two weeks.

Below, you will find an opinion piece by the director of MISR on the front page of the International edition of the New York Times, 8 January, 2017, titled: “Can African Union Save South Sudan from Genocide.”

MISR congratulates,

Source: http://chuss.mak.ac.ug/news/misr-laury-ocen-successfully-defends-phd-th…

The Director Makerere Institute of Social Research Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, cordially invites you to the PhD Public Defence of Mr. Ocen Laury Lawrence scheduled to take place on 25^th January, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) in Seminar Room 1.

Thesis title: Reading Monuments: Politics and Poetics of Memory in Postwar Northern Uganda.

Supervisors:
1. Assoc. Prof. Okello-Ogwang
2. Dr. Florence Ebila

The abstract is attached below.

Attached below is Prof. Mamdani's article, "Last Hopes to Prevent a Genocide" appearing in the New York Times, Monday January 9, 2017.

2016 Third World Action Project

Agenda

2016第三世界行动计划

日程

时  间：2016年12月18日（周日）－25日（周日）

Dates：December 18(Sun.) - December 25 (Sun.), 2016

地  点：北京 杭州 上海