On 30-31 March 2019, MISR hosted a symposium to plan for a five-year research collaboration entitled: “Decolonisation, the Disciplines and the University”. This initiative is based on a $1.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation and includes the University of Ghana; the American University of Beirut, Centre for the Study of Social Silences, Kolkata; the Ifriqiyya Colloquium at Columbia University, and MISR. The meeting was attended by researchers drawn from the five institutions.

The Director Makerere Institute of Social Research Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, cordially invites you to the PhD Public Defence of Ms. Netsanet Gebremichael Woldesenbet scheduled to take place on Friday 15th February, 2019 at 2:15pm. at Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) in Seminar Room 1.

Makerere University, Directorate of Human Resources invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Finance and Grants Coordinator at the University. To submit your application, use the links on the job details to access an online tool for sending full details of your biodata, education, qualifications, work experience, and all the other required information, including your Curriculum Vitae, Certificates, Transcripts and names and addresses of at least three referees.

The text of the Hormuud Lecture given by Prof. Mamdani at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta. 

The MISR director, Professor Mamdani, gave the prestigious Hormuud lecture at the ASA Annual Convention in Atlanta last week.

The lecture, titled "Decolonization and higher education: the experience of Makerere Institute of Social Research” was delivered on December 1, 2018. A full video presentation will be available on the ASA website in another week.

MISR announces the acquisition of a a new set of 38 book titles from Tanzania Publishing House. For titles, please consult the library.

Source:The New York Times    Sept. 24, 2018

Opinion

The Trouble With South Sudan’s New Peace Deal

The agreement will divide the country into a collection of tribes and disenfranchise minorities in each tribal homeland.

By Mahmood Mamdani