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Tribute to Prof. Emmanuel TUMUSIIME-MUTEBILE
Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, scholar.
What is Uganda?
Source: Monitor
Book Review: Violence in the Rwenzori region and the puzzle of ethnicity
Source: Nile Post
Adventino Banjwa
Why would people rise up in their multitudes to kill their neighbours, or, at least, cheer when the state is slaughtering them? Why is having a separate district so important to members of an ethnic group that they kill and die for it? How does one explain the popularity of this violence?
The problem of the humanities and social sciences.
Written by DR. YAHYA SSEREMBA
Source: The Observer Newspaper
It is interesting to see how scholars defend the humanities and social sciences in the face of criticism.
As critics question the practical usefulness and marketability of such branches of knowledge, the defenders have responded as follows:
Sseremba sheds light on ethnicity, violence in the Rwenzori region
Source: The Observer Newspaper
Anchored in the tradition of critical historians and theorists, such as Yusuf Bala Usman, Talal Asad and Mahmood Mamdani, YAHYA SSEREMBA has produced an indispensible book on ethnicity and mass violence in Uganda.
Rethinking the state & dev't in post-COVID-19 neoliberal Uganda
Source: The Observer Newspaper
On August 12, 2021, SEATINI Uganda organised a one-day conference, bringing together selected members of civil society organisations and the academia to discuss the role of the state in development today.
The conference also availed preliminary points of departure, if only theoretical, for the new intellectual formation, the Equator School for Alternative Development – itself a brainchild of SEATINI Uganda.
Jobs at MISR: We are inviting applications for the position of Director and two Research Fellows
POSITION OF DIRECTOR MAKERERE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (MISR)
Application deadline - 01/ September/ 2021
1. Reporting:
The Director, MISR reports to the Deputy Vice Chancellor – Academic Affairs, Makerere University.
Three MISR doctoral students awarded SSRC dissertation research fellowship for 2021-2022
SSRC's Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program has awarded 3 MISR doctoral students a dissertation research fellowship for 2021-2021.
The awardees are:
- Atwijuka Anitah
- Katumusiime Jacob
- Lunyago Muhamed
MISR warmly congratulates the awardees for upholding the tradition of superior scholarship at MISR.
The World's Top 50 Thinkers for 2021
Professor Mamdani has been nominated by Prospect magazine in its annual list of the World’s Top 50 Thinkers for 2021. Please scroll down the list alphabetically.
Mahmood Mamdani