Dr. Pamela Khanakwa Reflects on Dr. Lukwiya and Uganda's Efforts Against Ebola
20 May, 2016
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Ocen Awarded Dissertation Fellowship
29 Apr, 2016
Laury Ocen, fifth year doctoral student at MISR, has been awarded the African Humanities Program Dissertation Fellowship of the American Council of Learned Societies.
MISR Library Extension Pre Bid Meeting
26 Apr, 2016
The Pre bid meeting for the construction of MISR Library extension will take place on Friday 29th April,2016 at 10.00am in MISR Board room.
Attached below is the bidding document.
Why the Management of Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) will not Cooperate with the Vice Chancellor’s Investigation Committee into MISR
19 Apr, 2016
PRESS RELEASE
The Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof. John Ddumba Ssentamu, yesterday circulated a memo on the Makerere University webmail setting up an Investigation Committee into MISR.
A Memo from the Director on Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s Current Position at MISR
16 Apr, 2016
A Memo from the Director on Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s Current Position at MISR
- This memo clarifies the background to the management decision that Dr. Stella Nyanzi vacate her office at MISR and take a seat at the MISR library so long as she refuses to teach in the MPhil/PhD programme at MISR. Contrary to some claims in social media, Dr. Stella Nyanzi has not been fired from MISR. Nor is she being victimized for her political orientation.
The MPhil/PhD Programme at MISR
Call for Papers: MISR Graduate Students' Conference
14 Apr, 2016
Makerere University Institute of Social Research (MISR) has organised a Graduate Students’ Conference for students writing their doctoral dissertations. The conference is meant to enable students to make presentations from original research findings and get valuable feedback from faculty and peers. The conference will take place from 8-9 July at MISR, Makerere University in Kampala.
Thematic areas:
The conference is limited to students working in the study of Africa in any of the following clusters:
Invitation to Apply for post-doctoral fellow positions
14 Apr, 2016
MISR invites applications for two (2) Post-doctoral Fellow positions.
The application should be accompanied by a letter of application alongside the following: Curriculum Vitae, Certificates and Transcripts giving full details of applicants’ education, qualifications, research experience, and naming three referees, plus their postal addresses.
Adam Culver to Present at Makerere University Philosophy Symposium Series
05 Apr, 2016
Dr. Adam Culver, a Visiting Research Associate at MISR will present a paper at the Makerere University Philosophy Symposium Series of the Department of Philosophy in the School of Liberal and Performing Arts.
Title: Immanuel Kant, Johann Herder, and the Birth of Modern Racism.
Date: Thursday, April 14, 2016
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00 pm.
Venue: Humanities Resource Centre (Arts)
Six MISR MPhil/PhD students awarded SSRC Fellowships
22 Mar, 2016
We are proud to announce that six MISR MPhil/PhD students have been awarded various SSRC Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program fellowships for 2016-17.
Two fifth year students Yusuf Kajura and Semeneh Ayalew received the Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship, two fourth years Yonas Demisse and Haydee Bangerezako received the Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship and two third years Charles Prempeh and Yahya Sseremba received the Doctoral Dissertation proposal Fellowship.