It gives me great pleasure to announce the visit of Prof. Mahmood Mamdani to the University of Oslo. Prof. Mamdani has been one of the most important voices on African history and politics in the past four decades.
Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, the Executive Director of MISR will be one of three giving Keynotes on Monday 6 June 2016 titled, "The Politics and Geography of Knowledge” during the NORHED Conference 2016, Knowledge for Development at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA).
He will also give a Public Lecture on "South Sudan: The Road to Civil War” at 17:00-19:00, Tuesday 7 June 2016 at Oslo Academy of Global Governance Distinguished Lecture, University of Oslo, Gamle festsal, Karl Johans gate 47.
MAKERERE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (MISR)
Interdisciplinary MPhil/PhD Programme in Social Studies
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO 2017 CLASS
Dr. Lyn Ossome was recently a visiting scholar at the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, from 24 April - 6 May.
Contributing to the Contemporary Third World Thought Lecture Series (III) organised by the International Institute for Cultural Studies (IICS), she gave four talks featuring her ongoing research on democratic transitions, human rights, gendered subjectivities and violence.
MISR invites applications for two (2) post-doctoral fellow positions. The position is re-advisertised with revised requirements as indicated below.
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.
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
The MPhil/PhD Programme at MISR