Jacob Katumusiime researches on the intersections of Culture and Politics. He has previously facilitated graduate classes in ‘Theories of Culture and Society’ and undergraduate tutorials in ‘Classical and Modern Political Thought’ at Makerere University. Jacob holds an Interdisciplinary PhD in Social Studies, a Master of Philosophy in Social Studies and a Bachelor of Arts with Education (First Class) from Makerere University. He is the Winner of the 2024 Rahamon Bello Award for the Best PhD in African and Diaspora Studies. He was a 2023 Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Government at the University of Bergen, Norway. He was also a recipient of both the SSRC’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship, and the Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
Fellow Status
Current Status
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
About me
Research Focus
His research interests include religion and politics, social movements, political violence, decolonization, and postcolonial studies. He critically engages the different debates in his areas of interest by utilizing both media and scholarly platforms. Jacob’s research vision is of historicizing and theorizing breakaway religious movements in postcolonial Africa. He hopes to not only reshape research and scholarship on religion but also teach the next generation of social scientists in Africa.