The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) from 3rd to 4th March 2022 held its fifth annual Gerda Henkel retooling seminar for supervisors, Heads of Departments and Deans who are mentoring PhD students for 2021 CHUSS Gerda Henkel funded PhD training. The goal of the retooling seminar was to discuss and agree on strategies […]
Young people who experience violence during childhood are also likely to be employed in hazardous sectors or do hazardous work, a new Makerere University study has revealed. The study dubbed, “Promoting inclusion in decent work for young people: Will reducing violence help?” was conducted by researchers from Makerere University Department of Social work and social […]
The International Conference on Gender Studies in Africa (ICGSA) closed on a high note on Friday 25th February, 2022 with resolutions on how to champion Gender Studies on the African continent. These called for the need to; theorise from the African context, network across the academia at local level, teach better, conduct more research and […]
Makerere University on Friday, 25th February, 2022 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yunus Emre Institute of Turkey aimed at enhancing international communication and building strong relations with Turkey. The MoU was signed on behalf of Makerere and Yunus Emre Institute by Associate Prof. Umar Kakumba, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) and Dr. Abdullah […]
The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Hon. Janet K. Museveni represented by the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda H.E. Jessica Alupo on 23rd February 2022 officially opened the International Conference on Gender Studies in Africa (ICGSA) at Makerere University. The conference was organized by the College of Humanities and Social […]
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) is set to honor Zadok Adolu-Otojoka as part of the activities to celebrate Makerere@100. CHUSS through the Department of Performing Arts and Film spearheaded by Dr. Milton Wabyona has come up with an event, dubbed “Zadok Adolu-Otojoka Biography Recital: Lessons from Half a Century of Music Teaching”. […]
Introduction Established in 1922, Makerere in the year 2022 will celebrate 100 years of existence. To celebrate this, the Department of Literature, Makerere University sought poetry entries for a competition entitled The Makerere University Centennial Poetry Competition. The entries aimed at showing how far Makerere University has come, and its place in teaching, research and […]
Following successful airings on various TV Stations in 2021 the campaign to create public awareness of Makerere University’s research resumes this week for audiences in Northern, Western, Central and Eastern Uganda. Held under the theme “Communicating Science”, the campaign is part of a project by the Department of Journalism and Communication, College of Humanities and […]
The Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies will publish a special issue of the Makerere Historical Journal in May 2022, as one of the events to celebrate 100 years of Makerere University’s existence. Towards this end, the Department invites scholars who would like to be part of this celebration to submit papers they would […]