Kampala | September 20, 2025 Makerere University has hosted the first-ever Russian Culture Festival and Higher Education Expo, bringing together diplomats, academics, artists, and students to celebrate cultural diversity and deepen Uganda–Russia relations. The two-day event, held from September 19–20, 2025, at Uganda’s premier institution of higher learning, featured performances by Moscow-based artists, Russian language...Read More
Scholars from Uganda, Kenya, and Germany converge to examine land acquisition, wealth accumulation, and inequality under the LARLIREA Project Makerere University on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, officially opened a three-day PhD workshop under the Land Acquisitions and Land Raising Inequalities in Rural East Africa (LARLIREA) Project.The blended workshop, held at the School of Social Sciences...Read More
Makerere University’s Department of Journalism and Communication recently held its 25th Annual Media Convention, a gathering that brought together journalists, communication experts, academics, and students to reflect on the media’s role in shaping Uganda’s democracy — especially as the country prepares for its next general elections. This year’s convention ran under the theme “Responsible Communication...Read More
As Uganda gears up for the 2026 general elections, Makerere University’s Department of Journalism and Communication, in partnership with the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), organized a two-day training aimed at equipping journalists and journalism students with the right skills and ethics for responsible election reporting. Dr. William Tayebwa presenting The training, held at the university’s...Read More
The Great Lakes Center for the Study of the United States at Makerere University has welcomed Professor Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan from the University of South Florida , St. Petersburg Campus (USF), for a month-long academic engagement aimed at strengthening the Center’s research on U.S.–Uganda relations. Professor McLauchlan, an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director...Read More
KAMPALA, September 17, 2025 — The Makerere University Centre for American Studies, in collaboration with Universität Erfurt, Universität Leipzig, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), has launched The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies for the Global South. The hybrid event, hosted in the School of Social Science’s Smart Room, attracted academics,...Read More
September 2025 | SOROTI, Uganda Dr. Enock Ssebuyungo, Head of the Department of European and Oriental Languages at Makerere University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences has called for increased investment in foreign language education, highlighting its critical role in boosting career prospects, cultural exchange, and national development. Speaking at the CALUFU holiday camp in...Read More
Makerere University, 15 September 2025 Makerere University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) officially welcomed the 2025 cohort of CHUSS/Gerda Henkel PhD fellows at an orientation ceremony held at the Rotary Peace Centre on Monday, September 15. The diverse cohort includes scholars from Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, and, for the first time, Lesotho. The...Read More
Makerere University, Kampala – September 8, 2025 The Makerere University Strategic Plan Task Force has commended the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) for its well-organized and substantive response to the ongoing consultations for the 2025/26–2030/31 University Strategic Plan. The college’s position paper, which critically highlighted the marginalization of humanities and social sciences in...Read More
Makerere University, Kampala 2-3 September, 2025 Makerere University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) held a two-day retreat on September 2nd and 3rd, 2025, aimed at repositioning the college within the broader framework of the university’s forthcoming 2025–2030 Strategic Plan. The exercise also sought to ensure that CHUSS’s priorities are aligned with Uganda’s Fourth...Read More
