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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

By Ritah Atukwatse2nd Year Journalism and Communication StudentMakerere University, KampalaSaturday, August 30, 2025 In a demonstration of civic responsibility and environmental stewardship, students from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) at Makerere University joined forces with student leaders and class representatives across various colleges to spearhead a large-scale community clean-up in Kikoni, Kampala....Read More

By Jane AnyangoMakerere University, Kampala | 29 September 2025 Over 300 students from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Makerere University attended an orientation session organized by the Great Lakes Centre for the Study of the United States, a newly established academic initiative aimed at deepening Uganda–U.S. relations through education, research, and...Read More

KAMPALA, UGANDA – Acclaimed Ugandan author and academic Dr. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has issued a call to action for the promotion of African languages, warning that their marginalization is leading to a deep cultural erosion across the continent. Delivering the keynote address at the opening of the  2nd edition of the Kampala Writes Literature Festival...Read More

Makerere University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), through its Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies, held the Bethwell A. Ogot Memorial Lecture on August 15, 2025, focusing on the enduring relevance of culture in African societies. Photo by: https://www.flickr.com/photos/toyinfalola/ Delivering the keynote titled “The Limitations of Culture”, renowned historian Prof. Toyin Falola...Read More