{"id":7632,"date":"2025-08-18T17:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/?p=7632"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:46:15","slug":"chuss-hosts-bethwell-a-ogot-memorial-lecture-emphasizes-culture-as-identity-and-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/chuss-hosts-bethwell-a-ogot-memorial-lecture-emphasizes-culture-as-identity-and-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"CHUSS Hosts Bethwell A. Ogot Memorial Lecture, Emphasizes Culture as Identity and Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Makerere University\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7633\" src=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54725363375_148a80c6b5_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54725363375_148a80c6b5_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54725363375_148a80c6b5_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54725363375_148a80c6b5_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54725363375_148a80c6b5_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54725363375_148a80c6b5_o-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/toyinfalola\/\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/toyinfalola\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Delivering the keynote titled <em>\u201cThe Limitations of Culture\u201d<\/em>, renowned historian Prof. Toyin Falola emphasized culture as a vital store of history, identity, and community\u2014honoring the scholarly legacy of the late Prof. Ogot. Falola highlighted culture\u2019s role in shaping worldviews, fostering resilience, and sustaining African societies through colonialism and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details of his lecture courtesy of the Falola network.org on the link below:<a href=\"https:\/\/toyinfalolanetwork.org\/the-limitations-of-african-cultures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/toyinfalolanetwork.org\/the-limitations-of-african-cultures\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makerere University\u2019s College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), through its Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies, held the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liberal-and-performing-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7637,"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7632\/revisions\/7637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuss.mak.ac.ug\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}