School of Liberal and Performing Arts

You are cordially invited to participate in the dissemination seminar of a research project titled;“Building Bridges and Creating Social Cohesion for Harmonious Co-existence between Forced Migrants and Host Communities in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Yumbe District, and Kiryandongo IDP Settlement, in Kiryandongo District”. The research was supported by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF).

***Project team

1. Dr Samson Barigye – Principal Investigator

2. Dr Charlotte Karungi Mafumbo

3. Dr Veneranda Mbabazi

4. Mr. Umar Sserunjogi

***Registration for online participation

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://bit.ly/3vKeE2e

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

***Project summary

The project was aimed at researching and exploring approaches and strategies for building bridges and creating social cohesion for harmonious coexistence between forced migrants (refugees and IDPs) and host communities, with a focus on Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in Yumbe District and Kiryandongo refugee and IDP resettlements in Kiryandongo district. This project was based on the fact that the relationship between forced migrants (refugees and internally displaced persons/IDPs) and hosting communities is not positive and constructive. By 2017, Uganda hosted the third largest number of refugees worldwide, with 1.4 million after Turkey and Pakistan with 3.5 million (UNHCR, 2017). The Ugandan government established settlements to settle refugees. For the case of internally displaced persons, the government resettles them to safe areas. By 2018, Government had resettled IDPs from Bududa district in Kiryandongo District after these were displaced by landslide. As a result, co-existence between forced migrants and host communities remains a challenge. The relationship between the forced migrants and the host communities are characterized by tensions and violent conflicts. It is against this background that this project was designed to propose how these two communities – forced migrants and hosting communities – can live in harmony and how they can resolve their conflicts.

Programme, policy brief and project summary attached below

All First Year students from the School of Liberal and Performing Arts, CHUSS are hereby invited to a training on online learning today, 25/03.2021 at 2:00pm, CIT Big Lab 2, Block B.

The Dean, School of Liberal and Performing Arts invites you all to Mr Mahajubu Abudul's PhD defense scheduled to take place on 29th March 2021 starting at 10:00am in the E-learning room, CTF1, Level 4.

Thesis title: Identity, Indigeneity and Contested Citizenship among the Nubi in Uganda

Supervisors: Dr. Pamela Khanakwa and Dr. Simon Peter Rutabajuuka

Link for online participation

https://bit.ly/38Pc5m7

Meeting ID: 910 6141 1878

Passcode: 740010

See abstract below

The Dean, School of Liberal and Performing Arts invites you all to Mr. Okeny Charles Kinyera's PhD defense scheduled to take place on Monday, 12th April 2021 starting at 10:00am in the E-Learning Room, CTF1, Level 4.

Thesis title: Human-Environment Interactions of the Palabek Cultural Landscapes in the Last 2000 Years  

Supervisors

1. Dr Dr. Elizabeth Kyazike

2. Dr. Gilbert Gumoshabe 

 Link for online participation

 https://bit.ly/2Rki6RJ

 Meeting ID: 963 3763 1471

Passcode: 434671

See abstract below

The Centre of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen, the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University warmly invite you to the Public Launch of CERTIZENS, an innovative, interdisciplinary and multi-sited collaborative research project focused on the logics, policies and practices of regimes of citizen certification and on IDs across different African contexts.

Date: Friday, 5th March 2021

Time: 11:00-12:30 CET

Registration for online participation

Please click on the link below to register for the event

http://bit.ly/37CeLTe

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For more information, contact Amanda Hammar at aha@teol.ku.dk

***INVITATION TO A PANEL DISCUSSION ON "THE VICTORY OF ADWA AND PAN-AFRICANISM"

The Embassy of Ethiopia in Kampala in collaboration with the Department of Development Studies, Makerere University invite you to participate in a panel discussion on “The Victory of Adwa and Pan- Africanism”. The discussion is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 25th February 2021 from 1:30pm-4:30pm. The presentations will explore the importance of Adwa’s victory in further strengthening African Unity and in particular promoting Pan-Africanism.

***PANELISTS
1. Prof. Sumet Sishagn, Emeritus Professor of History in Ethiopia
Presentation – The Battle of Adwa: Critical Factors that Contributed to the Resounding Victory at Adwa

2. Prof. Sabiti Makara, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Makerere University
Presentation – The Adwa Victory’s Relevance to Current Challenges to African Integration and Sovereignty

3.Mr. Mwambutsya Ndebesa –Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Makerere University
Presentation -  The Adwa Victory and its Significance to Africa and Pan-Africanism

4. Dr Asiimwe Godfrey – Associate Professor of Development Studies, Makerere University
Presentation – Lessons from Adwa to the Young Generation and Future of Pan-Africanism

***DISCUSSANT
H.E Thelma Awori: Former Assistant Secretary General of the UN and Director of the Africa Bureau, UNDP and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Liberia to the Republic of Uganda

***LINK FOR ONLINE PARTICIPATION

https://bit.ly/3bBPASe

Meeting ID: 902 809 7396
Passcode: 908209

This is to cordially invite you to participate in the aforementioned research dissemination workshop scheduled to take place on Thursday, 25^th February 2021 starting at 9:00am in Senate Conference Hall, Level 4. The project is supported by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere Research and Innovations (Mak-RIF). “National Symbols and Values: Implications for Patriotism and National Development” is a multi-year project, with this dissemination concluding the first year of the project actives. The project aims at building a conscious, knowledgeable and participatory citizenry that lives by the national values with patriotic consciousness and practice at both individual and national levels.

***PROJECT TEAM

**Principal Investigator - Dr. Paddy Musana (Department of Religion and Peace Studies, Makerere University)

**Co-investigators: Assistant Commissioner JJ Bakalikirwa of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, Ms. Naomi Namanya (Department of Religion and Peace Studies, Makerere University), Dr. Marion Alina (Department of Journalism and Communications, Makerere University). Research Assistants Mr. Nelson Bahati, Ms. Mary Tweheise, and Shedrack Enzama. The project is coordinated by Ms. Catherine Nankya.

***REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE PARTICIPATION

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://bit.ly/3dob8nD

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

***DETAILS ON THE SEMINAR

The dissemination workshop will entail presentation of findings from representative areas of the country’s four sub-regions; Gulu (Northern sub-region), Soroti (Eastern sub-region), Mukono (Central sub-region) and Kyenjojo (Western sub-region), and also from media practitioners. These findings follow interactions between the project team and key stakeholders, who shared their views on the understanding and appreciation of four key national symbols; the flag, anthem, court of arms and the 1995 constitution. In addition, the discussions entailed an analysis of the country’s core values of unity, peace, equality, democracy, freedom, social justice and progress as laid down in the preamble of the constitution.

The research dissemination workshop will therefore present another opportunity for participants to further appreciate the aforementioned symbols and values in relation to patriotism and national development.

Programme and event flyer attached below

The Dean School of Liberal and Performing Arts invites you all to Mr. Francis Okello's PhD defense set to take place on 24th February 2021 at 10:00am in the E-Learning Room, CTF1, Level 4.

Thesis title: Trans-national Organized Crime: Challenges Faced by Law Enforcement Agencies in Curbing Narcotic Drug Trafficking along Uganda-Kenya Border

Supervisors: Dr Eria Olowo Onyango and Dr Christine Mpyangu

See abstract below

The Dean School of Liberal and Performing Arts invites you to Mr Deogratius Kyanda Kannamwangi's PhD defense scheduled to take place on 25th February 2021 starting at 10:00am in the E-learning Room, CTF1, Level 4.

Thesis title: From Mission to Local Church: A History on the 'Indigenisation' of the Catholic Church in Buganda, 1913-2012

Supervisors:  Dr Deo Katono Nzarwa and Dr Wilfred Lajul

Abstract attached below