Second Research Dissemination Seminar - Historicizing the Humanities at Makerere University since 1922 (Humanities@Mak100)

The Principal, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS) invites you to register and participate in the second blended dissemination seminar on the subject above scheduled to take place on Thursday, 3rd December 2020 in the E-Learning Room, CTF1, Level 4 starting at 8:30am-1:00pm.

***Brief
The Humanities@Mak100, which is funded by Andrew W Mellon Foundation, critically historicizes and interrogates the past and current positionality of the disciplines of Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences at Makerere University. The Project’s goal is to re-examine the basis and significance of humanities and humanistic social sciences at Makerere University from a historical perspective. The next dissemination seminar will feature the following presentations:

***Presentations
1.The Literary, The Cultural and the Political in Literature Department’s Post-Colony Era: A Historical Perspective – Prof. Dominic Dipio
2.Historicizing the Role of The Performing Arts Department (MDD) in the Development of Theatre Education in Uganda - Dr Nicholas Ssempijja
3.From Generative Grammar to Digital Humanities: Decolonizing’ Linguistics Scholarship at Makerere University - Dr Levis Mugumya
4. Peripheral Archivists: Alternative Historicizing of 1960s Ugandan Violence in Penpoint - Dr Edgar Nabutanyi

***Chair: Dr Edith Natukunda-Togboa

***Virtual participation
Please note that the seminar will be blended. Only a few participants will attend physically. The rest are requested to register and participate online.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrceipqz8tHtztsU3f_cnmgqBI426ZNPZO

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