I am pleased to see that the Uganda Studies Group has issued a formal statement in support of Professor Derek Peterson. The Group has opened its statement for public support. Please circulate widely. You may sign here: lnkd.in/dnR2JhrS
TODAY ZOOM MEETING ID 832 506 8147 PASSWORD UGSG26 TIMES 6 pm, East Africa Time New York, 11 am London, 4 pm Accra, 3 pm Brussels, 5 pm New Delhi, 830 pm
Very much looking forward to speaking at Collected Books in Durham at the end of the month, about both my books Wildly Different and Rebel Women, out in paperback on April 21. How do you defy limits and convention when the world thinks you're not up to it? Collected share.google/oqomVtA1JPC9...
Sarah Lonsdale - Wildly Different: Five Women who Reclaimed Nature in
Come along for a fascinating conversation about women who defied expectation and convention with author, historian, and journalist, Sarah Lonsdale. PRE-ORDER copies of the paperback editions of Wildly...
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Thrilled to announce the upcoming colloquium @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social, "Flowers, Landscape Design, and Political Imagination in African History: Bridging the Gap Between Precolonial Pasts and Colonial Encounters," of which Rahab Kinyanjui and I are colloquiarchs. www.doaks.org/events/garde...
Garden and Landscape Studies Colloquium
November 13, 2026 | Jonathon Earle and Rahab Kinyanjui, Colloquiarchs
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The Ham Mukasa Public Lecture will be delivered on Friday 6th March at the Makerere University Main Hall at 2pm and online. 'His Life and Legacy. A Public Lecture by James Galabuzi Mukasa, Ham Mukasa's Grandson'. All are welcome.
I'm thrilled to be part of the international effort to reimagine the history and legacies of the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition.
Friday 3rd October 5PM East Africa Time, 2PM GMT, Michiel, Jimmy and I will talk about the documentary we made together, The Tongue Turns to the Aching Tooth, together with the wonderful Jon Earle of the Uganda Studies Group.
📣Out now on #firstview! Jonathon L. Earle (@jonathonlearle.bsky.social) (Centre College) on 'Flags and the Politics of Pageantry in Colonial Uganda' #MaterialCulture #Intellectual #History #Activism 20thc 🗃️ 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I am thrilled to see my recent article published in the Historical Journal, which is freely available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
An exciting call for Visiting Research Fellowships at the Cambridge Centre for African Studies.
The Global Intellectual History Seminar will take place on Tuesdays at the OCR in Trinity College, Cambridge. See our website for more details: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
Grateful for Christopher Muhoozi's recent review of Contesting Catholics in the Journal of African History: "In six chapters, Jonathon Earle and Jay Carney present a new interpretation of the history of Uganda in the late colonial period and early postindependence period.”
A fantastic day learning about Entebbe’s deep past with George Ochieng and Joan Atieno.
“The Roosevelt Expedition 2025 is poised to redefine Uganda’s tourism landscape, offering a fresh narrative that links the country’s rich history with its bright future.” nilepost.co.ug/tourism/2290...
Theodore Roosevelt’s Legacy and Its 2025 Expedition to Unlock Tourism Potential
This landmark event aims to celebrate Uganda’s untapped heritage and position East Africa as a prime destination for heritage tourism by launching the Roosevelt East African Heritage Trail.
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The Theodore Roosevelt East Africa Sustainable Development Initiative is a multi-million dollar heritage trail asset spanning from Mombasa to Ajai. And it’s an honour and privilege to work with so many amazing colleagues to strengthen Uganda’s and Kenya’s remarkable tourism cultures.
