The Makerere History and Archaeology Seminar will meet on Tuesday 21 July for a presentation by Dr May Murungi, 'Phytoliths (plant silica): Application in Eastern and Southern African Archaeology, Paleoecology & Taxonomy'. Eugene Ayebare will be the discussant. All are welcome
Edgar Taylor
@edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social
Lecturer at Makerere University Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies; Research Associate Univ of Johannesburg Dept of History, Visiting Fellow Kellogg Institute for International Studies 2025; http://researchgate.net/profile/Edgar-Taylor
'Reading Archives, Memory and Method from Makerere University' is available from #MakPress. This important volume analyzes archiving as a central process in identity formation, community-building, justice-seeking, and the consolidation of and resistance to power. press.mak.ac.ug/book/reading...
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.
The next Makerere History Seminar will be on Tuesday 16 December at 2:00pm (Kampala time). Prof ABK Kasozi will present a paper "What is the way forward for Makerere in the next one hundred years?". Discussants will be Dr Charlotte Mafumbo and Dr Yahya Sseremba. See poster for details
Volume 6 of The Makerere Historical Journal is published and available here: journals.mak.ac.ug/mhj/issue/vi...
Makerere Historical Journal (MHJ)
Peer-reviewed research journal on Ugandan and Eastern African history, archaeology, and heritage. Established in 1975 at Makerere University.
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The next Makerere History Seminar will be on Tuesday 18 Nov at 2:30pm (Kampala time). Simon Werner @eui-eu.bsky.social will present "Social science between Busoga and Chicago: Lloyd Fallers, the East African Institute of Social Research, and the colonial networks of Cold War knowledge". See poster
The Makerere Historical Journal is accepting submissions for articles, reports and book reviews until December 8th for the 2026 issue. journals.mak.ac.ug/mhj/announce...
Makerere Historical Journal (MHJ)
Peer-reviewed research journal on Ugandan and Eastern African history, archaeology, and heritage. Established in 1975 at Makerere University.
journals.mak.ac.ug
Looking forward to presenting tomorrow @rshc.bsky.social about labour and status in Ugandan archives. All are welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-a...
Archival Ambivalence: Labour and Status in Ugandan Archives
A study of labour and status in the history of the Uganda National Archives
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Join us for this event with Edgar Taylor on the Ugandan Archives: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-a...
Archival Ambivalence: Labour and Status in Ugandan Archives
A study of labour and status in the history of the Uganda National Archives
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Please join us for the second Bethwell A. Ogot Memorial Lecture by Prof David William Cohen hosted by the Makerere University Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies this Friday 9am in the Main Hall
Join the Makerere Dept of History, Archaeology & Heritage Studies today at 3pm in CTF1 Room 3.1/3.2 or on Zoom for the book launch of Henri Médard's Colonial Chaos: Land Politics and Conflicts on the Shores of Lake Victoria (1885-1925)
Join us tomorrow morning at Makerere University Main Hall for the first of two Bethwell A. Ogot Memorial Lectures. This one will be delivered by Professor Toyin Falola. The lecture is open to the public.
The next Makerere History Seminar will be this Wednesday at 3pm (Kampala time). Dr Sandrine Perrot of @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social will present "The 'Lea affair' and the Asian citizenship crisis: registering and documenting Uganda Asians (1968-1972)". See poster for details
An interview with recent Makerere graduate Jonathan Mwesige on his MA thesis "Separatist Movement and Identification Documents: A case of Toro District, 1954-1982" teol.ku.dk/english/dept...
Master Thesis Presentation: Jonathan Mwesige
Jonathan Mwesige, CERTIZENS member and recent master's graduate at the Department of History Archeology and Heritage Studies, Makerere University, presents his thesis on 'Separatist Movement and ...
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And here it is ! "The Tongue goes to the Aching Tooth" is now available for free online ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBw7... 1/4
The Tongue Turns To The Aching Tooth - Full Documentary
YouTube video by Michiel van Oosterhout
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Special issue on 'Expulsions: Knowledge, Temporality and Materiality in Africa', published in History and Anthropology, co-edited with Tasha Rijke-Epstein www.tandfonline.com/toc/ghan20/3...
History and Anthropology
Expulsions: Knowledge, Temporality, and Materiality in Africa; Guest editors: Edgar Taylor and Tasha Rijke-Epstein. Volume 35, Issue 5 of History and Anthropology
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I will be presenting at the IFRA History Seminar in Nairobi on 29 November: "The Crime of Pseudonymity: Writing and Authority in the Anti-Indian Buganda Boycott of 1959". To attend, register by emailing: info@ifra-nairobi.net