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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The next Makerere History Seminar will be this Wednesday at 2pm. Dr Anna Adima from @durham.ac.uk will present 'Creative Writing and Historical Method in African Historiography'. Dr Amon Ashaba Mwiine from Makerere University will be the discussant. See the poster for details.

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

'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...

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

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.

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

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

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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...

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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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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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)

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

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.

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

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

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Florence Brisset-Foucault @fbrissetfo.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

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

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The Tongue Turns To The Aching Tooth - Full Documentary

YouTube video by Michiel van Oosterhout

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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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...

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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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Edgar Taylor @edgarjacktaylor.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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

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