The Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) is hosting a series of two-day Workshops on Contemporary Debates in the social sciences and humanities during May 16-21 and June 6-9.
The Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) is hosting a series of two-day Workshops on Contemporary Debates in the social sciences and humanities during May 16-21 and June 6-9.
The themes of the Workshops are Gender in the Public Sphere; Political Economy; Political Studies; Literary and Cultural Studies; and Historical Studies.
The Workshops bring together leading researchers in these fields to talk about how their research agendas have changed over time in response to changing social and political contexts and ongoing debates in their disciplines. In a context where a pervasive consultancy culture has created a widespread assumption that research is about finding answers to questions asked by someone else, we aim to give the scholarly community an opportunity to reflect on what it means to formulate a question for research. For it is those who set the question, and not those who give the answer, that define the direction of knowledge production.
All workshops begin at 9.30 AM and will be held at the MISR Seminar Room. Room will be limited to 50 so as to allow for direct participation. Participation is by prior registration only. For how to register, and for more information on activities at MISR, please see the MISR webpage: http://misr.mak.ac.ug
Downloads
MISR Contemporary Debates Workshops Brief: PDF Version, Postscript Version
Workshops Programme: PDF Version, Postscript Version
Speaker Profiles by theme
Gender in the Public Sphere (16-17 May, 2011): PDF Version, Postscript Version
Political Economy (18 May, 2011): PDF Version, Postscript Version
Political Studies (20-21 May, 2011): PDF Version, Postscript Version
Literary and Cultural Studies (6-7 June, 2011): PDF Version, Postscript Version
Historical Studies (8-9 June, 2011): PDF Version, Postscript Version