2024.12.7 Sat-8 Sun.

ILCAA Symposium ‘Situated Choices, Student Identities and Agencies for University Education in Uganda’

AA研　国際集会　「状況のなかの選択、学生のアイデンティティとエイジェンシー：ウガンダの大学教育と若者たち」

Venue: Room 303, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA),
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
東京外国語大学AA研大会議室303

Language: English, Admission: Free 　

Access: http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/en/about/access

Register:https://forms.gle/QenrrF4ixJUZa7hE9

Please register by 4 Dec 2024!            

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Note: Please encourage younger scholars including graduate students and PhD candidates to attend the casual lunch meeting on Saturday. It will be a great opportunity for their networking across areas of study.
 
 
 
 
【Program】
 
[Day 1- 7th December 2024]
 
10:00-10:20 Opening
 -Welcome Remarks   Dr. SHIINO Wakana (ILCAA, TUFS)
 – Official Opening      Ambassador KAAHWA Tophace
    (The Ambassador of Uganda in Japan,Embassy of the Republic of Uganda)
 – Project Overview Dr. SHIRAISHI Soichiro (Hirosaki University)
 
10:20 – 10:50　Introduction   Prof. ATEKYEREZA Peter (Makerere University/ILCAA,TUFS)
 
11:00 – 11:40
Dr. MUDONDO Constance (Makerere University, Uganda)
Social actors, Life events and Returning to School: Experiences of Non-Traditional Learners of Humanities in Makerere University
 
11:50-13:00 Casual Lunch for Networking among youth researchers
 
13:00 – 13:40
Prof. ATEKYEREZA Peter (Makerere University/ILCAA)
Family Wishes and Student Career Choices in the Social Sciences at Makerere University, Uganda
 
13:50 – 14:30
Dr. MWANIKA Kassim (Gulu University, Uganda)
Development Studies at Crossroads: Unraveling Negative Narratives and the future of Social Sciences in Uganda
 
　   Tea Break ☕（14:30-14:45）
 
14:45 – 15:25
Dr. SHIRAISHI Soichiro (Hirosaki University, Japan)
Route to Makerere Hill: University Access from a Rural Area in Contemporary Uganda
 
15:35 – 16:15
Dr. BABIRYE Rebecca (Tokyo Christian University, Japan)
Japan Chose Me: Exploring Career Trajectories of Ugandan Students Opting for Japanese Higher Education
 
16:20 – 17:20   Discussion of Day 1
 
17:30 – 19:30    Dinner＠Commons cafe #203, ILCAA
 
　Mini concert
      1.   Vl. SHIINO Lukas    Pf. SHIINO Wakana
           ‘Minuet No.3’  by J.S. Bach   
           ‘The Happy Farmer’  by R.Schumann
 
      2.  Vl. SHIINO Jason
          ‘Allegro’  by J.H. Fiocco
                                                 
[Day 2 – 8th December 2024]
 
10:00 – 10:40
Dr. DAIMON Midori (Kyoto University, Japan)
Education as a survival skill: Case of Ugandans who got a scholarship to study in Japan.
 
10:50 – 11:30
Dr. SHIINO Wakana (ILCAA, TUFS, Japan)
How do female humanities students decide on their course and envision their future? ： Women, Education, and Work in Contemporary Uganda.
 
Lunch 🍴　(11:30~13:00)
 
13:00 – 13:40
Dr. KARUSIGARIRA Ian (TUFS, Japan)
Social Science and its Opportunity Structures: A Case for Makerere University Social Science Graduates.
 
13:50 – 14:30
Dr. KITAMBO Enos (Gulu University, Uganda)
Entrepreneurial Intentions Among the Social Science Students: Career Choice or Last Resort?
 
14:40 – 15:20
Mr. AINEBYONA Gordon (Makerere University, Uganda)
Career Choices among Social Sciences Students at Makerere University: The Case of Criminology Majors.　
 
       Tea Break ☕（15:20-15:40）
 
15:40 – 16:50 Comment and Discussion
Comment: Dr. OGATA Shirabe (ILCAA, TUFS)
 
17:00  Closing Remarks
 
Contact: wakana[@]aa.tufs.ac.jp (Wakana Shiino)

 

Hosted by ILCAA, TUFS. Suponsored by TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo)
In cooperation with Makerere University, Hirosaki University, African Studies Center-TUFS(ASC) and Embassy of the Republic of Uganda.

2024年度第3回研究会（通算第3回目）The 3rd meeting of the ILCAA Joint Research Project: Ethnography on Youth ‘hustles’ in Eastern Africa: their imagination and practice 東部アフリカにおける’hustle’する若者たちの民族誌：その想像力と実践力