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CHILDREN CAREER WORKSHOP  ORGANISED BY PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT

On Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, the PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT organized a career workshop for children from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. 200 children participated.

This was in collaboration with the Muslim Professional League Africa and the International jaamia of ; languages and Professionals Studies.

The travel course seminar had a theme: 'TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING OTHER CULTURES' . It was attended by 25 MA students, Two PhD students and Two Professors  from Princeton Theological College. Members of staff from the department of Philosophy and Religious studies and Students also attended in large numbers.  

The Art Competitions Award Ceremony was held on Saturday 18th November 2023, by UON Centre for Human Rights and Peace (CHRP) in partnership with Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), “We are here to reward excellence in art messaging, and awareness creation. The competition does not have losers, we are all winners by virtue of participation”, said the Vice Chancellor Prof. Stephen Kiama as he commended all the participants, in his speech that was presented by the Dean Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Prof. Jack Odhiambo.

UON Center of Human Rights and Peace (CHRP), hosted an eye-opening colloquium on African sexualities: traditions, perspectives and human rights, on Tuesday 21st November 2023. The colloquium was held in partnership with the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) and the Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN). The event brought together a diverse panel of experts, including legal scholars, theologians, and anthropologists, to shed light on the complex interplay between tradition, religion, and human rights.

The department successfully held the 9TH African Association for the Study of Religions in Africa Conference in Africa at the University of Nairobi Towers from 2nd  to 4th of August 2023

The 9th meeting of the AASR was hosted by the University of Nairobi, from August 2 to August 4.

Here are links to picture galleries from each day of the event:

Pictures from Day 1

Pictures from Day 2

Pictures from Day 3

The University of Nairobi will host the 9th African Association for the study of Religions Conference in Africa at the UoN Towers in August 2-4, 2023.