UNILAG VC ADVOCATES STRONGER TRANSNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AMONG IVORY TOWERS
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, FAS, has buttressed the need for a stronger transnational partnership among ivory towers. Areas of interest, according to Prof. Ogundipe should include, joint supervision of projects and researches at postgraduate levels, students’ exchange programmes and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) based researches. He made this known on Monday, May 23, 2022, during a meeting in his office with a Professor of American History from the University of Sussex, […]
LACC Holds African Concept of Development Workshop, November 9
The Lagos African Cluster Centre (LACC), in collaboration with Universität Bayreuth, Germany; Rhodes University, South Africa; Moi University, Kenya and Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso is set to hold a workshop entitled: “African Concept of Development Workshop.” The Workshop, which is a part of a study focused on teasing out what development means to Africans, is scheduled as follows: Date: Tuesday, November 9 & Wednesday, November 10, 2021Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. dailyVenue: Arthur Mbanefo Digital […]
IADS, UNILAG, Holds Conference to Nurture Next Generation of Researchers
“The common facts of today are the products of yesterday’s research.” ~ Duncan MacDonald. This ideology was reverberated at the Lagos-ACC Graduate Conference in African Studies with the theme, “Studying Contemporary Africa: Politics, Society and Decoloniality”. Dr. Akin Iwilade of the School of Social and Political Science, The University of Edinburgh virtually delivered the keynote address on the theme. Professor ‘Muyiwa Falaiye, Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), introduced the Lagos-African Cluster Centre […]
IADS Holds 2-Day Regional Workshop, July 27
The University of Lagos, African Cluster Centre of Excellence (ACC), a Centre within the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos (UNILAG), will hold a two-day Regional Workshop on Security from Tuesday, July 27 to Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Theme: Security Challenges in West Africa: Multiforms & Perspectives Time: 9:00 a.m. daily Venue: Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), J. P. Clark Building, UNILAG Keynote Speakers: Prof. Benson Osadolor, Ag. Vice-Chancellor, Ambrose Alli University Dr. Drissa Rahmane, Centre for […]
Postdoctoral Fellowship in African Studies: Call for Applications
The African Cluster Centre (ACC), University of Lagos, Nigeria, welcomes submission of applications for a maximum of 6 months’ postdoctoral fellowship in African and Diaspora Studies. The fellowship programme, funded by the African Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth under the auspices of Germany Excellence Strategy, is designed to support early career scholars and/or junior faculty whose research interests are centred on or related to African Studies and the overarching agenda of […]
