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CFP: Aesthetic Explorations in Turkish Literature

September 1, 2017

Since the inception of the Turkish Republic, citizens, writers, and intellectuals have grappled with their evolving identity and place in the international scene. East/West; Empire/Nation; Religion/Secularism: ... Read More...

Rise Up: Social Protest in Literature, Creative Writing, & Pedagogy

September 1, 2017

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The Pennsylvania College English Association invites proposals for its 2018 annual conference on the theme of social protest in literature, creative writing, and pedagogy. The 2018 PCEA conference will focus... Read More...

Call for articles: ESP Professional Magazine

August 31, 2017

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ESP Professional is the only magazine to focus on English for Specific Purposes for especially ESP teachers and professionals. Written by and for ESP practitioners, we specialise in providing practical and time... Read More...

Call for papers: International Journal of Arabic Linguistics

August 30, 2017

Call for papers

The International Journal of Arabic Linguistics is calling for contributions to the second issue of the third volume due end of December, 2017. We welcome papers on the linguistic structure of Arabic as well... Read More...

Call for Proposals: Language Learning – A Journal of Research in Language Studies

August 30, 2017

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Language Learning is inviting proposals for a 2019 special issue from interested guest editors. We seek proposals that address a theme or research methodology that will be of interest and relevance to the journ... Read More...

Culture Matters: “The state of cultural studies”

August 26, 2017

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Culture In Focus, a new eJournal of the English Department at Middle Georgia State University, is seeking papers for its inaugural issue. Never before has culture been so important. Culture, after ... Read More...

LACC 2017: “Writing in the 21st Century and Beyond: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to College Writing”

August 25, 2017

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The Louisiana Association of College Composition Conference 2017 is scheduled for Friday, September 29th and Saturday, September 30th, 2017 at South Louisiana Community College in Lafayette, Louisiana. Call ... Read More...

Call for Essays: Writing as a Way of Staying Human in a Time that Isn’t

August 25, 2017

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This edited collection will continue conversations started at the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning’s 2017 Annual Conference, Writing as a Way of Being, by providing concrete, specific strategies t... Read More...

CFP: Problems of Education in the 21st Century

August 25, 2017

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We would like to invite proposals for articles for an international blind peer-review scientific journal (30 CFP) International journal „Problems of Education in the 21st Century“is a high quality scientific... Read More...

CFP: Thinking the Global with Literature

August 24, 2017

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For this literary-focussed issue of the New Global Studies journal we invite proposals for essays on any aspect of literature’s engagement with ideas of the global, from the ways in which literature’s conceptua... Read More...

CFP: New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

August 21, 2017

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This New England Journal of Entrepreneurship (NEJE) special issue on ‘Corporate Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets’ aims to explore key features of the corporate entrepreneurship in emerging economies. It ... Read More...

Call for Papers from International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

August 21, 2017

Call for papers

The Kids and Retailing research topic has been growing in popularity and currency over the last years. Children links and relationships with retailers have been developing with empirical and scientific investig... Read More...

Aptly described by the Independent newspaper as “a man of many parts”, Prof. Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Nigeria, is a Fulbright scholar, interdisciplinary researcher, university don, public affairs analyst, communication consultant, peace advocate, interfaith worker and public intellectual.

He obtained his academic degrees from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, where he was a Professor of English (Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics) before his appointment as Vice Chancellor. He started his academic career in 2000 at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, shortly after which he joined the services of his alma mater, the University of Ilorin.

A man of eclectic academic background, Prof. Adedimeji was educated in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Markaz Shabaabil Islam, Iwo, Osun State and Markaz Ta’aleemil Araby, Agege, Lagos. He obtained advanced training in Education, Political Science, Communication and Media, Research and Peace Studies at the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Virtual Institute for Higher Education Pedagogy (VIHEP); the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa (VIHEAF); Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, USA; University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, USA.

Apart from serving as a cultural ambassador to the US under the auspices of the Institute of International Education (IIE), New York, Prof. Adedimeji had won or co-won the research and conference awards/grants of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) of the National Research Council, Nigeria, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). He has written extensively for a wide range of newspapers and periodicals including “Unilorin Bulletin”, “Unilorin Watch”, “DeLight”, “National Pilot”, “Daily Independent”, “Newswatch Times”, “New York Parrot” and “New Telegraph”, among others.

A versatile academic and award-winning scholar, Prof. Adedimeji has attended academic conferences and undertaken research in several universities across Nigeria as well as in Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Australia, France and United States of America, among others. His hundreds of academic, Islamic and general/opinion articles have been published across outlets in Nigeria and beyond. He has also facilitated and participated in seminars and workshops both nationally and internationally.

A former Deputy Director/ Head of the Directorate of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Adedimeji was the Director of the Centre for Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, between 2013 and 2017. Apart from serving as Rappouteur-General to the Presidential Committee that organised the 2017 Federal Executive Council’s Retreat on Education in Nigeria, he has consulted for the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence and Corps (NSCDC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

For years, he was a Coordinator and Facilitator of the Executive Management Course of the Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC) and Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Peace, Security and Development”, University of Ilorin. He has also served as a resource person to agencies like the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Orientation Agency (NOA), National Institute for Security Studies as well as a number of Civil Society Organisations.

He is a recipient of several awards and honours including those of the International Chartered World Learned Society, American Biographical Institute, National Congress of Nigerian Students (NACONS), Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin, the Nigerian Army Education Corps, Postgraduate Students Association, UNILORIN, Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), UNILORIN, Students’ Union, UNILORIN, and National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS), just to mention a few.

A Fellow of bodies like the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria, Society for Peace Studies and Practice and World Institute for Peace, Prof. Adedimeji is a former Member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) and Member of the Executive Council of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (ESAN). He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited more than a dozen books.

EU and OECD Development Centre Youth Photo Contest for International Applicants in France, 2018

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

CFP: Aesthetic Explorations in Turkish Literature

Rise Up: Social Protest in Literature, Creative Writing, & Pedagogy

Call for articles: ESP Professional Magazine

Call for papers: International Journal of Arabic Linguistics

Call for Proposals: Language Learning – A Journal of Research in Language Studies

Culture Matters: “The state of cultural studies”

LACC 2017: “Writing in the 21st Century and Beyond: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to College Writing”

Call for Essays: Writing as a Way of Staying Human in a Time that Isn’t

CFP: Problems of Education in the 21st Century

CFP: Thinking the Global with Literature

CFP: New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Call for Papers from International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management