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ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

July 29, 2020

THE ENGLISH SCHOLARS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (ESAN) INVITES ACADEMICS, PROFESSIONALS AND POLICY MAKERS TO ITS FIRST VIRTUAL AND 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE HOLDING BETWEEN DECEMBER 8 AND 10, 2020 ON SELECT ... Read More...

2018 Crossing the Boundaries Graduate Student Conference

December 30, 2017

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Binghamton University's Art History Graduate Student Union seeks Dreamreaders (as in Haruki Murakami's dystopian novel Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World) and others, from multiple discipli... Read More...

3rd INTH Network Conference

December 30, 2017

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The International Network for Theory of History (INTH) is happy to announce that its third network conference will take place in Stockholm from August 20th-22nd, 2018, at Södertörn University. The goal ... Read More...

The 6th Annual English Graduate Student Association’s Literary Conference

December 30, 2017

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The 6th Annual English Graduate Student Association’s Literary Conference at The University of Texas at Arlington, April 5-6, 2018 "It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who l... Read More...

Conf/CfP – Collection Thinking 12 – 14 June 2018, Canada

December 20, 2017

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CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANEL SESSIONS Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2018 The Richler Library Project presents: “Collection Thinking” A free-to-attend conference 12-14 June 2018, Concordia University, Mo... Read More...

CfP: 19th Annual Cambridge Heritage Research Symposium 2018

December 19, 2017

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19th Annual Cambridge Heritage Research Symposium 11-12 May, 2018 In the last decade, critical heritage studies have highlighted the importance of authority in different historical and social realities. H... Read More...

Haiti International Youth Symposium 2018

December 19, 2017

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ELAN Haiti 2018 is the third edition of the International Youth Symposium to be held in Jacmel, Haiti from May 18 to 21, 2018. The symposium will lead to a series of exchanges, conferences, tours, workshops and... Read More...

7th International Conference on Language and Literary Studies 2018

December 17, 2017

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The Faculty of Foreign Languages (Alfa BK University in Belgrade) is glad to announce its Seventh International Conference on Language and Literary Studies, which will be held on 18–19 May 2018. For the seve... Read More...

World Forum of Future Leaders of Environment

December 17, 2017

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World Forum of Future Leaders of Environment Program Date: 24 February – 1 March 2018 Young people constitute a large part of the world’s population and young people will have to live longer with the conseq... Read More...

Contemporary Women’s Writing Association 2018 Conference

December 17, 2017

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Contemporary Women’s Writing Association 2018 Conference Writing Wrongs Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 20-21 September 2018 Keynote speakers: Professor Clare Hemmings (London School of Ec... Read More...

Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference 2018

December 15, 2017

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Great Writing International Creative Writing ConferenceJune 23 – June 24 2018Imperial College, London Second and likely final call - proposals are invited for presentations at the 21st Annual Great Writing I... Read More...

CfP: Tracing Non-Human Agency in Literatures in English

December 15, 2017

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“Tracing Non-Human Agency in Literatures in English” 15.11.2018-17.11. 2018, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany This conference will explore the range of relationships between the human and the... 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.

UN SDG Action Challenge Awards 2018 in Germany

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

2018 Crossing the Boundaries Graduate Student Conference

3rd INTH Network Conference

The 6th Annual English Graduate Student Association’s Literary Conference

Conf/CfP – Collection Thinking 12 – 14 June 2018, Canada

CfP: 19th Annual Cambridge Heritage Research Symposium 2018

Haiti International Youth Symposium 2018

7th International Conference on Language and Literary Studies 2018

World Forum of Future Leaders of Environment

Contemporary Women’s Writing Association 2018 Conference

Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference 2018

CfP: Tracing Non-Human Agency in Literatures in English