Conferences

29th McGill Model United Nations Assembly in Canada

November 18, 2017

The McGill Model United Nations Assembly is an annual student run initiative that has been held in Montreal, Quebec since 1989. Celebrating its 29th iteration, McMUN is the largest and most prestigious conferen... Read More...

What is Universe? Communication • Complexity • Coherence

November 12, 2017

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The What is Universe? (2018) conference-experience examines communication, complexity/simplicity, coherence/incoherence and, how they may or may not contribute to “a pluralistic universe.” This conference marks... Read More...

Fully Funded Yenching Global Symposium in China

November 11, 2017

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In 2014, Peking University founded the Yenching Academy, inviting a global cohort of scholars into this unique intellectual environment. Yenching Academy provides a rigorous Master’s program for the mul... Read More...

Learning & Development Conference 2017, Kuwait

November 8, 2017

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LDC 2017 brings the Learning and development Professionals to life by gathering together the game changers, the individuals who are shaping the industry and the practitioners. This event will help you as a l... Read More...

CFP: International Rhetoric Workshop 2018

November 4, 2017

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We invite international PhD students and emerging scholars to come together to consider the myriad ways that our contemporary and established traditions of rhetorical theory and criticism inform global flows of... Read More...

PEAKS Interdisciplinary Conference at Northern Arizona University 2018

November 4, 2017

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Is knowledge dangerous? Under what circumstances does knowledge aid or hinder the individual? The community? What is the relationship between knowledge and progress; stagnation; desire? What does knowledge perp... Read More...

ASAUK 2018 Conference: ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN AFRICA

November 3, 2017

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The ASAUK 2018 conference (11-13 September 2018, University of Birmingham, UK) celebrates the diversity and interdisciplinarity of the study of Africa. To build networks among scholars interested in sim... Read More...

‘Rethinking Transformation’ – International Conference, Spain

November 3, 2017

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The question of transformation is a fundamental and topical one in the history of philosophy generally and post-Kantian philosophy specifically. Whether thought politically to determine how to... Read More...

International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences, Singapore 2018

November 1, 2017

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We are pleased to announce that International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences (ISBSS) will be held at Singapore on August 28-30, 2018. ISBSS is an international platform for scholars, researchers and ... Read More...

“You Are Here” 2018: Interdisciplinary Conference on Place, Space, & Embodiment

November 1, 2017

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CALL FOR PAPERS, 2018 MARCH 23-24TH, 2018 || CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY At the root of every critical discussion are questions of space, place, and location – where am I? Where can I go? Who else is here? Who c... Read More...

8th ASEAN-Korea Frontier Forum

October 29, 2017

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS: Online submissions are preferred. There are ongoing applications for two international programs to be held in Korea. Please carefully read the instructions on how to app... Read More...

A one-day conference on Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse of (dis)location and (dis)placement

October 28, 2017

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Migration is one of the most talked about issues dominating our public imagination. With more than 232 million international migrants crisscrossing various chartered and unchartered routes of travel, to... 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.

Mawazo PhD Scholars programme 2018 for African female PhD students at Kenyan universities

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

29th McGill Model United Nations Assembly in Canada

What is Universe? Communication • Complexity • Coherence

Fully Funded Yenching Global Symposium in China

Learning & Development Conference 2017, Kuwait

CFP: International Rhetoric Workshop 2018

PEAKS Interdisciplinary Conference at Northern Arizona University 2018

ASAUK 2018 Conference: ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN AFRICA

‘Rethinking Transformation’ – International Conference, Spain

International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences, Singapore 2018

“You Are Here” 2018: Interdisciplinary Conference on Place, Space, & Embodiment

8th ASEAN-Korea Frontier Forum

A one-day conference on Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse of (dis)location and (dis)placement