OPPORTUNITIES

12th Biennial Conference of the Hungarian Association for American Studies (HAAS 12) Budapest, Hungary, 25-26 May 2018

December 27, 2017

Understanding America in a Time of Change: 12th Biennial Conference of the Hungarian Association for American Studies (HAAS 12) Budapest, Hungary, 25-26 May 2018 Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2018 Fac... Read More...

Call for Applications: Master of Arts Programmes 2018-2019

December 27, 2017

Scholarship

Call for Applications The OSCE Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Master of Arts Programmes 2018-2019 MA in Politics and Security Programme (Central Asia) MA in Economic Governance and Development Programme ... Read More...

University of Connecticut UConn Humanities Fellows Program 2018, USA

December 25, 2017

Fellowships

CHI offers up to twelve residential fellowships each academic year: two Visiting Humanities Fellows, six UConn Humanities Fellows, and four UConn Humanities Dissertation Scholars DEADLINE FOR ALL ... Read More...

The English Graduate Student Council’s 17th Annual Symposium

December 25, 2017

Call for papers

Call for Papers Chico State’s English Graduate Student Council’s 17th Annual Symposium The 17th Annual English Graduate Student Council Symposium is scheduled for March 14, 2018 at 6:00pm in the Arts & Hu... Read More...

UNESCO Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest 2018 for young photojournalists

December 25, 2017

Competition

The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest is an annual contest for young photojournalists aged between 18 and 33 years old. It is Russia’s only platform for discovering new photojournalists and for allowing... Read More...

Cyber school on Internet Governance

December 25, 2017

Fellowships

Deadline: 15 January 2018 Open to: candidates from around the world Venue: 30 April– 2 May 2018, Washington, D.C., USA Description Following the successful experience of SSIG, the South School of Internet ... Read More...

Fully Funded Exchange Program in Japan

December 24, 2017

Training

The Japan Foundation conducts programs in the three major areas of Arts and Cultural Exchange, Japanese-Language Education Overseas, Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange, as well as Strengthening Cultural... Read More...

UN SDG Action Challenge Awards 2018

December 24, 2017

Awards

The UN SDG Action Challenge Awards recognize outstanding achievement and innovative efforts to promote action on the sustainable development goals. In order to achieve Agenda 2030, The UN will need to learn ... Read More...

Joint Spring School on “Work, Employment and Inequality”

December 24, 2017

Scholarship

Deadline: 4 February 2018 Open to: doctoral students and young researchers Venue: 19 - 23 March 2018 in Turin, Italy Description The topic for the sixth edition of the ECSR Spring School is “Work, Employme... Read More...

New Zealand Development Scholarships 2018/2019

December 22, 2017

Scholarship

New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) give candidates from selected developing countries an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills through study in specific subject areas which will assist in the develo... Read More...

Prisma Ukraïna Visiting Fellowship 2018

December 22, 2017

Fellowships

The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien invites scholars to apply for a 3-months Visiting Fellowship within the framework of Prisma Ukraïna – Research Network Eastern Europe. Location: Berlin / Closing... Read More...

Rethink.CEE Fellowship — Call for Applications

December 22, 2017

Fellowships

A quarter of a century after it began, the democratic transformation of Central and Eastern Europe has ground to a halt. From within, the region is challenged by ruthless power politics, weak institutions, bele... 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.

African Researchers Humanities Fellowship Program 2017/2018

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

12th Biennial Conference of the Hungarian Association for American Studies (HAAS 12) Budapest, Hungary, 25-26 May 2018

Call for Applications: Master of Arts Programmes 2018-2019

University of Connecticut UConn Humanities Fellows Program 2018, USA

The English Graduate Student Council’s 17th Annual Symposium

UNESCO Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest 2018 for young photojournalists

Cyber school on Internet Governance

Fully Funded Exchange Program in Japan

UN SDG Action Challenge Awards 2018

Joint Spring School on “Work, Employment and Inequality”

New Zealand Development Scholarships 2018/2019

Prisma Ukraïna Visiting Fellowship 2018

Rethink.CEE Fellowship — Call for Applications