OPPORTUNITIES

(Fully Funded) Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

December 18, 2017

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invites recent college and graduate school alumni to apply for full-time, six-to-nine month fellowships in Washington, DC. Outstanding individuals will be selec... Read More...

10 PhD Degree Scholarships at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies

December 18, 2017

Scholarship

The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies will admit up to ten PhD students to its doctoral programme, which is to begin on 1 October 2018. The Graduate School is a joint project of Freie Univers... Read More...

International Heritage Camp 2018 in India

December 18, 2017

Training

The World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) campaign: Heritage in our hands will take stock of the progress made over the past ten years to mobilize youth to preserve and promote World Heritage by reaching out to their... Read More...

7th International Conference on Language and Literary Studies 2018

December 17, 2017

Conferences

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

Conferences

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

Conferences

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...

Pessimism: Special issue of The Comparatist

December 17, 2017

Call for papers

Call for Papers: Special Issue, The Comparatist Topic: Pessimism General Editor: Zahi Zalloua (Whitman College) We welcome contributions that examine the notion of pessimism in comparative studies and lite... Read More...

FERNS: A New Student Journal in Environmental Stewardship

December 17, 2017

Call for papers

FERNS is an intercollegiate academic journal that focuses on the intersection between human action and environmental impact. It will emphasize the conversation necessary between scientists, politicians, ethicis... Read More...

Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference 2018

December 15, 2017

Conferences

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...

Dorothy Marchus Senesh Fellowship in Peace and Development Studies for Women 2018

December 15, 2017

Fellowships

The application period for the 2018-2019 Senesh Fellowship is now open. The International Peace Research Association Foundation invites women from the Global South to apply for the Dorothy Marchus Senesh Fellow... Read More...

English Forum: Journal of the Department of English, Gauhati University 2018

December 15, 2017

Call for papers

ENGLISH FORUM: JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, GAUHATI UNIVERSITY. CALL FOR PAPERS. English Forum: Journal of the Department of English, Gauhati University, invites original and well- researched papers... Read More...

CfP: Tracing Non-Human Agency in Literatures in English

December 15, 2017

Conferences

“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”, Dr Mahfouz A. Adedimeji is a Fulbright scholar, interdisciplinary researcher, university don, public affairs analyst, language specialist, communication consultant, peace advocate, interfaith worker and public intellectual. He obtained his academic degrees from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, where he is an Associate Professor of English (Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics). 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, Dr 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, Dr Adedimeji has 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” and “New Telegraph”, among others.
A versatile academic, Associate Professor 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, Dr Adedimeji is the immediate past Director of the Centre for Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin. 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 Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence and Corps (NSCDC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). For years, he had been a Coordinator 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 is a recipient of several awards and honours including those of the 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 the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria, and Member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), Dr Adedimeji is a Member of the Executive Councils of both the University of Ilorin Alumni Association and English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN). He is also a Fellow of both the Society for Peace Studies and Practice and World Institute for Peace and he is a member of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria and the Association of Nigerian Authors, among others. He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited about a dozen books.

West African Research Association (WARA) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 2018

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

(Fully Funded) Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship

10 PhD Degree Scholarships at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies

International Heritage Camp 2018 in India

7th International Conference on Language and Literary Studies 2018

World Forum of Future Leaders of Environment

Contemporary Women’s Writing Association 2018 Conference

Pessimism: Special issue of The Comparatist

FERNS: A New Student Journal in Environmental Stewardship

Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference 2018

Dorothy Marchus Senesh Fellowship in Peace and Development Studies for Women 2018

English Forum: Journal of the Department of English, Gauhati University 2018

CfP: Tracing Non-Human Agency in Literatures in English