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SiW Internet Marketing Scholarship 2017

September 5, 2017
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We are pioneer in the internet marketing field. We believe in sharing knowledge about internet marketing world with our esteemed readers. There are many techniques and tips which we think are very important if ... Read More...

The Global Youth Forum 2017 in Dubai, UAE

September 3, 2017
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Youth Time International Movement is pleased to open applications for its latest Global Youth Forum 2017! The event will take place in Dubai, UAE from November 23-27 and will gather together more than 100 parti... Read More...

Edge Hill University Scholarships for International Students in UK, 2017

August 27, 2017
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The Edge Hill University Scholarships are open to full-time, overseas fee paying students. Scholarships are available for pursuing undergraduate and master programme. The Edge Hill University is a campus-bas... Read More...

ICT for Language Learning, 10th edition, International Conference

August 25, 2017
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The objective of the ICT for Language Learning Conference is to promote transnational cooperation and share good practice in the field of the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to L... Read More...

153rd International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture (ICLLC), Oct 2017

August 23, 2017
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153rd ICLLC 2017 provides a leading forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Development in Language, Literature and Culture. The conference will bring together leading r... Read More...

International Conference on Sustainable Development 2017, Italy

August 21, 2017
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The International Conference on Sustainable Development is organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University. The 5th ICSD 2017 is inspired from the critical ch... Read More...

Mexican Government Scholarships Program 2018

August 19, 2017
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) invites applications for the 2018 Mexican Government Scholarships Program for International Student... Read More...

Refugee and Migrant Rights Photo Competition 2017

August 17, 2017
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A photograph can tell a thousand words. In this photo competition (organised jointly by the Human Rights Consortium and Refugee Law Initiative of the University of London as part of the Being Human Festival), w... Read More...

The 4th International Conference on Urban Studies 2017

August 17, 2017
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Faculty of Humanities of Universitas Airlangga will hold its 4th International Conference. The main theme of the 2017 conference is “Transgressing (B)Order: Place, Space, Identity and Discourse”. This conferenc... Read More...

Education and Development Conference 2018

August 16, 2017
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We are proud to invite you to join us at 13th Annual Education and Development Conference, that will take place from March 5th - 7th 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. This education conference is organized by Tomor... Read More...

Call for Papers: 9th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2018

August 16, 2017
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Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2018 will take place from 1-3 March 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand and will gather distinguished participants from over 40 countries worldwide, from academic, business, ... Read More...

11th Annual Poverty and Social Protection Conference 2018, Thailand

August 16, 2017
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We are proud to invite you to join us at 11th Annual Poverty and Social Protection Conference, that will take place from March 9th - 11th 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Conference is organized by Tomorrow Pe... Read More...
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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.

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