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Bridge the Divide Converge Conference in USA

October 9, 2017
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Bridge the Divide Converge Conference conference for high school and college students, Converge will bring students together across party lines for a day of political discourse, guest speakers, and intriguing w... Read More...

ENS International Selection Scholarships 2018 in PARIS

September 20, 2017
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The Ecole normale supérieure aims at varying its students’ profiles and incorporates students to be enrolled in the 3rd year of bachelor in Math and in Computing science (licence 3) or 1st year of master (maste... Read More...

125 Fully Funded Postgraduate Scholarships for International Students in Peking University China, 2018

September 15, 2017
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The Yenching Academy is currently accepting applications for up to 125 postgraduate scholarships to study in China. Chinese, as well as international students and students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, are... Read More...

IUPUI Scholarships for International Students in USA, 2018

September 8, 2017
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Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is offering scholarships for the US and international students. IUPUI scholarships are available for pursuing an undergraduate degree program. Indian... Read More...

Georg Arnhold Fellowship Program 2018, Germany

September 6, 2017
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The Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research. Member of the Leibniz Association is pleased to announce the Call for Applications for the 2018/2019 Georg Arnhold Visiting Research Professorship... Read More...

CFP: Creative Non-fiction for CEA 2018

September 2, 2017
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The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers and writing teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on Creative Nonfiction for our 49th annual conference. Submit your ... Read More...

University of Wollongong International Students – HDR Scholarships in Australia, 2018

September 1, 2017
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The University of Wollongong offers a range of research scholarships and awards to eligible international higher degree research students. Both domestic and international students can apply for these scholarshi... Read More...

Heinz Neumüller Foundation Doctoral Scholarship for International Students in Germany, 2017

September 1, 2017
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The University of Oldenburg is pleased to offer Heinz Neumüller Foundation to study doctoral program in Germany. International candidates are eligible to apply for this scholarship program. The aim of the sc... Read More...

Facebook Fellowship Programme for Ph.D Students 2018

August 31, 2017
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Applications are invited for Facebook Fellowship Program available to Ph.D students globally who are enrolled in an accredited university in any country. International and domestic students can apply for the fa... Read More...

Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship Program at University of Toronto

August 24, 2017
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The Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship Program at the University of Toronto is intended to recognize international students who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement and creativity and who are r... 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...

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...
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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.

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