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International Conference on Sustainable Development 2017, Italy

August 21, 2017
Conferences
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...

International Conference on Islamic Youth Education 2017, Indonesia

August 20, 2017
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This International Conference on Islamic Youth Education aims to facilitate youth from 56 OIC members countries to discuss a number of issues related to Islamic Education and the well-being of youth in Islamic ... Read More...

CFP: International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Academic Conference 2017, Prague

August 10, 2017
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Once again, the International Journal of Arts & Sciences(IJAS) hosts an annual conference in Prague. The conference brings together international academics, including professors and graduate students, to pr... Read More...

Gender and Medieval Studies Conference 2018: Gender, Identity, Iconography

August 9, 2017
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The glittering beauty of the Alfred Jewel, the rich illustration of the Lindisfarne Gospels, the dominating Great West Window of York Minster, the intricate embroidery of the Bayeux Tapestry, the luminous Maest... Read More...

#LeaveNoOneBehind: International Conclave on Human Rights, Community Welfare, Philanthropy and UN SDGs 2017, India

August 5, 2017
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Applicants are invited from all around to Globe to get acquainted with human rights heroes, community welfare activists and philanthropists, all under the same roof. Get yourself immersed in the most dynamic Hu... Read More...

International Seminar on Linguistics 2017

August 1, 2017
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ISOL is a biennial international seminar held by the Postgraduate Program of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanity, Andalas University, in collaboration with Linguistics Society of Indonesia (MLI), Chapter Andalas U... Read More...

46th Annual Conference on South Asia 2017

August 1, 2017
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The Annual Conference on South Asia invites scholars, students, professionals, and anyone interested in research on the region to Madison, Wisconsin, for a four-day event featuring research panels and roundtabl... Read More...

CFP: Specialist languages in teaching and translation: theory and practice, Poland, 2017

July 31, 2017
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Open invitation to attend an international conference organized by the Institute of Applied Linguistics of Adam Mickiewicz University. Specialist languages in teaching and translation: theory and practice, ... Read More...

14th International Conference on the History of The Language Sciences, Paris

July 31, 2017
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The Fourteenth International Conference On The History of the Language Sciences, ICHoLS XIV, will be held from August 28 to September 1 2017 in Paris. Since 1978 ICHoLS conferences have brought together spec... Read More...

11th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy

July 31, 2017
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Continuing the Association of Written Language and Literacy's (AWLL) tradition of international workshops devoted to writing systems, AWLL11 will gather together researchers from various countries and diverse r... Read More...

39th International GERAS Conference – Diachronic dimensions in specialised varieties of English: implications in communications, didactics and translation studies.

July 30, 2017
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As a rule, practitioners of English for Specific Purposes show little interest in diachrony and, particularly, in the past of specialised languages. Their main motivation stems from learners’ needs, and needs a... Read More...

MULTILING 2018 : I International Conference on Research in Multilingualism: Innovation and New Challenges

July 30, 2017
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Organized by members of ALCE (Applied Linguistics in Language and Culture Acquisition) at the University of Oviedo, this multilingual international conference (English, Spanish, German, and French) connects the... 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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