The University of Lagos (UNILAG) announces the passage of Professor Ọládélé Caleb Orímóògùnjẹ́ of the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies (LAAS), Faculty of Arts. Prof. Orímóògùnjẹ́ died in the early hours of Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba. He was, until his death, the Director of the…
The Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, hosted a seminar presentation by two (2) academics of the University of Exeter, United Kingdom: Williams Gallois and Tom Trevor. The scholars had earlier paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola OON, FAS, who was represented by Deputy Vice-Chancellor,…
The University of Lagos Centre for Digital Humanities has jointly won a 5-year grant with the University of Verona, Italy. The grant, which is awarded by the Italian Ministry of Research, “Project of Excellence 2023-2027” is entitled “Inclusive Humanities, Development Perspectives in Research and Teaching”. It has a value of approximately 6.5 million Euros and…
The UNILAG in Town (a “Gown to Town” initiative of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, FAS,) debuted on Saturday, April 29, 2023 with a theatre performance by students of the University’s Creative Arts Department. Titled “Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels”, the stage drama which held at the Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos,…
Professor of History at the University of Lagos, Abayomi Olajompo Akinyeye, FHSN, FNAL, has called on the Nigerian Armed Forces to establish a division of irregular warfare that can tackle insurgencies, guerrilla warfare and other forms of war the army is presently ill-trained for. The Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria (FHSN), made this…
A Professor of Igbo Studies at the University of Lagos, Iwu Remigius Obi Ikwubuzo has pleaded that mother tongues and literary traditions in Nigeria must not be allowed to die. He made this plea while delivering the 12th Inaugural Lecture of the 2021/2022 Academic Session, on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at the J. F. Ade.…
The Textile Unit of the Creative Arts Department, University of Lagos, is set to receive a boost of half of the proceeds from the auctioning of a diptych painted by the duo of our Professor of Art History, Professor ‘Peju Layiwola and her counterpart from the Department of Textile Design, Shenkar College of Engineering and…
The United States Navy Band is making its third trip to Nigeria in four years. The 13-member band is in Nigeria to support the ongoing 2023 Obangame Express, the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, which is led by the United States Naval Forces and sponsored by the United States Africa Command.…
The 13th Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, FAS has called for a collaboration between the arts and sciences to infuse the African essence in research design and outputs. She made this call during her familiarisation tour of the faculties of Arts and Engineering on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Professor Ogunsola posited that…
Executives of the Faculty of Arts Alumni Association, have pledged unflinching support to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Folasade T. Ogunsola, FAS. This pledge was made during a courtesy visit to the Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, FAS, at her office on the 11th Floor of the Senate House on Thursday, January 26, 2023. The visit had in…