NAL holds 24th Annual Convocation and Investiture of New Fellows
On Thursday 11th August 2022, families, friends, and associatesof the Nigeria Academy of Letters (NAL) from all over the world converged at the J. F Ade Ajayi Auditorium of the University of Lagos for the Academy’s 24th Annual Convocation and Investiture of new Fellows. With the theme, Cultural Commonality in Nigeria Heterogeneity, the event provided a platform for worthy professors across the field of Humanities to be honoured as Fellows of the Academy. Delivering the convocation lecture titled, “The Republic of Dignity: The Nigerian Common Humanity in a Culturally Heterogeneous Nigeria’’, Professor Simeon Ilesanmi of Wake Forest University, USA, highlighted the need for respect of the dignity […]
Professor Ope-Davies awarded Visiting Professorship Fellowship
Professor Tunde Ope-Davies of the Department of English and Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities, UNILAG has been awarded a 3-month Visiting Professorship Fellowship at the University of Hamburg, Germany. This fellowship, commencing May 2022, was awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as part of its Alumni Sponsorship and Network programmes. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS, congratulates Professor Tunde Ope-Davies on this fellowship and wishes him a successful stay at the […]
Unilag Don awarded grant from the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Art Cultural Exchange Programme
Professor Adepeju Layiwola of the Department of Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts has won a research grant from the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Art Cultural Exchange Programme for a project titled “Telling Textile Tales”. This grant is part of the support programme to cultural institutions, artists, festivals and creative works between the Sub-Saharan African region and the United Kingdom. The project, “Telling Textile Tales”, is intended to capture the various knowledge areas surrounding the art of […]
FACULTY OF ARTS CELEBRATES PROFS ONI, AWONUSI AS THEY EXIT ACTIVE SERVICE
The entire retinue of eggheads and non-teaching staff of the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, rolled out the drums to celebrate two reputable members of the faculty, Professor Duro Oni and Professor Segun Awonusi as they bow out of active service to the University. The event held as part of the Faculty’s Board of Studies/Examiners Meeting which was attended by all Professors, Heads of Departments, Faculty Examinations Committee members […]
Dr. Ajiola Emerges Winner of 2021 Rahamon Bello Best PhD Thesis in African & Diaspora Studies
Dr. Felix Oludare Ajiola, a lecturer at the Department of History and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria, has emerged the 1st place winner of the 2nd edition of the Rahamon Bello Best PhD Thesis in African & Diaspora Studies Award. The announcement was made on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, by Professor ‘Muyiwa Falaiye, Director, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (lADS), UNILAG. The Award-winning thesis is titled “Cocoa Production and Rural Development in […]
