UNILAG Creative Arts Department Hosts Seminar Presentations of Two University of Exeter Staff
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, Development Services, Professor Ayodele Atsenuwa at the Senate House of the university. The hybrid (virtual and physical) session which was […]
UNILAG Centre for Digital Humanities Wins Joint Grant
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 will run from 2023 to 2027. The objective of the grant is to foster and promote inclusion in research, teaching, […]
“UNILAG in Town” debuts at Terra Kulture on a high note
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, marked the maiden effort aimed at showcasing the creative talents and outputs of students and staff of the University. While […]
Establish an Irregular Warfare Division – Professor Akinyeye Advises the Nigerian Army
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 call on Thursday, March 30, 2023, while presenting a paper titled: “From Occupation to National Force: The Army in Nigeria, […]
“Our Mother-Tongue and Literary Tradition must not be allowed to Die” – Professor Ikwubuzo says at 12th Inaugural Lecture
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. Ajayi Auditorium. Professor Iwu Remigius Obi Ikwubuzo, in the very convincing tradition of dons of the University of Lagos, presented […]
