IADS-UNILAG Partners with University of Liverpool’s AHUWA Research Centre on Global Urbanism and Heritage Programme
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) is set to forge a strategic collaboration with the Architecture Heritage and Urbanism of West Africa (AHUWA) Research Centre at the University of Liverpool. This partnership is part of the prestigious Leverhulme International Professorship grant awarded to Professor Taibat Lawanson, a Professor of Urban Management and Governance at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Lagos. The collaboration will support the […]
Documentary on “Land and Power in Lagos” Premieres, Dec 18
A documentary titled: Land and Power in Lagos will premiere on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 10:00 am. at the Arthur Mbanefo Digital Research Centre (AMDRC), University of Lagos (UNILAG). The documentary is one of the outputs of the project led by Professor Taibat Lawanson (Professor of Urban Management and Governance) and Dr. Abisoye Eleshin of the UNILAG African Cluster Centre, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS). Members of the campus community are cordially invited.
Dr. Jacob Katumusiime Becomes the First Non-Nigerian Winner of the 5th Rahmon Bello Thesis Award
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) at the University of Lagos has once again marked a milestone in its commitment to academic excellence by awarding the prestigious 5th Rahmon Bello Thesis Award to Dr. Jacob Katumusiime, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) in Uganda. Dr. Katumusiime’s achievement is particularly significant as he becomes the first non-Nigerian scholar to receive the coveted prize, underscoring the growing influence of […]
University of Bayreuth Scholarship for African Women: Lagos ACC UNILAG Calls for Applications
The Lagos African Cluster Center (Lagos ACC), University of Lagos wishes to announce an exceptional opportunity offered by the Bayreuth International Graduate School for African Studies (BIGSAS) at the University of Bayreuth in Germany to African women scholars. Through the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), BIGSAS aims to support early-career scholars in African Studies by providing them with the resources and academic network to advance their research and […]
2024 Rahamon Bello Best Ph.D. Thesis Award: Call for Applications
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos (UNILAG) hereby announces the 2024 call for applications for the Rahamon Bello Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in African and Diaspora Studies. This prestigious award seeks to encourage and appreciate young intellectuals whose Ph.D. theses address African and diaspora issues and the reconfiguration of African Studies. The award promotes trailblazing intellectual and multidisciplinary research works in African Studies. The honouree of the award, Professor Rahamon […]
