We Have a New Director, Prof Sola Olorunyomi!
August 1, 2024
Prof Sola Olorunyomi assumed office today, 1 August, 2024, as Director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, as the tenure of the
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WORDOC 2024 Girls’ Summit: Girls Inspiring Inclusion
July 29, 2024
IAS-UI’s Women’s Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC) presents its 2024 Girls’ Summit on the theme ‘Girls Inspiring Inclusion’. The summit holds August 8., 2024. The
WORDOC Seminar: Digital Wombs and Foetal Subjectivities
July 29, 2024
Our Women’s Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC) is organizing a hybrid seminar come August 9, 2024, titled ‘Digital Wombs and Foetal Subjectivities Or Talking Futures
ASSA HOLDS ORIENTATION FOR NEW STUDENTS
July 22, 2024
African Studies Students’ Association (ASSA), Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan held an orientation programme for new students on the MA, MPhil/PhD and PhD
IAS-UI Hosts Prof Otiono of IAS, Carleton
July 11, 2024
We were glad to host Prof Nduka Otiono, Director of the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Prof Otiono and members of IAS-UI
‘Igi’bàdàn: Living with Trees in Ìbàdàn, An Exhibition between Arts and Science’
June 13, 2024
‘Igi’bàdàn: Living with Trees in Ìbàdàn, An Exhibition between Arts and Science’ opens today, June 13, 2024, at our Institute’s Cornelius Adepegba Museum of African
Call for Panels/Individual Papers
January 4, 2024
Decolonial Remains: Scrutinizing African Studies in Africa and the Unfinished Business of Decolonization Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan 60th Anniversary Conference,
Tosin Durodola wins Oxford Border Criminologies Dissertation Prize
January 4, 2024
Tosin Durodola, an MA graduate of our programme in Diaspora and Transnational Studies, is the runner-up in the fifth ‘Border Criminologies Masters Dissertation/Thesis Prize’, awarded
Roundtable on Arabic Manuscript Collections of the University of Ibadan
January 4, 2024
The Centre for Arabic Documentation (CAD) is holding a one-day roundtable that will bring together at Lady Bank-Anthony Hall eminent scholars and researchers in the
IAS International Doctoral Seminar Series: Diekara Olorutoba-Oju Speaks on ‘Like a Drag or Something’
January 4, 2024
The first presentation in our International Doctoral Seminar Series will be given by Ms Diekara Oloruntoba-Oju on Thursday 29 April, 2021 on the topic ‘Like