“Fieldwork, Statistics and the Body-Count of Violence in Nigeria”, October 6th, 2016
On Thursday 6th of October, 2016, IFRA-Nigeria organized an International Conference around the book “Violence in Nigeria: A qualitative and quantitative analysis, (published by IFRA Nigeria and edited by Professor Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos) at Conference Centre, University of Ibadan. The conference titled “Fieldwork, Statistics and the Body-Count of Violence in Nigeria” brought together specialists of violence and conflict management, among whom professors and researchers from all over the country as well as renowned scholars from the UK and the USA.
IFRA Nigeria/Institut Français/IAS Lecture
On Thursday 22nd October 2016, IFRA Nigeria organised its first lecture in collaboration with the Institut Français of Nigeria and the Institute of African Studies (IAS).
"Ecological Crises: Local and Global Perspectives", Tuesday 12th July 2016, Bogobiri House, Lagos
On Monday 11th July and Tuesday 12th July 2016, IFRA Nigeria organised its second “PostCOP21” event. The first day, the event, titled “Ecological Crises in Nigeria”, was held at the Institute of African Studies, within the University of Ibadan. The second day the event, titled “Ecological Crises: Local and Global Perspectives”, was an “out of the academy” one, welcomed by the Bogobiri House, in Lagos.
On Friday 1st July 2016, IFRA Nigeria organised, with the help of it’s Phd student Sara Panata, the presentation of the Yoruba Name project by Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, its founder/curator, and Laila Le Guen, the communications lead and researcher. The conference took place in Drapers’ Hall, within the Institute of African Studies. It was attended by a motivated and very reactive public of professors and students of all levels. After the presentation, the convenors facilitated an interactive workshop, followed then by the screening of the documentary Family Name (USA, 1998) by Macky Alston, organised by the Thursday Films Series movie club.
IFRA Nigeria is pleased to invite you to its second "Post COP21" event, "Ecological Crisis in Nigeria", on Monday 11th July 2016, from 12:00pm to 4pm in Draper’s Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.
IFRA Nigeria (project Nigeria Watch) is pleased to invite the general public to attend a conference titled “Fieldwork, Statistics and the Body-Count of Violence in Nigeria”.
This conference will take place on the 6th of October 2016, at the Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan, and will discuss in detail the book, Violence in Nigeria: A qualitative and quantitative analysis, published by IFRA Nigeria with ASC Leiden (WAPOSO collection) and edited by Dr Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos (Senior Researcher at IRD).
Tuesday, 14th of July 2015
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: Drapper’s Hall
Wednesday, 6th of May 2015
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Lady Bank-Anthony Hall
IFRA-Nigeria and the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, will welcome Professor Oluyato C. Adesina to a Distinguished Personality Lecture entitled “Nigerian Universities and the Shifting Sense of Belonging”.
FRA-Nigeria and the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, will welcome Professor Rufus Akinyele on Thursday, 23th of April 2015 at 12:00 pm – 14:00 pm, at Drapers Hall, Institute of African Studies, to give a Distinguished Personality Lecture entitled “Spaces of Insurgent Citizenship”.
IFRA-Nigeria and the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, will welcome Professor Samuel Oluwole Ogundele on Tuesday, 18th of June 2013, at Drapers Hall, Institute of African Studies, to give a Distinguished Personality Lecture entitled “Thinking Through Archaeology of Wisdom in Nigeria”.
Date: October 30, 2012
Place: Draper’s Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Time: 4.30-6.00 pm
Abstract
Prof. Olutayo C. Adesina
Date: October 2, 2012
Place: Draper’s Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Time: 4.00-5.30 pm
Abstract
by Dr. Johannes Harnischfeger, Frankfurt University
Dr. Johannes Harnischfeger studied Literature, Philosophy, Social Anthropology and Political Science. He taught at five African universities, among them - from 1993 to 1996 - at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He wrote on the Sharia crisis and other ethno-religious conflicts, on Igbo traditional religion and African folktales.
On Wednesday 23rd March 2016, IFRA Nigeria organised its first “post COP21” conference, entitled “Waste in the City: Social Sciences Perspectives in Lagos and Ibadan”. Hosted by Dr Olayoku, IFRA fellow and adjunct at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, the conference took place in Draper’s Hall, within the Institute of African Studies.
by Saheed Aderinto, Western Carolina University
Wednesday May 20, 2015
12.00 noon - 2pm
Lady Banks-Anthony Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
"British colonizers saw prostitution as a distinctively African form of sexual primitivity and as a problem to be solved as part of the "civilizing mission" they used to morally justify imperialism. Saheed Aderinto details the Nigerian response to imported sexuality laws and the contradictory ways both British and African reformers advocated for prohibition or regulation of prostitution. Tracing the tensions within diverse groups of colonizers and the colonized to highlight their concerns, he reveals how wrangling over prostitution camouflaged the negotiating of separate issues that threatened the social, political, and sexual ideologies of Africans and Europeans alike.
Manuel Reinert, IFRA-Nigeria Research Associate, gave a lecture on the second Intifada and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the History and International Studies Department, University of Ilorin, on May 30. Manuel Reinert was invited by Dr. Ibrahim Jawondo to deliver this lecture to the post-graduate students of the department with the support of the HOD, Dr. Peter F. Adebayo, who attended the event. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a major issue in international studies and a well discussed subject in Nigerian universities. The goal was to deepen knowledge and trigger discussion on questions such as Zionism, Israeli identity, Palestinian nationalism, the peace process, the US involvement, the role of Arab countries, etc., and explore the period of the second Intifada, one of the tipping points of the conflict.
Conference :
School of General Studies,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
March 20-22, 2013
This conference explored dying and death in Africa, how culture in Africa has shaped palliative care for the dying as well as ways in which the dead are perceived, buried and celebrated/remembered in various communities, times and histories.
IFRA-Nigeria participated in the 7th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP), organized at Ado-Ekiti (Ekiti State, Nigeria), 25–27 March.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, chaired the event, which involved scholars, professors, PhD students, and members of security agencies involved in conflict resolution in Nigeria.
Date: November 20, 2012
Place: Draper’s Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Time: 4.30-6.00 pm
Date: 12 mars 2012
Place: Drapper’s Hall, Institut d’Etudes Africaines, Université d’Ibadan
Time: 10am-2pm
IFRA-Nigeria, in partnership with the Institute of African Studies and the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies of the University of Ibadan, organises a one-day conference on "The North Africa Arab Uprising : Implications and significance for the future?"
The French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nigeria) joins the family of Late Chukwuemeka Nwokedi and the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife to organize a day of Tributes and a Memorial Public Lecture to celebrate the scholarship and lifetime achievements of Professor Chukwuemeka Obunikem Nwokedi (1952-2001)
The Memorial Public Lecture will be presented by Prof. Daniel Bach*, CNRS, Emile Durkheim Centre for Comparative Political Science and Sociology, University of Bordeaux.
Topic: Rethinking Governance and Regionalism: Reflections on Nwokedi’s Contributions to the Intractable Issues of our Times.
French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nigeria) in collaboration with the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ibadan present a roundtable on the theme “Nigeria as an Emerging Power?”
The lead paper will be presented by Prof. Daniel Bach*, CNRS, Emile Durkheim Centre for Comparative Political Science and Sociology, University of Bordeaux.
Date: September 20, 2011
Venue: Drapper’s Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan
Time: 9.30 am prompt
IFRA-Nigeria, in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and the Institute of African Studies (IAS) of the University of Ibadan, present a 1-day conference/roundtable on “The 2011 General Elections: An Evaluation”
Date: September 9, 2011
Venue: Faculty of the Social Sciences
Time: 10am prompt
Exhibition: September 5–9, 2011(Museum, IAS)
IFRA-Nigeria, the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan as well as CBAAC joined to organize the Africa Week from August 22-25, 2011 at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
IFRA-Nigeria is a partner to the Conference on British Foreign Policy in sub-Saharan Africa since 1957 organized by the Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Cultures Anglophones (LARCA) a research facility of the University of Paris Diderot.
IFRA-Nigeria will proudly be represented by Professor Olakunle A. Lawal, from the Department of History, University of Ibadan, who will make a presentation on Britain, Decolonization and the Construction of Nigerian Foreign Policy on the Eve of the Transfer of Power, 1958-1960.
The conference will take place on March 25th, 2011 at the Institut Charles V, 10, rue Charles V, 75004 Paris, Room A50
Programme: