Call for Applications: 6-Months Post-doctoral Position in Humanities and Social Sciences at IFRA-Nigeria
IFRA-Nigeria invites application for a full-time post-doctoral position starting on March 1, 2025. The role will be fixed until August 31, 2025.
Main responsibilities:
- Coordinate and follow up research and research-action projects initiated by IFRA-Nigeria in coordination with Nigerians cultural institutions.
- Participate in research training activities and enhance IFRA-Nigeria’s pedagogical activities, such as the methodological seminar and the conferences.
- Participate in scientific activities, particularly through organizing scientific events (panel, seminar, and workshop) independently or alongside the director of IFRA-Nigeria.
- Promote scientific partnerships by networking IFRA-Nigeria with Nigerian, West-African or International researchers, in line with the candidate’s personal research project.
- Contribute to IFRA-Nigeria’s scientific output, by developing a consistent and innovative personal research project that aligns with IFRA-Nigeria scientific axes, potentially leading to scientific publications.
L’institut français de recherche en Afrique (IFRA) à Ibadan, Nigéria cherche sa/son directeur.trice, poste à pourvoir à partir de septembre 2025.
On the 22nd of October, Delphine Manetta presented her book “pouvoir, espace et transformations au sud-ouest du burkina faso. une élection africaine” online for the annual seminar of the French Anthropology Association (ASA) in partnership with the CRPMS (Centre de Recherches Psychanalyse, Médecine et Société) and the DiSSGeA (Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche Geografiche e dell'Antichità).
Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th of October 2024, Olufunke Adeboye (University of Lagos), Barbara Morovich (IFRA-Nigeria), Marième N’Diaye (CNRS-Les Afriques dans le Monde), Sara Panata (CNRS-Les Afriques dans le Monde) are organizing two study days in the context of the 
Le 27 septembre, Barbara Morovich, directrice de l’IFRA-Nigeria a prit part au colloque 'Patrimoines invisibles : processus, formes et narrations' se déroulant du 26 au 27 septembre entre Arras et Amien. Barbara Morovich et Judith Hayem ont présenté leur article intitulé : « Le visible et l’invisible dans les mémoires des mines en Afrique du Sud » dans le cadre de leur participation à une table ronde intitulée « Effacements des traces patrimoniales dans l’espace public ». 
Youssef Bouri, Research Project Manager at IFRA-Nigeria, recently published a report for the 
On the 26th of August, Femi Olanrewaju presented his research at the launching event of the Alternative Heritage program in Ibadan coordinated by The Republic, StoryMi Academy and the French Embassy in Nigeria. This creative workshop brought together a group of eleven creatives, including writers, photographers and illustrators from every region of Nigeria to meet with mentors, Diana Ejaita, Dipo Faloyin, Andrew Esiebo, and The Republic’s editor, Wale Lawal.
Jennifer Lorin (Uppsala University, Sweden) visited IFRA-Nigeria between July and August 2024 thanks to an 
Le 25 Juillet 2024, Delphine Manetta, anthropologue et et directrice adjointe de l'IFRA-Nigeria, a publié dans la collection Connaissance des Hommes (L'Harmattan) un ouvrage sur ses recherches au sud-ouest du Burkina Faso. Par sa richesse ethnographique et sa profondeur historique, elle propose une analyse renouvelée des enjeux politiques contemporains en Afrique de l’Ouest, nés dans le sillage de la décentralisation. En étudiant la place de la parenté, des générations, de l’amitié, de l’origine, du genre et du don dans la transformation du pouvoir, il montre en quoi les circulations des personnes et des richesses façonnent les dynamiques politiques au Burkina Faso.
On the 17th of July, Bimbo Stanley Omopo a doctoral student in Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, presented the methods he mobilizes to investigate, inter alia, the profound presence of religious identities on the University of Ibadan campus, particularly through the religious organizations that exist, which to a considerable extent, can influence who becomes what, when, and how, especially as it relates to politics and administration amongst students and staff at the university, as well as the influence of religion on the everyday lives of students. Youssef Bouri, research project manager at IFRA-Nigeria, was his discussant during this presentation.
Between the 13th of June and 15th of July an exhibition titled “Igi'bàdàn. Living With Trees In Ìbàdàn. An Exhibition Between Arts And Science” took place at the 
The eighth issue of Sources just came out and is 
The seventh issue of Sources just came out and is 
The 8th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference took place between the 25th and the 29th of June 2024. Throughout the LSA, IFRA-Nigeria and Nigeria Watch staff organized and moderated several panels. The theme of this LSA conference was "African Identities: Peoples, Cultures & Institutions in Motion". During this conference the IFRA-Nigeria and Nigeria Watch teams organised and animated several panels detailled below.
Between the 24th and 25th of June, film director Alain Kassanda visited Ibadan to screen two of his movies in partnership with IFRA-Nigeria and Thursday Film Series. Alain Kassanda is a Congolese French film maker, film director and cinematographer. He is known for his documentary films Trouble Sleep (2020), Colette & Justin (2022), and Coconut Head Generation (2023). He moved to Ibadan in 2015, where he shot his first medium-length film. Kassanda's works have been screened at major film festivals across the globe, including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the International Film Festival and Form on Human Rights (FIFDH Geneva), the New York African Film Festival or the Jean Rouch International Film Festival, Paris.
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