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Friday, January 27, 2023

The Launch of IAS’ New Space & the Pius Adesanmi Resource Centre

We are聽excited to invite you to the mini launch of our new IAS office on the 17th Floor of Dunton Tower with a get-together on Friday, February 17th. Date: February 17, 2023 Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Venue: DT 1728 The highlights of the evening include: Opening remarks by Dean of FASS, Prof... More

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Beyond Resettlement Conference Program

September 28, 2022 marked the 50th聽anniversary of the first group of Ugandan Asian refugees to arrive in Canada after being expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin. This was Canada鈥檚 first major resettlement of non-European and largely non-Christian refugees in the postwar period. To consolidate power in Uganda, after leading a military coup in 1971,... More

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Profs. Nduka Otiono and Audra A. Dipt茅e appointed as Faculty Advisors on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion

As part of 杏吧原创鈥檚 commitment to implement the聽Scarborough Charter, and in support of building faculty-specific initiatives, we are truly pleased to appoint Profs. Audra A. Dipt茅e (History) and Nduka Otiono (African Studies) as Faculty Advisors on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion, effective July 1, 2022. Profs. Dipt茅e and Otiono will... More

Friday, June 17, 2022

Dr. Nduka Otiono – New Director at IAS

Dr. Nduka Otiono a beloved faculty member of the Institute of African Studies has been appointed the next Director of the Institute.聽 The appointment takes effect on July 1, 2022 for a three-year term. This announcement was delivered by Prof. Pauline Rankin, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 杏吧原创 University. Reacting to the... More

Friday, March 18, 2022

Book Launch! DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono

"Displace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono" is the latest publication of our very own Dr. Nduka Otiono Associate Professor of 聽English and Graduate Program Coordinator here at the Institute of African Studies. DisPlace is a book that straddles multiple poetic traditions and places African intellectual history at the forefront of an engagement with... More

Monday, January 24, 2022

COVID and post-COVID in Africa: Achievements and Challenges from a South African Perspective

The Africa Study Group (ASG) is happy to invite you to its next webinar 鈥淐OVID and post-COVID in Africa Achievements and Challenges from a South African Perspective鈥�. Panelists:聽 Mia Malan,聽Dr. Sanjay Ruparelia聽and聽聽Fatima Hassan聽will discuss the global challenges of Covid-19 from a South African perspective. Moderating this event is our... More

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Reviews for Professor Otiono’s Camouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from Nigeria

In Chris Dunton's review of 鈥楥amouflage鈥�: Tales from the powerhouse of modern African writing, Chris writes "Nigeria is without doubt the powerhouse of modern African writing", "this has to do with a number of factors, all of which are grist to the creative writer鈥檚 mill: the sheer size of the place, its complexity and... More

Friday, January 14, 2022

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