November at the Cornelius Adepegba Museum of African Art (CAMAA), IAS-UI
IAS Staff Seminar Series
Prof Olanike Adeyemo (DVC RISP) to deliver 3rd IAS Staff Seminar Lecture
The third lecture in the IAS Staff Seminar Series will be delivered on 19 September, 2018 by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation & Strategic Partnerships), Prof Olanike Adeyemo.
The Vice Chancellors hosts outgoing and incoming Deans and Directors
as Prof O.I. Pogoson hands over the baton to Dr I.A. Jimoh at IAS
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan hosted outgoing and incoming Deans of Faculties and Directors of Institutes to a luncheon at the Dome, Sultan Bello Hall, on 1st August, 2018.
Wole Ayoola’s ‘The Route’ opens at Cornelius Adepegba Museum of African Art, IAS-UI
The first solo exhibition of the works of Wole Ayoola will open at the Cornelius Adepegba Museum of African Art (CAMAA) at our Institute on 13 September, 2018.
TETFUND Executive Secretary commissions academic block at IAS
On the 7th of August, 2018, Dr Abdullahi Bichi Baffa, Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), was at our Institute to commission the academic block built for IAS by the fund.
Staff Seminar Series
Live Stream: 19th of September 2018, 11.00 a.m.
Prof Olanike Adeyemo (DVC RISP) to deliver 3rd IAS Staff Seminar Lecture
The lecture will hold at Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan, 11:00 a.m. It will be livestreamed to universities across Africa.
The link to the livestream channel will be shared on our website on the day. Make it a date.
African Studies at Ibadan
IAS-UI offers postgraduate programmes leading to the award of the MA, MPhil and PhD degrees in core African Studies. Our programmes are designed for those working towards gaining better insights into theoretical and practical methods in African Studies.
About IAS
The raison d’ȇtre for any Institute of African Studies in Africa today is the sense of purpose that comes with self-knowledge. It is our mandate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, to build a body of knowledge and to construct an attitude of intellection that will not take for granted the heritage of African peoples, their experiences in the present, and their aspirations for the future.
Students
At IAS-UI, our students pursue postgraduate courses in various disciplines. The students of our Institute run the African Studies Students’ Association (ASSA). ASSA is a vibrant body whose activities bring students together to promote their interests as budding scholars, cultural ambassadors, and responsible members of society.
Staff
Headed by a Director of professorial rank, we have a complement of full-time research fellows in the disciplines of African History, African Law, African Music, African Visual Arts, Anthropology, Cultural and Media Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Gender Studies, Traditional African Medicine and Belief Systems, and Transformation Studies in Africa.
Research
IAS staff constantly undertake field and archival research in their areas of specialization and in collaboration with scholars in cognate disciplines. Fieldwork is a key principle of research in IAS, and our students take compulsory courses in field methods. Some of the titles of concluded and ongoing research works carried out by IAS staff can be viewed here:
A selection of works published by our Institute over the years can be viewed here.
IAS staff publish often within, but also beyond, the provinces of their disciplinary specialisms, given that some of our research problems and themes require interdisciplinary approaches.
Studio
Archive of Sound and Visio: an extremely valuable organ of media resource and cultural pedagogy at our Institute.
Museum
A collection of more than a thousand ethnographic materials and traditional arts objects from Nigeria and other African countries.
Art Shop
Artworks, souvenirs and gifts items, contemporary and traditional Yoruba and Benin artworks (woodcarvings, brass casts,...)