Dr O.I. Pogoson
Completed Research Works
- Notes on an Unusual Anthropomorphic Palm Kernel Head Necklace from the Northcote W. Thomas Collection.
- Northern Edo Bottletops: Evidence of Communal Art in the Thomas Collection.
- Metal Head Ornaments in the Metal Art History of Northern Edo Land.
- The Thomas Collection Factor in Benin Art History.
Research Works in Progress
- The Preservation and Restitution of Cultural Heritage: The Nigerian Case.
- Nigerian Painting before 1960.
- Northern Edo Traditional Children’s Toys.
Prof O.O. Layiwola
Completed Research Works
- Egungun in the Performing Arts of the Yoruba.
- The Changing Phases of Gelede Performance at Ijio.
- Stagecraft Philosophy in the Plays of Wole Soyinka.
- Samuel Beckett and a New Theory of Tragic Drama.
Research Works in Progress
- Epa Dance-Drama among a North-Eastern Yoruba Sub-Tribe.
- The Role of Plastic Arts in the Theatrical Performances of West Africa.
- A Study of Yeats’s Theatre and His Idea of a National Theatre.
- A Book of Readings on Nigerian Drama.
- Research Coordination (Nigeria), UNESCO/PEN International Research into Literature Written in Minority Languages.
Dr I.A. Jimoh
Research Works Completed
- Acquisition, Preservation and Analytical Study of Arabic Manuscripts of Ibadan Authorship.
- Arabic Source Material on Indigenous Medicine among Yoruba Muslim Clerics.
- The Imamate in Ibadan.
- Arguments and Counter-Arguments in Selected Works in Arabic by Nigerian Authors.
- The State of Arabic Manuscripts in Nigeria.
Research Works in Progress
- A Study of Scientific Writings by the Sokoto Jihad Leaders in the Arabic Collection of the University of Ibadan.
- A Study of Features of Nigerian Qur’anic Manuscripts.
- An Annotated Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the Collection of the University of Ibadan (in Arabic).
- ‘Ajami Literary Works by Nigerian Scholars
Dr O. Olorunyomi
Completed Research Works
- Mythopoesis and the Priestess of Esinmirin.
- Of Classics, the Classical, and So-called Classical Music in Nigeria.
Research Works in Progress
- Speaking in a Dead Tongue.
- Empire and the Textual Other: Orality, Literacy and the Curator.
Dr C.O. Jegede
Completed Research Works
- Shrines, Oath-Taking and Jurisprudence in Yoruba and Igbo Religions.
- African Indigenous Religion and the Nigerian Democratization Process.
- Traditional Treatment of Mental Health in Nigeria and Kenya.
- Building Bridges: Models for Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria.
- The Practice of Traditional Medicine.
Dr S. Olaoluwa
Completed Research Works
- ‘There Was a Time’: Postcolonial Ecology and Mourning in Ngugi’s Wizard of the Crow, Carnegie Foundation, USA.
- ‘The Being that Animates all Things’: Cannibalization, Simulation and the Animation of Oral Performance in Ngugi’s Wizard of the Crow, Carnegie Foundation, USA.
- Travel Gone Awry: Cosmopolitan Love and Female Ordeals in Games Women Play, CODESRIA, Senegal.
- Chinua Achebe Residential Research Group Project, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Research Works in Progress
- Enchantments from the Wizard: Ngugi wa Thiong’o and the Postcolonial Imaginaries in Wizard of the Crow.
- ‘It’s Climate Change… that’s Everywhere’: Post-Apartheid Condition and the Intersection of Ecology and Migration in Gordimer’s No Time Like the Present.
- ‘Nobody Saw His Front, Nobody Saw His Back’: Trickster Phenomenon in Overlapping Cosmopolitanisms in Osuofia in London.
Dr K.M. Samuel
Completed Research Works
- Musical Preference of Secondary School Students in Ibadan North Local Government Area.
- Collection, Transcription and Analyses of Yoruba Folksongs for Educational Purposes.
Research Works in Progress
- Intervention Research to Strengthen the Capacity of Musical Arts Educators in Teaching Practice in Oyo and Ibadan Post-Primary Schools.
- Technologies of Some Yoruba Membranophonic and Idiophonic Instruments.
- An Assessment of the Implementation of the Cultural and Creative Arts (CCA) Curriculum in Primary Schools in Ibadan North-West Local Government Area, Ibadan.
Dr T.K. Adekunle
Research Work in Progress
- A Panorama of African Law: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Principles and Jurisprudence of African Law
Dr Molatokunbo Abiola Seun Olutayo
Research Works Completed
- Paradigm Shift in Dramatic Rendition (Ita Omi-Oge). From Tradition to Modernity in Selected Communities in Nigeria.
- Perceptions of Gender Disability and Marriage in Yoruba Society of south-Western Nigeria.
- Social Protection and Women in the Informal Sector in Selected Rural Communities, Oyo State.
- Post-2015 Agenda and Monolithic Academia in Nigeria A Need for a Paradigm Shift.
- African Tattoo Tradition and the Masculine Turn in the Twenty-First Century. The Nigerian Experience.
- Crossing Safe? The Security and Safety of Women at the Aflao and Seme Borders.
Research Works in Progress
- Gender and the Labyrinth of Career in Higher Education in Ghana and Nigeria (DAAD).
- Meaning and the Globalization of Hair in Nigeria.
- Tradition versus Modernity and the Maternal Transition, of Pregnancy and Childhood in Yoruba Culture.
- Gender, Sexuality and Civil Politics in Contemporary Southern Nigeria.
Dr K.A. Adeduntan
Research Work Completed
- Truth, Nothing but the Performative Truth: Yoruba Radio Review of English Newspapers.
Research Works in Progress
- Feedback FM, Babel FM: News Broadcast, Media Policy and Creation of Radio with an Ear.
- The Public and the Dirty Linen: Aspects of the Grotesque in Public Display of Infirmities to Raise Funds.
Dr Sharon Adetutu Omotoso
Completed Research Works
- Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria and Beyond
- Political Communication in Africa
- African Philosophy and Gender Studies in African Studies
- Just War Theory from an African Womanist Perspective
- When the Rains are (Un)stopped: African Feminism and Green Democracy
- Gender and Hair Politics: An African Philosophical Analysis
- Hairiness and Hairlessness: An African Feminist View of Poverty
- On the Morality of enfranchising the African Diaspora
- Political Communication and the Nigerian Democratic Experiment: Critical Insights from Yoruba Philosophy
Research Works in Progress
- Feminist Readings of Political Communication in Africa
- Black Hair: Intrigues and Complications
- Gender Studies in Africa: Emerging and Imagined Trends
- A Moral and Gender Analysis of King Sunny Ade’s Juju Music
- Pluriversalism and Gender Studies Pedagogy in Africa
Mr B.U. Eluma
Completed Research Work
- Early Warning Systems in Africa: An Overview, Case Study, and Evaluative Criteria
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Research Work in Progress
Joking Relationships among Taxi Drivers in Ibadan