Ife Institute of Advanced Studies’ 2022 summer programme highlights ‘Future of the Academy’

The Ife Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) has put in place a comprehensive intellectual agenda for its 2022 Summer Institute Programme (SIP) scheduled to hold from July 24 to August 6, 2022.

After five successful editions, this is the sixth event in the life of a programme that took off in 2017.

In a statement signed by the Convener, Prof. Jacob K. Olupona of Harvard University, United States of America, the SIP for 2022 will take on an exciting hybrid format.

It is scheduled to hold both online (Zoom) and physically, at the Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

The programme is expected to kick-off at 1:00 p.m. on July 25th, 2022, under the chairmanship of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Simeon Adebayo Bamire

The theme for the year’s SIP is: ‘The Future of the Academy: Skills for Transformative Pedagogy, Theory, and Practice.’

The objective is to facilitate and foster innovative research among young scholars in the academy, particularly those in the humanities, social sciences, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) by exposing them to relevant theoretical and methodological tools in their respective disciplines.

The gathering will allow Fellows to deepen their knowledge and capacities through workshops, lectures, field trips, peer sharing and networking sessions.

They will also be trained on how to creatively respond to challenges posed by global needs, issues, and events.

This year’s programme will be anchored by an impressive number of senior scholars from Nigeria and abroad engaging a wide range of themes and issues that are designed to deepen the understanding of research and teaching mission in the academy.

The keynote address will be delivered by Prof. Olufemi O. Vaughan, the Alfred Sargent Lee’ 41 and Mary Farley Ames Lee Professor of Black Studies at Amherst College, United States of America.

Participants are expected this year from Nigeria, USA, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Pakistan, Angola, Algeria, Ghana, Belgium and Switzerland.