FACULTY OF ARTS
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, NIGERIA
ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
RE-ENACTING LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA:
THE PLACE AND ROLE OF THE HUMANITIES
October 7 - 10, 2012
Leadership, viewed from the local, national, and global perspectives is crucial to the level and rate of development of any community. The understanding or misunderstanding of practitioners in leadership has been noted to affect the Nigerian nation in diverse ways. The problem of leadership in Nigeria is really endemic and continues to stagnate the nation in several and diverse ways and at different levels of local, national and international engagement. Contemporary leadership poses challenges to economy, democracy, security, and other developmental and social issues in Africa. There is therefore a growing need for scholars in diverse fields of the humanities to assess and re-assess the state and practice of leadership in Nigeria, from the traditional to the modern. The proposed conference is to provide a forum for scholars, administrators, politicians, and religious practitioners to engage in critical appraisal of leadership from knowledge-based orientations.
Papers that engage any of the following and related issues are therefore invited for presentation at this conference:
· Theoretical and conceptual issues in leadership
- Traditional Authority and Leadership
- The Academia and the Intellectual Leadership Space
- Leadership, Ethnicity and the Making of a Nation
- Ethics of Leadership in Nigeria
- Civil Society and National Leadership
- Leadership Crisis and the Nigerian Space
- Leadership and Poverty of the Nation
- Idea-Based Leadership
- Language and Mass Mobilisation
- Leadership and Political Accountability
- Nigeria and Continental Leadership
- Religious Leadership and Democracy
- Leadership and the Nigerian Press
- Language and Leadership
- The Use of Music in Party Campaigns and and Political Participation
- Women in Leadership
- Screening and Staging in Democracy
- Literary Writing and Leadership in Nigeria
- Violence, Social Disorder and Leadership
Abstracts of proposed paper should not exceed three hundred (300) words. Each should reflect the title of the paper and author’s contact details (institutional affiliation, email address and phone number). We also welcome short research notes that speak to any of the themes.
All submissions are to be made electronically. Abstracts are to be received by 15 September 2012. Authors of accepted abstracts would be informed by 22 September 2012. Full papers should be submitted by 30 September 2012. Note that all papers presented at the conference will be peer-reviewed, and if adjudged to be of high quality, published. We therefore advise that submissions be prepared for publication and not simply for presentation. Abstracts and full papers should be submitted via artsoauconference2012@yahoo.com, and copy dogungbile1@yahoo.com
Conference Fee:
Normal Registration fee: N10,000
Early Bird (On or before September 10, 2012): N9,000
Student: N5,000
International Participant: US$100
Payment by cheque should be made to:
Bank: Zenith
Account Name: Faculty of Arts, O.A.U.
Account Number: 1013022502
Direct all correspondence to:
The Organising Committee, Conference on Reenacting Leadership in Nigeria, c/o Dean’s Office, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Akin Oyebode, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos.
For further enquiries, please contact:
David O. Ògúngbilé, PhD
(Chairman, Organising Committee)
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts
Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria
e-mail: dogungbile1@yahoo.com, dogungbile@oauife.edu.ng
Cell: +234 (0)703.371.8844
Professor L.O. Salami, Ph.D.
Dean, Faculty of Arts
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, 220005. Nigeria.
Tel.: +234-803-725-0323
e-mail: lsalami@oauife.edu.ng
David David O. Ogungbile, PhD +234(0)807.072.1710 +234(0)703.371.8844 |
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