DFG, GERMAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION GRANT EXTENSION FOR UNILAG ACC

May 23, 2025 Bilqis Alayaki

UNILAG African Cluster Centre (UNILAG ACC), Institute of African and Diaspora Studies is proud to announce a seven-year grant extension on the previous project (2019 -2025) on “Reconfiguring African Studies”.

This major extension, awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), German Research Foundation and facilitated through the University of Bayreuth, strengthens UNILAG ACC’s mission to drive innovative research in African Studies.

The announcement was made on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

The J. P. Clark Centre, a structure adjacent to the Faculty of Arts,
University Of Lagos

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ABOUT IADS

On August 9, 2017 IADS UNILAG, was inaugurated, following a series of events attended by staff and students including invited guests and the media. The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Rahamon Bello accompanied by the University Management was on hand to unveil the IADS signpost at the J. P. Clark Centre.

This was followed by an inauguration lecture entitled “The Global Migration Crisis: Identity, Ethical and Economic Entailment”, which was delivered by Prof. Abolade Adeniji of the Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University.