{"id":10222,"date":"2026-09-23T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=10222"},"modified":"2026-09-23T14:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:17:24","slug":"2026-african-universities-seminar-series-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/2026-african-universities-seminar-series-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES SEMINAR SERIES CONFERENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10222\" class=\"elementor elementor-10222\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c95ffa9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c95ffa9\" 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<b>2026 African Universities Seminar Series \u2013 Nigeria (AUSS-NG) Conference<\/b>, taking place from <b>September 21\u201323, 2026<\/b>, at the <b>Arthur Mbanefo Digital Research Centre (AMDRC), University of Lagos, Akoka<\/b>.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">The conference, themed <b>\u201cCitizenship, Belonging, and Geographies of Conflict in Contemporary Nigeria,\u201d<\/b> brings together academics, researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders to engage in critical conversations around citizenship, identity, belonging, conflict, peacebuilding, and development in Nigeria and beyond.<\/span><\/p><div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">Hosted within the University of Lagos, the conference further underscores IADS&#8217;s commitment to advancing scholarship, dialogue, and research on Africa and the African diaspora, while fostering meaningful academic collaborations and conversations on issues shaping contemporary African 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