{"id":7092,"date":"2024-11-27T10:16:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=7092"},"modified":"2025-01-30T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:47:48","slug":"call-for-proposal-lagos-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/call-for-proposal-lagos-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL FOR PROPOSAL- LAGOS CONFERENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7092\" class=\"elementor elementor-7092\" 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-89382c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89382c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d441d0c\" data-id=\"d441d0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e15e4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e15e4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Lagos Conference on Lagos<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7209953 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7209953\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94a11fe\" data-id=\"94a11fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591f0c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"591f0c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Theme: Our Lagos, Their Lagos: Autochthony, Conflicted Identity and Structures of \n  Power in 21st Century\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee91e39 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee91e39\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f66be98\" data-id=\"f66be98\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eab1cde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eab1cde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">25th - 27th September, 2025<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1aaed5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1aaed5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c88158d\" data-id=\"c88158d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe93dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fe93dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><em><strong>Concept Note<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f07b225 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f07b225\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04ed414\" data-id=\"04ed414\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b2d556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b2d556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria is considered a melting pot of diverse ethnic groups that cuts across the West African subregion and the African diaspora. In the last few centuries (between the 1400s and now), Lagos has grown from what historians referred to as a small fishing village and\/or a camp of the Benin Empire warriors, to a vast metropolis of over 23 million people in Nigeria. Lagos has become an urban centre that has grown steadily into a vast metropolis, wielding extensive economic, political and cultural influence on Nigeria and the West African sub-region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ecc5be5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ecc5be5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ca518c\" data-id=\"9ca518c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1612ec8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1612ec8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The expansive nature of Lagos has transformed the city into a multi-form nature whose political and economic geography as well as its identity is constantly being defined and redefined. At the same time, the influence of Lagos\u2014historical and political&#8212;is not limited to what we know as the Lagos metropolis today but encompasses a diaspora with links to Freetown, Sierra Leone and Salvador-Bahia in Brazil. The diaspora networks have played very significant roles in shaping the identity and heritage of Lagos in ways that have made the city\/state a global centre of historical, economic and political contestation. The conference plans to bring together scholars, practitioners, social activists, government and business leaders to interrogate what we call Our Lagos, Their Lagos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcdb0fc\" data-id=\"fcdb0fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac72ace elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac72ace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"936\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Lagosflyer.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Lagosflyer.jpeg 936w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Lagosflyer-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Lagosflyer-768x573.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d14e744 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d14e744\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e7e41e\" data-id=\"8e7e41e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1064b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1064b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Central questions germane to the conference are: What is it that is shaping new identity formation in Lagos and its diaspora? How is it that Lagos has become a centre of heritage contestations? How are new forms of urbanization reshaping the ways in which different ethnic groups imagine Lagos? How have different sociolinguistic praxes contributed to the indigeneity and citizenship structure of cosmopolitan Lagos? How are property ownerships redefining the Lagos of the 21st Century?<\/p><p>Panel proposals can focus on any of the following areas of Study on Lagos, but not limited to:<\/p><ul><li>Autochthony, Historical Flows and Heritage<\/li><li>Urbanity, Urbanization and new communities<\/li><li>Contemporary Connections, Indigeneity and Identity(ies) Formation.<\/li><li>Lagos: Past, Present and the Future, Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial Lagos<\/li><li>Media and New Technologies<\/li><li>Nollywood<\/li><li>Creatives and Creativities \u2013 Music, Arts, Photography<\/li><li>Lagos Connections, Remittances and the African Continent<\/li><li>Industrializing Lagos in the 21st Century<\/li><li>Lagos and its Diaspora<\/li><li>Modernity, \u201cLagoses\u201d of Lagos and Lagos Divisions (IBILE)<\/li><li>Language and Sociolinguistic Engagements<\/li><li>Migrations and Integrations in Lagos<\/li><li>Politics of Politics and Governance<\/li><li>Lagos and Education<\/li><li>Socio-economic Landscape, Economic Spatialities, Class Aspirations<\/li><li>Transportation, Traffic, Park\/Garage Lout (Agbero)<\/li><li>Cuisine, Diet, Dishes<\/li><li>Religion and Spirituality in Lagos<\/li><li>Lagos and The History of Cities<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-91e36af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"91e36af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc7227b\" data-id=\"dc7227b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db95f98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db95f98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The conference is organized by the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos. The conference is scheduled to hold at the campus of the University, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State.<\/p><p>Please submit your abstracts, not more than 250 words, to Lagos <a href=\"mailto:lagosconference@iads.edu.ng\">lagosconference@iads.unilag.edu.ng<\/a> Note that you can submit abstract for a closed panel session, with the names of speakers for a complete session.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2920571 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2920571\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ef8b5b\" data-id=\"0ef8b5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdee58f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdee58f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Important Dates<\/strong><\/h4><h4>Call for panel proposals \u2013 27th November, 2024<\/h4><h4>Panel Submission closes \u2013 8th February, 2025<\/h4><h4>Notification of successful Panels \u2013 25th February, 2025<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/call-for-proposal-lagos-conference\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 7092, \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"Publications\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=297&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=3293&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"CALL FOR PROPOSAL- LAGOS CONFERENCE\" }) });<\/script><!-- end sktbuilder starter -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos Conference on Lagos Theme: Our Lagos, Their Lagos: Autochthony, Conflicted Identity and Structures of Power in 21st Century 25th &#8211; 27th September, 2025 Concept Note Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria is considered a melting pot of diverse ethnic groups that cuts across the West African subregion and the African diaspora. 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