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Responses to Nazi Perpetration in Fiction: Complicity and Continuities

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Book: Responses to Nazi Perpetration in Fiction: Complicity and Continuities Author: Prof Stephanie Bird, Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature, University College London, United Kingdom Discussant: Prof Sue Vice, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Discussant: Dr Zoltán Kékesi, Research Fellow, Centre for Collective Violence, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Institute […]

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Decoloniality and Development in African Literary Tradition

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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Dr Adaobi Nkeokelonye, Visiting Lecturer, African University of Science and Technology; Research Fellow, WATJCentre, Nigeria Moderator: Dr Ndidi Njoku, Research and Policy Manager, Nextier, Nigeria Date: April 16, 2026 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/A5_TSyMdS4qITZqnkvY25A

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SANKOFA: The Algorythm of One Day at a Time in the 21st Century Academy (Part 2)

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SANKOFA: Leveraging Indigenous Knowledge Systems for the Future of the Academy The return of technology to the service of humanity in an era of obsession with improving machines to displace human labour calls for an ethical paradigm that prioritises the re-humanisation of development. Such a paradigm is embedded in several indigenous knowledge systems undergirded by

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SANKOFA: The Algorythm of One Day at a Time in the 21st Century Academy (Part 1)

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Philip Ademola OLAYOKU, PhD …and we, can all make a change So I’m told, but I haven’t seen the change unfold I’ll keep hoping, please… …But I know that I will always continue to grow As long as I lead, and never follow in no one else’s shadow There will never be another me, and

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Conference – The Nigerian Civil War and Resilience: Sixty Years After

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Call for Papers The Nigerian Civil War and Resilience: Sixty Years After January 13-15, 2027 (Hybrid: University of Nigeria, Nsukka/Zoom) Abstract Deadline: June 30, 2026 The outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War in 1967—just seven years after the end of colonial rule—marked a defining moment in the history of a nation still grappling with the

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The Benin Coup Attempt and Political Instability in West Africa

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Preamble On the morning of December 7, 2025, there were reports of gunfire at the Beninese Presidential Palace in Cotonou, the state capital. This was subsequently described as an attempted military takeover that sent shockwaves across the ECOWAS region, which has been plagued by several coups in recent years. With the breakaway of the Alliance

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Movement as Method: Bridging Scholarship, Community and Activism

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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Krystal Strong,Associate Professor of Black Studies in Education, Rutgers University, USA Moderator: Dr Monica E. Akokuwebe, Senior Researcher, SAMRC, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Date: January 15, 2026 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/Hhh3IS42RLuoW9ubjhseqA?fbclid=IwY2xjawPjGD5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEyYzBsMGpvYjNkYlE0Znhpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHp0WCARUocwIdxNrB7QpdNQedsVOWUNyqbiE15p0UjQemc3at9Y1SqAX7BhF_aem_J-3OQulXco_JlWjS1JnPUw#/registration

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