Aderemi Raji-Oyelade
EMAIL: remraj1@gmail.com
PHONE: +2348088636663
ADDRESS: Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Table Tennis, Walking
MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Member
YEAR OF INDUCTION/ADMISSON: 2018
POST HELD: Head of Department (English) – 2009-2012; Dean of Arts (UI) – 2012-2015
MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEE: Nil
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION: University of Ibadan
SPECIALTIES: Literary Criticism, Creative Writing, Digital Humanities
APPOINTMENTS: Nil
PARTICIPATION IN GRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS/PROJECTS: FORD FOUNDATION GRANT ON CULTURE AND MEDIA, (1999-2000); CUAP GRANTS FOR UI AND SIUE, ILLINOIS (2002-2004); CODESRIA GRANT FOR THE SSH, UI (2017/2018)
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Nil
Biography
Prof. Raji-Oyelade teaches Literature of the African Diaspora and Creative Writing, and Literature and the New Media in the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is an award-winning poet and former President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (2011-2015) and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan (2012-2015). He is the recipient of the Humboldt Alumni Prize for Innovative Networking Initiatives (2017)
