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Can NPSA Be That Singularity for Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 20, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Ferdinand de Saussure, Gramsci, International Relations, Knowledge, Language game, NPSA, Postmodernism, Power, UINo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It is not bookishness to be excited about the leadership transition at the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA). As every new leadership necessarily seeks legitimati... Read more

Royal Bombshell @ Baze University, Abuja’s 7th Inaugural Lecture

Posted By: adminon: June 09, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 'Benin Empire', Africa, Baze University, Belongingness, Identity, Kabba Calendar, Memory, MigrationNo CommentsViews:

It was an Inaugural Lecture with several differences. There was the fanfare which we can call the Baze University flavouring of the Inaugural Lecture tradition in academia. There was the roy... Read more

Ahead of Prof Abiodun Adeniyi and Prof Major Adeyi’s Inaugural Lecture

Posted By: adminon: June 02, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Baze University, Epistemology, Inaugural Lecture, Mass Communications, Political Science, Prof C. S Hamelink, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

Two Nigerian academics are each delivering an Inaugural Lecture within a week of each other in June 2026. Ordinarily, an Inaugural Lecture is a solemn but routine practice in that domain. Th... Read more

Who is Being Prepared to Thrive in a Multipolar University?

Posted By: adminon: May 31, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Asia, Australia, Canada, EU, Global South, Iran, Japan, Manhattan Project, Middle East, MIT, Patrice Lumumba University, Russia, Singapore, The Humboldtian model, The Manhattan Project, UK, US, Western EuropeNo CommentsViews:

By Carlos Vargas The received story about global higher education goes like this: for most of the 20th century, knowledge flowed outwards from a small number of research-intensive universi... Read more

Nelson Mandela University’s ‘Who We Are, What is Reality and How to Change Society’

Posted By: adminon: May 23, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Centre for Women and Gender Studies, Decoloniality, NMU, Reality, SCSFNo CommentsViews:

This piece from University World News explains what a South African university is up to through a new module By Muki Moeng PhD Social consciousness is integral to education, since this is wh... Read more

Why Universities Should Be Turned Upside Down

Posted By: adminon: May 20, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Critical thinking, Curiosity, Enquiry, Higher education, Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto, PhDNo CommentsViews:

Reversing the flow of knowledge – so students, rather than established professors, drive enquiry – could help the next generation of scholars prepare society, and themselves, for the future,... Read more

Liberal Democracy and Governance in Nigeria Since 1999: Beyond Consolidation and Reform

Posted By: adminon: May 19, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 'Iroko', Billy Dudley, Capitalism, Elections, Governance, Individual interests, INEC, IRev, NPSA, Party system, Political Science, Rule of lawNo CommentsViews:

First published on January 29th, 2026, this text is being republished solely to replace the cover picture of late Prof Billy Dudley with a different one as the previous one is said not to be... Read more

UNIJOS Political Science Unfolds Book on IRs and Democratic Governance in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 03, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Democratic governance, Federalism, Foreign policy, International Relations, PhD students, Prof Audu Gambo, UNIJOS1 CommentViews:

Mentees of University of Jos political scientist, Prof Audu Gambo, are stretching appreciation to a new height. PhD students he supervised have not only produced a Festschrift in his honour,... Read more

Why Are Universities Still Teaching Referencing Styles?

Posted By: adminon: April 26, 2026In: BookspaceTags: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, ZoteroNo CommentsViews:

This is not a recent article but the question persists, especially in academic cultures which detest pluralism in referencing. Two academics from different settings take us through in a THE... Read more

Situating Prof Omotoye Olorode’s ‘The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century’

Posted By: adminon: March 20, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 21st century, Africa, ASUU, FG, International Relations, Marxism, NUC, Ontology, Scholarship, World BankNo CommentsViews:

Text: The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century Author: Prof Omotoye Olorode Pages: 78 Year: 2023 Publisher: CITAD, Kano Reviewer: Adagbo Onoja Like the banana tree which gets cut down... Read more