2012 International Conference and Chinua Achebe Annual Lectures
Proposed themes and Sub-themes for the Conference
• Humanities and Leadership Issues.
• Climate change adaptation from the Arts
• Gender and leadership in restructured Africa.
• Contemporary issues in language and literary studies.
• New trends in theatre and film studies in Africa.
• The role of communication (social media) in re-structuring Africa.
• Contemporary visual African arts and its cultural undertones.
• Emerging relationship between Archaeology and tourism in the Third Millennium.
• New trends in African music.
• Feminism versus womanism in the Third Millennium.
• Reconciling theory and practice in the Humanities.
• Business German and the reform of German studies in Third Millennium.
• The relevance of music studies to the appreciation of music in Africa.
• Language as tool for the evolution and materialization of technology.
• Evolution and new horizons in gender studies from humanistic point of view.
• The value of language in the development, sustenance and transfer of science and technology.
The last week of April, 2012 is proposed for the conference proper. Participants would be expected to arrive Nsukka the weekend and the actual conference would start on Monday and end on Friday of the same week, 23rd April, 2012 to 28th April, 2012.
The Events are Proposed thus:
Sunday 22nd, April 2012: Arrivals
Monday Day 1, 23rd April, 2012
• Flag-off Ceremonies of the Mega Cereference by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
• Chief Celebrant: Prof. Chinua Achebe (USA)
• keynote Address: Prof. Nwando Achebe (USA)
• Lecture: Prof. T.U. Nwala. Igbo Leadership Crises
Tuesday Day 2, 24th April, 2012
• Senator Gbenga Kaka: Nigeria and the Issue of Unemployment.
• Prof. Benson Oluikpe: Economic Empowerment of Rural Population in Nigeria in a Depressed Global Economy.
Wednesday Day 3, 25th April, 2012
• Award and Distinction Day.
• Presenter: The Ambassador of France
• 2nd Keynote Address
• Lead Papers-Ambassador. Prof. Dew Mayson.
• Prof. I.T.K. Egeonu: Foreign and Indigenous Languages Development in Africa.
Thursday Day 4, 26th April, 2012
• Prof. Charles Okigbo: Uwa ndi Igbo Transformational Leadership Contexts.
• Rev. Fr. Dr. Dr. Ikechukwu Aloysius Orjinta c.s.sp: Igbo Leadership Vaccum and Crises and the Igbo Vandalization of her elites using Chinualumogu Achebe's Case as Case of Study.
Friday Day 5, 27th April, 2012
• Closing Ceremonies
• Prof. Julius Benedict: University of Free State, South Africa
Saturday, 28th April, 2012: Novelty Football Match.
Sunday, 29 th April, 2012: Thanksgiving Mass at St. Peter's Chaplaincy, UNN.
Sight-Seeing/Excursions/Research Centres
• University of Nigeria Physics Observatory.
• University of Nigeria Archaelogy Research Centre.
• Opi Lake.
• Edemani and Opi Scenery.
• Adada River Picnic Site.
• St Johns Seminary and Spiritan School of Philosophy, Isienu, Nsukka.
• Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Nsukka Residential Monument
• Nigerian Civil War Relics PAA and Ziks Flat Sites.
• Government House and Okpara Square Enugu
• Ogbunike Cave near Onitsha./ Onitsha Main Market/Niger Bridge
• Nigerian Civil War Museum and Ojukwu -Bunker Umuahia.
• Oguta Lake and Civil War Relics Oguta 1.
• Shell/NNPC Oil Wells Izombe and Egbema in Imo State.
• Assumpata Cathedral Owerri.
• University of Nigeria Catholic and Church of Christ Chaplaincies.
• Opi/Lejja Bloomery Iron Working Site. The Earliest Iron Working Site in the World.
• Okigwe, Ugwuele. Earliest and Largest Acheulian Stone Tool Lead Production in the World.
Conference Fee
• Non-Nigerians: 160 US dollars
• Nigerians: 10,000 Naira
• Vetting/ Assessment of Paper Presentations: 2,000 Naira
• Institutions and corporate organizations, NGOs, Embassies: 50,000 Naira
Bank Details
Account name: unnartsconference/Chinua Achebe Annual Lectures
Bank: Fidelity Bank Plc.
Account Number: 6220031678
Benefits
• Snacks and Drinks
• Conference Souvenirs
• Cocktail
• Faculty Journal
