Historian of veterinary public health, livestock economy & food systems in West Africa | Asst. Prof. @UCDdublin | PhD from @iheid_history @GVAGrad | #Badagry
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PHD STUDENTSHIP CALL
I am currently accepting applications for a Ph.D. Studentship on NTDs in West African Public Health HISTORY.
Full tuition waiver + €25,000 p.a. stipend + €4,000 p.a. research costs.
Deadline: May 1, 2026.
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Opening Address at the Joint #Conference of the #Swiss Society for #African Studies (SGAS/SSEA) & the Association for #AfricanStudies in Germany (VAD), themed “African Perspectives on Global Transformations” in #Basel starting today and lasting for the next two days. #SGAS_VAD
Appreciating the #SGAS_VAD #LocalOrganizers who made everything possible:
Pascal Schmid & Veit Arlt both of @UniBasel @UniBasel_en
And finally, huge thanks to the incredible team of #ConferenceVolunteers who helped operationalise the entire #SGAS_VAD process & programme.
#Bye #Tschüss #Basel.
Ṣeun Williams retweeted
Many of us pass Ọba Akran Avenue without knowing who Akran was — an Ogu king, a minister, a first-class traditional ruler who helped build the very western region we call ‘Yorubaland’ today.
Ṣeun Williams retweeted
We need to ask ourselves, 'if southeastern Benin Republic... are not exclusively labelled Fonland or Oguland despite Benin's predominant Fon/Ogu populations, how then can southwest Nigeria be Yorubaland?'
rpublc.com/story/2026/03/22/…
Ṣeun Williams retweeted
'Southwestern Nigeria' and 'Yorubaland' are not the same thing — and conflating them isn't just historically wrong, it has real consequences for who gets resources, recognition and political power today.
This essay is uncomfortable, necessary and overdue. Read here:
rpublc.com/story/2026/03/22/…
PHD STUDENTSHIP CALL
I am currently accepting applications for a Ph.D. Studentship on NTDs in West African Public Health HISTORY.
Full tuition waiver + €25,000 p.a. stipend + €4,000 p.a. research costs.
Deadline: May 1, 2026.
Kindly help reshare.
Ṣeun Williams retweeted
A “Meat-Hungry” People: Nutrition Science and the Colonial Discovery of Animal-Protein Malnutrition in Nigeria, by one of the most hardworking @LagosStudies members at the annual conference, Oluwaṣeun Otọsedẹ Williams @WheelHelms:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Thank you very much indeed for the invitation. I had a great time experiencing Zurich. And I do really appreciate the constructive engagements and feedback that I received from your vibrant scholarly community! Thank you again!
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