Upcoming Events
The 22nd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association
In today’s world of advancements in new media technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT), culture is evolving, presenting both opportunities and challenges. This dynamic …
Location: Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Start Time: May 14, 2025 - 00:00
End Time: May 17, 2025 - 00:00
Category: Conferences
Past Events
The 21st Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association
With the theme of Ụ́kpụ́rụ́ ndi Igbo na Odudu Ha: Igbo Values and Leadership, the ISA 21st annual international conference intends that these debates would not only open up a …
Location: Enugu, Nigeria
Start Time: May 08, 2024 - 00:00
End Time: May 11, 2024 - 00:00
The 20th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association
Some of them include the increasing insignificance of the Igbo language. As the saying goes, a people without a language is a people without a soul. The death of the …
Location: Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Start Time: May 11, 2023 - 00:00
End Time: May 13, 2023 - 00:00
The 19th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association
Under the theme, Onye Aghana Nwanne Ya (Unity is strength), the 19th Annual International Conference will provide opportunities for scholars to engage with their colleagues and share their research in …
Location: Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Start Time: May 12, 2022 - 00:00
End Time: May 14, 2022 - 00:00
ISA Lecture Series -- Presentation By Professor Biko Agozino, April 30
Okwu nkuzi nke a ga ege nti na egu (o bu egwu ka o bu egu, o bu ujo?) ndi Igbo tiputalu oge aluchalu agha na be anyi welu gosi …
Location: Virtual
Start Time: April 30, 2022 - 11:00
End Time: April 30, 2022 - 13:00
ISA Lecture Series -- Presentation By Sister Caroline N. Mbonu, March 26
Violence against women pervades and manifests in various forms and degrees in different cultures of the world. In Igboland, certain cultural norms against women sustain this vexing question.
Location: Virtual
Start Time: March 26, 2022 - 11:00
End Time: March 26, 2022 - 13:00
Presentation by Professor Obi Nwakanma
Professor Nwakanma explores the dynamics of this relationship and its implications in the Igbo common polity. He engages with the fundamental question of the way forward.
Location: Virtual
Start Time: February 26, 2022 - 11:00
End Time: February 26, 2022 - 13:00
ISA Lecture Series -- Presentation by Dr. Apollos Nwauwa, January 29
The post-World War II period in Africa was accompanied by a new intellectual revolution in which a distinguished scholar of Igbo extraction, Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike, was in the vanguard. …
Location: Virtual
Start Time: January 29, 2022 - 11:00
End Time: January 29, 2022 - 13:00
ISA Lecture Series -- Presentation by Dr. Chima Korieh, November 27
You will recall from previous communications that the lecture series have been expected. The first paper will be given by Dr. Chima Korieh. Please visit the following link to find …
Location: Virtual
Start Time: November 27, 2021 - 10:00
End Time: November 27, 2021 - 12:00
The 18th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association
The 2020 conference principal theme, Uwa Ndi Igbo (Igbo World, Igbo Condition), provides opportunities for scholars to engage with colleagues and share their research in an interdisciplinary dialogue and exhibition …
Location: Oakland Hotel, 2 Ebeano Tunnel Crossing, Off Ogui Road, Enugu, Nigeria
Start Time: June 18, 2020 - 00:00
End Time: June 20, 2020 - 00:00
THE 17TH IGBO STUDIES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The 17th Annual International Conference will provide opportunities for an interdisciplinary dialogue on topics such as strategies for Igbo political prominence or the lack thereof in the current dispensation, what …
Location: Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Start Time: May 09, 2019 - 00:00
End Time: May 11, 2019 - 00:00
The 16th Igbo Studies Association Annual International Conference
The theme of the conference, “Igbo Ga-adi” (Igbo Shall Endure) and its subtitle, “Projecting Igbo Values and Customs,” together, spell the imperative of affirming the Igbo world-view in the face …
Location: Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Start Time: May 10, 2018 - 00:00
End Time: May 12, 2018 - 00:00
THE 15TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IGBO STUDIES ASSOCIATION
The 15th annual conference provides an opportunity to ‘retell the Igbo story and rekindle its values’ in order to facilitate social, political and economic transformation of Igboland while at the …
Location: Greatwood Hotels, Plot 12, G Port Harcourt-Owerri Road, Fed. Secretariat Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Start Time: June 08, 2017 - 00:00
End Time: June 10, 2017 - 00:00
THE 14TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IGBO STUDIES ASSOCIATION
For this conference, the ISA welcomes proposals that assess the engagement of Ndi Igbo with the ever- changing and complex world. Igbo efforts at national and international integration present both …
Location: Dominican University, River Forest (Chicago), Illinois, USA
Start Time: May 12, 2016 - 00:00
End Time: May 14, 2016 - 00:00
The 13th Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association
The 2015 conference will examine the general theme: Ọganihu Igbo: Strategies for Development – and its relevance to the Igbo within their homeland, within the Nigerian polity, and in the …
Location: Marquette University, Marquette, Wisconsin, USA
Start Time: April 09, 2015 - 00:00
End Time: April 11, 2015 - 00:00