Tunde Ope-Davies
Professor Tunde Ope-Davies | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Department of English University of Lagos | |
| In office August, 2019 – Present | |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship |  Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Known for | Digital humanities |
Tunde Ope-Davies(formerly Opeibi) is a Nigerian Professor of English, Digital Cultures and Discuss studies at the University of Lagos. He is the founder and Director, Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Lagos (CEDHUL).[1]
Education and fellowships[edit]
Tunde Ope-Davies earned his major academic doctoral degrees from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and was a recipient of the University of Lagos Best Student's Scholarship award and Lever Brothers’ Prizes. At the postdoctoral level, he won the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Georg Forster Fellowship for Experienced Researchers in Germany,[2] the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship in the United Kingdom, the Visiting Fellowship of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and a Visiting DAAD Scholarship in Digital Humanities in Germany.[3]
Professional and administrative career[edit]
He is the founding president of the Digital Humanities Association of Nigeria (DHAN),[4][5] and a former Executive Member on the Board of the Global Outlook for Digital Humanities (GO::DH). He was once a Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos State on Speech & Communication.[6] He is the current chair of the Department of English, University of Lagos[7],[8] and a member of the Governing Council of Anchor University, Lagos.[9]
Grants, honours and recognitions[edit]
Professor Ope-Davies is a Grantee of the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany[10] and TETFund, Nigeria and has also held visiting positions at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Westminster University, London, UK, and Leipzig University, Germany. His current Digital Humanities research projects include the Corpus of Nigeria New Media Discourse in English (CONNMDE), Digital Political Discourse Nigeria Corpus (DPDNC), LitTech: Lagos.
References[edit]
- ↑ Tunde, Ope-Davies (11 November 2017). "Professor of Digital Humanities University of Lagos speaks on Investment in digital humanities will contribute to national development". Business Day. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ↑ "Director at the Centre for Digital Humanities; University of Lagos website".
- ↑ Tunde, Ope-Davies. "Professor Ope-Davies Profile". TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT CHEMNITZ. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ↑ Tunde, Ope-Davies. "Founding President Digital Humanities, Nigeria". Digital Humanities Association of Nigeria. dhnigeria. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ↑ "founding director and principal investigator at the Centre for Digital Humanities; University of Lagos website".
- ↑ Tunde, Ope-Davies (24 June 2018). "senior special assistant on speech and communication to former Governor Babatunde Fashola". Taiwo Ojoye. Punch Newspaper. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ↑ Tunde, Ope-Davies (11 August 2018). "Choosing the right journal is as important as the research itself observed Prof. Tunde Ope-Davies (formerly Opeibi) of the Department of English, University of Lagos (UNILAG)". Chika Abanobi. Sun Newspaper. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ↑ "Current chair of the department of english, UNILAG; University of Lagos website". www.unilag.edu.ng.
- ↑ "Speechwriters are at the receiving end when things go wrong — Prof. Tunde Opeibi". 23 June 2018.
- ↑ "Professor Tunde Ope-Davies won the Volkswagen foundation grant; University of Lagos website". www.unilag.edu.ng.
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