To promote computer-based approaches to research in all disciplines in the humanities; to encourage and support research activities that will stimulate and drive computer-based studies in the humanities;
Consequently, the emergence of Digital Humanities (DH) as a response to this revolution has sparked off informed, critical debates on, as well as exploration of, the application of computational methods and digital technology for research and studies in the humanities.
Chair & Principal Investigator
( New Media & Society Cluster)
(African Cultures & Epistemology Cluster)
( Digital Literature & Society Cluster)
( Digital Political Discourse Cluster)
Digital History & Cultural Heritage Cluster
ICT/Technical Officer
Data Entry Officer & Research Assistant
Research Associate in Digital Humanities and Geo-Spatial Information
International Research Associate (Partnerships and Linkages)
To promote computer-based approaches to research in all disciplines in the humanities; to encourage and support research activities that will stimulate and drive computer-based studies in the humanities;
To generate research ideas that will promote cutting-edge studies and produce transnational outcomes for the benefit of society;
To develop and explore new theories and methods that will open up new avenues of conducting research in the humanities;
To adopt new technological tools to analyse and present results of research conducted from within the disciplines in the humanities;
To engage in critical social and digital media research projects;
To publish research outcomes in digital humanities for the benefit of the wider community outside the academia;
To promote highly collaborative and interdisciplinary programmes for research incomes and socially beneficial innovative ideas;
To provide an enabling research climate and mentorship for upcoming scholars;
To prepare and equip future generations of scholars and researchers in the humanities to adopt scientific approaches to their research through seminars and workshops that will complement classroom-based learning;
To organise workshops/conferences/seminars for training and capacity building in computer-driven studies and computing skills acquisition in the humanities;
To provide, through periodic publications and other forms of intellectual discourses and conversations, a national policy direction on how to develop the capacity and the necessary scientific competencies that will address contemporary challenges in Nigerian society and the global community;
To contribute to the drive towards a knowledge-based society.