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FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND MEETING

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT



URHOBO HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S

 FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & MEETING


OCTOBER 29 - 31, 2004

at

PETROLEUM TRAINING INSTITUTE, EFFURUN, NIGERIA
&
IBRU CENTRE & NIGER DELTA CULTURAL CENTRE, AGBARHA-OTOR, NIGERIA


The Editorial & Management Committee of Urhobo Historical Society cordially invites all Urhobo sons and daughters, as well as friends, scholars, and students of Urhobo history and culture, to participate in our Fifth Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting, which will be held on October 29 - 31, 2004.

Venues (tentative):
*      Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Nigeria
*      Ibru Centre and Niger Delta Cultural Centre, Agbarha-Otor, Nigeria

 
About Urhobo Historical Society

Established in August 1999, Urhobo Historical Society provides a forum for the publication of works in Urhobo history and culture. URHOBO WAADO, Web site of Urhobo Historical Society, also highlights issues of  oil pollution and environmental degradation in Nigeria's Niger Delta. Besides its defence of Urhobo interests in general, Urhobo Historical Society has provided a valuable documentation of Urhobo history and culture hitherto unknown in cyberspace. Along with two smaller Web sites http://www.urhobo.kinsfolk.com  and http://www.urhobowaado.info, our main web site http://www.waado.org/Contents.html has emerged as an important reference point for Urhobo history and culture. Our publication of British "Treaties of Protection" in the Western Niger Delta in the 1880s and 1890s has compelled an opportunity for a fresh re-examination of the history of Warri City and of the Western Niger Delta. Through its web sites, Urhobo Historical Society has also become a powerful voice in defence of Niger Delta interests.   

The first two Annual Conferences of Urhobo Historical Society were held in North America. We held our First Annual  Conference and Meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on November 3-5, 2000 . Senator David O. Dafinone was the Keynote Speaker. Our Second Annual Conference and Meeting took place in Persipanny, New Jersey, USA, on November 2-4, 2001. Its scope was limited as a result of the disruptions in international travel, after the attack in New York on September 11, which prevented Nigerian participants from travelling to North America.

Our Third Annual Conference was held in London on November 1-3, 2002. Chief D. A. Obiomah was our Special Guest of Honour in the Third Annual Conference and Meeting; Professor David Okpako gave the keynote address; and Olorugun Felix Ibru, first civilian Governor of Delta State, presided over the opening ceremonies. Our Fourth Annual Conference was also held in London, October 31 - November 2, 2003. Deacon Gamaliel Onosode and Governor James Ibori were the Conference's Special Guests of Honour; Olorogun Moses Taiga, represented by Chief Godwin Ogbetuo, was the scheduled Chair of the Opening Ceremony; and The Very Reverend Prof. Samuel Erivwo delivered the Fourth Annual Conference's keynote address.

Our Fifth Annual Conference will thus be the first convention of Urhobo Historical Society that will be held in Urhoboland. Attendance will continue to be international, with strong teams of participants expected to travel from the United States of America and the United Kingdom. We expect full attendance from the Urhobo homeland, in addition to substantial participation by the Urhobo Diaspora.

Call For Papers

Our conferences emphasize academic content and relevance for Urhobo affairs. The concerns of the Conference will be transacted in (a) roundtable panels featuring special subjects; (b) academic sessions; and (c) Annual General Meeting for members of Urhobo Historical Society. We will welcome papers on all aspects of Urhobo history and culture, especially those that relate to the main theme of the Conference. Please contact the Conference Chair at mowoe.2@osu.edu with your thoughts and suggestions for a conference paper.

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AGENDA

Conference Theme
Urhobo's Future and the Challenges of an Emerging Global Order in the 21st Century


FRIDAY, OCTOBER  29, 2004

Venue: Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Nigeria

09:00 -- 12:00n
Opening Ceremonies                           
12:00 -- 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:00n -- 3:45 p.m. First Plenary Academic Session
3:45 -- 4:00 p.m.         
Break
4:00 -- 5:30 p.m.
UHS Book Launch:
Warri City and British Colonial Rule in Western Niger Delta.
Edited by Peter Ekeh

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2004

Venue: Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Nigeria

 09:00 --10: 30 a.m. Second Plenary Academic Session                                
10:30 --12:30 p.m. First Roundtable -- Education and Urhobo's Future:
Do We Need an Urhobo University?
12:30 -- 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break
02:00 -- 3:30 p.m. Keynote Address
03:30 -- 03:45 p.m. Break
03:45 -- 05:30 p.m. Second Roundtable  --  Youth Crisis and Urhobo's Future

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2004

 Venue: Niger Delta Cultural Centre & Ibru Centre, Agbarha-Otor, Nigeria

09:00 -- 12:00n Ecumenical Thanksgiving Church Service                               
12:00 -- 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 --  2:30 p.m.  Women Roundtable:
Women and Cultivation of  Urhobo Culture and Language
2:30 -- 3:30 p.m.                   Launching of Urhobo Art Exhibition:
Where Gods and Mortals Meet: Continuity & Renewal in Urhobo Art by Perkins Foss
3:30 -- 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 -- 4:45 p.m. Annual General Meeting
4:45 -- 6:45 p.m.
Special Closing Event

Signed:

Isaac James Mowoe,  Ph.D., J.D.
Chair
Conference and Communiqué Committee                                                 
Email:
mowoe.2@osu.edu
Chief J. M. Barovbe, JP, BA (Hons), MBA.
Chair
Conference Organizing Committee in Nigeria
Email:  westminstercollegelagos@hotmail.com
Phones (Lagos):
01-804B6571 (home); 01-774-7959 (office);

             080-233-68440 (M)


June 28, 2004


   



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