Professor Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, OSA, a priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, Province of Nigeria, would deliver the Maiden Inaugural Lecture of Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State, on February 18, 2021 at the University Arena by 10am. He will speak on the theme, “Igwebuike: An Operative Condition of African Philosophy, Religion and Culture- Towards a thermodynamic transformative ontology”.

Prof. Kanu will become the first Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, the first Professor of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences and, in fact, the first Professor of Tansian University to deliver a Professorial Inaugural Lecture.

During the lecture, he would be unveiling an Igbo-African operative condition of reality while showcasing to the academic community of inquiry, the substance of his work and specialisation.

The inaugural lecture would be hosted by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eugene Okoye Nwadialor, while the Special Guest of Honour is Very Rev. Msgr. Prof. J. B Akam, who is the Founder/Chancellor of the institution.