November 12, 2009 DRAFT
INTERNATIONAL SUDAN STUDIES CONFERENCE 2009
The Future of Sudan to 2011 and Beyond:
African Dimensions of Peace, Stability and Justice
University of South Africa
25-28 November 2009
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
The November 2009 Sudan Studies Conference is the eighth in a series of high level academic conferences on the Sudan organised by the Sudan Studies Associations. This time around the Centre for African Renaissance Studies at the University of South Africa is taking a leading role in organizing the conference. The Conference is the second since the signing of the historic comprehensive Peace Agreement in January 2005 between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army. The Conference will interrogate the future of Sudan from multidisciplinary perspectives against the backdrop of implementation of the CPA.
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Opening Session
7:30 - 8:15 Registration
8:30 - 8:40 Welcome Address
Principal and Vice Chancellor, Barney Pityana
8:40 - 8:50 Statement on Purpose of Conference
Chair and Director of CARS, Shadrack B.O. Gutto
8:50 - 9:10 Official Opening
High level member of cabinet of the government of RSA
9:10 - 9:20 Cultural Presentation
Praise Singer/Poet
Pillar One
The CPA: Achievements, Challenges and Threats for it Implementation
9:20 - 10:00 Lead Presentations
(In plenary)
Benaiah Yongo Bure
Kettering University, USA
‘The CPA: From its Conception to the End Game’
Douglas H Johnson
International Expert on Abyei Boundaries Commission
‘Border Battleline’
10:00 - 10:10 Discussion
10:10 - 10:25 Tea and coffee break
10:35 - 12:00 Paper Presentations
(Sessions A and B will run parallel)
Session A: Contested Areas and Borders
Richard Lobban
Rhode Island College
‘Comparative Study of Peace Treaties and Other Agreements in Sudan’
Peter Woodward
University of Reading, UK
Atta El-Battahanoi
University of Khartoum
‘The Political Economy of the CPA’
Elke Grawert
University of Bremen, Germany
‘Power and Wealth Sharing vs. Contested Governance’
Abu Bakr El Siddig Ahmed El Tohami
Ombdurman Ahlia University, Sudan
‘Post Peace in Sudan: Expected Environmental and Socio-Economic
Impacts’
Session B: Power and Wealth Sharing
Vitale Otililing Eilia
Political Specialist, US Embassy Khartoum
‘The CPA: Achievements and Limitations’
Guma Kunda Komey Kalo
‘The CPA and the Questions of Identity, Territory and Political Destiny of
the Contested Nuba Mountains’
Alekski Ylonen
Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
‘The CPA in the Nuba Mountains: A Critical Point of Weakness?’
Asha Abdel Rahim
University of Juba, Sudan
‘Ways to Improve Living Conditions of Women Groups in Nuba Mountains,
Southern Kordofan’
Wendy James
Oxford University, UK
‘Challenges for Returnee Population in the Blue Nile, 2005-2009’
Gavin Bradshaw
Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
‘Conflict Transformation and the Future of Sudan’
12: 00 - 13:00 Discussion in plenary session
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Pillar Two
History, Culture, Identity and Human Development
14:10 - 14:50 Lead Presentations
(In plenary)
Al-Amin Abu-Manga
University of Khartoum, Sudan
‘Language Problem in the Sudan: Management of Linguistic Diversity’
Pieter Tesch
Sudan Studies Association, UK
‘Looking West from the Middle Nile: An Exploration of Sudan’s Historical
Place within the Sudanic Belt and Exploring a Comparison with
Mauritania’
14:50 - 15:00 Discussion
15:00 - 15:15 Tea and Coffee
15:15 - 16:30 Paper Presentations
(Sessions A and B to run parallel)
Session A: History and Identity
Yoporeka Somet
Expert on Egyptology
‘L’Egypte des pharaons et la culture africaine contemporaine’
Samba Buri Mboup
University of South Africa
‘A contribution to the debate on the Africanity of Sudan: Epistemic
challenges in the area of historiography and cultural anthropology’
Idris Salim ElHassan
University of Khartoum, Sudan
‘The CPA and the Cultural Diversity in Sudan’
Mahgoub El-Tigani
Tennessee State University, USA
‘Irreconcilable Conflict: The Ghosting of Sufi Islam by Fundamentalist Muslims’
Abdu Mukhtar Musa
Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
‘Marginalization and Ehtnicization in the Sudan: How the elite failed to
stabilize a diverse country’
Session B: Human Development and Social Factors
Paul Fean
University of Sussex, UK (PhD candidate)
‘How adult learners change through education: Teachers’ perceptions of the
personal and social development of students in Adult Education Schools in
Omdurman’
Mohamed Ahmed Abdeghaffar
University of Khartoum
‘The future of Sudan to 2011 and beyond: Dimensions of peace, stability
and reconciliation’
Abraham Matoc Dhal
University of Juba, Sudan
‘Private Sector Development: Towards Realisation of Rural Developmen
in Southern Sudan’
Al-Sadig Yahya Abdallah Ezza
Amir Mohammad Salih Libris
(Affiliation)
‘The Role of Language in Negotiating Power in Sudan’
Esther K Sebetosi
University of South Africa
‘Towards a viable HIV/AIDS policy in southern Sudan: The need to
address misconceptions and gender inequity’
Abdulmageed Abdulraheem Alhaj Ahmed
(Affiliation)
‘The Impact of Education in social Cohesion in Sudan’
Berhanu
(Affiliation)
‘Institutions and Investments in South Sudan: An Institutional Economic
Perspective’
16:30 - 17:30 Discussion in plenary session
18:00 - 20:00 Welcoming Cocktail
Unisa Venue
Thursday 26 November 2009
Pillar Three
Governance, Electoral Processes, Democracy and Human and People’s Rights
8:30 - 9:10 Lead Presentations
(In plenary)
Khalil A Al Medani
(Affiliation)
‘From Assimilation to Confrontation: Macro-micro Level Processes of
Acculturation and Cultural Pluralism in Southern Blue Nile Region (Funj
Region) Sudan’
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Rhode Island College, USA
‘Sharia Law and social Transformation and the Potential for Democracy
After the CPA’
9:10 - 9:20 Discussion
9:20 - 9:35 Tea and coffee break
9:35 - 12:00 Paper Presentations
(Sessions A and B to run parallel)
Session A: The Political Aspects
Peter Adwok Nyaba
(Affiliation)
‘SPLM-NCP Asymmetrical Power Relations Jeopardise the CPA
Implementation and the Future of Sudan’
Abdel Salam Sidahmed
University of Windsor, Canada
‘Challenges to Democratic Transformation in post-CPA Sudan’
Adlan Hardallu
University of Khartoum, Sudan
‘The Projected 2010 Elections in Sudan: Prospects and Outcomes’
Georgio Musso
University of Genova, Italy
‘We will revert to how we were’: The National Congress Party Face to the
Elections and the Referendum’
Hassan El Sauori
Al Neelain University, Sudan
‘Prospects of Fourth Sudanese Democratic System’
Abdel Rahman Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed
National Centre for Diplomatic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sudan
‘The Current Political Challenges and their Impact on the Stability of Sudan’
Azzamzami Basheer Abdul Mahmoud
University of Africa, Sudan
‘Sudanese February 2010 Elections and Internal Challenges Interventions’
Session B:
George Onyango Katete
University of Bremen, Germany
‘The Regional Outcome of the Sudan’s CPA Four Years on the Road: Are
External Forces Playing Progressive Roles’
Ahmed T el-Gailli
Law Offices of Sullivan & Cromwell, UK
‘The Politics of Judicial Independence in Sudan: The Equilibrium of Capture’
Sarah Washburne
University of Exeter, UK (PhD candidate)
‘Civil Society Development in Southern Sudan: Prospects and Pitfalls’
Sidiga Washi
United Arab Emirates University
‘Challenges Faced in the Financing of the Sudanese Women’s Priorities
and Recommendations to the Oslo Donors’ Conference in Sudan 2005’
Aisha Mustafa Mohamed
University of Khartoum, Sudan
‘Cultural identity and politics and gender dimensions of peace, stability
and social justice’
Johan Kriel
University of South Africa
‘Human Rights Challenges for the Southern Sudan Prisons Service’
Dr. Kamal
(Affiliation) and (Title to be added)
12:00 - 13:00 Discussion in plenary session
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Pillar Four
Issues of Statehood and Nation-Building
14:10 - 14:50 Lead Presentations
(In plenary)
Muhammad Jalal Hashim
Independent Scholar, Sudan
‘The Dams of Northern Sudan and the Policy of Demographic Engineering’
Garang Akok
(Affiliation)
Ulrike Schultz
(Affiliation)
‘Life would be easy if I would be Dinka’ The Construction of Ethnic
Identities in Southern Sudanese communities after the CPA’
14:50 - 15:00 Discussion
15:00 - 15:15 Tea and coffee break
15: 15 - 16:30 Paper Presentations
(Sessions A and B to run parallel)
Session A: Management of Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion
Al Athanazio Surur
University of Juba, Sudan
‘Censuses in the History and Politics of Sudan’
Salma Mohamed Abdalla
Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies
‘The State of Sharia (Islamic Law) and the Rights of non-Muslims in post-
CPA Khartoum’
Yasir Awad Abdalla Eltahir
University of Khartoum, Sudan
‘Sudan Politics in Ethnicisation: Mismanaging Diversity, Dismantling the
State’
Gamal Adam
York University, Canada
Anne Bartlett
University of San Francisco
Baballa H Nour
Main, USA
‘Slavery in Sudan: From Stereotyping to Practice’
Adam Cholong Ohiri Aham
University of Juba, Sudan
‘Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion: A factor for making unity attractive’
Session B:
Thomas Schmidinger
University of Vienna, Austria
‘Another Darfur in the North? Kajbar Dam, Dal Dam and the Destruction of
Nubia’
Census Lo-Lyiong
(Affiliation)
‘The Impact of Construction Projects on the Sudd Swamp and its
Importance as a Livelihood System for the South Sudan Region’
Laura Mann
University of Edinburgh, UK (PhD candidate)
‘Nice work if you can get it: University education, social capital and the
promise of social mobility in Sudan
Mahdi Osman
(Affiliation)
‘Dualism and the destructive politics of polarization in Sudan’
Amira Y Badri
Ahfad University, Sudan
‘Federalism in Sudan: Applicability, challenges and opportunities’
Yosa Wawa
(Affiliation)
‘The Southern Sudan: Roots to Secession’
16:30 - 17:30 Discussion in plenary session
19:30 - 21:00 Gala Diner
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Principle of UNISA
University Restaurant, UNISA
His Excellency President Thabo Mbeki, Keynote speaker
Friday 27 November 2009
Pillar Five
Darfur as Epitome of the Sudan Situation?
8:30 - 9:10 Lead Presentations (In plenary)
Mutasim Bashir Ali Hadi
University of Gadarif, Sudan
‘The Impact of the Darfur Peace Agreement on Local Politics in Darfur: The Case of Southeast Darfur’
Jide Martyns Okeke
University of Leeds, UK
‘Contextualising the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ in Darfur’
9:10 - 9:20 Discussion
9:20 – 9:35 Tea and coffee break
9:35 – 12:00 Paper Presentations
(Sessions A and B will run parallel)
Session A: The Darfur Conflicts from Different Perspectives
Johan Brosche
Uppsala University, Sweden
‘This Land is whose Land? A Comprehensive View of 20 Years of Communal
Conflicts’
Scott Edwards
Amnesty International, USA
‘Field Work from the Sky: Remote Data collections from Active Conflict
Zones (The Case of Darfur)’
Savo Heleta
Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
‘The Darfur Conflict from the Perspective of the Rebel Justice and
Equality Movement’
Anne Bartlett*
University of San Francisco, USA
Jennifer Alix-Garcia
University of Wisconsin, USA
David S Saah
University of San Francisco, USA
‘City Growth Under Conflict Conditions: The View from Nyala, Darfur’
Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker
University of Khartoum, Sudan
‘The ICC and the Darfur Crimes: The dilemmas of peace and supra
national criminal justice’
Session B: Root Causes of Conflict in Darfur
Mey Eltayeb Ahmed
University of Khartoum, Sudan
‘Gender and Elections in Conflict Affected Areas of Sudan: Focusing on Darfur Cases’
Regine Penitsch
Max-Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany
‘The Dynamics of Polarised Identities in Darfur’
Abdelbagi Jibril
Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre, Geneva
‘The Rebellion in Darfur: An Incarnation of Sudan’s Identity Crisis’
James J Hentz
Virginia Military Institute
‘Wars across States: The Systematic War in Darfur’
12:00 – 13:00 Discussion in plenary session
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
Pillar Six
Regional and International Correlations and Dimensions of the Sudan Situation: Role of the African Union, the Arab League and External Factors
14:10 – 15:10 Civil Society Presentations
(In plenary)
15:20 – 16:00 Lead Presentations
(In plenary)
Farouk Rahman Eisa
Sudan Studies Society
‘Scramble for Southern Sudan and the New Devil’
Bankie Forster Bankie
Independent Scholar
‘Antithesis – The reconstruction of the African Union and its Co-
ordination with the Arab League for a Viable and Sustainable Solution for
the Unity of Africans’
16:00 – 16:10 Discussion
16:10 -16:25 Tea and coffee break
16:25 – 17:25 Paper Presentations
(In plenary)
Khaled Qasaymeh
University of South Africa
‘Indictment of the President of Sudan: The power of the ICC in the context of the inherited immunity of a Head of State in Office’
Shadrack B.O Gutto
University of South Africa
‘Preaching Marriage and Divorce at the same time: Challenges of the CPA
to the foreign policies of GOSS and GNU in the pre- and post- 2011’
Fadwa Rahman Ali TaHa
University of Khartoum, Sudan
‘The Sudan’s role as middle stream country between Egypt and the
riparian countries of East Africa: Past present and future’
Dirk Hansohn
Ministry of Foreign Trade, Sudan
‘Sudan’s reintegration into world economy: What role for regional
integration?’
17:25 – 18:25 Discussion in plenary session
Saturday 28 November 2009
Closing Session
9:00 – 10:00 Synthesis of conference proceedings – Closing remarks | 
