Program
 Friday, May 25, 2007

Registration: 11:15 -12:15 PM, 2nd Floor Houston Hall
(Registration is continuous throughout the conference)

Conference Opening (12:15-12:45 PM) (Ben Franklin Room)

Panel 1 (1:00-3:00): The Diaspora and the Sudanese Wars [Ben Franklin]
Chair: Lee Cassanelli, University of Pennsylvania

1. “Militias in Sudan’s Genocidal Wars: Militarism and Militarization of Society under the NIF Regime”, Lako Tongun, Pitzer College, California

2. “Globalization, Diasporas, and Homeland Conflict in Sudan”, Martha Mutisi, George Mason University, Virginia

3. “Sudanese Diasporic Community Participation in Development of Corporate Governance and Social Mission”, Katherine Kinkela, Fordham University, New York

4. “Darfurians’ Diaspora in the aftermath of the present Crisis: A critical Reflection on Socio-cultural Compound and the Future of the Region”, Isam Mohamed Ibrahim Adam, El-Fashir University, Sudan

Coffee Break 3:00-3:15

Panel 2 (3:15-5:15 PM): Lessons of Experience
Chair: Eve M. Troutt Powell, University of Pennsylvania

1. "Global Challenges of Dinka and Nuer of Northern Florida", Tina Jaeckle, Nova Southeastern University

2. "Diasporic Encounters with Paintings from Kakuma Refugee Camp", Mark Auslander and Aduei Riak, Brandeis University, USA

3. "The Sudanese Diaspora in Egypt", Assad Khalid, The American University in Cairo

4. "Sudanese Refugee Women as Domestic Workers in Egypt", Amira Ahmed, University of East London

5. "Ibrahim el-Salahi's Perceptual Art Experience and the Diaspora", Baqie Badawi Muhammad, Indiana University

RECEPTION
&
Opening of the Art Exhibt of:
Khalid Kodi & Elshafei Mohamed
2nd Floor Lobby
6:00 - 7:30 PM

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Panel 3 (8:00-10:00): Anthropology and History [Ben Franklin]
Chair: Ibrahim Hamid, York University, Canada

1. “Lost Arts and Forgotten Words: Nineteenth-Century Sudanese Metallurgy in Austrian Perspective”, Jay Spaulding, Kean University, New Jersey

2. “Iron Working in Sudan”, Richard Lobban, Rhode Island College

3. “The Kuku Blacksmiths: Their Impact on the Kuku Society, 1797-1987”, Scopas S. Poggo, The University of Ohio, Mansfield

4. “Slavery, Trade, Sacrifice, and Political Centralization, and Decentralization among the Bari Confederation of South Sudan (1700-1900)“, Stephanie Beswick, Ball University, Indiana

Coffee Break 10:00 - 10:15 AM

Panel 4 (10: 15 -12:15 PM):  Impacts of Migrations on Sudan [Ben Franklin]
Chair: Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

1. “Social Transformation among Muslims in Khartoum and the Diaspora: Some unanticipated consequences of the “Civilization Experiment’”, Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Rhode College College

2. “Different Perceptions of the position of Non-muslims by Muslim Groups in Northern Sudan”, Osman Mohamed Osman, University of Khartoum, Sudan

3. “First Let’s Kill All the Teachers”: Sudanese Universities as Sites of Resistance and Social Transformation”, Linda Bishai, U. S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.

4. “The Sudanese Diaspora inside Sudan", Yoshiko Kurita, Chiba University, Japan 

5. "Inside Greater Harare: A Case Study of Sudanese Immigrants in Zimbabwe", Eliot Tofa and Marx Mukova, University of Zimbabwe

Roundtable (10: 15 -11:15 PM):  Filming & Researching Conflicts [Golkin Room]
Conversation with Taghreed Elsanhouri, School of Oriental and African Studies - UK

LUNCH: 12:30 – 2:00 PM
(on your own) 

Business Meeting: 2:00-3:00 PM , [Ben Franklin]

Panel 5 (3: 00 – 5:30 PM): The Darfur Conflict [Ben Franklin]
Chair: Peter Garretson, Florida State University, Tallahassee

1. “Insurgent Identities: London, Urban Politics and the Darfur Crisis”, Anne Bartlett, University of Chicago

2. “Reporting Darfur: The Mediation of American Faith, Fear, and Compassion”, Amal Hassan Fadlalla, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

3. “Our Response to the Darfur Genocide: The Sudanese Diaspora Speaks”, Donna Serwaah Akuamoah, Claflin University

4. "Darfurian Virtual Diaspora: Clarity of Vision or Source of Confusion", Ali B. Ali-Dinar, University of Pennsylvania

DINNER: 6:00 PM,
[Bodek Lounge]

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Sondra Hale, University of California, Los Angles
Title: "Exilic Lives: Sudanese in Motion"
Music Performance:
Omer Ihsas

Sunday 27, 2007

Panel 6 (8:30 – 10:15 AM): Some Policy Perspectives [Ben Franklin]
Chair: Ismail Hussein, College of William & Mary

1. "Transformation of the Sudanese establishment for a New Sudan", B. Yongo-Bure, Kettering University, Michigan

2. "The Sudanese Diaspora and Community Organization: An Experience from Canada", Lokudu Lugeron, Toronto, Canada

3. "Challenges of Creating a Secondary School Curriculum for the African Diaspora", Stephen Boujikian, Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies, Toronto, Canada

4. "Civil-Military Relations in the Sudan", Mom K. N. Arou, University of Khartoum

5. "Multi-Regression Analysis of Role of Sudanese in Diaspora in Post CPA", Vincent Omwenga, Augusta College, Kenya

Panel 7 (10:30- 12:15 ): More Experiences and the Future   [Ben Franklin]
Chair: Malik Balla, Michigan State Univesity    

1. "The Sudanese American Young Adult Project", Nashwa Elgadi, Temple University

2. “HIV/AIDS Control in Sudan: The Price of Silence”, Elsadiq Elmardi, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Pennsylvania

3. "The Khartoum Peace Agreement (1997) and The SPLM/Khartoum Peace Agreement (2005): A Critical Comparative Analysis" David Chand

4. "The Sudanese Diaspora: A Forgotten Dilemma", Izzeldin Bakhit, Strayer University

LUNCHEON: 12:15– 2:00 PM
[Bodek Longue]

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Ibrahim Elbadawi, The World Bank
Title: "Development and Peace-building in Socially Fractionalized Sudan: Why Should we Celebrate Democracy?"

Panel 8 (2:00– 3:45 PM): The Diaspora and Reconstruction [Bodek Lounge}
Chair: Mom K.N. Arou, University of Khartoum

1. “Sudanese Diaspora: Do they have a Role in the Reconstruction of Sudan”? Abdel Salam Sidahmed, University of Windsor, Canada

2. “The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Decision to Return”, Jane Kani Edward, Fordham University, New York

3. “Comparative Perspective on Child Soldier Rehabilitation in Sudan”, Randal Fegley, Penn State University, Reading

4. “Books for Southern Sudan”, Lee Burchinal, The Sudan-American Foundation for Education, Inc., Virginia

3:45-4:00 PM: Closing Session [Bodek Lounge]

Closing remarks by SSA officials and program organizers

Panels' Organizer:
B. Yongo-Bure, Kettering University, Michigan

Local Arrangement Committee :

Ali B. Ali-Dinar, UPenn - African Studies (Chair)
Lee Cassanelli, UPenn - History
Eve M. Troutt Powell, UPenn - History
Kathy Spillman, UPenn - Middle East Studies
Wigdan Mekki, UPenn - Linguistics Data Consortium
Mary Ebeling, Drexel University
Izzeldin Bakhit, Strayer University
James De Lorenzi, UPenn - African Studies