SUDAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION
28th Annual Conference
LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF SUDAN
Thursday May 21st to Sunday May 24th 2009
hosted at
MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY
EAST
LANSING, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
KELLOGG HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER
55 South Harrison Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
PROGRAM
Room
Assignments at a glance:
Registration: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - lOBBY
(Registration is continuous throughout the conference)
Book Fair— ROOM
Exhibits Room 110
Registration: Central Lobby
General Session: Room 105 AB
Cocktail Reception Red Cedar AB
Dinner: Red Cedar AB
Lunch Red: Cedar B
Break Room 108 AB
THURSDAY, MAY 21ST 2009
Registration: 9:30
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Lobby
Conference Opening (11:30 a.m. to 12:00 NOON)
PANEL #1 (12:00 NOON-2:00 p.m.) Room:105 AB
PANEL TITLE: Sudan’s History: Iron,
Slavery and Grave Goods
CHAIR: Jay Spaulding
1. “Slavery and Bari
Resistance During the 19-Century Slave-Trading Era, in South Sudan” Stephanie
Beswick, Ball State University
2. “The Iron Industry
of Precolonial Nubian Kordofan,” Jay Spaulding, Kean University
3. Iron and Stone:
Social Meaning Found Through The Juxtaposition of Grave Goods from a Napatan
Warrior Burial, “George A. Herbst, University of California, Santa Barbara.
COFFEE
(2:00-3:00 p.m.) Room
108 AB
PANEL #2 (3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Colonial Criminals,
Tagle and Languages of Power[Room
105 AB]
CHAIR: Stephanie
Beswick
1. “Thank Goodness
Habeus Corpus Did Not Run in Nahud”: Police Investigations and the Arrest of
Criminals in Colonial Sudan, 1924-1956,” Will Berridge, University of Durham, England.
2. “Tagle History,
Culture and Language – An Insider’s View,” Marcus Jaeger, University of Koeln,
Germany
3. “Talking Hybridity:
Languages of Power,” Christopher Vaughan, University of Durham, England
PANEL #3 5:00-6:00 Memorial to
Tayib Salih (room 108 AB)
Chair: Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Speakers: Malik Balla; Khalid Musa Dafalla; Talha Gibriel; Abdullahi
Ibrahim
Reception: 6:00-7:00 p.m. [Cedar Room]
Board Meeting 7:00-8:00 p.m. Room 108 AB
FRIDAY, MAY 22nd 2009
Panel #4 (10:00 a.m.-12:30a.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Education in Sudan Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Malik Balla
1. “Sudan American
Foundation for Education,” Lee Burchinal, Methods For Social Researchers in
Developing Countries
2. “General Education in
Sudan: An Analytical Perception,” Amani Mohamed El Obeid, Centre d’Etude and
Documentation Economique Juridique et Social (CEDE), Cairo
3. “Lost Girls Find Their Voices,” Laura Deluca,
University of Colorado, Boulder.
Lunch
(on your own) 12:-30 – 2:30 p.m.
Panel #5 (2:30 – 5:30 p.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Sufis, Construction
of Self and Language and Culture in Courts[Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Randall Fegley
1. “Half Baked
Truths: Silence in Sudanese Construction of Self,” Mohamed H. Mohamed,
University of Windsor, Canada
2. “Language and
Culture of Sudanese Courts,” Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Rhode Island College.
COFFEE
(5:30-6:00 p.m.) Room
108 AB
Business
Meeting 6:00-7:00 p.m. [108 AB] Dinner on your own
SATURDAY,
MAY 23RD, 2009
PANEL #6 (10.00 a.m.- 12:00 noon)
PANEL TITLE: Languages and cultures [Room 108AB]
CHAIR: Carolyn
Fluehr-Lobban
1. “The Perception of
Colors in the Sudanese Languages and Cultures,” Baquie Badawi Muhammad, Indiana
University
COFFEE
BREAK: Noon -1:00 p.m. [105 AB]
Panel #7: 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Linguistic
Endangerment and Language Wars” [Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Yongo Bure
1.
An
Historical Verdict on the Discourse of Linguistic Endangerment in the Sudan,”
Ashraf Abdelhay (Cambridge University) and Sinfree Makoni (Pennsylvania State
University).
2. “War and Peace in Sudanese Languages,” Richard Lobban, Rhode Island
College
3.” Pious Pop: The Transformation of Sufi
Poetic Genres in Contemporary Sudan,” Noah Salomon, University of Chicago
Divinity School.
***************
COFFEE
BREAK: Noon -3:00 p.m- 4:00 p.m. [Room 105 AB]
BANQUET/DINNER: 6:00 p.m. [Room: Red Cedar AB]
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: OWEN A. CLARKE
Office of the Presidential Envoy to Sudan -- U.S. State
Department
****************
SUNDAY, MAY 24th, 2009
Panel #8 (9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Revamping
Anthropological Analysis:
[Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Yongo Bure
1. “A Story to Make
the Goat Laugh,” Jay O’Brien, Purdue University
2. “From “Harmful
Traditions” to “pathologies of Power,”: Re-Vamping the Anthropological Analysis
of Health in Sudan,” Ellen Gruenbaum, Purdue University.
COFFEE
BREAK: 11:00 – Noon: Room 105 AB
Panel #9(Noon- 2:00p.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Islamism, Language
and Education
[Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Malik Balla
1. “The National Congress Party Between
Islamism & Nationalism,” Adel Salam Sidahmed, University of Windsor, Canada
2.
“Political
Economy of the Islamist State and the ICC: The NIF Regime and the Darfur Genocide
in the Sudan,” Lako Tongun, Pitzer College
3.
“Language
and Education in Southern Sudan,” B. Yongo Bure, Kettering University
*****************
LUNCH/BANQUET: 200 p.m. [Room: Red Cedar B
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER: Dr. George B. Nyombe
Minister of Investment, Government of National
Unity, Khartoum
**********************
CLOSING COMMENTS
BY SSA OFFICIALS
*************************
hosted at
MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY
EAST
LANSING, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
KELLOGG HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER
55 South Harrison Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
PROGRAM
Room
Assignments at a glance:
Registration: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - lOBBY
(Registration is continuous throughout the conference)
Book Fair— ROOM
Exhibits Room 110
Registration: Central Lobby
General Session: Room 105 AB
Cocktail Reception Red Cedar AB
Dinner: Red Cedar AB
Lunch Red: Cedar B
Break Room 108 AB
THURSDAY, MAY 21ST 2009
Registration: 9:30
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Lobby
Conference Opening (11:30 a.m. to 12:00 NOON)
PANEL #1 (12:00 NOON-2:00 p.m.) Room:105 AB
PANEL TITLE: Sudan’s History: Iron,
Slavery and Grave Goods
CHAIR: Jay Spaulding
1. “Slavery and Bari
Resistance During the 19-Century Slave-Trading Era, in South Sudan” Stephanie
Beswick, Ball State University
2. “The Iron Industry
of Precolonial Nubian Kordofan,” Jay Spaulding, Kean University
3. Iron and Stone:
Social Meaning Found Through The Juxtaposition of Grave Goods from a Napatan
Warrior Burial, “George A. Herbst, University of California, Santa Barbara.
COFFEE
(2:00-3:00 p.m.) Room
108 AB
PANEL #2 (3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Colonial Criminals,
Tagle and Languages of Power[Room
105 AB]
CHAIR: Stephanie
Beswick
1. “Thank Goodness
Habeus Corpus Did Not Run in Nahud”: Police Investigations and the Arrest of
Criminals in Colonial Sudan, 1924-1956,” Will Berridge, University of Durham, England.
2. “Tagle History,
Culture and Language – An Insider’s View,” Marcus Jaeger, University of Koeln,
Germany
3. “Talking Hybridity:
Languages of Power,” Christopher Vaughan, University of Durham, England
PANEL #3 5:00-6:00 Memorial to
Tayib Salih (room 108 AB)
Chair: Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Speakers: Malik Balla; Khalid Musa Dafalla; Talha Gibriel; Abdullahi
Ibrahim
Reception: 6:00-7:00 p.m. [Cedar Room]
Board Meeting 7:00-8:00 p.m. Room 108 AB
FRIDAY, MAY 22nd 2009
Panel #4 (10:00 a.m.-12:30a.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Education in Sudan Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Malik Balla
1. “Sudan American
Foundation for Education,” Lee Burchinal, Methods For Social Researchers in
Developing Countries
2. “General Education in
Sudan: An Analytical Perception,” Amani Mohamed El Obeid, Centre d’Etude and
Documentation Economique Juridique et Social (CEDE), Cairo
3. “Lost Girls Find Their Voices,” Laura Deluca,
University of Colorado, Boulder.
Lunch
(on your own) 12:-30 – 2:30 p.m.
Panel #5 (2:30 – 5:30 p.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Sufis, Construction
of Self and Language and Culture in Courts[Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Randall Fegley
1. “Half Baked
Truths: Silence in Sudanese Construction of Self,” Mohamed H. Mohamed,
University of Windsor, Canada
2. “Language and
Culture of Sudanese Courts,” Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Rhode Island College.
COFFEE
(5:30-6:00 p.m.) Room
108 AB
Business
Meeting 6:00-7:00 p.m. [108 AB]
Dinner on your own
SATURDAY,
MAY 23RD, 2009
PANEL #6 (10.00 a.m.- 12:00 noon)
PANEL TITLE: Languages and cultures [Room 108AB]
CHAIR: Carolyn
Fluehr-Lobban
1. “The Perception of
Colors in the Sudanese Languages and Cultures,” Baquie Badawi Muhammad, Indiana
University
COFFEE
BREAK: Noon -1:00 p.m. [105 AB]
Panel #7: 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Linguistic
Endangerment and Language Wars” [Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Yongo Bure
1.
An
Historical Verdict on the Discourse of Linguistic Endangerment in the Sudan,”
Ashraf Abdelhay (Cambridge University) and Sinfree Makoni (Pennsylvania State
University).
2. “War and Peace in Sudanese Languages,” Richard Lobban, Rhode Island
College
3.” Pious Pop: The Transformation of Sufi
Poetic Genres in Contemporary Sudan,” Noah Salomon, University of Chicago
Divinity School.
***************
COFFEE
BREAK: Noon -3:00 p.m- 4:00 p.m. [Room 105 AB]
BANQUET/DINNER: 6:00 p.m. [Room: Red Cedar AB]
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: OWEN A. CLARKE
Office of the Presidential Envoy to Sudan -- U.S. State
Department
****************
SUNDAY, MAY 24th, 2009
Panel #8 (9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Revamping
Anthropological Analysis:
[Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Yongo Bure
1. “A Story to Make
the Goat Laugh,” Jay O’Brien, Purdue University
2. “From “Harmful
Traditions” to “pathologies of Power,”: Re-Vamping the Anthropological Analysis
of Health in Sudan,” Ellen Gruenbaum, Purdue University.
COFFEE
BREAK: 11:00 – Noon: Room 105 AB
Panel #9(Noon- 2:00p.m.)
PANEL TITLE: Islamism, Language
and Education
[Room 108 AB]
CHAIR: Malik Balla
1. “The National Congress Party Between
Islamism & Nationalism,” Adel Salam Sidahmed, University of Windsor, Canada
2.
“Political
Economy of the Islamist State and the ICC: The NIF Regime and the Darfur Genocide
in the Sudan,” Lako Tongun, Pitzer College
3.
“Language
and Education in Southern Sudan,” B. Yongo Bure, Kettering University
*****************
LUNCH/BANQUET: 200 p.m. [Room: Red Cedar B
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER: Dr. George B. Nyombe
Minister of Investment, Government of National
Unity, Khartoum
**********************
CLOSING COMMENTS
BY SSA OFFICIALS
*************************
