Sudan Studies Association

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Welcome by:

Dr. Ahmed E. El-Beshir, President

Sudan Studies Association

Dr. Joyce M. Randolph, Director

Office of International Programs, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Leigh Swigart, Assistant Director

African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Ann Lesch, SSA President-elect (Local Host)

University of Villanova

Dr. Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Outreach Coordinator (Local Host)

African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Panel #1: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW [Friday, 2-3:45 p.m.]

[Smith-Penniman Room]

Chair: Adam Abdelmoula, Georgetown University

Mahgoub El-Tigani, Tennessee State University and President, Sudan Human Rights Organization (Cairo branch): "Human Rights: Present and Future Commitments"

Nuraddin Abdulmannan, President, The Kushite Nubian League, Washington DC Chapter: "Save Nubia"

Abdullahi Ibrahim, University of Missouri: "A Passion for Justice: The Mad Courts of Instantaneous Justice in Sudan"

Adam Abdelmoula, Georgetown University: "An Ideology of Domination, and the Domination of an Ideollogy: Islamism and the Constitution in the Sudan"

Panel #2: THE DEBATE OVER NATIONAL IDENTITY [Friday, 4-5:45 p.m.]

[Smith-Penniman Room]

Chair: Leigh Swigart, University of Pennsylvania

Anwar Osman A-Magid, Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen: "The Process of Nation Building in the Sudan: An Archaeological Perspective"

Souad T. Ali, Hiram College: '"Modern" and "Traditional" Forces in Sudanese Politics'

Yehudit Ronen, Tel Aviv University: "The Conflict in Sudan: A Struggle of State and Society Over Their Identities, Political Power, and Economic Resources (1972-1989)"

RECEPTION: Houston Hall (Ballroom), 6:30 p.m.

Panel #3: RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS [Saturday, May 9, 8:30-10:15 a.m.]

[Ben Franklin Room]

Chair: Mohamed Mahmoud, Tufts University

Robert Kramer, History Department, St. Norbert College: '"Adventures in Reputation": Sayyid Abd al-Rahman and the Lessons of the Mahdiyya'

Barbara Degorge, PhD candidate St. John's University: "Political Sufism: A Case Study of the Khatmiyya and Mahdiyya in the Sudan"

Gabriel Warburg, Haifa University: "Different Views on an Islamic State in Sudan"

Panel #4a: GEMS OF WISDOM: SUDANESE PROVERBS [Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.] [Smith-Penniman Room]

Chair: Ismail Abdalla, College of William and Mary

Ismail Abdalla, College of William and Mary: "Gems of Wisdom: Sudanese Proverbs and the Status of Women"

Bushra A. Hamad, Johns Hopkins University: "Reflections on a Selection of Sudanese Proverbs"

Abdullahi Ibrahim, University of Missouri: "Reflections on a Selection of Sudanese Proverbs"

Ahmed Osman, Embassy of Qatar: "Reflections on a Selection of Sudanese Proverbs"

Panel #4b: LESSONS FROM HISTORY [Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.] [Ben Franklin Room]

Chair: Robert Collins, University of California (Santa Barbara)

Richard Lobban, Rhode Island College: "Mapping the Ancient Nile: Meroe during Ptolemaic Times"

David Decker, University of South Carolina (Sumter): "Tricks of an Anti-Slaver: Gordon in Equatoria and Kordofan

Peter P. Garretson, Florida State University: "Sudanese-Ethiopian Relations: As Seen Largely From An Ethiopian Diary (1899-1949)"

David Sconyers, Franklin University: "Fading Voices: The End of British Rule in the Sudan"

LUNCH: 12:30-2 p.m. [Board meeting during lunch]

Panel #5: THE CONTESTED POLITICAL SCENE [Saturday, 2-3:45 p.m.]

[Ben Franklin Room]

Chair: Lee Cassanelli, University of Pennsylvania

Abdullahi A. Gallab, Department of Communication, Hiram College: "Sudan: Dialectic of Hope and Despair: The Sudanese Middle Class and the Nation State"

Amin Hamid Zeinelabdin, University of Khartoum: "Democracy and the Constitutional Prospects in Sudan"

Tagelsir H. Elrayah, Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America: "Arabic and English in the Sudan: History and Policies, 1821-1985"

Ann M. Lesch, Villanova University: "Reconciling Territorial and Ethnic Nationalism: An Impossible Task?"

Panel #6: FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES [Saturday, 4-5:45 p.m.]

[Ben Franklin Room]

Chair: Ali B. Ali-Dinar (University of Pennsylvania)

Ted Dagne, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress: "U.S. Policy toward the Sudan"

Ahmed Elamin Elbashir, University of District of Columbia: "U.S. Sanctions against Sudan: Scarecrow Tactics"

DINNER AT THE PALLADIUM RESTAURANT, 36th and Locust Walk, 7 p.m. ($25.00)

Speaker: Representative Donald M. Payne, Democrat, Newark, NJ: "US Policy toward the Sudan"

Panel #7: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS [Sunday, May 10, 9-11 a.m.] [Ben Franklin Room]

Chair: Ahmed Shariff, University of Pennsylvania

Hala El-Ahmadi, Women's Studies, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands: "Globalization, Islamism, and Gender Identity: The Case of Sudanese Women's Groups"

AbdelRahman Ahmed AbdelRahman, Visiting Scholar, Michigan State University: "An Assessment of Market-Oriented Agricultural Reforms in the Gezira Scheme"

Sam L. Laki, International Center for Water Resources Management, Central State University, "Management of Water Resources of the Nile Basin"

Ahmed Elyas Elameer, PhD candidate, Development Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia: "How the Sudanese Economy Can be Industrialized in Line with Malaysian Experiences: Lessons for the Future"

Ahmed el-Tayeb el-Gaili, Economic Development Studies, Harvard University: "Development Policy-Making and the Democracy Paradox: The Case of Sudan"

BUSINESS MEETING: [Sunday, 11 am - 12 noon] [Ben Franklin Room]

Panel #8: POLITICAL SOLUTIONS [Sunday, 12 noon-1:45 p.m.]

[Ben Franklin Room]

Chair: Ann Lesch, Villanova University

Elias Nyamlell Wakoson: "The Sudan and the Sudanese: The Politics of Signification"

Mohamed Zeinelabdin Mohamed: "The Southern Sudan between Addis Ababa Agreement 1972 and the Current Agreement: What Lessons Have We Learned, Any Way?"

Steven Wöndu, SPLM representative, Washington DC: "New Sudan: Too Good for Sudanese"