2005 Scholar for a Day:
Professor Francis Deng
(Johns Hopkins University)
21 March 2005, 9 AM to 5 PM
Undergraduate Lounge, Stiteler Hall


Program

 

8:30-8:50: Welcome and breakfast

 

8:50-9:00 Opening Remarks:

  Dr. Lydie Moudileno
 

9:00-10:30 Panel 1: Careers

  Chair: Dr. Thomas Callaghy (Political Science)
 

Students:
Tonya Taylor
Nicole Benham
Robert Riggs

 

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

 

10:45-12:15 Panel 2: Conflict and Identity

  Chair: Dr.Rose Kadende-Kaiser
 

Students:
Kristin Doughty,
Jennifer Sessions,
Ben Porter

 

12:15-1:30 Lunch Break

 

1:30-3:00 Panel 3: Africa Envisioned

  Chair: Dr. Lee Cassanelli (History)
  Students:
Niklas Hultin
Anika Wilson
David Faris
 

3:00-3:15 Coffee Break

 

3:15-4:30 Panel 4: The Challenges of National Unity in Africa

  Discussant: Dr. Ali Dinar (African Studies)
   
 

4:30 Reception

  Francis Deng is Research Professor of International Law, Politics and Society and the Director of the Center for Displacement Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. A former Sudanese minister of state, ambassador and, currently, special representative of the UN Secretary-General on internally displaced persons, Professor Deng is a leading expert on the Sudan, African conflicts, and refugees.


Co-sponsors:
African Studies Center, the Middle East Center, the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, and the Graduate Student Associations Council (GSAC)

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