2018

Symposium and Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Saturday, 22 September 2018
in association with the 
Centre of African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Venue: Brunei Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG 

Welcome from the SSSUK Chairperson, Gill Lusk. 
Tribute to the late Dr Amin Mekki Medani. 

Sudan and South Sudan at the Museum: historical connections, future prospects
Nicholas Badcott (Education Manager, British Museum), Collecting and Displaying Mahdist Material Culture. 
Dr Cherry Leonardi and Dr Zoë Cormack, Co-Directors, (South Sudan Museum Network), Reconnecting the arts and heritage of South Sudan in European museums.

Hala al Karib (Regional Director, Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)), Gender & Religion in Sudan and how it impacts on and hinders Sudan's capacity to evolve.

Jihad Salih Mashamoun (Postgraduate student, Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter University), The Post-Al Turabi Regime and its re-use of the Eritrean Islamist Movement.

Frédérique Cifuentes Morgan (Photojournalist, Film Director & Curator), and Moniem Ibrahim (Theatre and Film Director), Sudan and South Sudan Literature Week: a celebration of all genres of writing.

Dismantling UNAMID: Causes and effects of ending the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur
Ahmed Tugod Lissan (Secretary for Peace and Negotiations, Justice & Equality Movement), “Janjaweedism” and the future of the people of Darfur without UNAMID.
Dr Aicha el Basri (former UNAMID Spokesperson and whistle-blower), Witnessing Sudan's Deadly War on Peacekeepers in Darfur and How the UN Covered it Up.
Natalie Palmer (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), UNAMID's drawdown: the UK perspective.
Dr Rosalind Marsden (Associate Fellow, Chatham House), Implications of UNAMID's withdrawal.