Islam,
Law and Modernity,
Grey College and the Bill Bryson Library
University
of Durham
16-17
December 2013
This
conference is intended to encourage and support legal research on Sudan. It is
jointly organised by Islam, Law and Modernity, a research group based in Durham
Law School, and Grey College.
Durham
is ideally placed to host the Conference, as it is the home of the Sudan
Archive and Collection. The Archive is the leading collection of material on
Sudan outside Khartoum. It was founded in Durham in 1957 to collect and
preserve the papers of administrators from the Sudan Political Service,
missionaries, soldiers, businesses, doctors, agriculturalists, teachers and
others who had served or lived in the Sudan during the Anglo-Egyptian
Condominium (1898-1955). The Archive also includes a significant amount of
material relating to the period before and after the Condominium, as well as
material relating to other countries in the region.
The
keynote speaker is Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Charles Howard Candler
Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law. Other speakers include Ms
Jane Hogan (Assistant Keeper, Archives and Special Collections, Durham
University), Mr Ali Abdelrahman Khalil (Partner, Shami, Khalil & Siddig
Advocates, Khartoum), Mr Jeffrey Sachs (Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill
University), Dr. Ali Sulieman Fadlalla (Fellow of the Faculty of Law,
University of Khartoum), Dr Lutz Oette (School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London), Ms Margaret Zimmerman (Queen’s University – Belfast,
School of Law) and Prosper Maguchu (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany).
Conference
attendees are asked to arrange their own travel and accommodation. Durham is
conveniently located on the main east coast railway line, with regular service
from London and elsewhere. Rooms are
often available from the University at a reasonable cost. To contact the
booking office, call 0800 28 99 70 or email event@durham.ac.uk (further
information is available at https://www.dur.ac.uk/event.durham/tourism/).
The
Conference venue is Durham Law School, Palatine Centre, Stockton Road,
Durham. There will be a conference
dinner in Grey College on evening of December 16; there is no charge for
attending the Conference, but there is a charge of £25 for the dinner and
places are limited. To reserve a place at the Conference, or the dinner, please
contact Mrs. Joyce Dover, joyce.dover@dur.ac.uk, 0191 334 5900, Grey College,
South Road, Durham DH1 3LG.
For
all other communications, please contact Professor Tom Allen, Grey College,
South Road, Durham DH1 3LG; tel. +44 (0)191 334 5600 Thomas.Allen@dur.ac.uk.
This event is intended to encourage and
support legal research on the Sudan. The University of Durham is the home of
the Sudan Archive and Collection, the leading collection of archive material on
Sudan.
The Conference is jointly organised by Islam,
Law and Modernity, a research group of the University of Durham, Grey College,
Durham and the Bill Bryson Library.
DAY 1 – 16 December (Durham Law School)
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-9:45 Welcome
and Introductions
9:45-10:45 Keynote
address: Professor Abdullahi Ahmed
An-Na'im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of
Law, Emory University School of Law.
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 1: The
Significance of the Sudan Archives
Ms Jane Hogan,
Assistant Keeper, Archives and Special Collections, Durham University
Mr Ali Abdelrahman Khalil,
Partner, Shami, Khalil & Siddig Advocates, Khartoum
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Panel
2: Sudan Past
‘Judicial Sovereignty’, Mr Jeffrey Sachs, Institute
of Islamic Studies, McGill University
‘Justice Kevin
Hayes: Three Significant Decisions’, Dr. Ali Sulieman
Fadlalla, Fellow of the Faculty of Law, University of Khartoum
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-5:30 Panel
3: Sudan Present
‘Human Rights
in Sudan: Transition, separation, and challenges ahead’ Dr Lutz Oette, School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London
‘Transitional
Justice in Darfur’, Ms Margaret
Zimmerman, Queen’s University – Belfast, School of Law
‘A Critical Analysis
of Political Corruption in South Sudan’, Prosper Maguchu, Justus Liebig
University Giessen, Germany
DAY 2 – 17 December (venue TBC)
9:00-10:30 Breakfast
meeting: Ways forward
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