Sudan - the colonial experience workshop

The workshop "Sudan - The Colonial Experience" will be arranged at SMI from May 10th - 11th 2007. The aim of the workshop is to gather researchers working on the Sudan in order to prepare an application to the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7).

The application will be part of the topic Cooperation, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities programme under Activity 8.4 "Europe in the World", “Development paths in an historical and comparative perspective and their impact on Europe”.


REGISTRATION

We welcome the participation of students, academic
staff and guests. Please send an Email to register for the workshop

Registration deadline: Friday May 4th

PROGRAMME

Venue: seminar room SMI, Nygårdsgaten 5, 5th floor

Thursday May 10th
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome by Professor Anders Bjørkelo and short presentation by each participant

10:00 – 11:00 Chris M. Prior (University of Durham): Bonds of empire: The metropole and the official in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1918-1939.

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:15 Presentation by Fadwa Taha (University of Khartoum)

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch

13:15 – 15:00 Workshop – FP7 application: General information about the work programme and discussion on key words and work packages to be included in the proposal.

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:30 Joint presentation by Randi Haaland (University of Bergen) and Salah M. Ahmed (University of Khartoum)

19:00 Dinner

Friday May 11th 2007

09:15 – 10:15 Irma Taddia (University of Bologna) and Massimo Zaccaria (Pavia University): The Horn of Africa as a historical construction

10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00 Workshop – FP7 Application: Anne Marie Haga from the Dept. of
Research Management will inform and answer questions about FP7.

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 15:00 Workshop – FP7 Application: Definition of work packages (titles and participants). Distribution and planning of future work on the application.

INVITED PARTICIPANTS:

Chris Prior (University of Durham)

Irma Taddia (University of Bologna)

Massimo Zaccaria (University of Pavia)

Fadwa Taha (University of Khartoum)

Salah Mohamed Ahmed (University of Khartoum)

+ a number of academic staff and students from University of Bergen