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The Sudans on the Spotlight: Voices from the Field

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Date & Time

Tue, 17 Mar 2026

13:30 - 15:30

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About this event

Hear firsthand accounts and expert analysis on the current situation in Sudan.

Why you should come

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• Hear Albino Gaw Dar's sociological perspective from the University of Upper Nile.

• Learn from historian Douglas Johnson's role in Sudanese peace processes.

• Discover Matai Muon's research on the political economy of oil in South Sudan.

Event Highlights

  • Focus on epistemic perspectives on contemporary tragic moments in the Sudans.
  • Speakers drawn from wide range of scholarly fields.
  • Priority on lived perspectives and critical epistemologies.

Speakers

Albino Gaw Dar

Sociologist & Head of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Faculty of Economics & Social Studies, University of Upper Nile, Juba — South Sudan

Matthew Sterling Benson-Strohmayer

A Social & Economic Historian in the Conflict & Civicness Research Group (CCRG) at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

Naomi Pendle

Lecturer in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, the Centre for Development Studies, at the University of Bath

Douglas Johnson

A revered historian of the Sudans

Matai Muon

Doctoral Researcher

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