Programme for African Leadership and Department of International Development public discussions
Internal dynamics affecting post-war state building in South Sudan
Date: Monday 3 March 2014
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Room 5.02, Clement House, LSE
Speakers: Thomas Mawan Muortat, Dr Mareike Schomerus
Discussant: Alex Dowling
Chair: Professor Tim Allen
About the speakers
Thomas Mawan Muortat is a South Sudanese analyst and commentator. He frequently comments in international media on issues pertaining to development, democracy and peace in Africa.
Dr Mareike Schomerus is the Research Consortium Director of the Justice and Security Research Programme in the Department of International Development at LSE. Dr Schomerus has published several articles on Sudan and South Sudan. Her research interests include the dynamics of conflict resolution, the violence of democratization, civilian security, and the impact of living in militarised situations on personal lives.
About the discussant
Alex Dowling has worked in South Sudan since 2009 on a number of security sector reform and peace building initiatives. He has also provided advice and analysis to governments and non-governmental organisations regarding their engagement in South Sudan'.
About the chair
Professor Tim Allen is the head of the Department of International Development at LSE.
African regional dynamics affecting post-war state building in South Sudan
Date: Tuesday 18 March 2014
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Speakers: Richard Todwong, Hussein Maar, Dr Edward Thomas, Naomi Pendle
Chair: Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
About the speakers
Richard Todwong is the Minister Without Portfolio in the Government of Uganda and a Member of Parliament representing Nwoya County in Northern Uganda. He has also previously worked as a special presidential advisor for Northern Uganda.
Hussein Maaar Nyuot is a senior member of the current SPLM in Opposition that is headed by Riak Machar. He was the Deputy Governor for Jonglei state from 2007 until the recent violence of December 2013.
Dr Edward Thomas worked in Sudan and Egypt for twelve years as a teacher, human rights worker and researcher. His PhD focused on the history of the Republican movement, a Sufi-inspired group that called for the reform of Islamic law and civil rights for all Sudanese. He is the author of Islam’s Perfect Stranger: The Life of Mahmud Muhammad Taha (2010).
Naomi Pendle is a PhD candidate at LSE. Her research focuses on local justice amongst Nuer and Dinka speaking communities to the west of the Nile in South Sudan. She has lived, worked and researched in South Sudan for five years, and is currently working for AECOM assisting the Office of Transition and Conflict Mitigation in USAID.
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