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The Rift Valley Institute is a non-profit organisation operating in Sudan, the Horn of Africa, East Africa and the Great Lakes region. The Institute works with communities, institutions and individuals to bring local knowledge to bear on political and economic development. RVI projects are designed to influence aid interventions, support local research capacity, record and preserve indigenous culture and promote freedom of information. Fellows of the Institute, drawn from Eastern Africa and beyond, are practitioners, activists and academic specialists in the fields of history, anthropology, political science, economics, development, conservation, human rights, media and law. *MORE INFORMATION * www.riftvalley.net *CONTACT* Rift Valley Institute (UK) 1 St.Luke's Mews London W11 1DF T: +44 20 7229 2562 Rift Valley Institute (Kenya) PO Box 30710 GPO 00100 Nairobi, Kenya T: +254 20434 3190/3330 Rift Valley Institute (USA) Bard College PO Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12504-5000 T: +1 845 758 7677 *EMAIL* [email protected] RVI UPDATE: JUNE 2011 *New staff on field courses; last-minute applications* A number of distinguished scholars will be joining previously announced staff on this year’s RVI field courses. On the Great Lakes course, in Bujumbura, Burundi, 9-15 July, *Dr Jean-Paul Kimonyo* and *Steve Hege.* On the Sudan course in Rumbek, South Sudan, 25-31 May, *Guma Kunda Komey, Ahmed Abusin, Abduljabar Abdalla Fadul, Laura James* and *Harry Verhoeven*. And on the Horn of Africa course in Lamu, Kenya, 4-10 June, *Aklilu Amsalu, Hassan Mwakimako, Hussein Mahmoud, Jatin Dua, Kate Longley, Laura Hammond* and *Mark Bowden. *For more information visit *www.riftvalley.net<http://t.ymlp90.net/yyuafawmhanajwqatawbh/click.php> *. A number of last-minute places are available on the Great Lakes Course and on the Horn Course. Apply *here<http://t.ymlp90.net/yyeanawmhakajwqazawbh/click.php> * or write to *[email protected]* *Annonce de personnels d'enseignement;* *de disponibilité des places* Un nombre de chercheurs de renom viennent de rejoindre l’équipe enseignante des stages d’études de l’Institut de la Vallée du Rift. D*r. Jean-Paul Kimonyo* et *Steve Hege* joindront l’équipe enseignante du stage d’étude consacré à la région des Grands Lacs (Bujumbura, 9-15 juillet). L’équipe du stage d’études consacré au le Soudan (Rumbek, 25-31 mai) sera rejoint par *Guma Kunda Komey*, *Ahmed Abusin, Abduljabar* *Abdalla Fadul*, *Laura James* et *Harry Verhoeven*. L’équipe du stage d’étude consacré à la Corne de L’Afrique (Lamu, 4-10 juin) a le plaisir d’annoncer *Aklilu Amsalu*, *Hassan Mwakimako *, *Hussein Mahmoud*, *Jatin Dua*, *Kate Longley*, *Laura Hammond* et M*ark Bowden*.Un nombre limité de places sont maintenant disponibles Pour plus de détails ou pour télécharger les prospectus, veuillez visiter la page des stages sur *www.riftvalley.net/courses<http://t.ymlp90.net/yymadawmhatajwqanawbh/click.php> *pour plus de renseignements sur les stages d'études. Autrement, écrivez à *[email protected]*. *Culture and the Nation in South Sudan: Two evenings at Juba University* What is the role of culture in building a new nation? On Thursday June 2 and Friday June 3 a dozen distinguished writers, researchers and activists from Sudan and beyond will address this topic in public evening lectures at the University of Juba. Speakers include Peter Adwok Nyaba, Cherry Leonardi, Jok Madut Jok, Derik Alfred, John Akec, Priscilla Kuc Joseph, Alfred Lokuji and Leben Moro. More information from Benedetta de Alessi (* [email protected]*). *Independence of South Sudan* Other events in the run-up to the independence of South Sudan include, in Oxford, England, a seminar on *Governance and Government in South Sudan<http://t.ymlp90.net/yyjaiawmhadajwqaiawbh/click.php> * on 9-10 June. In Nairobi, the British Institute and the Katiba Institute are organizing a seminar on constitution-making in Eastern Africa, also 9-10 June. In Juba the South Sudan Ministry of Education and Fountain Publishers have published *A Concise History of South Sudan<http://t.ymlp90.net/yybacawmhafajwqaoawbh/click.php> *, a textbook for secondary schools that is the first of its kind. The *RVI’s Sudan Handbook <http://t.ymlp90.net/yyhaxawmhaaajwqanawbh/click.php>*, published last month, covers the past and future of both Sudans. *Contested Borderlands in Arabic* Arabic translations of the first two RVI *Contested Borderlands* titles are now available. *When Boundaries Become Borders,* Douglas Johnson's survey of the border zones of South Sudan, and *The Kafia Kingi Enclave*, Edward Thomas’ case-study of Kafia Kingi, the westernmost extremity of Sudan’s North-South border, can now be downloaded in both Arabic and English from * www.riftvalley.net/publications<http://t.ymlp90.net/yywalawmhacajwqanawbh/click.php> *. The studies examine the impact of boundary making on borderland communities and their role in Sudan’s political future. See Arabic items below or *www.riftvalley.net*<http://t.ymlp90.net/yyuafawmhanajwqatawbh/click.php>for further detail * * *حينما تصير الحدود الادارية الداخلية * *حدوداً دوليّة اثر اقامة الحدود على المحاور الحدودية* *لجنوب السودان* *بقلم دوغلاس هـ. جونسون* تركز النقاش الدائر حول السودَانيْن، الشمالي والجنوبي، على مسالة أين يمر خط الحدود بينهما. ويفحص التقرير الاول في سلسلة الحدود المتنازع عليها، حينما تصير الحدود الاداريّة حدوداً دوليّة، موضوعاً آخر لكنه يتميّز بنفس القدر من الأهميّة هو: الأثر المحتمل للحدود الجديدة على سكان الاراضي الحدوديّة وعلى التطورات السياسيّة على المستوى المحلّي. وفي تقصّي شامل للمصادر الارشيفيّة والبحوث الراهنة تلخّص الدراسة الخلفية التاريخيّة والوضع الراهن للمجتمعات على جانبي حدود الشمال والجنوب والحدود الدوليّة الحاليّة لجنوب السودان. * * *جيب كفيا قنجي البشر والسياسة والتاريخ في محور الحدود الشمالية – الجنوبية لغرب السودان* *ادوارد توماس* تُعتبر كفيا قنجي الواقع على الطرف الغربي الأقصى للسودان نقطة إلتقاء رئيسية بين دارفور وجنوب البلاد؛ وتخضع هذه المنطقة الغنية بالمعادن حالياً لإدارة جنوب دارفور، لكن من المتوقع إعادتها إلى مقاطعة راجا في جنوب السودان بموجب بنود اتفاقية السلام الشامل لعام 2005. ويحكي هذا التقرير الثاني من سلسلة تقارير الأراضي المتنازع عليها، المستند إلى بحث ارشيفي مكثف ومئات المقابلات في السودان، قصة أهل كفيا قنجي وراجا ويصف الخيارات التي يواجهونها اليوم.. ** *Sudan Open Archive 3.0* The new iteration of the *Sudan Open Archive, SOA 3.0<http://t.ymlp90.net/yyqaoawmhaxajwqazawbh/click.php> *, is now online. It includes the first thirty-two volumes of Sudan Notes and Records*Sudan Notes and Records*<http://t.ymlp90.net/yyyalawmhaoajwqazawbh/click.php>, Sudan’s flagship scholarly journal, and the collected papers of the late Sudan scholar, *Richard Gray*<http://t.ymlp90.net/usssaoawmhaxajwqanawbh/click.php>. The Sudan Open Archive is an open-access collection of historical and contemporary documents about Sudan. ------------------------------ Unsubscribe / Change Profile <http://ymlp90.net/u.php?id=geyhsuugsgwbhgebyu> Powered by YMLP <http://ymlp90.net/m/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
