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www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events IN TRANSITION A Two-Day Conference Held at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London 29th - 30th May 2013 Mali in Transition 29-30 May 2013, SOAS, University of London Conference Programme

Day 1 29th May 2013 Day 2 30th May 2013 9:30 Registration 10:00 Panel 3 – Historical Perspectives and Future Scenarios Chaired by: Prof Murray Last 10:00 Welcome by Prof Trevor Marchand, SOAS Mali: An attempt at some sensible comments on whatever the current development is... 10:05 Panel 1 – Regional Scenarios of the Malian Crisis - Dr Baz Lecocq Chaired by: Prof Trevor Marchand Towards a new cosmopolitanism in Northern Mali? - Dr Bruce Hall Criminal activities and their implications for con!ict dynamics in northern Mali - Wolfram Lacher Les relations intercommunautaires en sou#rance au Nord-Mali (2011-2013). Essai de compréhension à Implications of the issue for the Amazigh world - Prof Vermondo Brugnatelli l’écoute des populations civiles - Dr Charles Gremont (French) From Tuareg Nationalism to Jihad: Changing Patterns of Militancy in the Sahara - Dr Yvan Guichaoua Followed by Q&A Followed by Q&A 11:00 Co!ee break 11:30 Co!ee/Tea Break 11:15 The secessionist and the Islamic claim in Northern Mali - Prof Georg Klute followed by Q&A 11:45 Screening of Dr Charles Grémont’s footage on Community Meetings in Burkino Faso (30’) with Q&A 12:30 Lunch 12:30 Lunch break 14:00 Panel 4 – Cultural Heritage and Conservation 14:00 Panel 2 – Humanitarian dimensions and development of the con!ict in Mali Chaired by: Prof Mike Rowlands Chaired by: Prof Georg Klute The Djenné Mosque: world heritage and social renewal in a West African town - Prof Trevor Marchand Mutations socio-spatiales au Nord du Mali: enjeux et dé"s - Dr Hassan Kamil (French) UNESCO is what? World Heritage, Militant Islam and the search for a common humanity in Mali Longing to go home? A view from Malian Tuareg refugees in Mauritania - Dr Alessandra Giu!rida - Dr Charlotte Joy Azawad or Mali - in either case, development comes from Civil Society - Prof Robin Poulton Archaeology, Heritage and Con!ict in Mali - Prof Kevin McDonald Followed by Q&A The consequences of the con!ict in Mali on the protection of cultural heritage in Djenne - Dr Mamadou Samake 15:15 Co!ee/Tea break &London: documenting daily life through collaborative exhibitions - Dr Sophie Mew 15:30 Film screening: With the Nomads (80’) by Julian Richards followed by Q&A Followed by Q&A 17:15 Mali, quel passé pour quel futur? - Prof Pierre Boilley 15.45 Co!ee break Keynote Lecture followed by Q&A (French - with simultaneous translation for English speakers) 16.00 Workshop “Restoring the manuscripts” with Mohamed Alher Ag Almahdi, Donald Jacobs 18.00 Reception (until 19.30) and Chris Collins 17.00 Film screening Da kali: the pledge to the art of the griot (80’) by Dr Lucy Duran Followed by Q&A with Mr Michele Banal