The Academic Advisory Committee <strong>of</strong> the ConferenceDr Abdalla Ahmed Abdalla, ChairmanPr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, University <strong>of</strong> Khartoum, Former Vice-Chancellor <strong>of</strong> theUniversity <strong>of</strong> Khartoum and Former M<strong>in</strong>ister <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, Sudan.Dr Eltyeb Hag Ateya, MemberDirector, Peace Research Institute, University <strong>of</strong> KhartoumDr H<strong>as</strong>an Almangouri, MemberDeputy Dean, Graduate Studies, University <strong>of</strong> KhartoumDr Mirghani Tag Elseed, MemberDean, Institute <strong>of</strong> Environmental Studies, University <strong>of</strong> KhartoumDr Bakri Osman Saeed, MemberConsultant, United Nations affiliated University for Peace.Sponsors <strong>of</strong> the Workshop and the Conference Proceed<strong>in</strong>gsThe University for Peace shouldered most <strong>of</strong> the burden <strong>of</strong> runn<strong>in</strong>g the workshopand publish<strong>in</strong>g the monograph. Additional donations were obta<strong>in</strong>ed from the follow<strong>in</strong>gorganisations:The University <strong>of</strong> Khartoum, SudanThe American Emb<strong>as</strong>sy, SudanThe British Emb<strong>as</strong>sy, SudanSam<strong>as</strong>uoil International, Sudan108
Biographical Sketch: Rex Sean O’Fahey, EditorPr<strong>of</strong>essor Rex Sean O’Fahey, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> History, University <strong>of</strong> Bergen, Norway,h<strong>as</strong> specialised <strong>in</strong> African and Middle E<strong>as</strong>tern History, with special reference tothe <strong>in</strong>tellectual and literary history <strong>of</strong> Islam <strong>in</strong> Africa, pre-colonial history <strong>of</strong> theSudan, Sufism, and contemporary Islamic movements <strong>in</strong> northe<strong>as</strong>t Africa. Pr<strong>of</strong>essorO’Fahey h<strong>as</strong> published numerous books concern<strong>in</strong>g these are<strong>as</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest, amongwhich, to name a few, are State and Society <strong>in</strong> Dar Für (London, Christopher Hurst,1980); al-Dawla wa’l-mujtama’ fi D r Für, trans. Abd al Hafiz Sulayman Umar, with anew <strong>in</strong>troduction by the author (Cairo, Markaz al-Dir<strong>as</strong>at al-Sudaniyya, 2000); (withJ.L. Spauld<strong>in</strong>g) K<strong>in</strong>gdoms <strong>of</strong> the Sudan (London, Methuen, 1974); (with M.I. AbuSalim) Land <strong>in</strong> Dar Fur: Charters and Related Documents from the Dar Für Sultanate(Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1983); and ‘The Growth and Development<strong>of</strong> the Keira Sultanate <strong>of</strong> Darfur’ (un-plublished). O’Fahey holds a BA (Hons.), Africanand Middle E<strong>as</strong>tern History, from the University <strong>of</strong> London, and a PhD from theUniversity <strong>of</strong> London.109
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