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SUMMARY:Cultural memory and displacement during Sudan’s Civil War - Rawi
 a Alhag (Sudanese journalist)\, Khadmallah Ali (Sudanese activist)\, Phil 
 Cox (Film maker)\, Professor Marlyn Deegan (King's College London)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251014T130000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251014T140000
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DESCRIPTION:A special lunchtime seminar\, as part of Dan Hodgkinson’s Ra
 dical Visions agenda\n\nWhile the world’s focus has been fixed on Gaza\,
  a brutal civil war in Sudan has displaced over 12 million people\, placed
  over 24 million people in acute hunger and famine\, and caused the direct
  casualties of an estimated 150\,000 people. This seminar explores what th
 e war’s chaos and displacement has meant to Sudanese communities\, their
  sense of cultural and social belonging\, and their notions of home – as
  well as how artists and academics can respond to these events. These issu
 es will be discussed with the Sudanese and British filmmakers who made the
  award-winning feature documentary “Khartoum” (2025) and with Professo
 r Marlyn Deegan\, whose Digital Humanities work leading the “Sudan Memor
 y” project has sought to both safeguard and protect vital cultural herit
 age and make it digitally accessible for younger generations of Sudanese t
 o engage with wherever they are.  \n\nPresenters:\nRawia Alhag is a Sudane
 se filmmaker & journalist currently based in Nairobi\, Kenya. Her work foc
 uses on women’s and children’s issues\, shedding light on the experien
 ces and struggles of Sudanese people both within their communities and in 
 the diaspora. She currently works as a journalist with international media
  outlets as well as directing award winning short films. She is one of the
  five directors of KHARTOUM.\n\nKhadmallah Ali is a Sudanese social activi
 st and business woman. Originally from the Nuba Mountains\, she lives toda
 y in Nairobi Kenya. She is a graduate in Economics and Sciences and works 
 in Nairobi running her own independent business. She has travelled widely 
 in East Africa as a speaker advocating for Sudanese women’s rights. She 
 is a lead participant in the film KHARTOUM.\n\nPhil Cox is a British filmm
 aker and journalist who has worked extensively in Sudan since 2004. He co-
 runs the independent company Native Voice Films with Giovanna Stopponi whi
 ch produced the multi award winning Sudan based films THE SPIDER-MAN OF SU
 DAN THE SALON and also KHARTOUM - which was awarded the Berlinale Peace Pr
 ize in 2025. He is one of the five directors of KHARTOUM.\n\nProfessor Mar
 lyn Deegan (KCL) is one of the UK’s leading experts in the Digital Human
 ities\, who leads the “Sudan Memory” project which seeks to conserve a
 nd promote valuable cultural materials from and about Sudan through digiti
 sation and via an online platform. The Sudan Memory project mission is to 
 help preserve these archives and their stories\, so that current and futur
 e generations can benefit from this precious and important heritage. Prof 
 Deegan is also a former member of the Refugee Studies Centre.\n\nSpeakers:
 \nRawia Alhag (Sudanese journalist)\, Khadmallah Ali (Sudanese activist)\,
  Phil Cox (Film maker)\, Professor Marlyn Deegan (King's College London)
LOCATION:Queen Elizabeth House (Seminar Room 3)\, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
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