Round Table 1: Sahara Region
Organized by Georg Klute (Universität Bayreuth), Dida Badi (Centre National de Recherches Préhistoriques, Anthropologiques et Historiques, Alger), Baz Lecocq, (Universität Gent):
- Sedeek al Kunni (former member of the Lybian Parliament)
- Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh (Université Paul Verlaine, Metz)
- Aghali Abdoulkader (Social Anthropologist and Assistent to the Deputy Prime Minister, Niger)
- Abdoulaye Mohamadou (Social Anthropologist, Niger)
- Thomas Hüsken (Ethnologe, Universität Bayreuth)
- Marko Scholze (Ethnologe, Universität Frankfurt/ Main)
- Charles Grémont (Historiker, EHESS Marseille)
- Zakaria ould Selim Ahmed (Université Nouackchott / Paris Institute for Advanced Studies)
Round Table 2: Contested Political Orders. Post-revolutionary Dynamics in North Africa and the Middle East
Organized by Cordula Weisskoeppel (Universität Siegen), Martin Zillinger (Universität Siegen):
- Mohamed El Boukili (Human Rights Association, Morocco)
- Ben Mhenni (Professor for Linguistics, Tunis and blogger)
- Dr. Boshra Louka (Coptic Poetry Performer, New York/ Alexandria)
- Prof. Dr. John Borneman (Anthropologist, Princeton University, USA)
- Dr. Ibrahim El Nur (Political Scientist, American University of Cairo)
Moderation: Dr. Kersten Knipp
Round Table 3: Politics of Mourning
Chair: Dorothea Schulz (Universität zu Köln) & Ute Luig (FU Berlin)
- Patricia Hayes (University of the Western Cape)
- Filip de Boeck (University Leuven)
Round Table 4: Adaptation and Creativity in the Translation of Circulating Technologies and Significations
Organized by Richard Rottenburg (Universität Halle), Ulf Engel (Universität Leipzig):
- Prof. Musa Adam Abdul-Jalil (University of Khartoum, Department of Sociology and Anthropology)
- Prof. David Simo (Université de Yaoundé,Chef du Département de Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Germaniques)
- Prof. Michael Bollig (Universität zu Köln)
Round Table 5: Conceptualizing Competing Social and Political Orders
Organized by Elke Grawert (Universität Bremen) Dieter Neubert (Universität Bayreuth):
- Georg Klute (Universität Bayreuth)
- Andreas Mehler (GIGA Hamburg)
- Guma Kunda Komey (Sudan)
- Leenco Lata
- Elke Grawert (Universität Bremen)
Moderation: Dieter Neubert
