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ORA8 Conference 2026: “Governing Jihad in Africa”

15-16 April 2026 – Queen’s University Belfast

Wednesday 15DAY ONE
5pm
at Senate Room (LAN/0G/059)
KEYNOTE
Prof. Zachariah Mampilly (CUNY), “On Rebel Taxation”.
Thursday 16DAY TWO
9am at 27 University Square/01.003Opening of Conference
9,15am–10,45am
at 27 UQ/01.003
ROUNTABLE ONE
Ideology & Norms
Dr Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen (T.U.Mombasa), Dr Abdulnakim Nsobya (QUB), Prof. Emilio Zeca (CEEI, Maputo), and Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim (ICG, Mali). Moderator: Prof. Eric Morier-Genoud (QUB)
11,00-12,30
at 27 UQ/01.003
ROUNDTABLE TWO
Political Economy
Dr Baba Coulibaly (U. Bamako), Flore Berger (GITOC), Dr Marte Beldé (CNRS), and Peter Bofin (ACLED). Moderator: Dr Yvan Guichaoua (Biic)
Lunch
13,30-3,00pm
at PFC/03/017
ROUNDTABLE THREE
Violence & Counter-violence
with Prof. Salvador Forquilha (IESE, Maputo), Dr Nestor Zante (CNRS), James Barnett (Oxford), and Prof. Kristof Titeca (Anwerp), Moderator: Prof. Corinna Jentzsch (Leiden)
Cafe
3,30-5,00pm
at PFC/03/017
ROUNDTABLE FOUR
Humanitarian Perspectives
With Hamadoun Dicko (MSF), Alexander Liebeskind (HD), and Dr Matthew Bamber-Zry (ICRC). Moderator: Dr Vincent Foucher (CNRS)