The Sudan Studies Association is an independent professional society founded in the United States in 1981.
Membership is open to scholars, teachers, students, and others with interest in the Sudan.
The association exists primarily to promote Sudanese studies and scholarship. Abder Rahman Abu Zayd Ahmed, secretary general and president of the University of Juba and cofounder of al-Ahlia University will speak on education in the Sudan at the plenary session. The Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the anthropology, art, English, history, philosophy, political science, and religion departments, and the Urban Studies Program cosponsors the conference.