News and updates8 October 2024|gadlaqirqosEthiopic Hagiographic LiteratureInternational Workshop funded by the project ‘The Gǝʿǝz Version of the Passio of St Cyricus (Gadla Qirqos): A Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary’ Tuesday, 8 October 2024, Wednesday 9 October 2024 Asien-Afrika-Institut...6 September 2024|HLCEES400th Anniversary of Hiob LudolfIn 2024 Hiob Ludolf, the name-giver of the HLCEES, is celebrating his 400th birthday. On 6 September 2024, Universität Hamburg will be marking this date by an anniversary celebration. More details will follow soon.29 July 2024|sarsadengelBiographies of Rulers in the Premodern Islamicate WorldSolomon Gebreyes Beyene attends the workshop Biographies of Rulers in the Premodern Islamicate World, Leiden University, 29 July - 2 August 2024, with a paper on "Royal Chronicles of Ethiopia 14th to 16th century; Sources of...6 July 2024|HLCEESGraduation celebrationThe AAI graduates (BA; MA; PHD) were celebrated on 6 July 2024. Congratulations again to the HLCEES members Jonas Karlsson and Sophia Dege-Müller.4 July 2024|InternationalesPresentation at TeTra, Research Seminar LeuvenSophia Dege-Müller will speak at the The Text and Transmission Joint Research Seminar (TeTra), hosted at the University of Leuven, on July 4, 2024, streamed online. Title of her talk is "Scribes at work - the transmission of texts from...3 July 2024|HLCEESPapers at the IMC LeedsSeveral HLCEES members attend the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (1-3 July 2024). Guesh Solomon Teklu presents a paper on 'Gadla ʿƎsṭifānos: The Life of St Stephen, the First Christian Martyr - Religious and Socio-Cultural...1 July 2024|sarsadengelInternational Medieval Congress Leeds 2024Solomon Gebreyes Beyene attends the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (1-3 July 2024); he takes part in a round table discussion 'Medieval Chronicles in Global Perspective (1 July); organizes the sessions 'Medieval Africa I: Religion...4 June 2024|ConferencesRediscovering the Chronicle of John of NikiuSenats-Sitzungssaal, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, 20146 Hamburg and Zoom First published in 1883, the Chronicle of the Severan-miaphysite bishop John of Nikiu (fl. 690s) is the sole universal history to have survived from seventh-century Egypt...3 June 2024|BeInf NewsWelcome to Dr Felege-Selam YirgaAssistant Professor Dr. Felege-Selam Yirga will join BeInf as a short-term research fellow from June to August, 2024.Archive of current news