News and updates26 March 2026|HLCEESCfP: from Manga to ManifestoThe interdisciplinary research workshop will be held 26–27 March 2026 at the Asia-Africa-Institute at the University of Hamburg: In the spirit of the motto “1 theme, 2 days, 3 departments”, the workshop is jointly organized by Nora Derbal...3 December 2025|BeInf NewsAaron Butts delivers Lecture in TorontoBeInf PI Aaron Butts delivers a lecture on “Ezānā of Aksum: The First Christian African King” for the Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto on 3. December 2025.24 November 2025|sarsadengel"King Śarḍa Dǝngǝl’s Chronicle" at SBL Meeting, "Ethiopic Bible and Literature Section"On 24 November 2025 Solomon Gebreyes Beyene speaks on “King Śarḍa Dǝngǝl’s Chronicle (1563–1597): Examining Its Sources, Composition, and Authorship” at the 2025 Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion Annual...5 November 2025|HLCEESBm at the Kulturwochen Kiel 2025Dr Denis Nosnitsin speaks about the manuscript heritage of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the 2025 Kulturwochen Kiel on 5 November 2025.5 November 2025|sarsadengelEthiopic Historiographical TextsThe proceedings of the international workshop Ethiopic Historiographical Texts: Editing and Translating, and Textual and Historical Analysis (Hamburg, 29-30 June 2023) have now been published as Solomon Gebreyes Beyene (ed.), Ethiopic...23 October 2025|HLCEESDigital Publishing for Art HistoryOn 23 October 2025, Guesh Solomon Teklu talks (together with Pietro Liuzzo) at the conference Digital Publishing for Art History (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome). Their talk on "Encoding the Sacred: A Digital Approach to Iconography, Motif...23 October 2025|HLCEESKulturerbe in Krisenzeiten: Strategien zum Schutz und zur Erforschung äthiopischer und eritreischer ManuskriptkulturOn 23 October 2025 at 19:00 Dr Denis Nosnitsin speaks on "Kulturerbe in Krisenzeiten: Strategien zum Schutz und zur Erforschung äthiopischer und eritreischer Manuskriptkultur" within the framework of the lecture series of the Academy of...16 October 2025|HLCEESNotwendig, nützlich, neuThe project Beta masāheft. Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas takes part in the Exhibition of the Academy of Sciences on the Occasion of its 20th Anniversary: Notwendig, nützlich, neuAusstellung zur Langzeitforschung...9 October 2025|andemtaConference: Oriental Orthodox Christianity in a Globalized WorldOn 9 and 10 October 2025, a conference on "Oriental Orthodox Christianity in a Globalized World" co-organized by Dr Mersha Alehegne Mengistie took place at the Humboldt University in Berlin Archive of current news
