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...13 December 2025|HLCEESEncounters with Local Saints and Their Cults: Traces in Prose, Poetry, and RelicsOn 13 December 2025, 22 Episode of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence features Augustine Dickinson, Guesh Solomon, and Mersha Alehegne who talk on "Encounters with Local Saints and Their Cults: Traces in Prose, Poetry, and Relics"13 December 2025|andemtaResearch Group on Manuscript EvidenceMersha Alehegne contributes as a discussant to the 22 Episode of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (13 December 2025) dedicated to "Encounters with Local Saints and Their Cults: Traces in Prose, Poetry, and Relics"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...18 November 2025|BeInf NewsCosmology and Conception of Nature in the Middle AgesSophia Dege-Müller is participating at the workshop "Cosmology and Conception of Nature in the Middle Ages", hosted on 18 November at the University of Cologne. She will present a paper on the topic "Three Heavens, or Seven? Views on...13 November 2025|HLCEESMechanics and Materials of MagicOn 13 November 2025, Mersha Alehegne Mengistie presents on "Ritual Objects and Materials in Ethiopian Magic: Symbolism, Function, and Interpretation" at the Second MagEIA Symposium " Mechanics and Materials of Magic ", Würzburg 12–14...13 November 2025|andemtaRitual Objects and Materials in Ethiopian MagicOn 13 November 2025, Mersha Alehegne Mengistie presents on "Ritual Objects and Materials in Ethiopian Magic: Symbolism, Function, and Interpretation" at the Second MagEIA Symposium " Mechanics and Materials of Magic ", Würzburg 12–14...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...Archive of current news
