News and updates1 October 2026|ConferencesCfP: Understanding textual content of manuscripts across traditionsThe Project Beta maṣāḥǝft: Manuscripts of Ethiopia and Eritrea is pleased to announce the International Conference dedicated to Understanding textual content of manuscripts across traditions at the University of Hamburg...13 May 2026|andemtaThe ʾAndəmtā Commentary Tradition: Transmission, Transformation, and Availability in Ethiopian Liturgical PracticeDr Mersha Alehegne Mengistie talks at the International Conference "Seventy-Five Years of Ethiopian Studies: Voices Beyond Language, Cultures Beyond Borders" (13–15 May 2026. University of Warsaw) on "The ʾAndəmtā Commentary Tradition...6 May 2026|andemtaBiblia Africana. Colloque InternationalOn 6 May 2026, Dr Mersha Alehegne Mengistie talks on "Authorship as Exegesis: The Reception of Biblical ‘Authors’ in the Ethiopian Andəmtā Commentary Tradition" at the International Conference "Biblia Africana: Égypte - Nubie - Éthiopie: La...17 April 2026|HLCEESLecture series "Africa and Asia Beyond the Headlines"This year, the lecture series Africa and Asia Beyond the Headlines is offered at AAI beginning on 10 April. The programme (https://www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche-vortraege/sommersemester/08-poster-africa-asia.pdf) includes also talks...13 April 2026|BeInf News13. April 2026 BeInf Welcomes Caroline SchäferCarolin Schäfer, a specialist of Ethiopian and Eritrean art who recently defended her PhD on “Sacred Images from Ethiopia. Intercultural Workshops and the Cooperation of Artists from Ethiopia, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Indian...26 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...26 March 2026|HLCEESVII Dies Academicus dell'AmbrosianaOn 27 March 2026 Hewan Semon Marye talks on "Memory and transmission of knowledge in Ethiopia, the Darg era" at the VII Dies Academicus of the Classe di Studi Africani dell’Accademia Ambrosiana...12 March 2026|BeInf NewsAaron Butts delivers lecture at Late Antique Seminar in WarsawAaron Butts delivers lecture at Late Antique Seminar in Warsaw University on "The Connected Histories of Ethiopic and Syriac Christians". Here the program of the seminar series.2 March 2026|BeInf NewsPodcast with Aaron ButtsBeInf PI Aaron Butts appears in the podcast “Byzantium & Friends” in an episode on “Ezana of Aksum: The First Christian African King.” The podcast is available on PodBean, tune in here.Archive of current news
