News and updates3 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 2025.23 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...29 September 2025|HLCEESHLCEES at 22ICES in Hawasa, EthiopiaThe 22nd International Conference of Ethiopian Studies takes place in Hawasa, Ethiopia, from 29 September to 3 October 2025, with active participation from the members of the HLCEES. Dr Solomon Gebreyes and Dr Hewan Semon convene the panel...16 September 2025|BeInf NewsRadio feature with Sophia Dege-MüllerBeInf team member Sophia Dege-Müller appears as an expert on NDR's radio program "vertikal horizontal. Glaubens- und Gewissensfragen" on Sunday, September 14. She presents her work on an Ethiopian creation text, called Aksimaros, in a...15 September 2025|HLCEESThe manuscript patrimony of the crisis region TigrayDr. Denis Nosnitsin has received financial support from the Universität Hamburg for the project "The manuscript patrimony of the crisis region Tigray (northern Ethiopia): safeguarding through digitization” (October 2025 to September 2026)...12 September 2025|HLCEESDeutscher Orientalisten-TagDorothea Reule (Distinctive features of the two translations of the Ethiopic Synaxarion), Jonas Karlsson (Traces of matres lectionis in an Early Geez Manuscript), and Magdalena Krzyzanowska (Evolution of polyfunctionality in Amharic modals...Archive of current news
