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The historian Prof. Emeritus Haggai Erlich of Tel Aviv University will be giving a public lecture at the University of Hamburg on 20 June 2025. The...

On 13 June 2015, Addisie Yalew talks at the workshop "Learning to Write" at CSMC (Hamburg) on "Scribes and Practices of Writing in Twenty-first...

Dr Maria Bulakh, associate professor at HSE University, joins BeInf as a short-term research fellow for the week of 5-9 May 2025.

Aaron Butts will deliver the opening keynote lecture at the international conference “Real and Imagined Boundaries in Late Antiquity” at the...

The new volume Jacopo Gnisci, Sophia Dege-Müller, Jonas Karlsson, and Vitagrazia Pisani (in collaboration with Alessandro Bausi), eds, Manuscript...

On February 26, 2025 Addise Yalew will be presenting on “Exploring Selected Oral Literature and Material Culture: Insights into Beta Esra’el in the...

Ethiopia’s historiographical tradition is among the richest in sub-Saharan Africa, with origins tracing back to the Aksumite period. While early...

St Mary, the revered mother of God (Theotokos), holds an unparalleled place of devotion in Ethiopia, second only to Jesus Christ. Rooted in Gospel...

In addition to its rich history of producing and translating literary works, Ethiopia is home to a longstanding tradition of archival practices, as...

The GIF-funded project Understanding the ‘Kingdom of the Gideonites’: The Shaping of the Memory of Ethiopia’s Jewish Kingdom and its Impact on...

On Friday, 17 January 2025, 12:00 pm (CET), at the Asien-Afrika-Institut, room 221, Universität Hamburg (and online), Dr. Haile Gezae Woldegiyorgis...

Giulia Casella ("The Body of the Church, the Body of the Saint: The Case of Saint
Elesbaan in Cesare Baronio’s Works") and Augustine Dickinson ("An...

Ted Erho will speak at the Text and Transmission Joint Research Seminar (TeTra), hosted at the University of Vienna, on Wednesday 15 January, at 10...

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded Dr. Elena Hertel a two-year fellowship as part of its Postdoc Mobility scheme for her project...

The monograph “Epistemic Modality in Amharic” by Magdalena Krzyżanowska has been published and will soon be available in bookshops. The book offers...

The German-Israeli Foundation (GIF) has awarded 279.460 € to Aaron Butts and Boaz Zissu (of Bar Ilan University) for the project “Understanding the...

Mr. Matteo D'Avanzo will be visiting the Hiob Ludolf Centre thanks to the support of a short-term scholarship from the DAAD. During his stay, Mr...

Aaron Butts will give a lecture entitled “Late Antique Ethiopic Literature: Challenges and Prospectives” at the workshop Literary Beginnings in Late...

On 5 December 2024 Jun.-Prof. Hewan Semon Marye gives a talk about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union at the Hertie School...