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The 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...

Aaron Butts delivers lecture at Late Antique Seminar in Warsaw University on "The Connected Histories of Ethiopic and Syriac Christians".

Here the...

BeInf PI Aaron Butts appears in the podcast “Byzantium & Friends” in an episode on “Ezana of Aksum: The First Christian African King.”

The podcast is...

On 26 February, the "Memorandum of Understanding" has been signed between the Hiob Ludolf Centre (represented by the Faculty of Humanities) of...

Boaz Zissu, Professor at Bar-Ilan University, visits the Hiob Ludolf Centre for the joint project “Understanding the ‘Kingdom of the Gideonites’”...

Female monastic movements in Medieval Ethiopia: History and Hagiography

Speaker:
Dr. Martina Ambu

Date/Time:
Friday, January 16th, 2026, at 12–14 h...

On 13 December 2025, 22 Episode of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence features Augustine Dickinson, Guesh Solomon, and Mersha Alehegne who talk...

Sophia Dege-Müller is participating at the  "TANA-Treffen 2025 Hamburg",  of the Deutsche Archäologische Institut. On Decmber 3 she will present the...

BeInf PI Aaron Butts delivers a lecture on “Ezānā of Aksum: The First Christian African King” for the Department of Near & Middle Eastern...

The project Beta maṣāḥǝft: Manuscripts of Ethiopia and Eritrea (Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: eine multimediale...

On 24 November 2025 Solomon Gebreyes Beyene speaks on “King Śarḍa Dǝngǝl’s Chronicle (1563–1597): Examining Its Sources, Composition, and Authorship”...

Sophia Dege-Müller is participating at the workshop "Cosmology and Conception of Nature in the Middle Ages",  hosted on 18 November at the University...

On 13 November 2025, Mersha Alehegne Mengistie presents on "Ritual Objects and Materials in Ethiopian Magic: Symbolism, Function, and Interpretation"...

Dr Denis Nosnitsin speaks about the manuscript heritage of Ethiopia and Eritrea at the 2025 Kulturwochen Kiel on 5 November 2025.

The proceedings of the international workshop  Ethiopic Historiographical Texts: Editing and Translating, and Textual and Historical Analysis...

Dr Lasse Løvlund Toft, a post-doc at the University of Oslo, joins BeInf as a short-term research fellow for the week of 3-7 November 2025.

On 23 October 2025 at 19:00 Dr Denis Nosnitsin speaks on "Kulturerbe in Krisenzeiten: Strategien zum Schutz und zur Erforschung äthiopischer und...

On 23 October 2025, Guesh Solomon Teklu talks (together with Pietro Liuzzo)  at the conference Digital Publishing for Art History (Bibliotheca...

The project Beta masāheft. Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas takes part in the Exhibition of the Academy of Sciences on the...