News (2021)

On 5 August 2021 Pietro Liuzzo speaks at the Balisage 2021 conference on "Serving IIIF and DTS APIs specifications from TEI data via Xquery with...

23 July 2021|HLCEES

Modelling Vocabulary of Digital Competencies for the Project ENCODE

On 23 July 2021, Daria Elagina speaks on "Modelling Vocabulary of Digital Competencies for the Project ENCODE" in the Digital Classicist 2021 series.

12 July 2021|HLCEES

Die äthiopische Schrift

On 12 July 2021, Dorothea Reule speaks on "Die äthiopische Schrift" for the students of Bauhaus Universität Weimar.

5 July 2021|HLCEES

Leeds International Medieval Congress

From 5 to 9 July 2021, the Leeds International Medieval Congress takes place online, with a session on "'Frontiers and Connections in North-East...

5 July 2021|HLCEES

PhD defence Hewan Semon Marye

On 5 July 2021 at 11 am CEST Hewan Semon Marye (HLCEES) will defend her PhD thesis on the topic "The Poetics and Polemics of Humor in Addis Abäba...

26 June 2021|HLCEES

Challenges to the digital preservation and production of Ethiopia's literary texts

Challenges to the digital preservation and production of Ethiopia's literary texts.

The event is the second in a series of events united by the...

21 June 2021|HLCEES

The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Medieval Studies – A Global Digital Medievalist Symposium

The project Beta maṣāḥǝft is represented in the Digital Medievalist conference The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Medieval Studies – A Global...

21 June 2021|HLCEES

Forgotten Christianities

On 21 June 2021, Augustine Dickinson speaks at the Forgotten Christianities seminar (Oxford, UK) on "Martyrs of God and Pillars of Faith: Literature...

14 June 2021|Announcements

PhD scholarship

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

1 June 2021|HLCEES

HornEast Seminar

On 1 June 2021, Daria Elagina presents at the HornEast Seminar on "Case Study of Knowledge Transmission: Translation of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu...

27 May 2021|HLCEES

How to Prepare Accessible Presentations

On 27 May 2021, Dorothea Reule gave an invited talk on "How to Prepare Accessible Presentations" within the framework of the "Professional development...

17 May 2021|HLCEES

Introduction to Ethiopic manuscript studies in Moscow

D. Nosnitsin and M. Krzyzanowska offered the course “Introduction to Ethiopic manuscript studies” composed of 12 lectures, from 17 to 29 May 2021, at...

15 April 2021|ITIESE

Position opening

Research Associate for the project "Demarginalizing Medieval Africa: Images, Texts, and Identity in Early Solomonic Ethiopia (1270-1527)" §28...

20 March 2021|HLCEES

Forum of the Deutsch-Äthiopischer Verein

Prof. Alessandro Bausi moderates the session on History (Geschichte und ihre aktuelle Relevanz) within the Forum of the Deutsch-Äthiopischer Verein...

19 March 2021|HLCEES

The Turn to the Medieval in Ethiopian Studies

On 19 March 2021 Alessandro Bausi presents at the IAS Ethiopian Studies Series, panel dedicated toThe Turn to the Medieval in Ethiopian Studies, with...

1 March 2021|HLCEES

Demarginalizing Medieval Africa: Images, Texts, and Identity in Early Solomonic Ethiopia (1270-1527)

Prof. Alessandro Bausi will, together with Dr. Jacopo Gnisci of the University College London, co-direct a 3-year DFG-AHRC project Demarginalizing...

1 February 2021|HLCEES

Our work featured by the Levantine Foundation

The Levantine Foundation published a short film illustrating the work conducted at the Dayr al-Suryān monastery (Ethiopic manuscripts being handled by...

13 January 2021|HLCEES

An appeal for the salvation of the cultural heritage of Tigray

We have been following the reports on the military conflict that has erupted between the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the Regional Government of...