News (2025)Subscribe to the ethiopian studies mailing list and receive regular updates about the projects and events at the HLCEES.28 April 2025|BeInf NewsKeynote at Late Antique Conference in GhentAaron Butts will deliver the opening keynote lecture at the international conference “Real and Imagined Boundaries in Late Antiquity” at the...26 February 2025|HLCEESExploring Selected Oral Literature and Material Culture: Insights into Beta Esra’el in the Gondar Region, EthiopiaOn February 26, 2025 Addise Yalew will be presenting on “Exploring Selected Oral Literature and Material Culture: Insights into Beta Esra’el in the...24 February 2025|sarsadengelCALL FOR PAPERS: ICES 22: Panel: Ethiopian Historiography: Evolution, Diversity, and Transformation Ethiopia’s historiographical tradition is among the richest in sub-Saharan Africa, with origins tracing back to the Aksumite period. While early...24 February 2025|HLCEESCALL FOR PAPERS: ICES 22: Panel: Our Lady Mary: her Life and Miracles in Text and Image (1400-1800)St Mary, the revered mother of God (Theotokos), holds an unparalleled place of devotion in Ethiopia, second only to Jesus Christ. Rooted in Gospel...1 February 2025|GideonitesNew project startThe GIF-funded project Understanding the ‘Kingdom of the Gideonites’: The Shaping of the Memory of Ethiopia’s Jewish Kingdom and its Impact on...17 January 2025|HLCEESContemporary Tigrigna literature: an overviewOn Friday, 17 January 2025, 12:00 pm (CET), at the Asien-Afrika-Institut, room 221, Universität Hamburg (and online), Dr. Haile Gezae Woldegiyorgis...16 January 2025|HLCEESThe Intermediality of the BodyGiulia Casella ("The Body of the Church, the Body of the Saint: The Case of SaintElesbaan in Cesare Baronio’s Works") and Augustine Dickinson ("An...15 January 2025|InternationalesPresentation at the Text and Transmission Research SeminarTed Erho will speak at the Text and Transmission Joint Research Seminar (TeTra), hosted at the University of Vienna, on Wednesday 15 January, at 10...14 January 2025|HLCEESFellowship Awarded to Elena HertelThe Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded Dr. Elena Hertel a two-year fellowship as part of its Postdoc Mobility scheme for her project...
