News (2025)Subscribe to the ethiopian studies mailing list and receive regular updates about the projects and events at the HLCEES.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...20 June 2025|HLCEESPublic Lecture Haggai ErlichThe 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...19 June 2025|HLCEESA multiplicity of converbs in AmharicOn 19 June 2025, Magdalena Krzyżanowska will present a talk on “A multiplicity of converbs in Amharic” at the 26th Afrikanist:innentag in Vienna. See...13 June 2025|HLCEESLearning to writeOn 13 June 2015, Addisie Yalew talks at the workshop "Learning to Write" at CSMC (Hamburg) on "Scribes and Practices of Writing in Twenty-first...13 June 2025|HLCEESÄthiopien im Wandel: Aktuelle Entwicklungen, Beziehungen und Zukunftsperspektiven13.06.2025, 14:00 Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 Ost, 20146 Hamburg ESA O 221 Im Rahmen des Seminars "57-660 Projektentwicklung oder Entwicklungsprojekt...1 May 2025|BeInf NewsWelcome to Dr Maria BulakhDr Maria Bulakh, associate professor at HSE University, joins BeInf as a short-term research fellow for the week of 5-9 May 2025.28 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...9 April 2025|HLCEESNew appearance: Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia: Scribes, Patrons, Collectors, and ReadersThe new volume Jacopo Gnisci, Sophia Dege-Müller, Jonas Karlsson, and Vitagrazia Pisani (in collaboration with Alessandro Bausi), eds, Manuscript...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...24 February 2025|HLCEESCALL FOR PAPERS: ICES 22: Panel: New Approaches to the Ethiopian Archival TraditionIn addition to its rich history of producing and translating literary works, Ethiopia is home to a longstanding tradition of archival practices, as...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...
