Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Completed
16 July 2014
On 16 July 2014 from 2 p.m. until open end the HLCES team celebrated its dearest and heaviest offspring: with the publication of its fifth volume, the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica is finally complete.
The programme combined presentations from funders, team members, editors, authors and various accompanying events, ending in a reception.
EAE celebration programme
2.30 p.m. |
Opening words and welcome addressesDr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, Vice-mayor and Senator for Research, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
3.15 p.m. |
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: records and reviewsProf. Dr. Getatchew Haile, USA |
4.15 p.m. |
Coffee break |
5 p.m. |
History of the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica as seen from the insideArchives and records
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6.30 p.m. |
Experiences with the Encyclopaedia Aethiopicafilm by Alexander Meckelburg and Gidena Mesfin |
6.45 p.m. |
Closing words and thanksProf. Dr. Dr. Siegbert Uhlig supported by Verena Böll, Dirk Bustorf, Sophia Dege, Gidena Mesfin, Michael Kleiner, Andreu Martínez d'Alòs-Moner, Denis Nosnitsin, Alexander Meckelburg, Thomas Rave,Wolbert Smidt, Eugenia Sokolinski |
7.00 p.m. |
Reception |
The celebration was followed, from 17 to 19 July 2014, by the international conference Manuscripts and texts, languages and contexts: the transmission of knowledge in the Horn of Africa.