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 addresses Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, Vice-mayor and Senator for Research, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Prof. Dr. Claudia S. Leopold, Vice President, Hamburg University Dr. Anna Hofmann, Zeit Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius H.E. Fesseha Asghedom Tessema, Ambassador of Ethiopia in Germany Prof. Dr. Alessandro Bausi, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica and Director of the Department for African and Ethiopian Studies, Asia Africa Institute, Hamburg University Dr. Barbara Kraus, Director, Harrassowitz Verlag
3.15 p.m.	Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: records and reviews Prof. Dr. Getatchew Haile, USA Prof. Dr. Dr. Siegbert Uhlig, Germany Prof. Dr. Steven Kaplan, Israel Prof. Dr. Jon Abbink, the Netherlands
4.15 p.m.	Coffee break
5 p.m.	History of the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica as seen from the inside Archives and records Memories of the team Photos and music
6.30 p.m.	Personal experiences with the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica Open floor for discussion
6.45 p.m.	Closing words and thanks Prof. Dr. Dr. Siegbert Uhlig
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.