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Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies

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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

organized by Alessandro Bausi and Siegbert Uhlig
with support from Dirk Bustorf, Sophia Dege, Alexander Meckelburg, Denis Nosnitsin, Thomas Rave, Eugenia Sokolinski

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

presentation edited by Andreu Martínez d’Alòs-Moner, with support from Dirk Bustorf

6.30 p.m.

Experiences with the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica

film by Alexander Meckelburg and Gidena Mesfin

6.45 p.m.

Closing words and thanks

Prof. 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.