Welcome to Prof. Aaron Michael Butts
1 September 2022
The Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies is happy to welcome Professor Aaron Michael Butts.
Since today, 1 September 2022, Professor Butts, who had already been associated with the HLCEES as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow in 2020-2021 (https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/vernetzen/recherche-im-humboldt-netzwerk/einzelansicht?tx_rsmavhsolr_solrview%5BpPersonId%5D=1206727&cHash=e9fb38dadd2a1f4e9629459f6051ae7f), is Full Professor of “Semitic Studies, with focus on Ethiopian Studies" at the Faculty of Humanities at Universität Hamburg.
For the next 5 years he will be focusing on his project (ERC Consolidator Grant) “BeInf: Beyond Influence: The Connected Histories of Ethiopic and Syriac Christianity” (https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/newsroom/presse/2022/pm30.html).
The HLCEES warmly congratulates Professor Butts and looks forward to cooperation between "BeInf" and the projects in Ethiopian and Eritrean studies already running at the HLCEES.