Papers at the IMC Leeds

3 July 2024

Several HLCEES members attend the International Medieval Congress in Leeds (1-3 July 2024).

Guesh Solomon Teklu presents a paper on 'Gadla ʿƎsṭifānos: The Life of St Stephen, the First Christian Martyr - Religious and Socio-Cultural Aspects' .

Sophia Dege-Müller talks on 'The Gadla Susanna: Adaptation of a Christian Text among the Ethiopian Jews'.

Dirbwork Bitsu Kassa (CSMC) talks on 'Recording and Keeping Archival Documents in the Monastic
Archive: The Case of Recorded Documents in ʿUrā Kidāna Məḥrat Monastery'.

Addisie Yalew presents the paper 'An Inquiry into the Chronicle of King Fāsiladas (1632–1667); A Historical and Textual Analysis''.

Hewan Semon Marye talks on 'Tewodros' Medievalism: Political Legitimacy, Violence, and the
Appropriation of the Medieval Past in 19th-Century Ethiopia'.

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Universität Hamburg, HLCEES, Alsterterrasse 1, Seminar und Besprechunsgsraum 129

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