On 1, 2, and 4 June Dr. Denis Nosnitsin gave a series of lectures on Ethiopic palaeography to the PhD studens of Bahir Dar University, in the framework of the newly established doctoral course in Gəʿəz studies.

Anton Pritula, who is currenlty based at the Hermitage Museum (St Petersburg) and at HSE University (Moscow), visits the Hiob Ludolf Centre for three months, with support from the alumni program of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung.