Lecture series "Africa and Asia Beyond the Headlines"

17 April 2026

This year, the lecture series Africa and Asia Beyond the Headlines is offered at AAI beginning on 10 April. The programme (https://www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche-vortraege/sommersemester/08-poster-africa-asia.pdf) includes also talks relevant for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies: Artificial Intelligence in Ethiopia – Imaginaries of Prosperity and Politics of Control (17 April); Port Politics and the Reconfiguration of the Horn of Africa (22 May), The Qeerroo and the Oromo Youth Protests in
Ethiopia (29 May).

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Female monastic movements in Medieval Ethiopia: History and Hagiography

Speaker:
Dr. Martina Ambu

Date/Time:
Friday, January 16th, 2026, at 12–14 h (CET/MEZ).

Place:

   University of Hamburg
   Asia-Africa-Institute (AAI)
   Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Ostflügel ("East Wing"), room 221
   20146 Hamburg

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