Organizing Committee

The local and international conference organizing committees consist of members

from universities in Ethiopia, Israel , The Netherlands, Italy, France, Japan,

Germany, and Poland. Their profiles are presented below.

Main Organizing Committe

Prof. Tesfaye Semela

Director, Institute of Policy and Development Research

 Chairperson

Dr. Mengistu Dinato

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

  Secretary

Dr. Emebet Bekele

Director, Office of External Relations & Communications

 Member

Dr. Fekede Menuta

Editor-in-chief, Journal of ETHIOENQUIRY, College of Social Sciences and Humanities

 Member

Dr. Melisew Dejene

Institute of Policy and Development Research

 Member

Dr. Seyoum Yunkura

Director, Institute of Sidama Cultural Studies

 Member

Prof. Zeleke Arficho

Dean, College of Social Sciences and Humanities

 Member

Prof. Mebratu Mulatu

Coordinator, Collaborative Researches

 Member

Dr. Rahmeto Abebe

Director, Research Programs

 Member

Dr. Aseged

Director, Research Programs

 Member

International Organizing Committee

Dr Ahmed Hassen

Head, Office of International Relations, Addis Ababa University (Addis Ababa)

  Ethiopia

Mr. Mitiku GabreHiwot  

Department of Anthropology, Mekelle University (Mekelle)

  Ethiopia

Dr. Anbessa Teferra

  Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv)

 Isreal 

Dr. Éloi Ficquet

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris)

  France

Dr. Takele Maried

  Director, Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES), Addis Ababa University (Addis Ababa)

 Ethiopia


Dr.Alula Pankhurst

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris)

  Ethio-UK 

Prof. Gianfrancesco Lusini

Dipartimento di Studi e Ricerche su Africa e Paesi Arabi, Universita degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" (Naples)

  Italy


Prof. Hanna Rubinkowska

University of Warsaw (Warsaw)

  Poland

Prof. Masayoshi SHIGETA

Centre for African Area Studies, Kyoto University (Kyoto)

  Japan

Prof. Stefan Weninger

Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Philipps-Universitaet (Marburg)

  Germany