22nd International Conference on Ethiopian Studies (ICES22)
Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Venue: Africa Union Hall, Main Campus
Opening Session
Day 1(Monday): September 29,2025 Morning
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Time |
Activity |
Presenter (s) |
Remarks |
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9:00-9:15 AM |
Program Opening |
Dr. Ahmed Hassen |
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9:15-9:25 AM |
Institutional speech |
Dr. Yohanes Adgeh |
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9:25-9:30 AM |
Message from French Embassy |
H.E. Mr. Laurent Serrano |
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9:30-9:35 AM |
Message from German Embassy |
H.E. Dr. Ferdinand Von Weyhe |
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9:35-9:40 AM |
Message from Japanese Embassy |
Embassy Representative |
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9:40-9:50 AM |
President of Hawassa University |
Dr. Chirotaw Ayele |
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9:50-10:10 AM |
Guest of Honor and Official Declaration of the Conference |
TBA |
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10:10-10:40 AM |
Tea Break Organizers |
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10:40-11:10 AM |
Monday Keynote speech |
Professor Belay Kassa |
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11:10 - 11:40 AM |
Discussion |
Participants |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Tuesday Plenary Session (Keynote Speech) |
Professor Zinabu G/Mariam |
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10:30-11:00 AM |
Discussion |
Participants |
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11:00-12:00 PM |
Book Launch |
French ceter for Ethioian studies |
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12:00-12:30 PM |
Discussion |
Participants |
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Panel 9.8: Memory, Power, and Politics in Ethiopia
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025(Venue: Africa Union Hall, G_1) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
Panel C |
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2:00 - 2:20 PM |
The Zemene Mesafint: forgiveness too freely given; war too easily waged |
Charles Schaefer |
Fisseha Fantahun |
9.8 |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Historicizing the Ancestral Connections Between Wollo and Gondar: The Untold Genealogical Links Between the Gondar Royal Families and the Wollo Ulemas |
Mohammed Jemal |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
The Rhetoric of Adwa Victory Memorial: Mnemonic Justice Deferred Again? |
Behailu Shiferaw |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
Participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizer |
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4:00–4:20 PM |
Historical Memory, Ethnic Nationalism and Federalism among the Harari of Eastern Ethiopia |
Fana Gebresenbet |
Fisseha Fantahun |
9.8 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
A Misuse of Stephenites’ Hagiographies for Instigating Ethnic Conflict |
Gebreyesus Teklu |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Heritage, Memory, and Identity: The Ethiopian Diaspora in the UK and the Politics of Looted Heritage |
Fisseha Fantahun |
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5:00 –5:30 PM |
Discussion |
Participants |
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Plane 15.2: The Global Ethiopian Diaspora in context
DAY 1 (MONDAY): September 29,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, G_2) Afternoon
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Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
The linguistic category habäša as understood by the Ethiopian diaspora in Europe |
Aleksander Kacprzak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) |
Hewan G., Shimelis B., Mulugeta F. |
15.2 |
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Neither friends, nor foes - Ethiopian diaspora in Cairo |
Zuzanna Augustyniak, University of Warsaw, Poland) |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
Migrations, Connections, and Belongings in the Ethiopian Diaspora |
Shimelis Bonsa (Asso.Prof.), Stony Brook University, USA |
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3:00-3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizer |
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4:00–4:20 PM |
The 2013 Ethiopia Diaspora Policy Making Process: A critique of the path |
Kamil Abdu Oumer (PhD) |
Hewan G.,Shimelis B., Mulugeta F |
15.2
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Justifying the Need to Engage the Medieval Ethiopian Diaspora |
Kamil Abdu (PhD) |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 12.1: Indigenous Knowledge System
DAY 1 (MONDAY): September 29,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, G_3) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
A Study on Indigenous Knowledge on Animal Disease and Medicinal Plants Used in Animal Disease Management in Benatsemay Woreda, South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia |
Asrat Solomon |
Mohammed Zeinu |
12.1
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Leveraging Indigenous Knowledge For Peacebuilding: A Critical Systematic Review to Draw Lessons & Global Best Practices for Ethiopia’s Ongoing National Dialogue |
Sileshi Tamene Fikadu (Ph.D) |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
Traditional Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Maternal and Child Health Illnesses in Ethiopia: An Ethno-botanical Approach |
Asmare Talie A Systematic Review |
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3:00-3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30-4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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4:00–4:20 PM |
Philosophical Dimensions of Indigenous knowledge system in Ethiopia: Epistemology, Ethics, and social Justice |
Mohammed Zeynu, AASTU |
Mohammed Zeinu |
12.1 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Radical Trust in Global neighbourhood and International Cooperation |
Echi Christina Gabbert |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Discussion | All participants |
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Panel 17.4: Youth Transitions to Adult hood through a period multiple crisis
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F_1) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
Long-lived values and ethical concerns, and the existing socio-political challenges to practice these values: the case of youths of Sidama region |
Dagne Shibiru (Dr), Hawassa University |
Alula Pankhurst |
17.4
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Resilience in the face of adversity? Young people’s mental health and wellbeing while transitioning to adulthood in a context of multiple crises |
Alula Pankhurst(Dr), Young Lives Country Director |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
Understanding Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge, Access, and Practices Among Young People in Ethiopia: Examining Cultural Norms and Conflict |
Nardos Chuta, Young Lives Assistant Qualitative Researcher |
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3:00-3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30-4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizer |
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4:00–4:20 PM |
The impact of Unemployment in Youth transition to Adulthood in Addis Ababa |
Yeshi Mulatu, Young Lives researcher |
Alula Pankhurst |
17.4 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Prevailing customary practices in women’s transition to marriage and adulthood: The case of a community in Eastern Shewa |
Bizuayehu Ayele, Young Lives researcher |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Psycho-social Impact of War: Mental Health Challenges in Conflict-Affected Population. A case study from a Young Lives site in Tigray |
Gezach Woldu, Young Lives |
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5:00–5:30 PM |
Discussion | All participants |
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Panel 19.1: Studies of Religion
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F_2) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
Antoine d’Abbadie, “Pope of Kafa”? Regional geopolitics and ecclesiastical circulations in mid-19th century Ethiopia |
Eloi Ficquet, EHESS, France |
Jutta Sperling & Guesh Solomon |
19.1
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Eating Habits and Religious Identity in Christian and Muslim Ethiopia: Evidence from the Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār (1340’s) |
Thomas Guindeuil (Imaf, Ubisoft) |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
Diplomacy and War: A Case Study of Negotiation Between Christian and Muslim Ethiopian Queens in the Mid-16th Century |
Amélie Chekroun (CNRS, Iremam, CFEE) |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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4:00 –4:20 PM |
The decline of the Aksumite Empire and the expansion of Christianity alongside settlement of Coptic Egyptian and Muslim communities in Tigray |
Hiluf Berhe (PhD), Mekelle University |
Jutta Sperling & Guesh Solomon |
19.1 |
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4:20 – 4:40 PM |
Christian Heretics and Muslims on the Margins of the Ethiopian Kingdom in the Mid-Fifteenth Century: The Exile of Estifanosite Monks and the Politics of Zarʾa Yāʿǝqob |
Maxine Huguet, École française de Rome |
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4:40 – 5:00 PM |
The Socio-economic Values of Trans-Religious Pilgrimage in Wollo: The Case of Deger Getaw Shehye Shrine, Kelala Woreda, Wollo Ethiopia |
Dr. Mohammed Jemal, Wollo University |
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5:00 –5:30 PM |
Discussion |
Participants |
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Panel 17.6: Collaborative museums in Ethiopia
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F_3) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
Where is the Place and Role for Institutional Museums? |
Dereje Berhanu, Ethiopian National Postal Museum |
Hiruy D., Bereket Z., Ephrem A. |
17.6
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
The Ethiopian Museums in the Digital Age: Challenges, Opportunities and the Road Ahead |
Ephrem Amare, Ethiopian Heritage Authority |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
Memories of Public Institutions for National Unity in Ethiopia |
Hiruy Daniel, Jinka University |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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4:00 –4:20 PM |
Museums and Community Engagement |
Nigussu Mekonnen, Ethiopian Heritage Authority |
Hiruy D., Bereket Z., Ephrem A. |
17.6
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4:20 – 4:40 PM |
Significance of Museums Collaboration in the Case of Museums Development in Oromia Region-Ethiopia |
Tiruneh Rebuma, Oromo Cultural Center |
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4:40 – 5:00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 9.3: Ethiopian Historiography: Evolution, Diversity, and Transformation
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F_4) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
The Hagiography of an Ethiopian King and Saint Gäbrä Maryam: A Study of an Unpublished Ethiopic (Gǝ’ǝz) Manuscript |
Alula Yohannes, Universität Erfurt |
Solomon and Hewan
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9.3
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Gǝ’ǝz Sources on the Production of Building Materials in Ethiopia, 15th to 18th Centuries |
Behailu Gete, Addis Ababa University |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Postmodernism and the Grand Narrative: A Critique of Samir Yusuf’s Reading of Ethiopian History |
Dagmawie Tesfaye, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
Documentary evidence from ecclesiastic collections: to which extent reliable? |
Denis Nosnitsin, University of Hamburg |
Solomon and Hewan |
9.3 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
A Historiographical Study of Famine in Central and Northern Ethiopia: The 1984/85 Famine in Focus |
Emishaw Workie, Wollo University |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Historiography and Nation-Building under Socialist Ethiopia (1974–1991) |
Ewnetu Belachew, AAU |
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5:00– 5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 3.3: Educational Research
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F_5) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
Students’ Voice and Power Accountability Relationship for Curriculum Implementation in Ethiopian Primary Schools: A Qualitative Study |
Feyera Beyessa, Wollega University |
Anteneh Wasihun |
3.3
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
A ‘make’ or ‘break’ role of students’ outcome expectation on their academic engagement and achievement in Mathematics among grade 10 and 11 students |
Woldeab, Daniel, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
The Potential Determinants of Instructors ICT use for Students’ Learning Assessment in Ethiopian Public Universities |
Abdulmejid Mohammed Ahmed, PhD. |
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3:00-3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30-4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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4:00-4:20 AM |
Exploring Teacher Educators' Attitude and Concerns on the Use of AI in Education: A Focus at Jimma University |
Addisu Haleko (PhD candidate, JU), Gambella University |
Adamu Asefa |
3.3
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4:20-4:40 AM |
Student motivation Towards Chemistry through Simulation-Integrated Context-Based Learning |
Minale Demelash (PhD) |
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4:40-5:00 AM |
The Trustworthiness of TMT in Measuring Students' Academic Performance in Ethiopian Public Universities from Teacher-lived Experiences: English Language Course in Focus |
Tekalign Geleta Kenea (PhD) |
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5:00-5:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 15.1: Addressing Political Violence in the Horn of Africa: Origins, Current Dynamics and Future Trends
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F_6) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
Geopolitical Rivalries, Fragile States, and Political Violence in the Horn of Africa |
Nasir M. Ali (Ph.D), Laas Geel Institute, Somaliland |
Aleksi, Jean-Nicolas, & Manuel-João |
15.1
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Geopolitical Dynamics and Border Dispute between Ethiopia and the Sudan over the Humera-Metema (Al-Fashaga) Region: Colonial Legacies and Territorial Contestations |
Alemayehu Erkihun(PhD), Wollo University |
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2:40– 3:00 PM |
Geopolitics Driving the Hydropolitics of Violence in the Nile |
Ana Elisa Cascão(independent scholar) |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizer |
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4:00 –4:20 PM |
The Horn’s Total Wars: Tigray War, Sudan Civil War and the Logic of Three-Level Game |
Tezera Tazebew, University of Gondar |
Aleksi, Jean-Nicolas, & Manuel-João |
15.1 |
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4:20 – 4:40 PM |
Beyond Ethnic Strife: Ethiopia’s new alignments and the global entanglements of localised violence |
Manuel João Ramos, ISCTE-University |
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4:40 – 5:00 PM |
Proliferation of armed insurrection in Ethiopia: Culture of violence and the usual road of state repression |
Yared Debebe, University of Gondar |
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5:00 –5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 9.2: Ethiopia and the outside world during the medieval and Modern Periods
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025 (Venue: TH 101) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
The Last Dance: The Soviet Union, Ethiopia, and the final attempt to build Socialism in the Third World, 1974-1991 |
Nikolaus Graf Vitzthum |
Aychegirew Hadara |
9.2 |
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
A history of Ethio-West German Relations during the 1950s |
Aychegrew H. Hailu |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
The History of Ethiopian Peacekeeping Missions in Africa: 1960-2010 |
Shimeles Lewoye |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
All Conference Organizer |
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4:00 –4:20 PM |
Unheard voices from the Frontlines: The Lives of Militiamen and Their Families from Gojjam, 1977–1991 |
Fantahun Ayele |
Aychegirew Hadara |
9.2 |
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4:20 – 4:40 PM |
A History of Cooperation between the All-Ethiopian Trade Unions and the Free German Trade Unions Federation (FDGB), 1977-1990 |
Adane Kassie |
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4:40 – 5:00 PM |
Jesuit Mission in Ethiopia: Religious Transformations and Cultural Encounters, 17th–18th Centuries |
Mesafint Tarekegn |
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5:00 –5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 14.2: Ethiopian Gǝʿǝz Literary Heritage: Contemporary Pathways from Manuscript to Print
DAY 1 (Monday): September 29,2025(Venue: TH 103) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
Sidelined? The Role of Marginalia in Gǝʿǝz Textual Traditions and Their Printed Editions |
Tsehay Ademe, AAU |
Mersha |
14.2
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Textual Transformation and Cultural Reframing in Gadla Mārqos |
Andualem Ermiyas, Holy Trinity Theological University |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
The hagiography dossier of Saint Libānos/Maṭāʿ in the light of printed and new manuscript evidence |
Alessandro Bausi, Sapienza Università di Roma |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
All Conference Organizer |
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4:00 –4:20 PM |
The Printing of Jewish Mystical and Magical Texts: Two Case Studies |
Gideon Bohak, Tel Aviv University |
Mersha |
14.2 |
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4:20 – 4:40 PM |
Manuscript variant to printed edition, scribe to printing press – Some historical notes and initial observations |
Dan Levene, University of Southampton |
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4:40 – 5:00 PM |
The Division of the Book of Enoch in Manuscripts and Printed books |
Daniel Assefa, AAU |
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5:00 – 5:20 PM |
Towards Diachronic Grammer of Old Ethiopic(GEEZ) |
Maria Bulakh, HSE University |
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5:20 – 5:40 PM |
From parchment manuscripts to printed editions via XML-TEI: A digital approach to the Ethiopic Physiologus |
Massimo Villa, University of Naples L’Orientale |
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5:40 –12:10 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 1.1: Agronomy, Biodiversity and Conservation
DAY 1 (Monday): Sep 29,2025(Venue: TH 104) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
Determinants of Chemoga Wetland Plane Management Practices in Northwest Ethiopia |
Selomon Afework |
Ferdu Azerefegn |
1.1 |
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Analysis of Cyprus Papyrus Wastewater Treatment Efficiency in Glass Fiber Constructed Wetland under Different Density in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia |
Abere Amogn |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
Limited genetic diversity found among genotypes of the Entada landrace (Ensete ventricosum, (Welw.) Chessman) from Ethiopia |
Alye Tefera |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
All Conference Organizer |
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4:00 –4:20 PM |
Soil Erosion Modeling on Borkena Watershed, Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia |
Getnet Tekle
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Sheleme Beyene |
1.1 |
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4:20 – 4:40 PM |
Examining the Diversity, Structure, and Regeneration Status of Woody Plant Species in Basso Subwatershed, South Regional Government, Ethiopia |
Wakshum Shiferaw
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4:40 – 5:00 PM |
Multivariate Analysis of the Influence of Prosopis juliflora on Plant Species Diversity and Community Types of Vegetation in Afar Rangelands, Northeast Ethiopia |
Wakshum Shiferaw
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5:00 –5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 10.3: Human Geography, Environment & Climate Change Abstract Evaluation Results
DAY 1 (MONDAY): Sep 29,2025 (Venue: TH 105) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
Co-application of liquid digestate with biochar: effects on greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient loss through leaching |
Biftu Umer |
Sibilo Gashure, Misrak Tamire, Mamuye Belihu |
10.3 |
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Geospatial Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Change Modeling and Prediction of Subsequent variations in Ecosystem services value in Southern highland of Ethiopia |
Tesfaye Teklesilassie |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Production of Two Legumes Important Economically and for Food Security: Mungbeans and Cowpeas in Ethiopia |
Birhanu Kagnew |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference Organizers |
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4:00 –4:20 PM |
Mixed-charged polyamide-4-sulfocalix [4] arene hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes for heavy metal removal under various pH |
Siyoum Shewakena |
Sibilo Gashure, Misrak Tamire, Mamuye Belihu |
10.3 |
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4:20 – 4:40 PM |
Knowledge of Climate Change and Adaptation by Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia |
Abraham Belay |
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4:40 – 5:00 PM |
Geospatial Evaluation of Flood Hazard Vulnerability Utilizing Multi-Criteria Decision approach in the Sile-Sago Watershed of Lake Chamo Sub-basin, Ethiopia |
Asnake Boyana |
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5:00 –5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
DAY 2 Session
Panel 9.1: Entangled Histories and Traditions: Ethno historical Perspectives on the Peoples, States, and Societies of South and Southwest Ethiopia
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, G1) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Change and continuity in power relations of gender among the Kambaata community of Central Ethiopia |
Desta Lorenso, PhD candidate, Goethe University |
Zegeye and Wolbert |
9.1 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
A Study of Archaeological and Heritage sites in the Kafa Zone, Southwest Ethiopia |
Solomon Kidane Tufer (MA), Bonga University |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Salayish, a former resettlement site which still expands despite security issues related to local history |
Takeshi Fujimoto (Professor), University of Toyama |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
Memory, Myth, and Founding Legacies: An Ethno-Historical Study of Cheleqot and its Founder Meqtun in Tigrai, Ethiopia |
Kebede Amare,Ph.D Candidate, Mekele University |
Zegeye and Wolbert |
9.1 |
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11:20–11:50 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 5.1: Current Status and Future Direction
DAY 2(Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, G2) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Ethio-Semitic proto-language reconstruction with In-context learning and LSTM-based encode-decode model |
Elleni Temesgen |
Seid Muhie |
5.1 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Geez Morphological-Based Part of Speech Tagging Using Deep Learning |
Habtamu Shiferaw Asmare |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Transformer-based Amharic Complexity Classification and Simplification |
Gebregziabihier Nigusie |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
Chatbot-Based Agricultural Extension Service Model Using Deep Learning |
Aklilu Binbessa |
Seid Muhie |
5.1 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Towards Morphology-Aware Sentiment Analysis of Code-Switched Ethiopian Languages Using Multi-Task Learning |
Tinsae Tadesse |
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11:40–12:10 PM |
Bilingual Hate Speech Detection on Social Media: Amharic and Afaan Oromo |
Teshome Ababu |
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12:10–12:30 PM |
Preparing a High-Quality Parallel Dataset for Low-Resource Amharic-Khimtagne to Enhance Machine Translation Models |
Adane Kasie Chekole |
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12:30–12:50 PM |
Enhancing Amharic NLP with Formal Semantics: Tackling Pragmatic Challenges through Linguistic Analysis |
Zinawork Tura |
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12:50–1:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 13.2: Good Governance and Institutions in Ethiopia
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, G3) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research Article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00 –9:20 AM |
The Enigma of Institutional Failure in Ethiopia: Continuity over Change |
Asnake Kefale, AAU |
Zerihun Mohammed |
13.2
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Ethiopia’s Quest for the Perfect Constitution: A Comparative Essay |
Bahru Zewde, AAU |
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9:40 –10: 00 AM |
Change and Continuities in Grassroots Institutions of Governance: From Chiqa –Shum/Qoro to Peasant Associations (ca. 1960s -2018) |
Girma Negash, Addis Ababa University |
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10:00 - 10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00 – 11:20AM |
From “Rules of the Game” to Resilient Institutions: Toward a Layered Approach to Governance in Ethiopia |
Awol Ali, Hawassa University |
Zerihun Mohammed |
13.2 |
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11:20 – 11:40 AM |
Decentralization's Dilemma: Navigating Good Governance in Ethiopia's Federal Experiment |
Taye Demissie, Bahir Dar University |
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11:40 – 12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 4.2: Contemporary Issues in Architectural heritage
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F1) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Structural Assessment of Historic Masonry Buildings in Tigray Under Seismic Loading |
Birhane Aregawi, Mekelle University |
Alula T., Rumi Ok |
4.2 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Post-Conflict Heritage in Practice: Lessons from the Tigray HeritageScapes Restoration Initiative |
Alula Tesfay, Goethe University |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Digitally Archiving Ethiopia’s Built Heritage: Fieldwork, Training, and Conservation in Addis Ababa and Tigray |
Rumi Okazaki , Shibaura Institute of Technology |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Heritage Education in Ethiopia: Aligning Academic Training with Conservation Needs |
Tadesse Girmay, AAU |
Alula T., Rumi Ok |
4.2
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Rediscovering the Gates of Jimma: Contextual Strategies for Conservation |
Sumantra Misra, Jimma University |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
The Role of Traditional Knowledge in Sustainable Practice: Dorze Vernacular Architecture |
Tadesse Girmay, Addis Ababa University |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 9.3: Ethiopian Historiography: Evolution, Diversity, and Transformation
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F2) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research Article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Philosophy of History and Intergenerational Justice in Ethiopia: An Exploratory Essay on the Idea of Justice |
Eyasu Berento, Kotebe University |
Solomon and Hewan |
9.3 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Tracing a Portrait: Kāleb in the Ethiopic Literary Tradition |
Giulia Casella, University of Hamburg |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
The Non-Academic Ethiopian Historian |
Hewan Semon, University of Hamburg |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Between poems and texts: unique functions of Ethiopian historiography with elements of orality |
Izabela Orlowska, Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient |
Solomon and Hewan |
9.3 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Historical Colophon Writing Practice in Twenty-First Century Ethiopia |
Addisie Yalew, University of Hamburg |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 5.1: Current Status and Future Direction
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F3) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Improving Amharic Legal Question Answering with Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Locally-Sourced Data |
Terefe Feyisa
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Seid Muhie |
5.1 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Multilingual Fine-Tuning for Few-Shot Cross-Lingual Sentiment Classification of Amharic Text |
Muluken Asebel
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Crowdsourcing Platform for Ethiopian Language Data Collection |
Tewodros Bizuneh |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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5.1 |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Linguistically Enhanced Unsupervised Machine Learning based Dialect Discovery for Under-Resourced and Morphologically Rich Languages |
Yesuf Mohamed
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Seid Muhie |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Humanities Studies in the Time of AI: Philosophical Reflection on Language Development, Cognitive Justice and Ethics of AI in Ethiopia |
Eyasu Berento Assefa |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
Automated Recognition of Ethiopian Sign Language (EthSL): Bridging Critical Gaps in Technology-related Research |
Elizabeth Dadi |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 17.6: Collaborative museums in Ethiopia
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F4) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
The New paradigm of Museum Exhibition and its Attributes in the Rapidly Changing world |
Bereket Zewde, National Museum of Ethiopia |
Hiruy D., Bereket Z., Ephrem A. |
17.6 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Warehouse or Collection Room: The Case of Ethnographic Collections at EHA and the Need for Collection Management Policy |
Demerew Dagne, Ethiopian Heritage Authority (EHA) |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Retrospect of two years journey of Yimtubezina Museum and Cultural Center and its Curatorial Practice on Temporary Exhibitions |
Abel Assefa, Yimtubezina Museum and Cultural Center |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
From Margins to Mainstage: Ethiopia’s Heritage and the Revival of African Museums abstract by Ahmed Zekaria |
Ahmed Zekaria , Institute of Ethiopian Studies Museum |
Hiruy D., Bereket Z., Ephrem A. |
17.6 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 14.1: Documenting grammatical complexity in understudied languages of Ethiopia
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F5) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research Article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of Christian-Muslim Theological Controversies: Examining the Representations of Trinity, Christology, and Resurrection in English Translations of the New Testament and the Qur'an (7th-21st Century)" |
Gebrekidan Libassie, Wollo University |
Derib, Mulugeta |
14.1
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Reflections on the Grammar of Gender in Amharic |
Getahun Amare (Prof.), AAU |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Denominal, Deadjectival and Deidieophonoc Verb Derivation in Oromo |
Girma Mengistu, AAU |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference Organizer |
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11:00–11:20AM |
ኢትዮጵያዊ ተረኮች ሇቋንቋ ስነዲ ያሊቸው ፋይዲ |
Girum Areda (Ph.D), Wollega University |
Derib, Mulugeta |
14.1
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11:20–11:40 AM |
A comparative study of Amharic and Oromo personal names |
Meheretu Adnew(PHD), Jimma University |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
የአማርኛ ዘዬዎች የድምጸ-ልሳናዊ ሂደት ልዩነት ገለጻ |
መንግስቱ ታደሰ (ዶ/ር)፣ደብረብርሃን ዩኒቨርሲቲ |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 17.3: Ritual in Ethiopian cultures: decline or renewal
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F6) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Timket: Christian Revivalism, Renewal, and the Royal Bath in Gondar |
Cressida Marcus |
Jon Abbink |
17.3 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
The Umbrella in Ethiopian Culture |
Maija Priess & Gidena Mesfin |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Ritual and the ‘Construction’ of Authority and Leadership in Suri Society, Southwest Ethiopia |
Jon Abbink,Leiden University |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference Organizer |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Peace-making Rituals in Ethiopia: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia |
Mercy Fekadu |
Jon Abbink |
17.3 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Mawlid Celebration and its Symbolic Representations: the Dire Sheikh Hussein Shrine in Bale Zone, Ethiopia |
Solomon Teshome |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
Survival of Ritual Power in Dimam: The Kish Lale of the Dime People, Southwestern Ethiopia |
Dawit Getu |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 15.1: Addressing Political Violence in the Horn of Africa: Origins, Current Dynamics and Future Trends
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: TH 101) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Resource Governance and Dynamics of Resource Based Conflicts in Northeast Shewa, Ethiopia, 1941-1991 |
Emishaw Workie(PhD), Wollo University |
Aleksi, Jean-Nicolas, & Manuel-João |
15.1
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Ethiopia’s Quest for Sea Access: Post-MoU and the Ankara Declaration, Is Ethiopia’s Quest Reversed or Enhanced? |
Shimellis Hailu Dessie, Addis Ababa University |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
No Escape? Violent State-Periphery Relations, External Involvement, and Persistence of Armed Conflict in Sudan |
Aleksi Ylönen, University of Botswana? |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference Organizer |
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11:00–11:20AM |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 9.2: Ethiopia and the outside world during the medieval and Modern Periods
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: TH 103) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Security Problems and Illicit Trade Across the Ethio-Sudanese Border: The Case of Metemma Areas Since 1941 |
Tigab Bezie |
Aychegirew Hadara |
9.2 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Ethiopia and the Byzantine Empire: during the reign of King Kaleb, (6th century CE) |
Yohannes Gebreselassie |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Two centuries separate the publishing of Ystoria Ethiopie in the Chronica Universalis by Galvano Fiamma, from Milan to the presumed death of prominent Florentine Andrea Corsali |
Marco Viganòm |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
Traveling Textiles: India – Ethiopia – Egypt |
Michael Gervers, University of Toronto |
Aychegirew Hadara |
9.2 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Picturing Enslavement and Abolition: Ethiopian Artists and Representations of National Subjects |
Lacy Feigh, Princeton University |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 19.1: Studies of Religion
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: TH 104) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
‘’She is, indeed, Our Lady the Virgin”: Visualizing the icons of Mary in the Täʾammərä Maryam |
Jenica Brown, Princeton University |
Jutta Sperling & Guesh Solomon |
19.1 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Nägärä Maryam or Story of Mary: Magic, Miracles, Migration |
Jutta Sperling, Hampshire College |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Miracle of St Mary on the Martyr Giyorgis Ḥaddis: Textual and Artistic Developments in Selected Gadla Samāʿǝtāt and Taʾāmmǝra Maryām Manuscripts |
Guesh Solomon, University of Hamburg, Germany |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20AM |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 1.1: Agronomy, Biodiversity and Conservation
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: TH 105) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
PO/Session chair |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Agriculture and Rural Development in Ethiopia: Challenges, Opportunities, and Sustainable Pathways for Prosperity |
Wondwosen Dejene |
Prof. Walelign Worku |
1.1
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Interactive Effect of Mineral Nitrogen and Potassium Fertilizer Rates on Growth, Yield and Economics of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) at Lemo District, Central Ethiopia |
Mulugeta Abebe |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Galliformes Population Status and Threats in Didessa River Valley, southwestern Ethiopia: Insights for Biodiversity Conservation and Avi-tourism Development |
Yihenew A Berhanu |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Effects of climate-smart agronomic practices on Striga-hermonthica control and sorghum productivity at Kile, Harari Region, Ethiopia |
Addisu Ebbisa |
Dr. Beyene Teklu |
1.1 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Evaluating Diversity, Structure, Regeneration Status and Preferences of Woody Species among Different Land Uses of Koore’s Agricultural Landscape, Southern Ethiopia |
Aden Abdurahman |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
Impact of Agro-Climate on Crop Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficients of Teff Crop |
Ligalem Agegn |
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12:00–12:20 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 15.6: Democracy, peace, alliance, and access to the sea
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, G1) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
The Practices of Peace building in South Omo: A Qualitative Case Study in Hammer, Dassanech, Nyangatom Woreda and the Turkana Kenya Community |
Asmare Shetahun Alemneh
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Nigusu Belay, Bekri Mohammed, Awol Ali |
15.6 |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Fostering Togetherness in Ethiopian Indigenous Ethics: The Philosophy of “Ye Šine Migibari Hiwot” and “Ābiro Menori” |
Teshome Abera Tessema |
15.6 |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Understanding the “Culture of War and Peace” as a Sustainable Peace Building Mechanism in Complex Societies |
Getachew Mijana Sabu |
15.6 |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
“Mumps on Top of the Goiter”: The Everyday Experience of Civil War in Ethiopia |
Yirga Abebe |
Nigusu Belay, Bekri Mohammed, Awol Ali |
15.6 |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
The Agency of Pastoralism and Livestock in Pre-1991 Ethiopia’s Political Landscape: A Historical Appraisal in Perspective of the Karrayyu Oromo |
Ginbar Negera
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15.6 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 3.1: Epistemological – Philosophical and Pedagogical Foundations for Educational Policy Reforms and Innovation in the Times of Transitions (Ethiopia in Focus
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, G2) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research Article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Keynote Lecture |
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Eyasu Berento |
3.1 |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Pedagogical Foundations and Curricula Implications in Ethiopian Education: A Historical Analysis of Continuity, Discontinuity, and Policy Reform Dynamics |
Prof. Abba Hailegebriel Girma, Holy Trinity University |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Philosophy of Education and Indigenous Knowledge: Philosophical Deliberations on the Epistemological Imperatives of Educational Praxis in Ethiopia |
Eyasu Berento(PHD Cand.), Kotebe University |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Beyond Instrumental Rationality: Reclaiming Emancipation in Ethiopian Educational Policy Reform |
Fasil Merawi (PhD), Addis Ababa University |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
Ethiopian Borderlanders’ Right to Education: A Critical Policy Analysis |
Genet Abebe (PHD Cand.), Kotebe University |
Eyasu Berento |
3.1 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Instrumentalizing Education: A Philosophical Critique of Political Transitions in Ethiopia |
Friezer Berhanu (Phd Cand.), Kotebe University |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
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5:00– 5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 14.3 Exploring Subordinate Clauses in African Afroasiatic Language
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, G3) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
ሀገርበቀል የአብነት ትምህርት የፈጠራ ሥራዎች ለዘመናዊ ትምህርት መማር ማስተማር ያላቸው ፋይዳ፤ |
Tsedalu Adisu |
Anbessa, Ronny and Chris |
14.3 |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Naming the Nameless: Pseudonyms and Authorial Survival in Ethiopian Literature(1936–2018) |
Mebrete Gergiso |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
The Role of Proverbs in Peace-building among the Raya People of Southern Tigray |
Alemayehu Hafte |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
A comparative study of Amharic and Oromo personal names |
Meheretu Adnew PhD |
Anbessa, Ronny and Chris |
14.3
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
የተመረጡ የዐማርኛ መዝሙሮች ይዘት ትንተና በሦስት ሥርዓተ መንግሥታት (ከ1923 እስከ 2008) |
መስፍን መሰለ |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
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5:00– 5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 7.1 Ethiopian Manuscript Studies
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F1) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Biographical Narratives and Intellectual Memory: The Manuscripts of Šayḫ Badruddīn ibn Ubbiyyi al-Ḥāǧ Muḥammad Surūr on Ethiopian Muslim Scholars |
Rameta Muzeyen |
Nuradin Aman |
7.1
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Text Edition and Annotated Translation of a Biographical Dictionary (Kitab Tanwīr al al ġabaš…) by Šayḫ Muhammad Awol bin Muhammad |
Ramla Kedir |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Preservation of Ethiopic Codices from PSA Tapes |
Shimels Ayele Yalew, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
ዕሴተ፡ ፊደላት፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፦ ነባራዊ፡ ሁኔታው፡ በመጽሐፈ፡ ምሥጢረ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወምድር፡ ዕይታ፡፡ |
በሰሎሞን ጌታነህ1 (ዶክተር), አዲስ፡ አበባ፡ ቅድሰት፡ ሥላሴ፡ መንፈሣዊ፡ ኮሌጅ |
Nuradin Aman |
7.1
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
Exploration of Metathesis in Ge‘ez Language to Ethiopic Manuscript Studies |
Tesfu Asmare (Ph.D), Wollo University |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Developing a Descriptive Database of Gəʿəz Manuscripts in Church Museums of the Amhara Region: Reflections from a Field-Based Project |
Tibebu Anteneh (PhD), Bahir Dar University |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 9.7: Historicizing the anthropology of Ethiopia
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F2) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Historicizing institutional Anthropology: The Case of Hawassa University under Ethiopia’s Education Reform |
Hanna Getachew, Hawassa University |
Marion, Sophia |
9.7 |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Building Anthropology in Northern Ethiopia: The development of the Department of Anthropology at Mekelle University |
Habtom Teklay, Mekelle University |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Anthropological Training at Arba Minch University: From Inception to the Current Stage |
Kansite Gellebo Korra, Arba Minch University |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Research Endeavors and Contributions: A Comprehensive Overview of the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia |
Meseret Asefa, Gondar University |
Marion, Sophia |
9.7 |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
A look into Studies in Social anthropology at Jimma University |
Dejene Gemechu, Jimma University |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Centering the Margins: The Institutionalization of Anthropology and Epistemic Tensions in Ethiopian Universities |
Robel Mulat, Dilla University |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 9.1: Entangled Histories and Traditions: Ethnohistorical Perspectives on the Peoples, States, and Societies of South and Southwest Ethiopia
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F3) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
De-centralizing Ethiopian history: A methodological discussion of ethno history and maps |
Prof. Dr. Wolbert Smidt, Mekelle University |
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9.1
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Mapping an Entangled Historical Kingdom of Kafa: Reconstructing Its Representation in some selected Cartographic Accounts |
Zegeye Woldemariam, Ambo (PhD) |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Convergence of Old Maps and Storytelling: Reconstructing the Territorial Knowledge of the Dawuro Society |
Admasu Abebe (Ph.D), AASTU |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Remembering Past Peoples: Visible and Invisible Stones in a Mela Landscape and Beyond |
Lucie Buffavand, Institut des Mondes Africains |
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9.1
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Discussion |
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Panel 12.2: Succession and Innovation of Cultural Music, Dance, and Related Indigenous Knowledge for the Future of Ethiopia
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F4) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Cultural Music Making and Performance among the Dime People of South Omo |
Dawit Getu, Addis Ababa University |
Admasu Ab. And Susumu Aih. |
12.2 |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Zumbara, Boltsitsiyo, and Qomiya: Traditional Wind Instrument Making, Social Values, and Cultural Meanings among the Berta and Gumuz Peoples" |
Solomon G/Yohannis (Entoto poly-Technical College) |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Musical Performance and Opportunities to Perform among the Aari in Southwestern Ethiopia |
Ayaka TANAKA , Kyoto University |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Music-Making and Occupational Marginalization in Southwest Ethiopia |
Admasu Abebe (Ph.D), AAU |
Admasu Ab. And Susumu Aih. |
12.2 |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
Career Development and Dance Skill Acquisition Among Professional Dancers at the Ethiopian National Theatre |
Susumu AIHARA , Kyoto University, Japan |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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P3.3: Educational Research
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F5) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Self-Regulated Learning Strategies Instruction: Does It Enhance Students’ Writing Self-efficacy? |
Zelalem Ayalew, Bahir Dar University |
Deribe Workneh, |
3.3 |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Students’ Science Process Skills Mastery through Virtual Experiments in Chemical Kinetics Concepts |
Mrs. Tadesse Hunegnaw |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Evaluating the Incorporation of Environmental Education for Sustainable Environmental Management in the Grade Nine Geography Curriculum of Ethiopia |
Tsehay Adugna, PhD Candidate,Jimma University |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
Improving Sustainable Environmental Management Capabilities of Secondary School Students through Integrated Approaches of Environmental Education in Asella, Ethiopia |
Tsehay Adugna Balcha PhD/DED/ Candidate at Jimma University |
Habtemariam Kassa
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3.3 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
The Status of Environmental Education in Promoting Students’ Sustainable Environmental Management capabilities in Asella Secondary Schools, Oromia, Ethiopia |
Tsehay Adugna Balcha PhD/DED/ Candidate at Jimma University |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Ethiopia's Three-Round (2022-2024) Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination Administration and Investigating Educators’ Perceptions |
Zebdewos Zekarias (Ph.D.) Wolaita Sodo University |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
የሥርዐተ ንባብ ደረጃዎች እና የሥርፀት ብልኃቶች በአብነት ትምህርት ቤት |
በመሪጌታ ተስፋዬ አማረ, ወልድያ ዩኒቨርሲቲ |
Hailu Wubshet |
3.3 |
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5:00– 5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Parallel Session___,
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F6) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Change and Continuities in Grassroots Institutions of Governance: From Chiqa –Shum/Qoro to Peasant Associations (ca. 1960s -2018) |
Girma Negash, AAU |
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13.2 |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Ethiopia’s Quest for the Perfect Constitution: A Comparative Essay |
Bahru Zewde, AAU |
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13.2 |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Muddled Justice in Liberated Ethiopia: fusion of Ethiopian and European judicial systems |
Charles Schaefer, Valparaiso University |
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13.2 |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
History of Ideas in Ethiopian Studies: An Exploratory Essay on the Idea of Justice |
Eyasu Berento |
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13.2 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Reimagining the Ethiopia's Transitional Justice Process: Navigating Challenges, Uncovering Opportunities and Way-forward |
Habtamu Birhanu, Dilla University |
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13.2 |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
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5:00– 5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 17.7: Power, Identity, and Resistance in Contemporary and Historical Ethiopia: Intersections of Gender, Labor, Justice, and Culture
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: HT 101) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Change and continuity in power relations of gender among the Kambaata community of Central Ethiopia |
Desta Lorenso |
Dr. Dagne Shibru, Dr. Mellese, Mada, Dr. Hanna Getachew, Dr. Alemante Amera |
17.7 |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Challenges in Reintegrating Female Victims of Human Trafficking: From the Voice of Ethiopian Female Migrants Returned from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in case of Jimma Town |
Tewodros Asmare |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Worker’s Social Solidarity and Work Place Resistance in an Ethiopian Locally Owned Garment Factory |
Kelemework Tafere |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
Navigating the Role of Plural Justice Systems in Land Dispute Settlement and Tenure Security in the Peri-Urban Areas of Addis Ababa |
Elias Gudissa |
Dr. Dagne Shibru, Dr. Mellese, Mada, Dr. Hanna Getachew, Dr. Alemante Amera |
17.7 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Historicizing the Ancestral Connections Between Wollo and Gondar: The Untold Genealogical Links Between the Gondar Royal Families and the Wollo Ulemas |
Mohammed Jemal Ahmed (Ph.D.) |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
The Flourishing Ritual: Irrecha Performances for Sustainable Peace. |
Desta Amare |
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5:00– 5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
Panel 15.4: Pathways and boundaries – Tigray’s crossroads
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025(Venue: HT 103) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Cultural Heritage and War: An assessment of protection, repatriation and sustainability as a post destruction response in Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia |
Hailay Atsbha
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Zuzanna Augustyniak |
15.4 |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
Rock-Hewn Churches of Tigray (Ethiopia): Conservation Challenges and Preservation strategies |
Amanuel Abrha |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Aksum at Risk: Challenges and Strategies for Preserving Aksum's Heritage Crossroads |
Teklebrhan Brhane |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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4:00– 4:20 PM |
An Emergency Archaeological Survey and Documentation of the Recently Vanished Archaeological Site of Enda Abune Niwaye Kirstos, Asgede Tsimbla Woreda, Northwestern Zone of Tigrai, Ethiopia |
Gidey Gebreegziabher, Warsaw University |
Zuzanna Augustyniak |
15.4 |
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4:20– 4:40 PM |
Unearthing the Past: Archaeological Survey and Documentation in Ketema Ra'esi, Central Tigray |
Mearg Abay |
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4:40– 5:00 PM |
Newly Discovered 2.1gical Sites from Eastern Tigray: Results of the Preliminary Archaeological Survey in GantaAfeshum and Gulomekeda Districts |
Getnet Desta
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5:00– 5:20 PM |
Enriching Heritage through Nature: The Case of Wukro Museum |
Kasahun Aregawi |
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5:20– 5:50 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 7.1: Ethiopian Manuscript Studies
DAY 2 (Tuesday): Sep 30,2025 (Venue: TH 104) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00- 2:20 PM |
The Art Of Hosting Peace |
Dr.Christina Gabbert |
Dagne Shibru, Mellese Mada, Hanna Getachew, Alemante Amera |
17.7 |
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2:20– 2:40 PM |
Decolonising Masculinities in Ethiopia’s ICT Sector: Gender, Innovation, and the Transformation of Power |
Jolanda Robinson, University of Amsterdam (UvA) |
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2:40– 3: 00 PM |
Tick-Tack, Time to Wed: The Role of Social Norms in Shaping Marriage and Fertility Intentions Among Ethiopian Adolescents |
Tazeb Bisset, Emanuela Marrocu, Vittorio Pelligra, University of Cagliari, Cagliari City, Italy |
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3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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4:00 –4:20 PM |
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4:20 – 4:40 PM |
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4:40 – 5:00 PM |
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5:00 –5:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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DAY 3 SESSION
Panel 9.8: Memory, Power, and Politics in Ethiopia
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, G1) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Countering “counter histories”: Amhara nationalism and its usable past |
Yared Debebe |
Fisseha Fantahun |
9.8 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Echoes of the Past: How Collective Historical Memory Shapes Today’s Political Landscape in Ethiopia |
Awol Ali Mohammed |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Unmourned: Ethiopian Women’s Losses and the Efforts to Reckon with the Violent Near Past |
Sehin Teferra, Setaweet Movement |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference Organizer |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
Martyrs and Memory: The Transformation of the Martyrdom (Sämaᶜətat) from Sainthood to a Political Instrument in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Ethiopia |
Kinga Turkowska |
Fisseha Fantahun |
9.8 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 2.1: Archives in Ethiopian Studies - from collecting towards sharing
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, G2) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Early Efforts Toward the Stabilization of Historical Archives in Post-Conflict Mekelle |
Alula Tesfay Asfha (Frobenuis Insitute, Goethe Universi ) |
Sayuri and Sosophia |
2.1 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Contribution of Ato Mhreteab and Photo Surafiel to Tigray’s Photographic Archives |
Surafiel Mhreteab, Mekelle |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
19th Century Archives of Debtera Fiseha Giorgis Abyezgi: Archaeological Heritages and Insights |
Negasi Awetehey Nega, Switzerland |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
Digital Archiving Challenges and Prospects: A Case Study of the Collections of Friedrich Julius Bieber from Southwestern Ethiopia |
Sayuri YOSHIDA |
Sayuri and Sosophia |
2.1 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
More than film restitution: Reclaiming narratives through found footage film production |
Sophia Thubauville |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 14.3: Exploring Subordinate Clauses in African Afroasiatic Language
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, G3) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PanelC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Cause/purpose and conditional coordination in Amharic and related languages |
Desalegn Hagos, Addis Ababa University |
Anbessa, Ronny and Chris |
14.3 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Subordinate clauses in Central Gurage languages: Structures and strategies |
Fekede Menuta , Hawassa University |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
The different subject converb in Hamar: A relative verb in disguise? |
Anne-Christie Hellenthal (SIL Ethiopia) |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
The structure of the relative clause in Amharic |
Meyer, Ronny (Inalco, Paris) |
Anbessa, Ronny and Chris |
14.3
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11:20–11:40 AM |
The relative-like morphosyntax of subordinated temporal anterior and conditional protasis clauses in Coptic Egyptian |
Reintges, Chris H. , University of Paris Cité |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
Relative Markers as Subordinators in Ethio - Semitic |
Lutz Edzard University of Erlange-luremberg |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
An overview of dependent clauses in Sidaama |
Anbessa Teferra, TelAviv University |
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12:20–12:50 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 14.5: Teaching Amharic to Foreigners
DAY 3 (Wednesday): October 1,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F1) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Developing a CFRA-aligned Amharic-English bilingual mini-dictionary for beginner foreign learners |
Etaferahu Hailu, Addis Ababa University |
Anbessa, Gete, Ronny, and Ewa |
14.5 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Common Framework of Reference for Teaching Amharic |
Ronny Meyer (Inalco, Paris) and GeGe Gelaye (Hamburg University) |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
How to Approach Vocabulary development in Amharic: Testimony from a single page |
Mulusew Asratie, Addis Ababa University |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
አማርኛን ለቻይና ተማሪዎች የማስተማር ጥቅሙና ተግዳሮቱ |
Sinkinesh Atale , Beijing Foreign Studies University |
Anbessa, Gete, Ronny, and Ewa |
14.5 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Modernizing Amharic Instruction: From Traditional Methods to AI-Enhanced Learning |
Ewa Wołk-Sore , University of Warsaw |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
Challenges and Countermeasures of Shortage of Teaching Materials in Amharic Teaching |
Zhang Chungai , Beijing Foreign Studies University |
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12:00–12:20 AM |
The relevance of proverbs and idiomatic expressions in Teaching Amharic |
Gashaw Arute, HSE University, Moscow |
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12:20–12:40 AM |
Standardization as a key driver for an Amharic language academy |
Anbessa Teferra , Tel Aviv University |
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12:40–1:10 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 4.2: Contemporary Issues in Architectural heritage
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F2) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of the Sheik Ojele Palace in Addis Ababa |
Merihatinsaie Gebremariam AAU |
Alula T., Rumi Ok |
4.2 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Corridor Development and Heritage Sensitivity: A Study on Urban Conservation in Addis Ababa) |
Natenael Firew , AAU |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Diplomatic Architecture and Urban Identity: The Japanese Legation in Addis Ababa |
Riichi Miyake , Museum of Architecture, Kanazawa |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Conservation and Adaptive Reuse at the Royal Compound World Heritage Site in Gondar |
Rahel Shumye, Gonder University |
Alula T., Rumi Ok |
4.2 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Identification of Early Urban Circular Houses in Addis Ababa: A Case Study of the Former Residence of Biteweded Atnaf |
Hikaru Takiguchi , Shibaura Institute of Technology |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
Conservation and Restoration Practices in Arada Sub-City: Challenges in Preserving Historic Buildings |
Tariku Nigussie , Hawassa University, |
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12:00–12:20 AM |
Transforming Vernacular Architecture in Tigray: Adaptation of Hidmo Houses for Contemporary Living |
Gebremeskel Gebremeskel, Mekelle University |
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12:20–12:50 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 9.4: Ethiopian Voices Against Slavery
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F3) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Anti-Slavery after Abolition: Policies and Measures to Suppress Slavery and the Slave Trade in Wallaga after 1942 |
OljiraTujuba, Kotebe University |
Alexander, Tekle and Yonas |
9.4
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Institutionalizing Abolitionism in Ethiopia: The case of Berhanena Selam Newspaper |
Takele Merid, AAU |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
The Long-Awaited ‘Mähǝr’: Revolutionary Struggle and the Emancipation, Empowerment, and Integration of Slaves in Ṣ́ägäde, Northern Ethiopia |
Fesseha Berhe, Mekelle University |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20AM |
The Market of Bulloworkie: A Historical Site of Slave Trade, Anti-Slavery Voicesand Emancipation. |
Ahmed Hassen, Addis Ababa University |
Alexander, Tekle and Yonas |
9.4 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Beyond the Colour Line: Hiruy’s Refutation of Racial Slavery and the Curse of Canaan |
Yonas Ashine (Ph.D.), AAU |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
From slaves to ascaris. The stories of colonial soldiers and their past in slavery |
Nicola Camilleri, Maynooth University |
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12:00–12:20 AM |
From Anti-Slavery to Philanthropy: Reconceptualising the modernisation discourse in Ethiopia between 1920 and 1960 |
Alexander Meckelburg, alexander.meckelburg@ucl.ac.uk |
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12:20–12:50 PM |
Discussion |
All Participants |
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Panel 9.7: Historicizing the anthropology of Ethiopia
DAY 3 (Wednesday): October 1,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F4) Morning
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Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Of Age-Grades, Heroes and Kings. Ethiopian Studies at the Frobenius Institute |
Sophia Thubauville, Frankfurt |
Marion, Sophia |
9.7 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Anthropological, Interdisciplinary, and Engaged Area Study Initiatives by Japanese Research and Educational Institutions in Southwest Ethiopia |
Morie Kaneko, Kyoto University |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Imperial Governance and Local Realities in the Late Haile Selassie Era: A Study Based on W. Lange’s 1972–73 Fieldwork in Southwestern Ethiopia |
YOSHIDA Sayuri, Nagoya University, Japan |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 6.1: Economics and Development Studies: Evaluation Result
DAY 3 (Wednesday): October 1,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, F5) Morning
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Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Greening the Ivory Towers: Exploring the Nexus of Green Human Resource Management, Sustainability Initiatives, and Environmental Performance in Eastern Ethiopian Public Universities. |
Mahteb Welde |
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6.1 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Responses Of Ecosystem Services Value To Land Use/Land Cover Changes: The Case Of Koore’s Agricultural Landscape Of Southern Ethiopia |
Aden Abdurahman |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Assessing the Impact of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on Rural Livelihoods in Tigray, Ethiopia: An Empirical Analysis |
Haftom Teshale Gebre |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All Participantts |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Flows of Capital and Foreign Investments in the Horn of Africa: Foreign Interests, Domestic Priorities and Hegemonic Competition |
Mubarik Abdulahi |
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6.1 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Child Labor and Household Dynamics: The Influence of Poverty, Economic Shocks, and investment in education in Ethiopia |
Binyam Moreda Obsu (PhD) |
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6.1 |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 2.2: New Approaches to the Ethiopian Archival Tradition
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025 (Venue: Africa Hall, F6) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Travelling Manuscripts, Travelling Archives: The Case of Some Gəʿəz Manuscripts from Egypt |
Dr. Martina Ambu, FNRS (Université Libre de Bruxelles) |
Michael, Debrework |
2.2
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
From Print to Pixel: The History and Future of Editing and Displaying Ethiopic Booklists |
Michael Ian Hensley, University of Hamburg) |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
"A lion get out of my finger nail" Effects of Social and Economic Changes of the 18th c. on Ethiopian Administrative Writing Practices |
Dr. Anaïs Wion , Institut des Mondes africains, CNRS |
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10:00 -10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Beyond Its Structural Significance, Involving Parties and Their Roles in Archival Documents of ʿUrā Kidāna Məḥrat Monastery at Zage Peninsula (19th –20th century) |
Dirbwork Bitsu, University of Hamburg |
Michael, Debrework |
2.2
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11:20–11:40 AM |
The Archival Documents on Land grant of the Monastery of Mändabba MädḫaneʿAläm |
Getinet Merid, University of Gondar |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
Three Rǝst Grant Documents from Eastern Tǝgray |
Kiros Gebreyohannis, Mekele University |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
The Past in the Present: Transmutation of Textual Traditions concerning the Reign of Kaleb, King of Aksum (6th century AD) |
Yohannes Gebreselassie, Universität Erfurt |
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12:20–12:50 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 4.4: Ethiopian Studies through Image, Sound, and Beyond: Perspectives from Anthropological and Historical Films
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025(TH 101) Morning
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Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
The Catholic Martyrs of Kafa |
Alexander Chenchenko, Goethe University |
Itsushi K. , Messay Yoh |
4.4 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Dejach... Talyan Sefer 90 min, Amharic (English Subtitles), 2025: Directed by Alula Pankhurst, In collaboration with Solomon Girma and Biruh Aynekullu |
Alula Pankhurst, Young Lives |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Ethiopia Filmed in 1909 by Charles Martel: Archival Footage and Historical Perspectives(Oral presentation accompanied by short film clips) |
Hugues Fontaine, Centre Français des Études Éthiopiennes |
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10:00 -10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
All Conference Organizer |
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11:00–11:20AM |
Living in Connection - Ehiopians in Tokyo -49 min, Japanese, Amharic (English Subtitles), 2024 |
Itsushi Kawase (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan) |
Itsushi K. , Messay Yoh |
4.4 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Mugut: The Wheels of Democracy 65 min, English, 2024 |
Tesfahun Haddis, Johannes Gutenberg University |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:20PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 11.1: The Nile issues
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025(Venue: TH 103) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Impact of Climate Change on River Hydromorphology: Case Study of The Upstream Abay (Blue Nile) Channel, Ethiopia |
Abere Amogn |
Dr. Mihiret Dananto, Dr. Tewodros Asefa |
11.1
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Dam, Nation-building and Water Diplomacy in the Nile Basin: the Case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam |
Abebaw Fantahun |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Hydrogeochemical analysis and Environmental isotopic signature of groundwater: emphasis on salinity provenance in the Fetam-Yisir watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia |
Endalkachew Abebaw |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
The International Water Law on Transboundary Water Resources: In the Case of the Nile River |
Wondwosen Asfaw |
Dr. Mihiret Dananto, Dr. Tewodros Asefa |
11.1
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Integrated water resources management in the Transboundary River Basins: exploring the challenges and opportunities |
Dr. Wakjira T Dibaba |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
Towards cooperation on the three large dams on transboundary rivers in Ethiopia: achieving a win-win balance between upstream hydropower generation and downstream water demand under climate change |
Tesfalem Abraham |
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12:00–12:20 PM |
The United States and the Hydropolitics of the Nile River: Geopolitical Interests and Involvements, 1927 - 1960s |
Dr.Teferi Mekonen, AAU |
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12:20–12:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 2.3: The Renovation of Ethiopian Cultural Heritage in Post-War Regime: Trends and Prospects
DAY 3 (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025(Venue: TH 104) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Muslim sites in Tigray between abandonment and endangerment - heritage anthropology as a tool to uncover overlooked historical layers of ancient society |
Wolbert G.C. Smidt, University of Jena, Germany. |
Mekoya, kasahun and Admasu |
2.3
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
Human Right reports coverage on Heritages during the war in the northern Ethiopia. |
Dawit Getu , Addis Ababa University |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
30 Years’ Journey of the Ethiopian Heritage Trust in Preserving Ethiopia’s Endangered Natural and Cultural Heritage |
Mekoya Mamo (EHT General Manager) |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
Experience of Ethiopian Heritage Trust in the Renovation of Dessie Museum (2022–2025) |
Admasu Abebe (Ph.D) |
Mekoya, kasahun and Admasu |
2.3 |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
Unrecalled Megalithic Heritage in Sidama Region, Ethiopia: A Field Visit Report on Some Stele Sites and their Current Protection Conditions |
Tsegaye Ebabey(Phd Cand.), AAU |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 15.4: Pathways and boundaries – Tigray’s crossroads
DAY 3: (Wednesday): Oct 1,2025(Venue: TH 105) Morning
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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9:00–9:20 AM |
Preliminary Archaeological Survey in Tabiya Mai-Beraziyo, Woreda Tahtay-Maichaw, Central Tigray |
Berhe Negash |
Zuzanna Augustyniak |
15.4 |
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9:20– 9:40 AM |
A Preliminary Archaeological Survey of Adi Qelebes, Southeastern Tigray |
Desta Haileyesus |
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9:40–10: 00 AM |
Early Islamic Tradition in Ethiopia. Archaeo-Ethnographic Research in Negash (Tigray) |
Zuzanna Augustyniak |
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10:00-10:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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10: 30 – 11:00 AM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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11:00–11:20 AM |
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11:20–11:40 AM |
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11:40–12:00 AM |
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12:00–12:30 AM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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Panel 10.2: Examining Urban Transformation in Ethiopia – Theoretical, Methodological, and Analytical Perspectives
DAY 3: (Wednesday), Oct 1,2025(Venue: Africa Hall, G1) Afternoon
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Time |
Title (Research article) |
Presenter |
Moderator |
PC |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
From Eviction to Emigration: Development Displacement and the Reconfiguration of Citizenship in Addis Ababa |
Ciara Silke(PHD Stu.), London School of Economics and Political Sciences |
Camille Pellerin |
10.2 |
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2:00 – 2:20 PM |
Capital City as a Contested Heritage: Addis Ababa from a Medieval Model Foundation to Radical Modernization |
Matiyas B. Fantaye, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University |
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2:20 – 2:40 PM |
The Future of the Past in a Rapidly Transforming Urban Landscape: Imagining a Negotiated Future for Addis Ababa’s Cultural Heritage |
Zelalem Teferra (PhD), AAU |
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2:40 – 3: 00 PM |
Disrupting the Organic: Grid-Based Urban Planning and the Erosion of Traditional Settlements in Tigray, Ethiopia |
Alula Tesfay, Goethe University |
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3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Discussion |
All participants |
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3: 30 – 4:00 PM |
Tea Break |
Conference organizers |
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