Ethiopians abroad in the Middle Ages

23-26 May 2023, Rome

PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO ORIENTALE (PIAZZA DI SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE 7)

ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DE ROME (PIAZZA NAVONA 62)

International conference Ethiopians abroad in the Middle Ages

Org. Julien Loiseau (Aix-Marseille Université, projet ERC HornEast) and Martina Ambu (LabEx Hastec – EPHE, Paris).

International conference of the ERC project HornEast (Horn & Crescent. Connections, Mobility and Exchange between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East in the Middle Ages)

This project offers the first comprehensive study of medieval connections between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East in both Christian and Islamic contexts.

This project has received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement n° 726206.

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On the occasion of the symposium, a photographic exhibition will be open to the public on 24 may 2023, at 2.00 PM at the École française de Rome gallery (piazza Navona, 62):

Islam in Enderta. Two Years of Archaeological Survey and Excavations in Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia

This exhibition presents the work of the European Research Council  (ERC) project HornEast in northern Ethiopia. Photographs and thematic panels explored the remains of the medieval Islamic past in a region regarded as the cradle of Ethiopian Christianity. It will be open and open until 24 July 2023.

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Symposium program

ETHIOPIANS ABROAD IN THE MIDDLE AGES

ROME, 23-26 MAY 2023

Pontificio Istituto Orientale, École française de Rome

23 May 2023

Pontificio Istituto Orientale

15.00 Visit of the Pontificio Istituto Orientale

16.45 Key note lecture by Alessandro Bausi

24 May 2023

École française de Rome, piazza Navona 62

9.00 Welcome of the participants

9.30 Introduction of the conference

10.00 Session 1. Slaves and Freed Men and Women

14h Opening of the exhibition Four Campaigns of Archaeological Survey and Excavations in Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia

14.40 Session 2. Cultural Brokers

25 May 2023

École française de Rome, piazza Navona 62

9.00 Session 3. Jerusalem

11.20 Session 4. Networks I. Materiality

14.00 Session 5. Networks II. Monasteries and Tariqas

16.20 Session 6. Networks III. Embassies

26 May 2023

École française de Rome, piazza Navona 62

9.00 Session 7. Ethiopian Cairo

12.40 Conclusions

15.00 Visit of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and of the Church of Santo Stefano dei Mori

Partners:

• École française de Rome
• Pontificio Istituto Orientale
• European Research Council
• Aix-Marseille Université
• Institut de Recherches et d'Études sur les Mondes Arabes et Musulmans (UMR 7310 IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence)
• Centre Français des Études Éthiopiennes (CFEE, Addis Abeba, Éthiopie)

Members of the ERC project HornEast:

• Simon Dorso, Aix-Marseille Université
• Julien Loiseau, Aix-Marseille Université
• Shahista Mohamed, Aix-Marseille Université

Speakers:

• Olivia Adankpo, Université Grenoble Alpes
• Mathilde Alain, Centre for the Study of the Renaissance (University of Warwick) - Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance (Université de Tours)
• Martina Ambu, LabEx Hastec - EPHE (Paris)
• Deresse Ayenachew, I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Florence)
• Alessandro Bausi, Universität Hamburg
• Iskandar Bcheiry, American Theological Library Association
• Sobhi Bouderbala, ERC HornEast – Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales de Tunis
• Giuseppe Cecere, Università di Bologna - Alma Mater Studiorum
• Alice Croq, ANR ChrIs-cross
• Sophia Dege-Müller, Universität Hamburg
• Alessandro Gori, Københavns Universitet
• Magdi Guirguis, Kafrelsheikh University et IFAO (Égypte)
• Bertrand Hirsch, Université Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne
• Timothy Insoll, University of Exeter
• Verena Krebs, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Zacharie Mochtari, Université de Liège
• Mikael Muehlbauer, Columbia University
• Craig Perry, Emory University
• Perrine Pilette, CNRS - UMR Orient et Méditerranée (Paris)
• Zaroui Pogossian, Università degli Studi di Firenze
• Camille Rouxpetel, Université de Nantes
• Awet Teklehimanot Araya, University of Exeter
• Anaïs Wion, CNRS - Institut des Mondes Africains (Paris)

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