Medieval Ethiopia: A Colloquium – 10-11 March 2017

For a downloadable version of the programme, see the Medieval Ethiopia Colloquium poster.

Friday 10 March 2017

Plenary lecture:

4:30-6:00 pm               Columba Stewart, OSB (Hill Museum and Manuscript Library): “The Pioneering Work of the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) and How Its Challenges and Mission Endure in the Digital Age”

St. Michael’s College, Muzzo Family Alumni Hall 100, 121 St. Joseph Street

Saturday 11 March 2017

Colloquium:

All sessions held in Room 310, Lillian Massey Building (Centre for Medieval Studies), 125 Queen’s Park

9:15-9:30 am               Opening remarks

9:30-10:30 am             Wendy Belcher (Princeton University): “The Riches of the Ethiopian Archive: Lives, Literature, and Legends”

10:30-11:00 am                      Coffee break

11:00 am-12:00 pm    Gianfrancesco Lusini (University of Naples): “Monasticism in Medieval Ethiopia: Holy Men, Scribes and Scholars”

12:00-1:15 pm                        Lunch break

1:15-2:15 pm              Samantha Kelly (Rutgers University): “The Ethiopians of Renaissance Europe”

2:15-3:15 pm              Habtamu Tegegne (Rutgers University): “Ethiopia’s Culture of Forgery, Problem of Document Deletion and Strategies of Preservation”

3:15-3:45 pm              Coffee break

3:45-4:45 pm              Roundtable: “Teaching Ge’ez”

4:45-5:45 pm              Roundtable: “The Literature of Ethiopia, Medieval and Modern”

5:45-6:00 pm              Closing remarks

6:00-7:00 pm              Reception

Sponsored by:

The Centre for Medieval Studies

The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

The University of Saint Michael’s College

With generous support from:

The Italian Cultural Institute / Istituto Italiano di Cultura