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Dear colleagues,
The CFEE is getting a makeover!
Please note that the centre and its library will be unable to be accessed from 22nd December 2025 to 5th January 2026 due to renovation work.
Thank you for your understanding.
The CFEE team.
The CFEE is getting a makeover!
Please note that the centre and its library will be unable to be accessed from 22nd December 2025 to 5th January 2026 due to renovation work.
Thank you for your understanding.
The CFEE team.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Dear colleagues,
The CFEE is getting a makeover!
Please note that the centre and its library will be unable to be accessed from 22nd December 2025 to 5th January 2026 due to renovation work.
Thank you for your understanding.
The CFEE team.
The CFEE is getting a makeover!
Please note that the centre and its library will be unable to be accessed from 22nd December 2025 to 5th January 2026 due to renovation work.
Thank you for your understanding.
The CFEE team.
📣PhD DEFENSE
🎙️ Fesseha Berhe Gebregergis
“The Dobǝᶜa of Northeastern Ethiopia. Palimpsest Persistence of a Frontier Muslim Society and Polity between Christian, Islamic, and Oromo Worlds (12th–19th Centuries)”
📍 Thursday, December 18th 2025, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m CET
cfee.hypotheses.org/13469
🎙️ Fesseha Berhe Gebregergis
“The Dobǝᶜa of Northeastern Ethiopia. Palimpsest Persistence of a Frontier Muslim Society and Polity between Christian, Islamic, and Oromo Worlds (12th–19th Centuries)”
📍 Thursday, December 18th 2025, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m CET
cfee.hypotheses.org/13469
PhD DEFENSE – Fesseha Berhe Gebregergis
PhD DEFENSE Fesseha Berhe Gebregergis ፍሰሀ በርሀ ገብርገርግስ Doctoral candidate at Mekelle University (Ethiopia) and at EHESS (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences – France) will defend his doc...
cfee.hypotheses.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
📣PhD DEFENSE
🎙️ Fesseha Berhe Gebregergis
“The Dobǝᶜa of Northeastern Ethiopia. Palimpsest Persistence of a Frontier Muslim Society and Polity between Christian, Islamic, and Oromo Worlds (12th–19th Centuries)”
📍 Thursday, December 18th 2025, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m CET
cfee.hypotheses.org/13469
🎙️ Fesseha Berhe Gebregergis
“The Dobǝᶜa of Northeastern Ethiopia. Palimpsest Persistence of a Frontier Muslim Society and Polity between Christian, Islamic, and Oromo Worlds (12th–19th Centuries)”
📍 Thursday, December 18th 2025, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m CET
cfee.hypotheses.org/13469
📣 CFEE and FMSEH Seminar – December 19th, 2025, 11 AM EAT
📍 Online
3rd Anniversary of the Forum for Medieval Studies in the Horn of Africa (FMSEH), Special Webinar
"Stelae and stone monuments from Western Africa"
More information about the event: cfee.hypotheses.org/13399
📍 Online
3rd Anniversary of the Forum for Medieval Studies in the Horn of Africa (FMSEH), Special Webinar
"Stelae and stone monuments from Western Africa"
More information about the event: cfee.hypotheses.org/13399
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
📣 CFEE and FMSEH Seminar – December 19th, 2025, 11 AM EAT
📍 Online
3rd Anniversary of the Forum for Medieval Studies in the Horn of Africa (FMSEH), Special Webinar
"Stelae and stone monuments from Western Africa"
More information about the event: cfee.hypotheses.org/13399
📍 Online
3rd Anniversary of the Forum for Medieval Studies in the Horn of Africa (FMSEH), Special Webinar
"Stelae and stone monuments from Western Africa"
More information about the event: cfee.hypotheses.org/13399
Deux nouvelles étapes pour Mekelle Stories au #Royaume-Uni.
#Oxford – une présentation à la Maison Française d’Oxford, avec Catherine Dom.
#Bath – un moment très fort à Fairfield House, lieu emblématique de l’exil de Haile Selassie, avec la superbe contribution de Chessie Baldwin.
#Oxford – une présentation à la Maison Française d’Oxford, avec Catherine Dom.
#Bath – un moment très fort à Fairfield House, lieu emblématique de l’exil de Haile Selassie, avec la superbe contribution de Chessie Baldwin.
December 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Deux nouvelles étapes pour Mekelle Stories au #Royaume-Uni.
#Oxford – une présentation à la Maison Française d’Oxford, avec Catherine Dom.
#Bath – un moment très fort à Fairfield House, lieu emblématique de l’exil de Haile Selassie, avec la superbe contribution de Chessie Baldwin.
#Oxford – une présentation à la Maison Française d’Oxford, avec Catherine Dom.
#Bath – un moment très fort à Fairfield House, lieu emblématique de l’exil de Haile Selassie, avec la superbe contribution de Chessie Baldwin.
SEMINAR CFEE and FMSEH - Monday 21st November, 3 PM
"Biological and funerary perspectives on the emergence of food-producing societies in the Horn of Africa"
Presented by: By Laura Maréchal (PhD), biological anthropologist at the University of Geneva
🔗 More information: cfee.hypotheses.org/13172
"Biological and funerary perspectives on the emergence of food-producing societies in the Horn of Africa"
Presented by: By Laura Maréchal (PhD), biological anthropologist at the University of Geneva
🔗 More information: cfee.hypotheses.org/13172
CFEE and FMSEH seminar – “Biological and funerary perspectives on the emergence of food-producing societies in the Horn of Africa”
CFEE and FMSEH seminar – “Biological and funerary perspectives on the emergence of food-producing societies in the Horn of Africa” Presented by: By Laura Maréchal (PhD), biological anthropologist at...
cfee.hypotheses.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
SEMINAR CFEE and FMSEH - Monday 21st November, 3 PM
"Biological and funerary perspectives on the emergence of food-producing societies in the Horn of Africa"
Presented by: By Laura Maréchal (PhD), biological anthropologist at the University of Geneva
🔗 More information: cfee.hypotheses.org/13172
"Biological and funerary perspectives on the emergence of food-producing societies in the Horn of Africa"
Presented by: By Laura Maréchal (PhD), biological anthropologist at the University of Geneva
🔗 More information: cfee.hypotheses.org/13172
📢 Débats d’Idées: Colloque International APaSuN – Masculin/féminin: crises, représentations, circulations – Monday, 24th November, 2:30 PM
📍 Institut Français de Djibouti
🔗 More informations : fbio.hypotheses.org/596
📍 Institut Français de Djibouti
🔗 More informations : fbio.hypotheses.org/596
Débats d’Idées: Colloque International APaSuN – Masculin/féminin: crises, représentations, circulations à l’Institut Français de Djibouti
Dans le cadre de la série “Débats d’Idées”, “Female Voices and Paths” Capacity and Resistance est un projet organisé par le Centre Français des Etudes Ethiopiennes (CFEE), présentant une série d’événe...
fbio.hypotheses.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
📢 Débats d’Idées: Colloque International APaSuN – Masculin/féminin: crises, représentations, circulations – Monday, 24th November, 2:30 PM
📍 Institut Français de Djibouti
🔗 More informations : fbio.hypotheses.org/596
📍 Institut Français de Djibouti
🔗 More informations : fbio.hypotheses.org/596
📢 CFEE Seminar – Thursday 13th March, 4 PM
📍 French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa
"Visual Memories of the Italian Presence in Ethiopia"
🎙 Gioia Toscani De Col (PhD Candidate, University of Padua)
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📍 French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa
"Visual Memories of the Italian Presence in Ethiopia"
🎙 Gioia Toscani De Col (PhD Candidate, University of Padua)
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November 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
📢 CFEE Seminar – Thursday 13th March, 4 PM
📍 French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa
"Visual Memories of the Italian Presence in Ethiopia"
🎙 Gioia Toscani De Col (PhD Candidate, University of Padua)
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📍 French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa
"Visual Memories of the Italian Presence in Ethiopia"
🎙 Gioia Toscani De Col (PhD Candidate, University of Padua)
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📢 Call for Applications – CFEE Field Grants 2025 📢
The French Center for Ethiopian Studies is offering field research grants for PhD candidates and Master’s students wishing to conduct fieldwork in #Ethiopia and the #HornOfAfrica
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The French Center for Ethiopian Studies is offering field research grants for PhD candidates and Master’s students wishing to conduct fieldwork in #Ethiopia and the #HornOfAfrica
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November 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📢 Call for Applications – CFEE Field Grants 2025 📢
The French Center for Ethiopian Studies is offering field research grants for PhD candidates and Master’s students wishing to conduct fieldwork in #Ethiopia and the #HornOfAfrica
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The French Center for Ethiopian Studies is offering field research grants for PhD candidates and Master’s students wishing to conduct fieldwork in #Ethiopia and the #HornOfAfrica
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📢 CFEE & FMSEH Seminar – Friday 28th February, 3 PM
📍 CFEE Library, Berhanu Abebe
« The Megalithic Landscape in the Gurage Zone of Central Ethiopia »
🎙 Worku Derara
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📍 CFEE Library, Berhanu Abebe
« The Megalithic Landscape in the Gurage Zone of Central Ethiopia »
🎙 Worku Derara
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November 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📢 CFEE & FMSEH Seminar – Friday 28th February, 3 PM
📍 CFEE Library, Berhanu Abebe
« The Megalithic Landscape in the Gurage Zone of Central Ethiopia »
🎙 Worku Derara
🔗 More information :
📍 CFEE Library, Berhanu Abebe
« The Megalithic Landscape in the Gurage Zone of Central Ethiopia »
🎙 Worku Derara
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📢 CFEE Seminar – Friday 21th February, 5:30 PM (East Africa Time)
📍 CFEE Library, Berhanu Abebe
“The Lost Wax, Light up Lalibela’s Churches” Documentary Screening and Discussion
🎙 Mitiku Gabrehiwot Tesfaye
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📍 CFEE Library, Berhanu Abebe
“The Lost Wax, Light up Lalibela’s Churches” Documentary Screening and Discussion
🎙 Mitiku Gabrehiwot Tesfaye
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November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📢 CFEE Seminar – Friday 21th February, 5:30 PM (East Africa Time)
📍 CFEE Library, Berhanu Abebe
“The Lost Wax, Light up Lalibela’s Churches” Documentary Screening and Discussion
🎙 Mitiku Gabrehiwot Tesfaye
🔗 More information :
📍 CFEE Library, Berhanu Abebe
“The Lost Wax, Light up Lalibela’s Churches” Documentary Screening and Discussion
🎙 Mitiku Gabrehiwot Tesfaye
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📢 #CFEE Seminar – Tuesday 18th February, 4 PM
📍 CFEE Library (50m from Jan Meda entrance)
“From Jerusalem to Tigray’s Path: A Journey of Timeless Tradition”
By Brother Abiel, PhD student & member of Monastère de Bethléem.
🔗 More information :
📍 CFEE Library (50m from Jan Meda entrance)
“From Jerusalem to Tigray’s Path: A Journey of Timeless Tradition”
By Brother Abiel, PhD student & member of Monastère de Bethléem.
🔗 More information :
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📢 #CFEE Seminar – Tuesday 18th February, 4 PM
📍 CFEE Library (50m from Jan Meda entrance)
“From Jerusalem to Tigray’s Path: A Journey of Timeless Tradition”
By Brother Abiel, PhD student & member of Monastère de Bethléem.
🔗 More information :
📍 CFEE Library (50m from Jan Meda entrance)
“From Jerusalem to Tigray’s Path: A Journey of Timeless Tradition”
By Brother Abiel, PhD student & member of Monastère de Bethléem.
🔗 More information :
1st FMSEH Webinar / CFEE seminar of 2025 Series
A century of Megalithic Research in the Horn
On Friday 31st January. 3PM. CFEE Library
By Dr. Ayele Tarekegn (Addis Ababa University)
The Stelae Culture Complex of the Horn of Africa
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A century of Megalithic Research in the Horn
On Friday 31st January. 3PM. CFEE Library
By Dr. Ayele Tarekegn (Addis Ababa University)
The Stelae Culture Complex of the Horn of Africa
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November 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
1st FMSEH Webinar / CFEE seminar of 2025 Series
A century of Megalithic Research in the Horn
On Friday 31st January. 3PM. CFEE Library
By Dr. Ayele Tarekegn (Addis Ababa University)
The Stelae Culture Complex of the Horn of Africa
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A century of Megalithic Research in the Horn
On Friday 31st January. 3PM. CFEE Library
By Dr. Ayele Tarekegn (Addis Ababa University)
The Stelae Culture Complex of the Horn of Africa
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RENCONTRE LITTÉRAIRE AVEC MAYLIS DE KERANGAL
LUNDI 3 FÉVRIER, à l'Alliance éthio-française, 18h.
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LUNDI 3 FÉVRIER, à l'Alliance éthio-française, 18h.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
RENCONTRE LITTÉRAIRE AVEC MAYLIS DE KERANGAL
LUNDI 3 FÉVRIER, à l'Alliance éthio-française, 18h.
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LUNDI 3 FÉVRIER, à l'Alliance éthio-française, 18h.
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CELEBRATING LUCY - DOCU, CONF, CONCERT !
TOMORROW - On Saturday 25th January
@ AEF Piasa, 5pm
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TOMORROW - On Saturday 25th January
@ AEF Piasa, 5pm
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November 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
CELEBRATING LUCY - DOCU, CONF, CONCERT !
TOMORROW - On Saturday 25th January
@ AEF Piasa, 5pm
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TOMORROW - On Saturday 25th January
@ AEF Piasa, 5pm
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NEW PUBLICATIONS for NEW SERIES
Creation of Ad'É Books Series
Publishing of two new titles
Information on our blog:
And open access on CFEE OpenEdition:
Creation of Ad'É Books Series
Publishing of two new titles
Information on our blog:
And open access on CFEE OpenEdition:
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
NEW PUBLICATIONS for NEW SERIES
Creation of Ad'É Books Series
Publishing of two new titles
Information on our blog:
And open access on CFEE OpenEdition:
Creation of Ad'É Books Series
Publishing of two new titles
Information on our blog:
And open access on CFEE OpenEdition:
Welcoming of the 1st ERC Summer School Programme "Women at Work"
PhD students from Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa receive intensive training from a pool of international teachers #SocialHistory, #OralHistory, #Gender, #LabourHistory
PhD students from Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa receive intensive training from a pool of international teachers #SocialHistory, #OralHistory, #Gender, #LabourHistory
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Welcoming of the 1st ERC Summer School Programme "Women at Work"
PhD students from Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa receive intensive training from a pool of international teachers #SocialHistory, #OralHistory, #Gender, #LabourHistory
PhD students from Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa receive intensive training from a pool of international teachers #SocialHistory, #OralHistory, #Gender, #LabourHistory
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
10th to 30th JULY, at National Museum of Ethiopia
MISSION DAKAR-DJIBOUTI, 1932
Gondar and Addis Ababa in the camera lens of the French scholars
10th to 30th JULY, at National Museum of Ethiopia
MISSION DAKAR-DJIBOUTI, 1932
Gondar and Addis Ababa in the camera lens of the French scholars
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
10th to 30th JULY, at National Museum of Ethiopia
MISSION DAKAR-DJIBOUTI, 1932
Gondar and Addis Ababa in the camera lens of the French scholars
10th to 30th JULY, at National Museum of Ethiopia
MISSION DAKAR-DJIBOUTI, 1932
Gondar and Addis Ababa in the camera lens of the French scholars
CFEE SEMINAR
Political Sciences & International Relations
Friday 24th May, 2PM @ CFEE, Jan Meda
Anxious Ethiopia: state identity and foreign policy during EPRDF rule
By Katharina Newbery (IPSS, AAU)
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Political Sciences & International Relations
Friday 24th May, 2PM @ CFEE, Jan Meda
Anxious Ethiopia: state identity and foreign policy during EPRDF rule
By Katharina Newbery (IPSS, AAU)
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November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
CFEE SEMINAR
Political Sciences & International Relations
Friday 24th May, 2PM @ CFEE, Jan Meda
Anxious Ethiopia: state identity and foreign policy during EPRDF rule
By Katharina Newbery (IPSS, AAU)
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Political Sciences & International Relations
Friday 24th May, 2PM @ CFEE, Jan Meda
Anxious Ethiopia: state identity and foreign policy during EPRDF rule
By Katharina Newbery (IPSS, AAU)
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ETHIOPIE MEDIEVALE, AU CARREFOUR DES CROYANCES
Éthiopie médiévale, au carrefour des croyances : épisode 1/4 du podcast Mondes africains, une histoire en mouvement
AUDIO • Mondes africains, une histoire en mouvement, épisode 1/4 : Éthiopie médiévale, au carrefour des croyances. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le Cours de l'histoire, et découvrez nos podcasts en ligne.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
ETHIOPIE MEDIEVALE, AU CARREFOUR DES CROYANCES
Présentation du livre "Djibouti au XXIème siècle. Enjeux politiques et économiques contemporains dans un environnement troublé", Aden Omar Abdillahi et Jean-Nicolas Bach (dir.)
Agence Djiboutienne d'Information
Agence Djiboutienne d'Information
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Présentation du livre "Djibouti au XXIème siècle. Enjeux politiques et économiques contemporains dans un environnement troublé", Aden Omar Abdillahi et Jean-Nicolas Bach (dir.)
Agence Djiboutienne d'Information
Agence Djiboutienne d'Information
Great African Rift Interdisciplinary 3rd Symposium
Maasai Mara University, Narok (Kenya), from May 13 to 17, 2024
Deadline to submission is extended to January 19th.
Maasai Mara University, Narok (Kenya), from May 13 to 17, 2024
Deadline to submission is extended to January 19th.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Great African Rift Interdisciplinary 3rd Symposium
Maasai Mara University, Narok (Kenya), from May 13 to 17, 2024
Deadline to submission is extended to January 19th.
Maasai Mara University, Narok (Kenya), from May 13 to 17, 2024
Deadline to submission is extended to January 19th.
SEMINAR @CFEE, Friday 24th November, 2.30pm
Islamic funerary landscapes of Medieval Ethiopia: new insights from Tigray and Somali Region and questions of archaeological method.
By Simon Dorso @EHorneast
#Ethiopia #Archaeology #medieval
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Islamic funerary landscapes of Medieval Ethiopia: new insights from Tigray and Somali Region and questions of archaeological method.
By Simon Dorso @EHorneast
#Ethiopia #Archaeology #medieval
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November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
SEMINAR @CFEE, Friday 24th November, 2.30pm
Islamic funerary landscapes of Medieval Ethiopia: new insights from Tigray and Somali Region and questions of archaeological method.
By Simon Dorso @EHorneast
#Ethiopia #Archaeology #medieval
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Islamic funerary landscapes of Medieval Ethiopia: new insights from Tigray and Somali Region and questions of archaeological method.
By Simon Dorso @EHorneast
#Ethiopia #Archaeology #medieval
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