Medieval Ethiopia: A Colloquium
Sponsors: Centre for Medieval Studies, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Italian Cultural Institute, University of St Michael's College
Friday 10 March 2017
Plenary lecture: 4:30-6:00 pm, St. Michael’s College, Muzzo Family Alumni Hall 100, 121 St. Joseph Street
Columbia 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”
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 CollegeWith generous support from:
The Italian Cultural Institute / Istituto Italiano di Cultura