2nd International Conference on Ethiopian Church Studies

The abstracts of the presentations are available online. Download it from here.

The registration for the participation in the second Internation Conference on Ethiopian Church Studies is open. Anyone interested can register and attend the conference. There is no registration fee for this conference. Please follow this link and register.
Note: We have only limited space, and the registration will be closed once it is full. First-come will be first-served!

Schedule:- Saturday, October 20 (8:30 AM – 5:00 PM) and Sunday, October 21 (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM).

• Archpriest Hailesilassie Alemayehu – Denver Debre Selam Medhanealem EOT Church, USA

• Prof. Emeritus Getatchew Haile – Hill Museum & Monastic Library, Collegeville, USA

• Prof. Steve Delamarter – George Fox University, USA

This is the second international conference organized by Mahbere Kidusan U.S.A. and Europe Centers under the theme “Ge‘ez Literature and Manuscript Traditions in Ethiopia”.  The conference will be held on October 20-21, 2018 at Lions Of Judah Event Center (address: 6202 Memorial Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083) located in Atlanta Metro Area. 

The conference will focus on, but not limited to, the following topics in relation to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church:

• Biblical Hermeneutics

• Translation in the Ethiopian church

• Hagiographies

• Homiliaries

• Effigies (Mälka-mälk)

• Poetry (Qǝne)

• Hymnodies (Zema)

• The state of manuscripts in Ethiopia

• Scribes and Manuscripts

• Esoteric Traditions

• Manuscript culture in Ethiopian society

• Commissioners of manuscripts

• Colophons and marginal notes

• Paintings in manuscript traditions

• Manuscript making traditions

The conference organizers kindly invite scholars to submit an abstract of not more than 450 words for full paper presentation. Paper presenters will be selected on the basis of the merits of the work of the submitted abstracts. Submissions should be accompanied by the presenter’s name and affiliation, a short (one page) CV and contact details. Authors accepted to present papers for the conference are also encouraged to submit their paper to the Journal of Ethiopian Church Studies. Abstracts and accompanied documents shall be submitted through the email address eu.service.reseach@eotcmk.org.

The conference will be both in English and Amharic languages. Hence, authors are free to submit articles in either language.

• Dr. Amsalu Tefera (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany) – Chair

• Dr. Mengistu Gobezie (Lund University, Sweden) – Secretary

• Dr. Dereje Worku (Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany)

• Alebachew Belay (University of Toulouse, France)

• Alemnew Sheferaw Asrese (Aalto University, Finland)

• Dr. Frehiwot Wondimu (Wichita State University, USA)

• Getachew Bekele (Norwegian University of Life Science, Norway)

• Getachew Meressa (University of Calgary, Canada)

• Dr. Wondwossen Tilahun (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)

• Daniel Engdawork (Mahibere Kidusan US Center, USA)

• Tsion Desalegn (Mahibere Kidusan US Center, USA)

• Dereje Tedla (Mahibere Kidusan US Center, USA)

• Yirgalem Ebsa (Mahibere Kidusan US Center, USA)