PROGRAMME 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Ethiopia - Diversity and Interconnections through Space and Time Warsaw, 24-28 August 2015 www.ices19.uw.edu.pl Plan of University of Warsaw Campus OLD LIBRARY BUILDING (STARY BUW) FACULTY OF ORIENTAL STUDIES FACULTY OF HISTORY & SALA KOLUMNOWA 2 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 Plan of University of Warsaw Campus Towards Vistula River Stary BUW Faculty of Oriental Studies Faculty of History & Sala Kolumnowa Krakowskie Przedmieście & Main Gate Towards State Towards National Museum Ethnographical Museum 3 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 Plan of Old Library Building (Stary BUW) Ground floor ENTRANCE REGISTRATION & EXHIBITION HALL AULA 4 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 Plan of Old Library Building (Stary BUW) first floor 106 108 109 107 105 116 111 115 112 114 113 5 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 VENUES UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE 24/26 OLD LIBRARY BUILDING (STARY BUW) Ground floor: Aula First floor: rooms 105, 106, 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116 FACULTY OF ORIENTAL STUDIES First floor: Schayer Room (Sala Schayera) Second floor: rooms 208, 209 FACULTY OF HISTORY Ground Floor: Sala Kolumnowa NATIONAL MUSEUM IN WARSAW, AL. JEROZOLIMSKIE 3 (MNW) 6 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 LIST OF PANELS TITLE DAY AND HOUR ROOM GENERAL PANELS I Law and judiciary in social context and human rights Thursday 209 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 II Recent explorations in Ethiopian linguistics Tu e s d a y Schayer 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 III The role of religion in shaping the contemporary society Wednesday 208 13:30-17:00 IV Tackling contemporary social problems in Ethiopia Wednesday 209 9:00-12:30 V Tradition and modernity in Ethiopian literatures Wednesday Schayer 13:30-17:00 VI Studies in Ethiopian arts, architecture and handicraft Friday 209 9:00-12:30 VII Ethiopia in African context Thursday 113 9:00-12:30 VIII Gender issues, women rights and feminism Wednesday 209 13:30-17:00 IX New challenges facing educators and education in Ethiopia Wednesday Schayer 9:00-12:30 X Federalism, ethnicity and politics Friday 208 9:00-12:30 XI New and old patterns of everyday life Thursday 111 9:00-12:30 XII Ge‘ez philology and manuscripts Friday 112 11:00-15:00 XIII New findings and methods in the field of Ethiopian history Wednesday 208 9:00-12:30 XIV Ethiopia and the “West”: perceptions and relations Tu e s d a y 209 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 XV Social aspects of health, illness and medicine Friday Schayer 9:00-10:30 XVI Land, agriculture, natural environment, urban and rural Tu e s d a y 208 patterns 9:00-12:30 XVII Archaeology and heritage management Friday 113 13:30-15:00 XVIII Polish archeological research in the Nile valley Tu e s d a y 107 9:00-12:30 7 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 SPECIFIC PANELS 1.01 Early Christian literature preserved in classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Thursday 106 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 1.02 Towards Critical Editions of Biblical books Tu e s d a y 9:00-12:30 114 1.03 Literary genres and text carriers in Ethiopian manuscript Friday 9:00-12:30 107 culture: typologies and correlations 2.01 – - - 2.02 Islamic literature in Ethiopia: new perspectives of research Wednesday 9:00-17 113 2.03 Interdisciplinary approaches to Islamic songs (Mänzuma) of Tu e s d a y 115 Ethiopia 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 3.01 Spatial expressions in Ethiopian languages Thursday 112 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 3.02 Time in the languages of the Horn of Africa Wednesday 9:00-18 112 4.01 Genesis and development of the Aksumite Kingdom: Wednesday MNW archaeological and historical analysis 9:00-17:00 4.02 Hidden agents? The role of women in Ethiopian history Friday 9:00-12:30 111 4.03 Historical antropology: an assesment of ongoing research and Tu e s d a y 112 debates 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 5.01 Architectural, historical, religious, and literary perspectives on Tu e s d a y 111 the relationship between Ethiopia and Jerusalem: Past and present 9:00-12:30 5.02 Ethiopians in Yemen, Yemenis in Ethiopia: Transregional Tu e s d a y 113 mobility in a historical perspective 9:00-12:30 5.03 Ethiopia and Eastern/Central Europe/The Balkans: From Haile Wednesday 111 Selassie to the Derg Era 9:00-12:30 5.04 The role of Ethiopia in the international relations of the Horn Wednesday 114 of Africa 9:00-17:00 5.05 Ethiopia’s Asian options Tu e s d a y 116 9:00-12:30 5.06 Key Imperatives of Cooperation in the Nile Basin Friday 9:00-15:00 106 5.07 Labor migrations Wednesday 105 11:00-17:00 6.01 State and society: Changing systems, changing relationships in Tu e s d a y 105 Ethiopia 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 Wednesday 9-10:30 6.02 Spatial justice in Ethiopia Friday 9:00-12:30 113 6.03 Administrating places of worship in Ethiopia: Legal frameworks Friday 9:00-10:30 112 and practical management procedures for religious assets 8 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 6.04 Beyond the vote liturgy: continuities and contradictions in Thursday 114 Ethiopia’s 2015 national elections 9:00-12:30 6.05 From periphery to mainstream? Recent observations on status Tu e s d a y 106 changes of so-called minority groups in Ethiopia 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 6.06 Being, becoming and believing in pastoralism: The status of Thursday 115 Ethiopian pastoralists in the 21. Century 9:00-12:30 6.07 Power, Peripheries and Land: Development across the last Thursday 105 frontiers of Ethiopia 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 Friday 9-12:30 6.08 Culture and rhetoric in Ethiopia Wednesday 115 8:00-18:00 7.01 Ethno-ecology, eco-cultural spaces and ethno-landscapes in Wednesday 107 Ethiopia 9:00-17:00 7.02 Land & water resources in a regional context: Opportunities, Thursday 107 challenges and hazards 9:00-12:30 7.03 Archaeological researches and practice of conservation of Thursday MNW cultural heritages in Ethiopia 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00 7.04 Promoting Ethiopia’s Tourism Friday 9:00-15 114 8.01 Reimagining lives and trajectories: Innovations in literacy and Friday 116 development projects in Ethiopia 9:00-12:30 8.02 Taming contingency anticipating progress: Ethiopian youth’s Friday 9:00-15:00 115 attempts to carve out a future 8.03 Childhood, rights and well-being in Ethiopia Thursday 116 9:00-12:30 8.04 The promises and perils of commercializing smallholder Wednesday 116 agriculture: Emerging patterns and comparative local evidences in 9:00-12:30 Ethiopia 9.01 Polish interest in Ethiopia, Ethiopian Studies in Poland and Wednesday 111 Polish collections of Ethiopian artefacts 13:30-17:00 9.02 Untold Ethiopian histories: Finding and filling vexing gaps in Wednesday 106 the academic record 9:00-17:00 9.03 The history of cartography Wednesday 116 13:30-17:00 9.04 Revisiting Ethiopianism. Representations, circulations and local Thursday 208 practices of „Ethiopia" 9:00-12:30 10.01 Music and conflict transformation: The Ethiopian experience Thursday Schayer 9:00-12:30 10.02 Ethio-cinema: Making and watching films in Ethiopia, past and Friday MNW present 9:00-15:00 9 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 MONDAY, 24th AUGUST 8.30 Registration in Main Hall of Old Library Building (Stary BUW) 11.00 Coffee break 12.00 - 13.30 Opening Ceremony in Aula, Old Library Building (Stary BUW) MC: Dr. Éloi Ficquet (EHESS, Paris) Welcome addresses: Dr. Hanna Rubinkowska-Anioł – President of the Organizing Committee of the 19th ICES Dr. Ahmed Hassen Omer – Director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak – Vice-Rector for Research and Liaison of the University of Warsaw Prof. Piotr Taracha – Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies Prof. Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz – President of Warsaw Official Delegate from the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Amb. Jacek Jankowski – Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Addis Ababa Amb. Piotr Myśliwiec – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland 13.30-14.30 Opening lecture: Prof. Adam Łukaszewicz (University of Warsaw), „Encounters with Ethiopia: Towards Ethiopian Studies in Context” 14.30 Lunch break 17.00 Welcome reception in the National Museum in Warsaw Addresses: Dr. Agnieszka Morawińska – Director of the National Museum in Warsaw Dr. Piotr Rypson – Deputy Director in charge of the National Museum in Warsaw 20.00 Warsaw sightseeing - part I 10 19th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Warsaw 24-28 August 2015 TUESDAY, 25th AUGUST GENERAL OUTLINE 9:00-10:30 Sessions 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 11:00-12:30 Sessions 12:30-13:30 Lunch break 13:30-15:00 Key lecture by Prof. Baye Yimam “Movement, Contact and Diffusion of Features in the Ethiopian Language Area” 15:00-15:30 Coffee break 15:30-17:00 Sessions 18:00 Art Exhibition of Barbara and Worku Goshu 20.00 Warsaw sightseeing - part II Screening of Ethiopian films in the National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) 10:00 “Beti and Amare” (directed by Andy Seige) 15:30 “Crumbs” (directed by Miquel Llansó) THE CONTENT OF PANELS II Recent explorations in Ethiopian linguistics, 9:00-12:30, 15:30-17:00, Schayer room Tense-Aspect Interactions in Amharic Mr ABDU AHMED Imaginative Conditionals Dr.