By Seble Fekadu, PhD student at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) Tuesday 15 September – 2PM – at the Berhanu Abebe Library (CFEE) Large-scale state-subsidized housing programmes have transformed the urban peripheries of cities across...
By Seble Fekadu, PhD student at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) Tuesday 15 September – 2PM – at the Berhanu Abebe Library (CFEE) Large-scale state-subsidized housing programmes have transformed the urban peripheries of cities across...
Terra Incognita No More: Poland and Ethiopia, 1930–1947 September 10th 2026, 2:00 p.m. (UTC+3), at the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, and online By Michał Maciejewski, PhD candidate at the Institute of...
Dear readers, June and July, at the CFEE, were marked by scientific events, institutional meetings and new collaborations. Highlights included the CFEE’s visit to the CECOE election observation centre, the return of around forty...
CFEE Seminar – The OGRE Project: Objectives, Collaboration and Recent Advances July 6th 2026, 2:00 p.m. (UTC+3), at the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, and online By the OGRE Team – Jean-Renaud...
Dear readers, The months of April and May were once again rich in scientific activities, collective work and new collaborations at the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies and within its wider network. Over the...
Human-Environment Interaction through Archaeological Charcoal at Kumali Shelter, Southwest Ethiopia By Tefera Tarekegn Bayu, PhD student, Université Côte d’Azur, Affiliated with CEPAM Southwest Ethiopia is an important region for studying long-term human-environment interaction. It...
Announcement of the 2026 CFEE Fieldwork Grant Recipients The French Center for Ethiopian Studies is pleased to announce the results of the 2026 CFEE Fieldwork Grants Call. Aimed at PhD candidates and MA students,...
The English edition of Nora, an Islamic Town in Medieval Ethiopia is now available at the CFEE Under the direction of François-Xavier Fauvelle and Romain Mensan Available in its printed format at the CFEE,...
CFEE Seminar – Human-Environment Interaction in Southwest Ethiopia’s Moist Afro-Montane Forest during the Mid-Late Holocene: Evidence from Anthracological Samples June 4th 2026, 2:00 p.m. (UTC+3), at the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa,...
CFEE Seminar – The Survival of Madbét System in Wolaita to 1937: Against the Established Historiography 15th of May 2026, 2:00pm (UTC+3), at the French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa By Bisrat Lema...
CFEE Seminar – Between Lake and Land: New Paleoanthropological research in Fejej 7th of May 2026, 2:00pm (UTC+3), at the French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa By Anna Echassoux – Director General, Institut...
State-Led Industrialization and the Social Costs of Development: Dispossession and Labor Experiences at Bole Lemi Industrial Park in Ethiopia By : Wubayehu Tolesa Musei, Haramaya University Despite decades of critical research on the...
Dear readers, The months of February and March have been especially active for the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies and its partners. From archaeological field missions in Abaya, Konso and Lalibela, to the launch...
Mission Abaya : paysage mégalithique en Éthiopie méridionale Par Vincent Ard (CNRS/TRACES), co-porteur de la mission Abaya. Le mégalithisme de la Corne de l’Afrique est l’un des plus riches et exceptionnels du continent...
The CFEE is pleased to announce its 2026 Doctoral Workshop, which will take place on 14th and 15th of April 2026 at the CFEE in Addis Ababa, from 9:00 am to 5:15 pm (Addis...
