CFEE Doctoral Workshop | 14–15 April 2026
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...
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...
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...
On 26 March 2026, the AFROBEE project will officially be launched during its kick-off meeting, which will take place at the Centre français des études éthiopiennes (CFEE), Addis Ababa, from 08.30 am to 17.30...
APPEL À CANDIDATURES / CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Fieldwork grants in 2026 for PhD candidates & MA students Application Deadline: April 3, 2026 Bourses de terrain pour doctorants et étudiants de master en 2026 Candidature...
The Fano Insurgency: Ethiopia’s Cycle of ‘Unfinished Wars’ YARED DEBEBE, PhD, University of Gondar Introduction This research on the “political sociology of the Fano insurgency” aimed to document and analysis the on-going Ethiopia’s...
Transformations Beyond Empires: Race, Slavery, and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Red Sea Basin (1839-1885) By: Osman Alp Cibikli, PhD student at History Department, Cornell University I traveled to Addis Ababa for dissertation research. My...
Dear readers, The months of December and January have been especially lively and exciting for the French Center for Ethiopian Studies and its partners. From inspiring seminars and the launch of promising new projects...
TECHNO-TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE STONE AGE LITHIC ASSEMBLAGES FROM KIBISH FORMATION, LOWER OMO VALLEY ETHIOPIA BY: Yosef Tefera, MA in Middle Stone age Archaeology, EHA This research investigates into the lithic assemblages from the...
CFEE Seminar – Workshop Islam in Enderta 20th of February 2026, 2 PM EAT at the French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa By Simon Dorso (Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, ERC project HornEast), Desta...
When Tears Aren’t Dry: Political Disillusionment and Media Avoidance in Post-Conflict Tigray By: Mengistu Gebremedhin, PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, Mekelle University During my fieldwork in Aynalem, Tigray, exploring media consumption and political trust in a region recovering from...
Abyssinia 1909 – Un projet Arts & Sciences Aef – CFEE Présenté par Hugues Fontaine (« Reconstruction, numérisation, restauration du CNC ») En octobre dernier, Hugues Fontaine avait présenté au CFEE, les images...
Nouvelle publication Guide de l’exposition d’archéologie historique du Musée national d’Éthiopie (version française en ligne) Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer la publication en ligne du Guide de l’Exposition d’Archéologie Historique du Musée national d’Éthiopie, désormais...
The legacy of däqiqä Ǝsṭifanos in Tigray Maxine Huguet, PhD student in History, Université Paris 1 Panthéon–Sorbonne My thesis is focused on the history of the library of Gundä Gunde’s manuscript library. This exceptional corpus has been...
Projet AcheuleanRoots: émergence et débuts de l’Acheuléen (AcheuleanRoots Project: Emergence and Beginnings of the Acheulean) Le projet AcheuleanRoots, co-porté par le CFEE-MEAE, Addis Abeba (PI. Yonas Beyene) et par PACEA-Université de Bordeaux...
Colloque “Masculin/Féminin : Crises, représentations, circulations” Réseau APaSuN – Djibouti, 24-26 novembre 2025 Par Constance Perrin-Joly Le colloque international « Masculin/Féminin : Crises, représentations, circulations », organisé à Djibouti du 24 au 26...
Broken Pots, Daily Lives: Uncovering the Medieval Domesticity of Ertu BY: DANIEL ABEYA, Master’s student in Archaeology and History. Context: This post is prepared based on the master’s thesis entitled “A Typological Study of Pottery Assemblage...