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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Understanding the Experience and Strategies of Rural–to-Urban Migrants in Mekelle City, Postwar Tigray: An Ethnographic Approach By Mussie Hayelom, Pre-PhD in Anthropology, Mekelle University Supervisor: Dr. Sabine Planel, IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le...
L’histoire de la présence fasciste en Éthiopie se réduirait-elle qu’à la lutte armée des arbegnoch ? 90 ans plus tard, repenser et réécrire l’histoire du colonialisme fasciste en Éthiopie. BY: RANIA LARIFOU, Master d’histoire contemporaine, Université Paris Nanterre (CFEE...
Beyond Autonomy: How Women Navigate Antenatal Care in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia BY: DEMUMA AMDISA, PhD in Public Health, Health Communication and Health Behavior (CFEE Grant 2025) Why some women start antenatal care early while others delay or discontinue the service, despite...
TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FAUNAL REMAINS FROM LAKE BESEKA, ETHIOPIA IMPLICATIONS FOR SITE FORMATION PROCESSES AND PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION. BY: ADDISE DABA, MA in Zooarchaeology (CFEE grant 2025) What Faunal Remains from Lake Beseka Tell Us...
WHO IS TRUSTED TO LISTEN? A Journey Into Workers’ Narratives and Silences In Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks by Robel Mulat, Dilla University (CFEE Gant 2024) What happens when workers choose silence over speech? During...