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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
