The Virgin and Child with the Archangels Gabriel and Michael, late 15th-early 16th century.
Tempera on parchment. Gospel manuscript from the Monastery of Gunda Gunde (Tigray, Ethiopia); digital image courtesy of the DSU, UTSC Library (©M. Gervers, 2002)
The Centre for Medieval Studies at the Universtiy of Toronto is hosting a colloquium on ‘Medieval Ethiopia‘ from 10-11 March 2017. You can find the colloquium poster here.
The Programme:
Friday 10 March 2017
Plenary lecture:
4:30-6:00 pm Columba Stewart, OSB (Hill Museum and Manuscript Library): “The Pioneering Work of the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) and How Its Challenges and Mission Endure in the Digital Age”
St. Michael’s College, Muzzo Family Alumni Hall 100, 121 St. Joseph Street
Saturday 11 March 2017
Colloquium:
All sessions held in Room 310, Lillian Massey Building (Centre for Medieval Studies), 125 Queen’s Park
9:15-9:30 am Opening remarks
9:30-10:30 am Wendy Belcher (Princeton University): “The Riches of the Ethiopian Archive: Lives, Literature, and Legends”
10:30-11:00 am Coffee break
11:00 am-12:00 pm Gianfrancesco Lusini (University of Naples): “Monasticism in Medieval Ethiopia: Holy Men, Scribes and Scholars”
12:00-1:15 pm Lunch break
1:15-2:15 pm Samantha Kelly (Rutgers University): “The Ethiopians of Renaissance Europe”
2:15-3:15 pm Habtamu Tegegne (Rutgers University): “Ethiopia’s Culture of Forgery, Problem of Document Deletion and Strategies of Preservation”
3:15-3:45 pm Coffee break
3:45-4:45 pm Roundtable: “Teaching Ge’ez”
4:45-5:45 pm Roundtable: “The Literature of Ethiopia, Medieval and Modern”
5:45-6:00 pm Closing remarks
6:00-7:00 pm Reception