L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura è lieto di sostenere la partecipazione del Prof. Gianfrancesco Lusini (Università degli Studi di Napoli) al colloquium MEDIEVAL ETHIOPIA, organiizzato da The Centre for Medieval Studies; The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations; The University of Saint Michael’s College.
PROGRAMMA
Venerdì 10 marzo 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
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Sabato 11 marzo 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