Atelier organisé par Eloi Ficquet
The scholarly adventures of the d’Abbadie brothers (Antoine and Arnauld) in 1840s Ethiopia
Half-day workshop organized in partnership between : Centre d’études en sciences sociales du religieux (CéSor : EHESS, CNRS) ; Programme ANR-DFG ETHIOMAP (EHESS, CFEE, Erfurt Universität) ; Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF : CNRS, IRD, Université Paris 1, EPHE, EHESS) ; Centre Français des Etudes Ethiopiennes (UMIFRE CNRS, MAEDI)
PROGRAM
On: Tuesday 5 avril 2016, 14:00 to 19:00
At : EHESS, 190-198 avenue de France, salle Vernant (8e étage)
14:00 Eloi Ficquet (EHESS, CéSor / programme Ethiomap ANR-DFG)
“The published and unpublished works of Antoine et Arnauld d’Abbadie. State of recent and current research.”
14:30 Shiferaw Bekele (Addis Ababa University) :
“Ethiopian Oral History as Collected by Arnauld d’Abbadie.”
15:00 Eloi Ficquet (EHESS, CéSor / Ethiomap ANR-DFG ) :
“An overview of the notes and records of Arnauld d’Abbadie on North-Ethiopian customary law.”
15:30 Mohammed Hassen Ali (Georgia State University, Atlanta; Oromo Studies Association) :
“The Importance of Antoine d’Abbadie’s Records on the Oromo: Yearning for Further Research.”
16:00 Antonella Brita (Hamburg University) and Eloi Ficquet (EHESS) :
“Editing Antoine d’Abbadie’s field notes on the Oromo.”
16:30 coffee break
17:00 Anaïs Wion (CNRS, IMAF) :
“The Ethiopian manuscripts collection of Antoine d’Abbadie: Collective aspects of the project and its structural effects on Ethiopian studies.”
17:30 Eloi Ficquet (EHESS, CéSor / Ethiomap ANR-DFG ) :
“Two neglected sources on Ethiopian historical geography: the ‘Géodésie’ and the ‘Geography’ of Antoine d’Abbadie.”
18:00 Fesseha Berhe (Mekele University, EHESS / Ethiomap ANR-DFG) :
“Understanding the history of Tigray through the eyes and hears of the d’Abbadie brothers.”
18:30 Conclusions
