New publication | National Museum of Ethiopia The French Embassy in Ethiopia and the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies are pleased to present the Guidebook of the Historical Archaeology Exhibition of the National Museum of Ethiopia. For more information in comment : cfee.hypotheses.org/12574

The French Center for Ethiopian Studies (CFEE) is pleased to host a seminar by Anna Echassoux, Director General of the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine (Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco). 📍 CFEE, Addis Ababa 🗓️ May 7th, 2026 – 2:00 pm (UTC+3) 🔗 More information: cfee.hypotheses.org/14865

📣 Check out our latest blog post by Wubayehu Tolesa Musei, 2025 recipient of the CFEE grant: State-Led Industrialization and the Social Costs of Development: Dispossession and Labor Experiences at Bole Lemi Industrial Park in Ethiopia link here : cfee.hypotheses.org/14833

The new hashtag#CFEE Newsletter is online! Field missions, research projects, seminars, publications and new collaborations: discover the highlights of February and March 2026. Read it in English and French - click here : lnkd.in/da8XRg3w

Le CFEE adresse toutes ses félicitations à Amélie Chekroun, lauréate de la médaille de bronze du CNRS 2026. Chercheuse au CNRS au sein de l’IREMAM et chercheuse associée au CFEE, elle coordonne aujourd’hui le projet ANR InterMedÉ (2024-2028), consacré aux interactions en Éthiopie médiévale.

🎙️ À écouter : Derat Marie-Laure sur RFI Dans l’émission Afrique, mémoires d’un continent, Marie-Laure Derat, historienne, archéologue et chercheuse associée au CFEE, revient sur l’évolution de la vie religieuse en Éthiopie entre le IVe et le XVIe siècle.

📣 CFEE Doctoral Workshop 2026 Join us on 14–15 April 2026 for the CFEE Doctoral Workshop, held at the CFEE in Addis Ababa. 🕘 9:00 AM – 5:15 PM (Addis Ababa time / UTC+3)
 📍 On site at CFEE or online
 ⚠️ Registration is mandatory (link in bio and comment) : cfee.hypotheses.org/14577

Only a few days left to apply for the CFEE Fieldwork Grants for PhD candidates and MA students in the Horn of Africa. 🗓 Deadline: 3 April 2026 🌍 No nationality restriction 📝 Applications in French or English 📎https://cfee.hypotheses.org/14445

‪CFEE Fieldwork Grant 2025 — Meet our grantee : Alp Cibikli. 📣 CFEE Fieldwork Grants 2026 are now open And if it were you this year ? 🔗 cfee.hypotheses.org/14445 #CFEE #FieldworkGrant #Ethiopia

Meet our grantee: Selena Gabresi Her research explores Cuban–Ethiopian educational cooperation (1978–1991). 📣 CFEE Fieldwork Grants 2026 are open 🔗 cfee.hypotheses.org/14445

CFEE Fieldwork Grant 2025 — Meet our grantee Rania Larifou studies Italian combatants’ experiences during the Fascist conquest of Ethiopia (1935–41), thanks to the CFEE Fieldwork Grant ! 📣 CFEE Fieldwork Grants 2026 are now open 🔗 cfee.hypotheses.org/14445 #CFEE #FieldworkGrant #Ethiopia

✨ CFEE Fieldwork Grant 2025 — Meet our grantee Daniel Abeya studies medieval pottery from domestic contexts at Ertu, in East Shewa, and explores patterns of production and use in medieval Ethiopia. 📣CFEE Fieldwork Grants 2026 are now open 🔗 cfee.hypotheses.org/14445 #CFEE #FieldworkGrant #Ethiopia

🍯 AFROBEE Project Kick-off – 26 March 2026 A new ANR-funded project exploring the language of beekeeping and honey hunting in Africa. Registration required — details on our blog : cfee.hypotheses.org/14484 #afrobee #ANR #linguistics #AfricanLanguages

✨ CFEE Fieldwork Grant 2025 — Meet our grantee Haregwin Hailu studies ecological change and feeding adaptations of large mammals in the Lower Omo Valley (Ethiopia). 📣 CFEE Fieldwork Grants 2026 are now open 🔗 cfee.hypotheses.org/14445 #CFEE #FieldworkGrant #Ethiopia

A glimpse into the CFEE archives. From field notebooks to mission reports, these documents preserve the traces of decades of research and scientific collaboration in Ethiopia. #ResearchArchives #AcademicResearch #Ethiopia #ScientificHeritage #CFEE

Meet our 2025 CFEE Fieldwork Grant recipients: Wubayehu Tolesa. Her PhD research explores the political economy of development projects in Ethiopia, focusing on socio-cultural relations, livelihoods, and property rights. 📣 CFEE Fieldwork Grants 2026 are now open. Apply now

Meet our 2025 CFEE Fieldwork Grant recipients: Yosef Tefera. His work engages with Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic archaeology. 📣 CFEE Fieldwork Grants 2026 are now open. Apply now.

Meet our 2025 CFEE Fieldwork Grant recipients: Demuma Amdisa. Her research explores women’s agency in pregnancy-related care in Ethiopia. 📣 CFEE Fieldwork Grants 2026 are now open. Apply now.

Comment les gestes circulent-ils entre générations et entre Nords et Suds ? Dans le cadre du projet européen PAGENS, associé au CFEE, une équipe internationale a mené une enquête exploratoire à Lomé sur la transmission des pratiques artistiques et artisanales. 📅 5 mars 2026 - 19h Entrée gratuite.

📢 The CFEE launches its 2026 Fieldwork Grants for MA students and PhD candidates working in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. 🗓 Deadline: April 3, 2026 Details & application form: cfee.hypotheses.org/14445

🎉Check out our new blog post by Yared Debebe, CFEE grant recipient in 2024! The Fano Insurgency: Ethiopia’s Cycle of “Unfinished Wars” More information in the comments! #CFEE #Grants #Ethiopia #HornOfAfrica

📢 GDR/RT Rift 6th Call for Student Mobility (2026 Edition) – Now Open! ✔️ Are you a master’s or PhD student, or a post-doctoral researcher working on topics related to the East African Rift? Apply here: forms.gle/Fobjvg3ULsUo...

Check out our new blog post by Osman Alp Cibikli, CFEE grant recipient in 2025! cfee.hypotheses.org/14255

📣 CFEE Seminar: Workshop Islam in Enderta 🎙️ 20th of February 2026 / 2 PM French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa #CFEE #Ethiopia #Aef #HornOfAfrica

Check out our new blog post by Yosef Tefera, CFEE grant recipient in 2025! cfee.hypotheses.org/14255

📣 After the Hijrat al-Habasha. What archaeology says about the ancient presence of Islam in Ethiopia 🗓️ Thursday, February 19 | 2PM – 4PM 📍 Bilal Building Auditorium, in front of Vatican Embassy, Addis Ababa #Ethiopia #Islam #HornOfAfrica

🚀 Official launch of #PAGENS in Lomé After three years of preparation, the Pathways, Ages, Generations in the Global North and South project is now underway! 🌍 20 partners · 10 countries 🤝 Africa–Europe–Americas Cooperation 📚 Exchanges & training in qualitative, quantitative and visual methods

📣 CFEE Seminar: Abyssinia 1909 – Un projet Arts & Sciences Aef – CFEE présenté par Hugues Fontaine 🎙️ 19th of February 2026 / 2:30 pm French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa

Check out the new French version of the Guide to the Historical Archaeology Exhibition at the National Museum of Ethiopia, by publisher Éditions Soleb. More information at the following link: cfee.hypotheses.org/14082

Check out our new blog post by Maxine Huguet, CFEE grant recipient in 2025! cfee.hypotheses.org/14061

Check out our new blog post on the AcheuleanRoots! Link to the blog post: cfee.hypotheses.org/14022

Check out our new blog post by Daniel Abeya, CFEE grant recipient in 2025! cfee.hypotheses.org/13989

Check out our new blog post by Mussie Hayelom, CFEE grant recipient in 2025! cfee.hypotheses.org/13962

Check out our new blog post by Rania Larifou, CFEE grant recipient in 2025! cfee.hypotheses.org/13917

Check out our new blog post by Demuma Amdisa Jegola, CFEE grant recipient in 2025! cfee.hypotheses.org/13897

Check out our new blog post by Addise Baba, CFEE grant recipient in 2025! cfee.hypotheses.org/13853

📣 CFEE Seminar: Becoming mature : the intersection of age and gender in a pastoral society (Mursi, Ethiopia) 🎙️ 5th of February 2026 / 2pm-4pm, French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa by Dr Jean-Baptiste Eczet, Associate professor, School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS)

📣 CFEE's latest YouTube video is out! Our interview with Caterina Scalvedi can be found on our channel. More information in the comments! #YouTube #CFEE #Colonialism

📣 Seminar "Ethnography in Motion: Audiovisual Encounters Across Film, Installation, and Performance" 🎙️ 23rd of January 2026- 2 pm to 5 pm, Addis Ababa (EAT), French Center for Ethiopian Studies by Dr. Itsushi Kawase (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan)

📣 CFEE and FMSEH Round Table “Megalithic monuments in the Horn of Africa” 🎙️ 22nd January 2026 – 11.30 am to 7 pm, Addis Abeba (EAT) ONLINE ROUND TABLE: Zoom Link: lnkd.in/dSaUbzCn

L'IFAS-Recherche recrute sa ou son volontaire international·e pour un an (renouvelable un an), à compter du 1er juillet 2026 (où aussi proche que possible de cette date). La fiche de poste est disponible à cette adresse : www.ifas.org.za/research/wp-...

📣CONSTELLATIONS - KEWAKIBT - CFEE BOOK LAUNCH: Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Sherif Harar municipal museum January 6th 2026 - 4:30 PM. Rimbaud House, Harar-Jugol 🎙️With Anne Regourd and 'Abdullahi 'Ali Sherif

📣 SOFIES Lecture Series 2026 Thursday 8 January, 3 PM, Ras Makonnen Hall, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University 🎙️ Presentation of Ethiopian Devotions: Paintings, Illuminated Manuscripts, Processional Crosses from the Fourteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. #CFEE #Ethiopia #SOFIES

Dear colleagues, The CFEE is getting a makeover! Please note that the centre and its library will be unable to be accessed from 22nd December 2025 to 5th January 2026 due to renovation work. Thank you for your understanding. The CFEE team.

📣PhD DEFENSE 🎙️ Fesseha Berhe Gebregergis “The Dobǝᶜa of Northeastern Ethiopia. Palimpsest Persistence of a Frontier Muslim Society and Polity between Christian, Islamic, and Oromo Worlds (12th–19th Centuries)” 📍 Thursday, December 18th 2025, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m CET cfee.hypotheses.org/13469

📣 CFEE and FMSEH Seminar – December 19th, 2025, 11 AM EAT 📍 Online 3rd Anniversary of the Forum for Medieval Studies in the Horn of Africa (FMSEH), Special Webinar "Stelae and stone monuments from Western Africa" More information about the event: cfee.hypotheses.org/13399

Deux nouvelles étapes pour Mekelle Stories au #Royaume-Uni. #Oxford – une présentation à la Maison Française d’Oxford, avec Catherine Dom. #Bath – un moment très fort à Fairfield House, lieu emblématique de l’exil de Haile Selassie, avec la superbe contribution de Chessie Baldwin.

SEMINAR CFEE and FMSEH - Monday 21st November, 3 PM "Biological and funerary perspectives on the emergence of food-producing societies in the Horn of Africa" Presented by: By Laura Maréchal (PhD), biological anthropologist at the University of Geneva 🔗 More information: cfee.hypotheses.org/13172

📢 Débats d’Idées: Colloque International APaSuN – Masculin/féminin: crises, représentations, circulations – Monday, 24th November, 2:30 PM 📍 Institut Français de Djibouti 🔗 More informations : fbio.hypotheses.org/596

📢 CFEE Seminar – Thursday 13th March, 4 PM 📍 French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa "Visual Memories of the Italian Presence in Ethiopia" 🎙 Gioia Toscani De Col (PhD Candidate, University of Padua) 🔗 More informations :