Remembering 60 years of collaborative archaeological work in Ethiopia
Dr Humphris will begin by outlining some of the highlights of the
long-term collaborative relationship between the British Institute in
Eastern Africa and the Ethiopian Cultural Heritage Authority
LONDON, United Kingdom, February 20, 2020/ -- In commemoration of BIEA's 60th anniversary, we are celebrating the years of successful partnerships and collaborations that have made our
academic work in Ethiopian possible. BIEA Director, Dr Jane Humphris,
will be speaking alongside colleague Dr Niall Finneran and Ethiopia's
Ambassador to the UK, H.E. Mr Fesseha Shawel Gebre.
Dr Humphris will begin by outlining some of the highlights of the
long-term collaborative relationship between the British Institute in
Eastern Africa and the Ethiopian Cultural Heritage Authority (the ARCCH) during the investigation of Ethiopia’s spectacular archaeological
history, and some of the exciting plans for future cooperation. She will then outline the main results from her research in Ethiopia, presenting the first information available concerning Ancient Aksumite iron
production.
Dr Finneran will present some of the fundamental results of the research he conducted under the supervision of renowned Ethiopian expert
Professor David Phillipson in northern Ethiopia. In a broad-ranging
presentation he will explore aspects of early Aksum, shrine archaeology, and kingship and monasticism in medieval Ethiopia.
About the speakers:
Dr Jane Humphris is the Director of the British
Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), one of the British Academy’s
international research institutes. She is also a Senior Research Fellow
at the McDonald Institute at the University of Cambridge. She holds a
PhD in African Archaeometallurgy and an MA in African Archaeology from
UCL. Her main research focuses on ancient African iron production
technologies. As well as running excavations at the Royal City of Meroe
in Sudan, in 2015 she began the first dedicated archaeometallurgical
research in Ethiopia.
Dr Niall Finneran is an Africanist Archaeologist by
training and is a Reader in Historical Archaeology and Heritage Studies
at the University of Winchester. His PhD, from the University of
Cambridge, focused on the landscape archaeology of Aksum, northern
Ethiopia. Following his PhD Dr Finneran conducted extensive landscape
archaeology and oral history research at the site of Lalibela. In 2007
he published a book titled ‘The Archaeology of Ethiopia’ (Routledge),
which remains a key text for students and those interested in Ethiopia’s rich history.
H.E. Mr Fesseha Shawel Gebre assumed his duties as the
newly-appointed Ethiopian Ambassador to the United Kingdom in March
2018. Ambassador Fesseha brings with him almost 30 years of experience
having served at Diplomatic Missions in Juba, Nairobi, Mogadishu and
Cairo, as well as various posts within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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