18th ICES
Welcome
to the 18th International Conference
of Ethiopian Studies Website
DIRE DAWA: 29 Oct. - 2 Nov. 2012
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SELECTED PAPERS
Selected papers are published on the website under each panel description.
To check if your proposal is selected, type your name in the "search" box. If selected, you will be redirected to the page of the panel in which your paper has been accepted.
You can also check directly under the panel(s) to which you applied
Non accepted papers are not published on the website. Notifications of non acceptance have been sent individually.
Registration procedure will be launched soon. Concerning hotel reservation and transport from Addis to Dire Dawa, there will be a centralized system of reservation that will facilitate the process. Selected participants will have the priority for reservation.
The Conference
The Conference will take place once again in Ethiopia, for the first time out of Addis Ababa, in the city of Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia.
It is organized by a French-Ethiopian Committee, chaired jointly by Dr. Eloi Ficquet, director of the French Center for Ethiopian Studies (CFEE) and Dr. Ahmed Hassen, director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES)
Dire Dawa and its surroundings, with the nearby city of Harar, are at the crossroads of regional and international trade and migration networks, promoters of modernity and change and heirs of ancient cultural and religious traditions. In the 21st century, Dire Dawa, like other Ethiopian regions, is undergoing very strong economic and social transformations.
The aim of the ICES taking place in this regional setting is not only to account for these recent developments, but also to move the focus of attention towards long term historical and social dynamics that contributed to the creation and transformation of the Ethiopian identity and identities.
"Movements in Ethiopia, Ethiopia in Movement"
This theme is aimed at encouraging panel proposals and subsequently paper proposals that would deal with the issue of "movement" in its widest sense. Not only studies on social, religious, political, and cultural movements are likely to fit into the theme, but also any focus on circulation of words, ideas and peoples; the dynamics of contacts and exchanges; the effect of intellectual or economic change on societies, etc. Movement can also be understood in its concrete physical and spatial meaning encompassing travels, migrations and transportation of goods and commodities at different scales. Dance and gestures are also movements.
