The international conference of the ERC project HornEast (Horn & Crescent. Connections, Mobility and Exchange between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East in the Middle Ages). The project offers the first comprehensive study of medieval connections between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East in both Christian and Islamic contexts.
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Programme
23 May 2023
Pontificio Istituto Orientale
15.00 Visit of the Pontificio Istituto Orientale
16.45 Key note lecture by Alessandro Bausi
24 May 2023
École française de Rome, piazza Navona 62
9.00 Welcome of the participants
9.30 Introduction of the conference
10.00 Session 1. Slaves and Freed Men and Women
14h Opening of the exhibition Four Campaigns of Archaeological Survey and Excavations in Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia
14.40 Session 2. Cultural Brokers
25 May 2023
École française de Rome, piazza Navona 62
9.00 Session 3. Jerusalem
11.20 Session 4. Networks I. Materiality
14.00 Session 5. Networks II. Monasteries and Tariqas
16.20 Session 6. Networks III. Embassies
26 May 2023
École française de Rome, piazza Navona 62
9.00 Session 7. Ethiopian Cairo
12.40 Conclusions
15.00 Visit of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and of the Church of Santo Stefano dei Mori
Members of the ERC project HornEast:
- Simon Dorso, Aix-Marseille Université
- Julien Loiseau, Aix-Marseille Université
- Shahista Mohamed, Aix-Marseille Université
Speakers:
- Olivia Adankpo, Université Grenoble Alpes
- Mathilde Alain, Centre for the Study of the Renaissance (University of Warwick) – Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance (Université de Tours)
- Martina Ambu, LabEx Hastec – EPHE (Paris)
- Deresse Ayenachew, I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Florence)
- Alessandro Bausi, Universität Hamburg
- Iskandar Bcheiry, American Theological Library Association
- Sobhi Bouderbala, ERC HornEast – Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales de Tunis
- Giuseppe Cecere, Università di Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum
- Alice Croq, ANR ChrIs-cross
- Sophia Dege-Müller, Universität Hamburg
- Alessandro Gori, Københavns Universitet
- Magdi Guirguis, Kafrelsheikh University et IFAO (Égypte)
- Bertrand Hirsch, Université Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne
- Timothy Insoll, University of Exeter
- Verena Krebs, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Zacharie Mochtari, Université de Liège
- Mikael Muehlbauer, Columbia University
- Craig Perry, Emory University
- Perrine Pilette, CNRS – UMR Orient et Méditerranée (Paris)
- Zaroui Pogossian, Università degli Studi di Firenze
- Camille Rouxpetel, Université de Nantes
- Awet Teklehimanot Araya, University of Exeter
- Anaïs Wion, CNRS – Institut des Mondes Africains (Paris)
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