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MondayApril15,2019WelcomeandKick-off8-9am Registration&Greetings9-10.30am WelcomebyProf.AhmedHassen,GiuliaBonacciandtheEthiopianSLAFNETteam

PresentationbyMarie-PierreBallarin,SLAFNETPIPresentationbyJean-LucMartineau,AEGISrepresentativePresentationbyAlexanderMeckelburg:Atthemarginsofempires:ThelegaciesofslaveryandtheslavetradeinEasternAfricaFormallaunchbyDr.JeiluOumer,AcademicVicePresident//Dr.MitikeMollaVice,PresidentforResearch&TechnologyTransferandCommunityService(AAU)

10.30-11am Coffeebreak11-12pm TourofIESandoftheexhibitionbyProf.AhmedZekaria,MessayYohannes&Dereje

BirhanuLecturesI.TrendsinthestudyofslaveryandslavetradeinAfrica2-3pm PoliticalandsocialimpactoftheAtlanticslavetradeandofitsabolitioninWestAfrica

Jean-LucMartineau(INALCO/ParisDiderot)3-4pm TheGumuztotheWestofAgawmidirandtheirneighbors,1898-1935 AbdussamadH.Ahmad(AddisAbabaUniversity)4-4.30pm Coffeebreak4.30-5.30pm EthiopianabolitionintheAfricanandGlobalMirror

BenedettaRossi(UniversityofBirmingham)

TuesdayApril16,2019LecturesII.TrendsinthestudyofslaveryandslavetradeinAfrica9-10am Ex-slaves’familiesandcitizenship:AnevolvingmarginalizationofSouthSudanesein Sudan MohamedA.G.Bakhit(UniversityofKhartoum)10-11am Slavery,heritage,marginalizationandconflictontheKenyanCoast

SamuelNyanchoga(CatholicUniversityofEasternAfrica)11-11.30am Coffeebreak11.30-12.30pmThemesinthestudyoftheIndianOceanslavetrade

MeeraVenkatachalam(UniversityofMumbai)GraduateworkshopI.History&MemoryChair:GiuliaBonacci(IRD/URMIS)2-3pm OralhistoryamongtheMaoinWesternOromia.Theidentityofdescendantsofdomestic workers

SophieKüspert-Rakotondrainy(Independent)

3-4pm Slavery,stateandmissionary:ReflectionontherolesofDubalaBiru(1910-1965),aformerDawuroslaveandfirstOmoticbibletranslator,SouthernEthiopiaAdmasuAbebe(AddisAbabaUniversity)

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4-5pm Slaveryin19thcenturyHararCityState:Aninsightincasesfromcourtdocuments

Dr.MunaAbubeker(AddisAbabaUniversity)

5-6pm SlaveryandslavetradeinEthiopiawithparticularreferencetoGambellaAwokeAtinafu(InstituteofPeaceandSecurityStudies)

WednesdayApril17,2019DocumentingslaveryI.VisittotheNationalArchivesofEthiopia9-10.30am IntroductiontotheNationalArchives AbeyHailu(NationalArchivesandLibraryAgency)10.30-11am Coffeebreak11-12.30pmUnsilencingthearchive:FindingslavelegaciesintheNationalArchivesofEthiopia

LacyNoelFeigh(UniversityofPennsylvania)&TigistGetachew(Independent)GraduateworkshopII.Literature&OralityChair:TakeleMerid(IES)2-3pm RepresentationofslaveryandclassinKafaproverbs

MesfinWodajo(AddisAbabaUniversity)

3-4pm ResistanceagainstslaveryinMatigaribyNgūguīwaThiong’oGetnetTibebu(AddisAbabaUniversity)

4-5pm Ising,soIliberatemypeople:ananti-oppressionrhetoricinOromosongs MekwanentTilahunDesta(AddisAbabaUniversity)DocumentingslaveryII.Filmscreening@AllianceEthio-française6.30-9pm“SlaveryRoutes”(Documentaryscreening&Debate)

ThursdayApril18,2019Publicroundtable.NewperspectivesinthestudyofslaveryandslavetradeinEthiopiaChair:TeferiMekonnen(InstituteofEthiopianStudies)9-9.30am (Re)InterpretingOrlandoPatterson’stheoryof“SlaveryandSocialDeath”

AbebeFentahun(UniversityofGondar)9.30-10am Dwellingonthepast:theGumuzmemoriesoftheAgäwslaveraidsinNorthWestern

EthiopiaDesalegnAmsalu(InstituteofEthiopianStudies)

10-10.30am MemoriesofslaveryandperceptionsofsocioeconomicstatusesamongtheBertapeople, NorthWesternEthiopia

TakeleMerid(InstituteofEthiopianStudies)10.30-11am Coffeebreak

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11-11.30am Rootsandmanifestationsofmarginalization:anexplorationofsocio-economicandpoliticalconditionofslavedescendantsinEthiopiaAkaleworkMengesha(WolaittaSodoUniversity)

11.30-12pm Dismemberment,socialdegradationandpessimisticfuture:Theslavepsycho-morallife

alongthelong-distancetraderoutesAhmedHassen(InstituteofEthiopianStudies)

12-12.30pm DiscussionGraduateworkshopIII.AbolitionChair:BenedettaRossi(UniversityofBirmingham)2-3pm TheRoleoftheChurchMissionarySocietyinreconstructingpost-slaveryidentitiesin

FrereTownandRabai(Kenya),1840-2010MelvineC.Lilechi(CatholicUniversityofEasternAfrica)

3-4pm Slavery,abolitionandaftermathdevelopmentsamongOmoticsocietiesofSouthwesternEthiopiaBoshaBombe(UniversityofPavia)

4-5pm Fromtheabolitionofslaverytotheintegrationandempowermentofformerslavesand theirdescendantsinTegray,NorthernEthiopia

FessehaBerhe(MekelleUniversity)

5-6pm Punishingslavery:EnforcingabolitioninEthiopiapost-1940LacyNoelFeigh(UniversityofPennsylvania)

FridayApril19,2019GraduateworkshopIV.Migration&CitizenshipChair:AlexanderMeckelburg(HiobLudolfCentreforEthiopianStudies/UniversitätHamburg)8-9am RetracingthehistoryofslavetradefromShoatoTajoura:Ethnographicanalysis

NathanBelay(SamaraUniversity)9-10am Thepoliticsofmodernslaveryandintegrationofmigrantworkers:thecaseofRuanda- UrundimigrantsintheUgandaProtectorate

FaithAtuhumuze(MakerereUniversity,Uganda&LPED,France)

10-10.30am Coffeebreak10.30-11.30amChangesandcontinuityinstatusrelatedtoslaveryamongtheDubeminoritiesofBale

lowlands,EthiopiaKefyalewTessema(AddisAbabaUniversity)

11.30-12.30pmHistoricalslaveryandcurrentlegalstatus:SouthSudaneseandcitizenshiprightinKhartoum,SudanRaniaAwadMadani(UniversityofKhartoum)