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Focus on Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, manuscripts and art, Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews), editorial team of @aethiopica.bsky.social , typo queen, working mom, sport enthusiast, food lover
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Happy #WorldBookDay 📚 This tiny book dates from the early 16th century and is smaller than a modern postage stamp! See it on display in Gallery 53. 📚 Miniature book, 1512. Silver, silver-gilt, 3.8 x 2.8cm. WA2013.1.27

Christian Lindner hat es geschafft die FDP in dem Bundesland mit der größten Millionärsdichte in der Kategorie "Sonstige" verenden zu lassen, ich verneige mich ehrfürchtig

Happening today: “Inspired Grace: The Ethiopic Miracles of Mary,” a free, virtual event at 11 a.m. (CT): hmml.org/programs/eve...   Special guest Dr. Jeremy R. Brown discusses the Miracles of Mary, stories that have captured the attention and imagination of people around the world for centuries.

Das ist übel, auch wenn die Gründe dafür einleuchten. 😓

For whomever it was made, manuscript IES 00422 was a jewel in their collection, produced by scribes, craftspeople, and painters of the highest order. 

 Dr. Jeremy R. Brown, cataloger of Ethiopic manuscripts at HMML, takes a closer look: hmml.org/stories/postscript-on-our-behalf

Fieldwork grants in 2025 for PhD candidates & MA students working in Ethiopia 👇🤩 Application Deadline: 28th March 2025 cfee.hypotheses.org/11584

Die USA zeigen, wie hilflos Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen auf den Angriff der #Trump-Autokraten reagieren. Die Wahrheit ist: Die deutschen #Wissenschaftsinstitutionen wären nicht besser vorbereitet. Im #WiardaBlog: www.jmwiarda.de/2025/02/24/a...

„[J]ust remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.“ Toni Morrison

miniatures from the Täˀammərä Maryam (Miracles of Mary) ca. 1750-1850, Ethiopia. images from the Museum of the Bible #randomxt

On the outside of Justice Department in DC

Das ist schockierend. Es entgleitet in alle Richtungen

With which crown was Emperor Tewodros coronated 170 years ago? read this article to find out 😜 cfee.hypotheses.org/11131?fbclid...

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Just a reminder that my @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element, “The Author in Early Christian Literature,” is still free and open-access for the next two weeks! Go download it while you can: doi.org/10.1017/9781... 🏺 #ClassicsSky #AncientSky

Join us on February 26 at 11 a.m. (CT). for “Inspired Grace: The Ethiopic Miracles of Mary,” with special guest Dr. Jeremy R. Brown.   This free, virtual event is part of HMML's four-part Winter Lecture Series. Learn more and RSVP: hmml.org/programs/eve...

I'm grateful to Roberta Mazza @robertamazza.bsky.social for letting me interview her for my blog. We spoke about her new book *Stolen Fragments* and the topics it addresses, especially the question of an ethics for manuscript studies. Read the interview here: medisi.hypotheses.org/6673

Just a reminder, now that it's February and the deadline is approaching: you can take an Intro to classical Armenian at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library this summer! Share with anyone you think might be interested!

🖼️ Greek Priest and Turkish Man in Athens, 1819 #OttomanEmpire #Athens #Greek

Something nice for this day: In Gəʿəz the raven is called qᵂāʿ, which is a beautiful onomatopoiesis.

♥️ taz-Titel.

Die ganzen Typen, die jetzt behaupten, Rot-Grün sei schuld daran, dass die CDU/CSU einen Antrag mit der 💩fD durchgebracht hat, behaupten demnächst sicher auch, Frauen seien schuld, wenn sie von ihrem Mann verprügelt werden – sie hätten halt einfach besser kochen müssen.

Auf den Unis bleiben teils Gerätschaften in Millionenhöhe ungenutzt, weil Personal fehlt, zeigt eine neue Studie in Kooperation mit dem Netzwerk Unterbau Wissenschaft. Teuer ausgebildete Wissenschafter:innen wandern ab. mit @andersnatalia.bsky.social www.profil.at/oesterreich/... #IchBinHanna

www.bsb-muenchen.de/article/glue...

Zum 80. Jahrestag der Befreiung von Auschwitz und dem Gedenktag für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus am morgigen 27. Januar erzählt die Maus die Geschichte des jüdischen Malers Felix Nussbaum. www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...

The fascinating story of a painted enamel across continents and time: Made in Limoges, France, in the late 1500s, imported to Christian Ethiopia by Solomonic elites via Jesuit channels ca. 1600, looted by British troops in 1868, now in the British Museum. www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/21/i...

A lovely detail in medieval Ethiopian depictions of the Baptism of the Lord are the fish that unfailingly are shown swimming in the River Jordan 🐟🐠🐡 Blessed Epiphany! Ethiopia, 14th c. #JesusChrist #johnthebaptist #baptism #timket #epiphany #fish #africanfish #africanart

For all Berliners 😜The Militärhistorische Museum is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the famine in Ethiopia in '84/'85 and the involvement of both Western and Eastern German military in distributing aid - through private pictures taken by the soldiers on duty. www.mhm-gatow.de/de/ausstellu...

Wir ballern endlos Arbeitszeit & Ressourcen in die Exzellenzstrategie, ohne zu wissen, was das bringt. Gleichzeitig fehlt Grundfinanzierung. Forderung 6: Exzellenzmittel in Grundfinanzierung umwandeln & Großteil der DFG-Mittel gleich mit! #HannaWählt2025 @drkeichhorn.bsky.social @kubon.bsky.social

Amazing new book on the history of #women in #Ethiopia. A wonderful reader and resource for researchers. AVAILABLE ONLINE FREE! books.openedition.org/cfee/3356

Don't miss this talk by my friend Ted Erho!!👇 it promises to be very interesting.

Job opening - 2 positions - digital humanities - related to Horn of Africa www.asaiafrica.org/bandi-proget...