Guest scholars

The Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies is committed to academic collaboration with foreign scholars and universities. Every year a number of academics have been welcomed in Hamburg as Visiting Scholars under several Fellowship schemes. Foreign scholars can use the library facilities, carry on their own research and support the ongoing projects of the Centre.

The following guest scholars visited the Centre in the last years:

Fellows and scholarship holders

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Gianfrancesco Lusini (2001/02); Anais Wion (2005/06); Jonathan Miran (2007/08); Alessandro Gori (2009-11)
• German Academic Exchange Service: Tsega Endalew (2003-07); Maria Bulakh (2004/05); Mersha Alehegne (2006-10); Maxim Zabolotskih (2007/08); Alessandro Gori (2008); Abbebe Kifleyesus (2009); Lucia Raggetti (2012); Solomon Gebreyes (2012-14)

Guest scholars

• 2011/12: Abbebe Kifleyesus; James McCann, USA
• 2010/11: Maria Bulakh, Russia; Gianfranco Fiaccadori, Italy
• 2009/10: Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, Sweden; Witold Witakowski, Sweden; Gianfranco Fiaccadori, Italy
• 2008/09: Steven Kaplan, Israel; Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, Sweden
• 2007/08: Gianfranco Fiaccadori, Italy; Steven Kaplan, Israel; Alessandro Gori, Italy
• 2006/07: Emeri van Donzel, the Netherlands; Haggai Erlich, Israel; Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, Sweden; Emmanuel Fritsch, Ethiopia
• 2005/06: Gianfrancesco Lusini, Italy; Giorgio Banti, Italy; Ewa Wolk, Poland
• 2004/05: Shiferaw Bekele, Ethiopia; Steven Kaplan, Israel; Giorgio Banti, Italy

A number of scholars have been invited to lecture within the framework of Hiob Ludolf Guest Professorship.