Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaBAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New books alert! 📚🚨 Explore this month’s diverse titles with a 20% discount when you sign for free BAR Membership on our website 💸 Follow the link in the bio to find out more and comment your favourite from this month’s batch 📝 031
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 13/03/2025www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.com‘Painting was my final act of defiance’: how a chef from war-torn Eritrea wowed the art world after his deathFicre Ghebreyesus, who died in 2012, made vertiginous paintings celebrating family, the diaspora and his own turbulent story. His first British solo exhibition charts this remarkable journey 030
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025On Thursday 27th February, we host Dr Jonathan Egid, a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker Scholar, for the Centre for African Art and Archaeology talks! In person/online. In-person venue: EFRY 01.02 (Elizabeth Fry (Bld:11)) Time: 5:00-6:30 pm GMT. Online link to register: tiny.cc/o079001 All welcome! 032
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaDr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Those of you in UK HE sector right now: a reminder that no matter how passionate you are - a job is a job. It might feel like you could never land anywhere else. You can, and will, should you need to. And wherever you end up, your new workplace will be lucky to have you. 19617
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 24/01/2025📢MA Scholarships! We are currently accepting applications for our MA program in the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c... We offer prestigious full and partial scholarships, open to both UK and International students! Apply before March 20. Share!uea.ac.ukMasters ProgrammeUniversity of East Anglia 031
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...thebritishacademy.ac.ukInternational Fellowships 2025The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. 1204253
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Object stories of this diptych & the 'Asante ewer' at the British Museum highlight the need for nuanced discussions on repatriation/restitution/return of looted African art. Modified, appropriated/re-appropriated, decontextualised, looted...many layers www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/21/i...theartnewspaper.comInvestigation shines fresh light on British Museum’s looted, Dürer-inspired diptychThe piece, one side of which is an enamel copy of a 16th-century woodcut, the other side crafted in Ethiopia, reveals how European icons became incorporated into the African country’s traditions 130
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Great article by my colleague Zoe Cormack on the 1868 British punitive to Abyssinia, the British Museum, looted art/sacred objects at the British Museum & elsewhere! eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.comThe British Museum and the Abyssinian Campaign, 1867–8In 1867–8, the British Museum sent a staff member on the Abyssinian Campaign. Richard Holmes, an assistant in the Manuscript Department, was embedded in the military invasion and looted important and... 141
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaCécile Fromont @cecilefromont.bsky.social · 17/12/2024In 1959, a major exhibition of material culture from the *still* Belgian Congo took place at the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, titled Arte del Congo #Roma 1959 #africanart 1111
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Visited York for the Indian Ocean World Archaeology Conference IOWArch 2024! Presented a paper -- sharing thoughts on the possibilities and challenges of determining 'Islamic slavery' archaeologically! #Archaeology #IndianOcean #Africa #Diaspora #slavery #Gulf 040
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaDr Mai Musié (ሙሴ) @drmaimusie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Would be great to have more scholars from the global south represented here too. Not sure if Prof Shadreck Chirikure is on #BlueSky yet. #Blacksky 2223
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 06/12/2024All going well in our conference, feel free to pop in and out anytime until 3 pm London time! Link: univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/9478767760... @alebachew.bsky.socialuniv-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.usJoin our Cloud HD Video MeetingZoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ... 031
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaDr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 05/12/20242nd Anniversary of Forum for Medieval Studies in Ethiopia and the Horn (FMSEH) led by @alebachew.bsky.social and a session moderated by @krebsverena.bsky.social! Join via Zoom: univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/9478767760... #Medievalstudies #HornofAfrica #Archaeology #History #Philology 183
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 05/12/20242nd Anniversary of Forum for Medieval Studies in Ethiopia and the Horn (FMSEH) led by @alebachew.bsky.social and a session moderated by @krebsverena.bsky.social! Join via Zoom: univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/9478767760... #Medievalstudies #HornofAfrica #Archaeology #History #Philology 183
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaAlfonso de Zamora @perurealfonso.bsky.social · 15/11/2024via the Medieval Studies in Ethiopia and the Horn FMSEH on the MordorX platform 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/forum-for-... #MedievalBlueSky #AfricanHistory #EarlyModern #ChristianHistory 053
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaFlint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Starts in about 50 minutes! 1539
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaGavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024#ContemporaryArchaeology 063
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaLeConte JR Lewis @jdollas.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Toni Scott: Slave ship 24 Foot Vessel cover with 500 images African American of slaves DNA bloodline. This can be viewed at: The Arthur M.Sackler - Museum and Archaeology, Beijing, China... 💯🎯‼️🖤✊🏾💪🏾👏🏾 011
Reposted by Dr Awet T. Arayachrisfennell.bsky.social @chrisfennell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Restitution and Repatriation of Ancestral, Human Remains from Colonial Contexts in Tanzania, by Maximilian Felix Chami, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, doi.org/10.1080/2161... #HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas #AfricanHeritage #Repatriation #Tanzania #colonialism 063
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaDr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Alright *cracks knuckles* let's do this! Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first: What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects 1629098
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaLorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This series of stories seems quite disruptive for the UEA’s very public messaging that the cupboards are bare so they need to sack people (yes I know it doesn’t work like that but this is about optics) #SaveUEA www.edp24.co.uk/news/2474467...edp24.co.ukUEA receives £24 million funding boostThe University of East Anglia has been awarded £24m to help train the next generation of environmental scientists, it has been revealed. 1152
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaPatrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 24/11/2024"For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper" (Joseph Fasano) poets.org/poem/student... 4423114
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaFlint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Joe Rogan has called me a liar. This video is my response youtu.be/KR9_oLmoQVI?...youtu.beA Public Letter to Joe Rogan from Flint DibbleYouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble 53765138
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaGuerra en la Universidad @guerraenlauni.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Acaba de salir el paper que más he disfrutado escribiendo en muchos años: arqueología del igualitarismo en África. Movilidad subversiva, logísticas rebeldes, objetos de resistencia y reyes sagrados. En acceso abierto aquí: link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comTraditions of Equality: The Archaeology of Egalitarianism and Egalitarian Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa (First and Second Millennium CE) - Journal of Archaeological Method and TheoryInterest in egalitarianism and egalitarian behavior in complex societies has grown in recent years, spurred by anarchist approaches and collective action theory. Sub-Saharan Africa, however, has seldo... 17822
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I was meant to be in New York for 👇 Silsila workshop to speak about medieval links between Abyssinia & the Gulf: an archaeological perspective! Shame not be there in-person/visit New York (visa issue!) but really looking forward to e-meet a great lineup of scholars! as.nyu.edu/research-cen...as.nyu.eduMedieval Ethiopia in a Global Frame - workshop 020
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaClaire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 20/11/2024CFP: Visual Pasts, Material Presents, Archival Futures: Postcolonial Temporalities in the Making - UEA, Norwich UK. 031
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Conference CfP 'Visual Pasts, Material Presents, Archival Futures: Postcolonial Temporalities in the Making' 19-20 May 2025! Proposals: abstract of 300 words, name and affiliation & short biography of 200 words max. Submit by Jan 10 2025 Limited grants available to attend! 010
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaDr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It's here! A very incipient starter pack for the art, architecture, and archaeology of the Islamic world. This is just a first quick effort, please let me know if I can add you or others so we can build up this community! 118641
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 18/11/2024'The Mowaa Institute is a first-of-its-kind space dedicated to world-class, cutting-edge science research to develop new narratives and to conserve African art and collections' Prof S. Chirikure says👇 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comCutting-edge labs, a rainforest gallery and guesthouse: Nigeria to open art museum for 21st centuryWith a campus-style layout inspired by the ancient city, Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art has the potential ‘to be amongst the best in the world for holding returning objects’ 096
Reposted by Dr Awet T. ArayaDr. Verena Krebs @krebsverena.bsky.social · 17/11/2024... And 500+ new followers in a few days later, I guess I should ... reskeet ... (are we REALLY going with this?!?) this again? TLDR: my research looks at the medieval world of Afro-Eurasia as seen from the Highlands of the Horn of Africa. Every few years, I publish a book on this. 1438
Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 17/11/2024All my favourite Late-Antique and Medieval cities in-one. And from the African Red Sea, of course it is Adulis, the marvel city that carried one of the greatest empires of the Classical-Late Antique World: Aksum. From my visit to the Silk Roads exhibition at the British Museum last week! 120