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Dr Awet T. Araya

@awettaraya.bsky.social
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Archaeologist | Museum Curator |Academic Research: Islamic, Medieval Archaeology, Material culture, Horn of Africa, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Arabian/Persian Gulf

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New 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 📝
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘Painting was my final act of defiance’: how a chef from war-torn Eritrea wowed the art world after his death
Ficre 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
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
On 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!
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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Those 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.
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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!
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Masters Programme
University of East Anglia
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Please 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...
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International Fellowships 2025
The 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.
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Object 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...
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Investigation shines fresh light on British Museum’s looted, Dürer-inspired diptych
The 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
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Great 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...
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The British Museum and the Abyssinian Campaign, 1867–8
In 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...
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Cécile Fromont @cecilefromont.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
In 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
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Visited 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
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Dr Mai Musié (ሙሴ) @drmaimusie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Would be great to have more scholars from the global south represented here too. Not sure if Prof Shadreck Chirikure is on #BlueSky yet. #Blacksky
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
All 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.social
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
2nd 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
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
2nd 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
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Alfonso de Zamora @perurealfonso.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
via the Medieval Studies in Ethiopia and the Horn FMSEH on the MordorX platform 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/forum-for-... #MedievalBlueSky #AfricanHistory #EarlyModern #ChristianHistory
Welcome to the Forum for Medieval Studies in Ethiopia and the Horn conference!

Join us for a fascinating exploration of medieval history in this region. Our event will feature presentations from leading academics in this field. Whether you're a scholar, student, or history enthusiast, this conference is the perfect opportunity to learn about new discoveries, advances and trajectiories in medieval studies in the Horn.

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with fellow researchers and expand your network!

PLEASE NOTE: this is a hybrid conference and will be held online via Zoom and also in person at the The French Center for Ethiopian Studies (CFEE) in Addis Abeba.

We look forward to welcoming you!
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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Starts in about 50 minutes!
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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
#ContemporaryArchaeology
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LeConte JR Lewis @jdollas.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Toni 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... 💯🎯‼️🖤✊🏾💪🏾👏🏾
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chrisfennell.bsky.social @chrisfennell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Restitution 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
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Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Alright *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
A horizontally-aligned panel consisting of four images of works of Islamic art: a page of black calligraphy on a peach-colored ground, a red and gold textile with a pattern of wavy vines and leaves, a manuscript painting featuring birds in a blue, green, and gold landscape with a gold sky, and a manuscript page with a central radiating medallion painted in intricate geometric and floral patterns in blue, gold, and red. Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/islamic-art
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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This 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...
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UEA receives £24 million funding boost
The University of East Anglia has been awarded £24m to help train the next generation of environmental scientists, it has been revealed.
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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
"For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper" (Joseph Fasano) poets.org/poem/student...
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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Joe Rogan has called me a liar. This video is my response youtu.be/KR9_oLmoQVI?...
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A Public Letter to Joe Rogan from Flint Dibble
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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Guerra en la Universidad @guerraenlauni.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Acaba 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...
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Traditions of Equality: The Archaeology of Egalitarianism and Egalitarian Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa (First and Second Millennium CE) - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Interest 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...
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I 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...
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Medieval Ethiopia in a Global Frame - workshop
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Claire @drclairemcgee.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
CFP: Visual Pasts, Material Presents, Archival Futures: Postcolonial Temporalities in the Making - UEA, Norwich UK.
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Conference 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!
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Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It'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!
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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...
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Cutting-edge labs, a rainforest gallery and guesthouse: Nigeria to open art museum for 21st century
With 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’
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Dr. 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.
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
All 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!
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Dr Awet T. Araya @awettaraya.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Just set up an account here, not sure why!
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