Round Table Talk on Field Work in Ethiopia

Start-up event of Innovative Africa Channel, Kyoto~ROUND-TABLE TALK on Field Work in Ethiopia

Event Info

Presenter
  • Guest Speaker
    Jan Abbink, African Studies Center, Leiden University

    Participants
    Masayoshi Shigeta, ASAFAS, Kyoto University
    Shunsuke Matsukuma, The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
    Eunji Choi, ASAFAS, Kyoto University
Date & Venue
  • March 12, 2022（Saturday）
  • 17:00～18:00 (JST)
  • Online（Zoom）
Language
  • English

Summary

“Start-up event of Innovative Africa Channel, Kyoto~ROUND-TABLE TALK on Field Work in Ethiopia” will be held online on Saturday, March 12, 2022 from 5:00 pm.

Prof. Abink, as our guest speaker from Leiden University. He will talk about his field work in Ethiopia, which is currently undergoing a pandemic and political unrest.

The website for the registration: https://forms.gle/ZtEKgVFv4HpT2VLRA
Deadline: 28th February 2022　➡ deadline extended to 5th Mar 2022

instructor

Guest Speaker
Jan Abbink, African Studies Center, Leiden University

Participants
Masayoshi Shigeta, ASAFAS, Kyoto University
Shunsuke Matsukuma, The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Eunji Choi, ASAFAS, Kyoto University

Date & Venue

March 12, 2022（Saturday）
17:00～18:00 (JST)
Online（Zoom）

Language

English

Program

*Abstract The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) unilaterally initiated conflict in northern Ethiopia in November 2020. However, partly because of the spread of COVID-19, most people who have been engaged in research and aid projects in Ethiopia have been unable to travel and have thus received information about this conflict indirectly. In this round table talk, Shigeta Masayoshi (The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University) will interview Dr. Jan Abbink (African Studies Center, Leiden University) a guest speaker who has been conducting research in Ethiopia for many years, to discuss the background to the conflict’s outbreak and what has happened since. Young researchers will join the latter part of the round table talk to discuss the future of fieldwork in Ethiopia.