- Docente: Irma Taddia
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-OR/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
History and Oriental Studies (cod. 8845)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Anthropology, Religions, Oriental Civilizations (cod. 8493)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in History and Oriental Studies (cod. 8845)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have a basic knowledge of the Ethiopian culture and history. The student will be able to discuss the subjects examined during the classes and contextualize them with reference to the assigned texts.
Course contents
Amharic language, grammar and text reading. The course will analyse
the main aspects of the culture and history of Ethiopia, with a
special focus on religion, gender and insitituitions. Part of the
course will be devoted to the ethno-history of Ethiopia.
Readings/Bibliography
Zeleke Eresso, Lezioni di amarico, in corso di stampa.
Two texts among the following:
B. Zewde, A Modern History of Ethiopia, 1885-1991, Ohio University Press, 2001
B. Zewde, Pioneers of Ethiopia, Oxford, J. Currey, 2002
D. N. Levine, Greater Ethiopia: the Evolution of a Multiethnic Society, University of Chicago Press (2nd. ed.), 2000
Teaching methods
Lectures; discussions; seminars
Assessment methods
Oral exam during which the student will be evaluated according to the linguistic habilities acquired during the classes and on the knowledge of the history of the Horn of Africa obtained from the reading of the assigned texts.
Teaching tools
Power point presentations
Office hours
See the website of Irma Taddia