Healing and Justice: Medieval Stories from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Leaders: Tefessework Gebeyetu, Dawit Muluneh, Wendy Belcher, Lesina Martin, Jeremy R. Brown, Helen Bond
Description: In the summer of 2024, the Center for African Studies at Howard University in collaboration with Princeton University will host a 4 day hybrid institute to introduce Ge’ez manuscripts cataloged in PEMM (The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary database); The PEMM database includes thousands of manuscript paintings and stories about Mary.

Teachers will learn about the historical, political, and cultural contexts of early Christianity in Ethiopia and Eritrea; gain knowledge of the significance of Ethiopian manuscripts and their production and use.

On the 4th day of the institute, local teachers will attend a hands-on workshop. Teaching artists will introduce participants to the various techniques, skills and tools relevant to making an illuminated manuscript. These hands-on activities will equip educators with techniques and strategies to engage their students in making their own manuscript books.

The institute will be particularly attractive to art teachers, language art teachers and social science/world history teachers grades 6-9.

Date: Tuesday, July 23 – Friday, July 26
Time: 9 am – 3 pm Eastern Time