Institute of Ethiopian Studies

The Institute of Ethiopian Studies (IES) was officially established in 1963 to collect information on Ethiopian civilization, its history, cultures, and languages.[1] The Institute includes a research and publication unit, a library, and a museum. It is located at Addis Ababa University, Sidist (6) Kilo campus, which was at the time of the IES's opening, named Haile Selassie I University after the last emperor of Abyssinia.

The current director of the Institute is Dr. Ahmed Hassen, an associate professor at the university.[2]

  1. ^ Pankhurst, Richard. "Institute of Ethiopian Studies." In Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N: Vol. 3, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, 168-69. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2007.
  2. ^ "Contacts for the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University".