International Symposium

PANEL 3

9:00 - 10:30 AM : LANDHOLDING SYSTEMC
Chair: Kjetil Tronvoll, Oslo New University College

1. “Land, People, and the State: A Political Ecology of Radical Land Tenure Reform Fifty Years On.
           Gutu Wayessa, the University of Helsinki
2. “The Ethiopian Revolution of 1974: Land, Political Power, and the State.”
3.          Mekuria Bulcha, Professor Emeritus (ZOOM PRESENTATION)
4. “Ethiopia’s Unanswered Land Questions: Claims of Access, Ownership and Governance.”                   Asebe Regassa, University of Zurich (ZOOM PRESENTATION)

PANEL 4

10:35 AM - 12:05 PM: RELIGIOUS DYNAMICS, REVOLUTION AND THE STATE
Chair: Nebil Husayn, University of Miami

“Revolution, Repression, and Revival: The Derg’s Impact on Ethiopia’s Religions.”
          Jörg Haustein, the University of Cambridge & Terje Østebø, University of Florida
“Bringing Religion Back In: The Ethiopian Revolution and Evangelical Christianity.”
          Ezekiel Gebissa, Kettering University
Revolution, Religion, and the State in Ethiopia: Islam and Muslims in Arsii and Jimmaa Since 1974.”
         Ketebo Ensene, Jimma University

LUNCH BREAK - 12:10 - 1:10 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 1:15 - 2:15 PM

“Thoughts on Historical Patterns of Transformative Rupture.” Richard Reid, Professor of African History, The University of Oxford
Introduction: Edmund Abaka, University of Miami

PANEL 5

2:20 - 4:15 PM : REVOLUTION, NATIONALISM, AND STATE REORGANIZATION

Chair: Patoimbasba Nikiema, University of Miami

“The Woyane: Ethiopia’s Enduring Revolution.”
           Kjetil Tronvoll, Oslo New University College
“Oromo Nationalism and the 1974 Revolution: How Supporters Became Mortal Obstructionists.”
           Getahun Benti, Southern Illinois University
“Assessing the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution in the Context of the Oromo Question.”
           Asafa Jalata, University of Tennessee
“Cuba’s Internationalist Missions to Africa: The Case of Ethiopia.” 
           Edmund Abaka, University of Miami

PANEL 6 

4:20 - 6:05 PM: THE STATE, REVOLUTION AND COMPETING NATIONALISM
Chair: Brenna Munro, University of Miami

1. “Different Shades of Progressivism: The Divergent Political Mobilizations of the Afar People in Response to the Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime, 1974-1977.”
       Éloi Ficquet, Associate Professor, EHESS  & Aramis Houmed Soulé, Independent Researcher
2. “Conquest, Conflict, and Normalization of Collective Punishment in Ethiopia’s Somali Region: A fifty-year View of Legacies of the 1974 Revolution." 
              Faisal Roble, Independent Researcher 
3. “The Ethiopian Revolution, Oromo Nationalism and Environmental Challenges in Oromia.”
              Tesema Ta’a, Addis Ababa University 
              Dheressa Dhebu, Jimma University 
4. “Revolution, Imperial Heritage, and State Reconfiguration: The Derg’s Role in the Making of Ethiopia’s Multinational Federalism.”
              Etana H. Dinka, University of Miami 

DINNER: 7:45 P.M.