International Symposium

The Ethiopian Revolution of 1974: 50 Years On - January 26-27, 2024 (University of Miami)

International Symposium Schedule

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  • DAY 1: FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024

    PANEL 1

    3:30 PM: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND IDEOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE 1974 ETHIOPIAN REVOLUTION 
    Chair: Ezekiel Gebissa, Kettering University

    1. “Ethiopian 1974 Revolution in Broader Perspective: Five Decades On. John Markakis, Emeritus Professor (ZOOM PRESENTATION)
    2. “Ideological Formation of the Derg: From Ethiopia Tikdem to National Democratic Revolution.” Tsegaye Zeleke Tuffa, Jimma University (ZOOM PRESENTATION)
    3. “Ethiopia and the Revolution in the Revolution.” John Young, Independent Researcher (ZOOM PRESENTATION)

    5:00 - 6:00 PM: WELCOME REMARKS & REFRESHMENTS

    1. Leonidas Bachas, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
    2. Ashli White, Chair, Department of History
    3. Donette Francis, Director, Center for Global Black Studies

     

    PANEL 2

    6:00 - 7:45 PM : THE ROAD TO THE REVOLUTION AND ENDURING IMPACTS
    Chair: Eziaku Nwokocha, University of Miami

    1. “Ethiopia’s Road to the 1974 Revolution.” Randi Rønning Balsvik, Professor Emerita, University of Tromsø 
    1. “Struggling For Liberation: Revolutionary Iconographies, Local Nationalisms and Evolving Practices of Resistance.” Sarah Vaughan, Independent Researcher
    1. “Ethiopia: Still Struggling with the Imperial Legacy.” Marina Ottaway, Middle East Fellow at Wilson Centre

  • DAY TWO: SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2024

    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.

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