BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS BY RICHARD PANKHURST

Paola Buzi - Alberto Camplani - Federico Contardi (eds.), Coptic society, literature and religion from late antiquity to modern times. Proceeding of the Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Rome, September 17th-22th, 2012 and Plenary Reports of the Ninth International Congress of Coptic Studies, Cairo, September 15th-19th, 2008 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 247, Leuven: Peeters, 2016), I, pp. 503-571.

In this course we will survey the art and architecture of Gondar city and the Gondarine state. The course will also comprehend the pre-Gondarine period when the models and construction techniques of Gondarine architecture were first put in use. The course will emphasize bibliographical work and text analysis in order to make the students acquainted with the sources as well as the most recent discussions. Additionally, visual analysis and field work will be carried out. The course will serve the students to prepare their final master thesis and therefore it will have a practical dimension with a strong emphasis on academic writing.

Cahiers d'études africaines, 2004

Cahiers d'études africaines -Paru dans : 175 études et essais From Warriors to Urban Dwellers Ascari and the Military Factor in the Urban Development of Colonial Eritrea * Uoldelul Chelati Dirar Résumé Des guerriers devenus résidents urbains. Les ascaris et le facteur militaire dans le développement urbain de l'Érythrée. -Le facteur militaire a joué un rôle important dans le processus d'urbanisation de l'Érythrée entre 1890 et 1941, pendant la période coloniale italienne.

Churches and Monasteries of Tegray. A Survey of Manuscript Collections, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2013 (Aethiopica Supplement 1), 2013

Ethiopia is the home to an ancient Christian tradition that started with the introduction of Christianity in the 4th century AD. Today, many hundreds Ethiopian churches and monasteries still preserve numerous manuscripts, witnesses of the country’s rich literary tradition. Written mostly in Ge‘ez, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, these unique documents are of great value as both part of the world cultural heritage and material for diverse scholarly studies. Since 2009, Denis Nosnitsin has been the Principal Investigator of the project Ethio-SPaRe: Cultural Heritage of Christian Ethiopia, Salvation, Preservation and Research, supported by a grant from the European Research Council (7th Research Framework Programme IDEAS). This volume, which opens a new academic series in the field of Ethiopian studies, is the result of extensive field research Denis Nosnitsin carried out in the years 2010–2012 in the Tegray region, in northern Ethiopia. Its seven chapters contain preliminary descriptions of eighty four ecclesiastic sites and their collections, many of them never studied before. The volume is richly illustrated with images of churches and manuscripts and is supplied with a detailed index.

The mission carried out by the Society of Jesus in the Ethiopian highlands from 1556 to 1632 has been for the last two decades object of an important number of publications. The interest for the political and religious activities of the missionaries has gained momentum; there is hardly a meeting on the history of Ethiopia that does not include at least one contribution dedicated to this issue. The bibliography on this mission is growing at an increasing pace. An essay reviewing the main scholarly trends and providing the most complete list of titles was, thus, heavily needed. Serious research is based on a sober knowledge of what has been produced and an awareness of what remains still to be studied. It is our hope that this work will contribute to both goals.

The present Gondar zuria woreda had been the major cultural and political centre of the country in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Even after the political centre was located at Gondar, the area had a tremendous significance in trade, culture and architecture. Since the fourteenth century Christianity was expanded to the region and several churches were built (such as Amba Maryam, Debsan and Mitraha) to evangelize the non-Christian population. And when the political centre was fixed at Guzara and Denqez the emperors built magnificent castles. Therefore, the result of the survey showed that Gondar zuria woreda is potentially rich in historical sites with their remains. This survey recorded more than thirteen historical sites that encompass a period from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. The existence of the sites from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century are attested by royal chronicles, European travel accounts, remains of the structures (the existence of mortar remains) and oral information. The result of this survey enlightens some of the research questions that the previous oral traditional and art historical approach did not address. This research provides important information about large number of unexplored historical sites which are found in Gondar zuria woreda. Among the surveyed sites, old Enfraz is perhaps the most promising owing to its extremely rich artifacts yield at the surface and the historical accounts which may supplement any archaeological evidence. In general, the result of this historical survey noted that the importance of the surveyed sites which deserves more research attention as it may yield. This work is the outcome of an MA thesis in history defended at University of Gondar in 2017.

Cahiers D Etudes Africaines, 2004