Yohannes Gebreselassie Shane

Since 04/2024
Fellow at the Centre for Transcultural Studies

2018-2024
History researcher Tegray’s history documentation project

2009-2018
Free lance scholar, affiliated lecturer Mekelle University, Ethiopia

2009-2017
Archaeology Aksum University, teaching and advising undergraduate and post graduate students

2004/2005-2009
Doctoral candidate in ancient Ethiopian history, with Thesis title-Kaleb, King of Aksum (6^th Century AD): Construction of his image in Ethiopian written and oral traditions.

2003-2004
DEA (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies) in Ancient African civilizations (History, Archaeology, History of Art), University of Paris

2002-2003
Maîtrise (Master of Arts) in African civilizations (History, Archaeology, History of Art), University of Paris

01/2001-08/2001
Archaeology section head in the department of Culture, Tourism at Aksum

1997-2000
Tourism promotion officer in the Bureau of Culture and Tourism Tegray Regional State, responsible for production of tourism promotion brochures, booklets and videos

1992-1997
History teacher, Wukro Secondary School, Tegray, Ethopia

1991
Bachelor of Arts in History, Addis Ababa University
 

Kaleb, King of Aksum (6th Century AD): Construction of his Image in Ethiopian Written and Oral Traditions

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Plague as a possible factor for the decline and collapse of the Aksumite Empire. A new interpretation, in: ITYOP̣IS, 1, Mekelle 2011, S. 36–61.

The Icongraphy of Kaléb King of Aksum (6^th Century AD), in:  D. J. Narendra Bondla , W. G. C. Smidt , Y. Furusaki , Ayele Bekerie (Hg.), Cultural Landscapes of Ethiopia: Conference Proceedings, Mekelle 2015,  S.53–61.

New Data on ᵓGZ, son of a King. From a third century AD Unvocalized Gәᶜәz Inscription (Ḥәnzat, Tәgray), in:  Annalesd’Ethiopie, 29, 2014, S. 13–25.

Enno Littmann: An assessment of his legacy in the light of ongoing scholarly debates, in: W. G. C. Smidt and S. Thubuville (Hg.) Cultural Research in Northeastern Africa: German Histories and Stories, Ityopis, Northeast African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Special Issue No. 1, Frankfurt/Addis Ababa 2015, S. 125–138.

L‘alphabet éthiopien: une origine discuté, in Les Dossiers d’Archéologie (editor J. F., Breton), Jan-Feb 2017, Éditions FATON, Paris, S. 36–39.

The Future of the Past: Towards Conservation of Undocumented Archaeological Sites and Uncatalogued Archaeological Materials in Tigrai, Annalesd’Ethiopie, 31, 2016-17, S. 179–196.

Brief Notes on the Origin of Geˁez Numerical Signs,  Journal of Afroasiatic Languages, History and Culture (JAAL), Vol 12, No. 2, 2023, S. 265–297.[in Amharic with abstract in English]

Pre-Aksumite Inscribed Incence Burner and Some Architectural Ornaments from Addi Akaweh (Tigrai, Ethiopia), Annales d' Éthiopie, 2009, vol. 24, S. 49–61. (with Gadja, I. and Hiluf Berhe)

Catalogue of the Survey of the Lake Hashenge Area, in: Gaudiello M and P. Yule (Hg.), Mifsas  Bahri a Late Aksumite Community in the Mountains of Sothern Tigray: Survey, Excavation and analysis, 2013-2016, BAR International Series, 2017, S.28–39. (with: Gabriel B.)

New Readings and Interpretations on the Inscribed Stele from Ḥǝnzat (HS1), in: AETHIOPICA: International Journal of Ethiopian and EritreanStudies, 25, 2022, S. 125–159. (With: Bulakh M.)

"An inscribed pre-Aksumite altar from Gobochla, Tigray, Ethiopia", in: Catalogue of the National Museum of Ethiopia, édition Soleb, 2024.

"The Public future of Ethiopian history: delineating boundary between history and received wisdom», A Proceeding of a National Conference on « Nation Building Process in Ethiopia: Historical and Civic Perspectives» Held in Mekelle on 30-31 March 2018, in press.

"The correspondences of Debtera Assaggahegn with Antoine d’Abbadie: Letters as sources of Ethiopian history", 19.04.–20.04.2024, Hendaye.

"The debarkation of King Kaleb’s amphibious armada at the Red Sea coast of Yemen in 525 AD", 22.05.–24.05.2024, Workshop "Mapping the Red Sea", Centre for Transcultural Studies and Gerda Henkel Stiftung, Gotha.

"Reading Job Ludolphus’ A New History of Ethiopia, (1684) in the 21^st Century”, 27.09.–29.09.2024, Workshop by Orbis Aethiopicus on the occasion of 400th anniversary of Hiob Ludolf, Gotha.