Dr. Aychegrew Hadera Hailu

Since November 2019
Bahir Dar University, Department of History and Heritage Management, Faculty of Social Sciences

June 2021 – August 2021
Post-Doctoral fellow at the Centre for Transcultural Studies, Erfurt University, Germany

June 2016 – November 2019
Instructor with the rank of Assistant Professor, College of Social Sciences and Languages, Department of History and Cultural Studies

2014 – 2015
Teaching Amharic and Ethiopian culture, Bayreuth University

April 2012 – June 2016
PhD in African History: “Towards a History of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Ethiopia since the 1960s”, Bayreuth Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)

October 2011 – April 2012
Preparatory Course at Bayreuth Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), Bayreuth University, and earned certificate for basic level German language and admitted to the doctoral program

June 2009 – April 2010
Part-time Instructor with the rank of lecturer, Joint Military College, Intelligence Faculty, Mekelle/Ethiopia

2006 – 2009
Master of Arts in History, Addis Ababa University

July 2004 – September 2006 
Instructor with the rank of graduate assistant and assistant lecture, Faculty of Education, Department of History, Mekelle University

1999 – 2004
Bachelor of Arts in History, Addis Ababa University
 

A History of Ethio-West German Relations: 1954-1974

Owing to its symbolic as well as historical significance, Emperor Haile Selassie’s state visit to West German in 1954 has been sufficiently narrated in numerous publications. However, the relations between Ethiopia and West German that continued after the visit have largely been ignored by researchers. This study will bring into analysis the dynamics that impacted the Ethio-West German relations during the period running up to the Ethiopian revolution of 1974. Those relations were undoubtedly influenced by Cold War politics. This study will therefore make its analysis within this global context as well.

• Civil society
• Politics of development
• Modern history of Africa
• History education

Nadew, Ageru Shume/ Ibrahim, Fantahun Ayele/ Hailu, Aychegrew Hadera, History education in Ethiopian secondary schools (1943–1991). Why it could not yield the desired results? A historical analysis, Cogent Education (11/1) 2024, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2310962.

Local acquisition, transportation and emancipation of slaves in the far west of Ethiopia. The case of Bela-Shangul from 1898–1935, Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences (9:2) 2023, S. 25–48, URL:  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejss/issue/view/23780.

NGO Visions of Development in the Changing Contexts of Ethiopia: 1960s–2015, in: Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers (19) 2018, S. 1–36, URL: https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/3711/1/Working%20Paper_A.H.H._final.pdf.

Pioneering Local NGOs in Ethiopia. The Case of the Association for the Destitutes (1964–1970), Saarbrücken 2010.