Bahru Zewde (born 1947 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian historian and author. He writes extensively about modern Ethiopian history (1855 to the present) and is now an emeritus professor at Addis Ababa University where he once served as the Head of the History Department and the Director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies.

Early life and education

He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History with distinction from

Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen or ''Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles#Lij, Lij'' Tafari; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Rege ...

I University (now known as

Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa University (; AAU) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, and one is located in Bishoftu, about away. ...

) in 1970 and his Ph.D. in African history from the

School of Oriental and African Studies The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...

at the University of London in 1976.

Career

In addition to his professorship at Addis Ababa University, Zewde was a visiting professor at

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. Established in 1867, it is the f ...

in 1992 and at

Hamburg University The University of Hamburg (, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen''), the Hamburg Colon ...

in 2002. He has also held fellowships at

the British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, th ...

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

, and the Japan Foundation.

Selected publications

* ''A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855–1991''. Suffolk: James Currey. 1991. * ''A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855–1991''. Second Edition. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Press. 2001. * ''Pioneers of Change In Ethiopia: the Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century''. Athens: Ohio University Press. 2002; Oxford: James Currey. 2002. * '''Between the Jaws of Hyenas': A Diplomatic History of Ethiopia 1876-1896''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 2002., editor. * ''Land, Gender and the Periphery: Themes in the History of Eastern and Southern Africa''. Addis Ababa: Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa. 2005., editor. * ''Society, State, and Identity in African History''. Addis Ababa: Forum for Social Science. 2008., editor. * ''Documenting the Ethiopian Student Movement: an Exercise in Oral History''. Addis Ababa: Forum for Social Studies. 2010. * ''Society & State in Ethiopian History''. Los Angeles:

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. 2012. * ''The Quest for Socialist Utopia: The Ethiopian Student Movement, c. 1960-1974.'' Suffolk: James Currey. 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zewde, Bahru 1947 births Living people Ethiopian historians Addis Ababa University alumni Alumni of SOAS University of London Ethiopian expatriates in the United Kingdom Ethiopianists Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences