Fantahun Ayele Ibrahim(Ph.D)

• Ph.D. Degree in History, Addis Ababa University, July 2009.
•  Professional Diploma in Management, The Open University, UK, 1998.
• M. A Degree in History, Addis Ababa University, July1994.
• B. A Degree in History, Addis Ababa University, July 1986.

Research interests

My areas of research include the modern military history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, Conflict, and security in the Horn of Africa, drought and famine, malaria epidemics, locust plagues, deforestation, and other aspects of environmental history.

Professional and AdministrativeExperience

• Since June 2017, Associate Professor of History, Bahir Dar University.
• Since 2015, Editor-in-chief, The Ethiopian Journal of SocialSciences
• Since 2013, Member of the International Advisory Board, Bahir Dar Journal of Education
•  2009- 2017, Assistant professor of History, Bahir Dar University.
• 2009-2011, Vice President for Information & Strategic Communication, Bahir Dar University
•  2000-2001, Planning and Programming Officer of Bahir Dar University.
• 1996-1998, Head of History Department, Bahir Dar Teachers College.
• 1995-1997, Secretary of Research and Publication Office, Bahir Dar Teachers College.
• 1994-2009, Senior Lecturer, Bahir Dar Teachers College/Bahir Dar University.
• 1986-1991, a History teacher at Debark and Damot Senior High schools.

Fellowships and awards

• Won the 2^nd Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship award, Northwestern University, USA (Sept. 2011-May 2012).
•  Won the Fulbright African Scholars Award for the 2019-2020 Academic Year.

A.     Books

1. The Ethiopian Army: From Victory to Collapse 1977-1991 (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2014). http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/ethiopian-army

1. “The Impact of Malaria Epidemics on Agricultural Production in Dembia and Fogera, 1950-2000,” Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia. London: Zed Books, 2018. https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/agricultural-transformation-in-ethiopia/
2. “Somalia’s Turbulent Path to Peace and Stability,” International Journal of Peace and Development Studies, Vo. 8(4), 2017.http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/IJPDS/article-full-text-pdf/9D54C1565213
3. “Malaria Epidemics in Dembia, Northwest Ethiopia, 1952-1953,” The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, Vol. 31 (1), 2017.http://www.ejhd.org/index.php/ejhd/article/view/971
4. “Missionary education: An engine for modernization or a vehicle towards conversion?”African Journal of History and Culture, Vol. 9(7), 2017. http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJHC/article-full-text-pdf/7A1AB2C65211
5. “The Northwestern Command’s Response to Insurgent Assaults on Dabat, Ethiopia,”
6. Northeastern African Studies, vol. 16 (2), 2016. http://msupress.org/journals/issue/?id=50-21D-60D
7. “Revisiting History of Gafat: Was emperor Tewodros’s military reform an attempt at “translative adaptation” of western technology? African Journal of History and Culture, Vol. 8(4), 2016.http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJHC/article-full-text-pdf/89D590161236
8. “Aleqa Tayye G. Maryam: Trials and Tribulations,” The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2(1), 2016.http://journals.bdu.edu.et/index.php/ejss/article/view/68/123
9. “Operation Flame and the Destruction of the 3^rd Division of the Ethiopian Army in May 1990,”Proceedings of the 17^th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, AAU, 2015. http://www.bdu.edu.et/fss/sites/bdu.edu.et.fss/files/EJSS%2C%20Vol.%201.%20No.%201%20%28%202015%29_0.pdf
10. “The Untold Story of the Besieged Ethiopian Troops at Naqfa (1976-1977,” International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, Vo. 8 (1-2), 2014. http://www.store.tsehaipublishers.com/product_print.php?products_id=154
11.   “The Impact of Locusts on Rural Production: The Case of Northern Shewa 1928-1962,”The Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, Vol. 31(2), 2009.
12. “The Activities of Some NGOs in Ethiopia,” Bulletin of Bahir Dar Teachers College, Vol. 9(2), 1998.

Conference  Papers

1.   “The Anguished Cries of Militiamen from Gojjam, and their Desperate Measures at the Fronts,” a paper presented at the 5^th National Conference of Social Sciences, 21-22 April 2018, Bahir Dar University.
2. “The Battle of Aroge Revisited,” a paper presented at the 150^th Anniversary of the death of Emperor Tewodros, Maqdala, Ethiopia, 14 April 2018.
3.   Keynote speech on Emperor Tewodros II at the 150^th Anniversary of the death of Emperor Tewodros, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia, 12 April 2018.
4. “Relations between Ethiopia and Sudan through the Centuries,” The First Scientific Symposium, Emirates College of Science and Technology, Khartoum, 17-22 December 2017.
5. “Women in Ethiopian History: A Brief Look at the Situation of Women in the Longue Durée,” International Conference on Women in Society and Development, 10 November 2017, Bahir Dar.
6. “Aleqa Tayye G. Maryam: Trials and Tribulations,” The Third National Conference of Social Sciences, Bahir Dar University, 6-7 May 2016
7. Keynote speech delivered at the Second International Conference on the Azmari, 9-10 October 2015, Bahir Dar University.
8. The Northwestern Command’s Response to Insurgent Assaults on Dabat, Ethiopia,” The 19^th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, August, 2015, Warsaw.
9.  “America’s War in the Horn of Africa,” a paper presented at the Social Science Seminar, Bahir Dar University, May, 2013.
10.   “State Collapse and Ethiopia’s Intervention in Somalia,” a paper presented at the Social Science Seminar, Bahir Dar University, December 14, 2012.
11. “Operation Moses Revisited: The Exodus of Beta Israel from Ethiopia,” a paper presented at the Social Science Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, June 27, 2011.
12. “Operation Flame: Destruction of the 3rd Army Division” a paper presented at the 17th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, November, 2009.
13. “The Ethio-Somali War and Super Power Alignment in the Horn 1977-1978,” A paper presented at the University of Naples, May, 2008.
14. “From Shire to Karra Mishig: The Collapse of the Ethiopian Army 1989-1990,” a Paper presented at the Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, May, 2007.
15.  “The Red Star Operation of 1982,” a paper presented at the 24th Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, May, 2006.
16.   “The Ethiopian Army 1941-1974,” a paper presented at the 22nd Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, May 2004.
17.   “The 1989 Abortive Coup d' etat: What Went Wrong?” Presented at the 19th Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, June, 2001.
18. 18.  “The Other Side of Philanthropy: The Motives of Some NGOs in Ethiopia,” a paper presented at the 14th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, November, 2000.
19. “Gafat Revisited: Reflections on Emperor Tewodros' Armament Program,” June, 2000.
20. “Some Aspects of the Franco-Ethiopian Secret Agreement of 1896,” A paper presented at the17th Annual Seminar of BDTC, May, 1999.

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