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FULL NAME: Fantahun Ayele Ibrahim
OFFICE ADDRESS: (Department of History, Bloc 87, Room C-26)
MOBILE NUMBER: +251-911759867
E-MAIL ADDRESS: fantahun@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2009 PhD in History Addis Ababa University
1994 MA in History Addis Ababa University
1986 BA Degree in History Addis Ababa University
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS (old and new)
Vice President for Information & Strategic Communication (2009-2010)
Planning Office of BDU (2000)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (old and new)
1995-1997, Secretary of Research and Publication Office, BDU
1996-1998, Head of History Department, BDU
AWARDS AND HONORS (if any)
Won the 2nd Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship, Northwestern University, USA (Sept. 2011-May 2012)
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences (Since August, 2014)
2. Editorial Board, Bahir Dar Journal of Education (since March 2014)
3. Research and Commmunity Service Guidelines Preparation Committee (2012-2013)
4. Editorial Board, Journal of Education (2010)
5. BDU Football Team Committee (2009)
6. BDU Senate Legislation Drafting Committee (2009)
7. Manpower Placement Committee (2009)
8. Strategic Plan Preparation Committee (2009)
9. Research and Publication Committee (1995)
10. Graduation Committee, 1997,1998,2000, 2001)
11. Staff Development & Scholarship Standing Committee (2000)
12. Planning, Finance & Development Committee (2000)
13. BDU Logo Preparation Committee (2000)
14. May Seminar Accommodation Committee (2000)
15. Academic Staff Discipline Committee (1999)
16. Needs Assessment Committee (1998/99)
17. Transport & Recreation Committee (1998)
18. Curriculum Evaluation Committee (1997)
19. Accommodation & Recreation Committee (1996)
20. Research & Publication Committee (1995)
OTHER MAJOR COMMITEE ASSIGNMENTS:
Cities Dar Festival Consultation Committee (2013)
ICT Incubation Center Steering Committee (2010)
TRAINING OF GRADUATE STUDENTS :
I have been advising many graduate students since 2009
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Peoples and Cultures in the Abbay Basin and the Western Borderlands (2009-2010)
Relations Between the Nile Basin Countries Since the 19th Century (2009-2010)
The Dynamics of Conflicts and Intervention in Northeast Africa (2009-2012)
Environmental History of the Horn and the Nile River Basin (2009-2012)
Hydro Politics of the Nile (2009-2013)
Themes in the History of Ethiopia & the Horn to 1800 (since 2013
Themes in the History of Ethiopia & the Horn since 1800 (since 2013)
Conflicts in the Horn of Africa (Since 2015)
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Historical Society of Ethiopia (2016)
OFFICE AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
PUBLICATIONS:
“The Northwestern Command’s Response to Insurgent Assaults on Dabat, Ethiopia,” Northeastern African Studies, vol. 16, no. 2 (2016).
“Operation Flame and the Destruction of the 3rd Division of the Ethiopian Army in May 1990,” Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, AAU, 2015.
The Ethiopian Army: From Victory to Collapse 1977-1991 (Northwestern University Press, 2014).
“The Untold Story of the Besieged Ethiopian Troops at Naqfa (1976-1977,” International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, Vo. VIII, No. 1-2, 2014.
“The Impact of Locusts on Rural Production: The Case of Northern Shewa 1928-1962,” Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, Vol. 31, No. 2, October, 2009.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
“The Northwestern Command’s Response to Insurgent Assaults on Dabat, Ethiopia,” August, 2015, Warsaw.
“America’s Secret War in the Horn of Africa,” a paper presented at the Social Science Seminar, Bahir Dar University, May, 2013.
“State Collapse and Ethiopia’s Intervention in Somalia,” a paper presented at the Social Science Seminar, Bahir Dar University, December 14, 2012.
“Operation Moses Revisited: The Exodus of the Beta Israel from Ethiopia,” a paper presented at the Social Science Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, June 27, 2011.
“Operation Flame: Destruction of the 3rd Army Division” a paper presented at the 17th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, November, 2009.
“The Ethio-Somali War and Super Power Alignment in the Horn 1977-1978,” A paper presented at the University of Naples, May, 2008.
“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.
“The Red Star Operation of 1982,” a paper presented at the 24th Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, May, 2006.
“The Ethiopian Army 1941-1974,” a paper presented at the 22nd Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, May 2004.
“The 1989 Abortive Coup d' etat: What Went Wrong?” Presented at the 19th Annual Seminar, Bahir Dar University, June, 2001.
“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.
“Some Aspects of the Franco-Ethiopian Secret Agreement of 1896,” A paper presented at the 17th Annual Seminar of BDTC, May, 1999.
MAJOR 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.
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