Department: History and Heritage Management

Title: Dr.

Full Name: Hailu Gelana Erko

Academic Status: PhD in History

Position:  Assistant Professor

Research Interest: (Social history, Cultural history, Environmental history, Urban                                        history, political history, gender history)

Publications:

1. From the Ethio-Sudan border to Central Ethiopia: assimilation of the Gumuz into the Waliso Oromo/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2024.2332431
2. Resettlement and state farm in central Ethiopia: analyzing the Dhaadallee-Harroollee resettlements and the Ethio-Yemen state farm (1974–1991)/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389605956
3. Analysing Opportunities and Obstacles in Ethio-Djibouti Relations: Post-Cold War Era Historical Analysis / https://journalofsocialsciences.org/vol6no2/
4. Middle East: States Rivalry in the Horn of Africa. Key Drives, Geopolitical Implications, and Security Challenges/ https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/198a/

Contact Address:

Email: hailuameya@gmail.com or hailu.gelana@ju.edu.com

Phone: +251912035589

Name: (Full name) Temesgen Lemessa Birtu
Academic Status: (MA)
Position: Assistant Professor
Research Interest: (Peace Building and resource-based conflict, Environment and Heritage conservation)
Publications: All publications with a link that directs to the publishers site
Email: temesgenlemessa@gmail.com
Phone:0911982460

Contac
Dr.Tsageye Zeleke
Dr.Asnake Kafalee
Miss Abebech Duguma

Name: Fuad Abagidi Ababonsa
Academic Status: M.A in History
Position: Lecturer

Research Interest: Religious History
Publications: None
Email: Abagidi.fuad@ju.edu.et
Phone: 0917472894/0703822894

Title: Assistant Professor
Full Name: Nigusu Adem Yimer
Nationality: Ethiopian
Academic Rank: Ph.D in History
College/Institute: Social Sciences and Humanities
Department/Team: History and Heritage Management
Field of Specialization: History
Research interest: History, Diplomatic History, Political History, Ethnographic History
Publications:
Published Articles:
i. “Representation of Somalia in Western Media: The Case of BBC and
Piracy”; At Agathos: An International Review of the Humanities and
Social Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 2 (21), https://www.agathos-
international-review.com/issue11_2/37.pdf
ii. “Ethiopia’s Quest for Frontier Recognition from Somalia: A Brief
Historical Analysis”, at Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi, Volume 35, Issue 2,
2020, https://doi.org/10.18513/egetid.849784
iii. “Trump’s Securitization ‘Speech Act’ on the Grand Ethiopian
Renaissance Dam (GERD). A Risk on the Ethiopia-Egypt Water
Diplomacy”, Conflict Studies Quarterly, Issue 36, July 2021,
http://www.csq.ro/wp-content/uploads/5-Nigusu-Adem-YIMER-et-al.pdf
iv. “Madaha Djalelo: A Pustule on the Negotiation of the Anglo-Franco-
Ethiopian (Somaliland) Boundary Trijunction, 1933-1934”; At Social
Sciences Studies Journal (SSSjournal), Vol:6, Issue: 62, 2020, DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.26449/sssj.2180
v. “The Social Challenges of the Potters and Tanners Among the Yem
People, Southwest Ethiopia”, At Social Mentality and Researcher
Thinkers Journal, 6(32) 2020, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31576/smryj.533
vi. “The Role of OAU in African Conflicts: The Case of Morocco-Algerian
Frontier Dispute and Nigerian Civil War”, At Social Mentality and
Researcher Thinkers Journal, 7(45) 2021, DOI: 10.31576/smryj.8862

vii. “The Overview of Piracy on the Water of the Horn of Africa”. At Social
Sciences Studies Journal (SSSjournal), Vol: 6, Issue: 67, 2020, DOI:
10.26449/sssj.2469.
viii. “The Ethiopia-Egypt Arms Race: A Pitfall on the Regional Water
Diplomacy Battle”, At Middle East Congress on Politics and Society,
Sakarya, Turkey, http://middleeastcongress.org/wp-
content/uploads/2021/01/V.-MIDDLE-EAST-CONGRESS-ON-
POLITICS-AND-SOCIETY-PROCEEDINGS-BOOK-2020.pdf
ix. “Ethiopia’s Relation with the Ottomans: From Hostility to
Understanding”, At Kadim, Volume , Issue 3, 2022,
https://doi.org/10.54462/kadim.1039019
x. Ethiopia: The Changing Aspects of the Ethio-Egypt Water Diplomacy —
Key Drives, Challenges, and Prospects http://www.csq.ro/wp-
content/uploads/5-Nigusu-Adem-YIMER.pdf
xi. “Ethiopia and Kenya: A Far-Fetched Cold War Security Pair (1974-
1991)” at Tarih İncelemeleri Dergisi, Volume 37, Issue 2, 2022
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2862080
xii. “Middle East: States Rivalry in the Horn of Africa. Key Drives,
Geopolitical Implications, and Security Challenges” at Conflict Studies
Quarterly, Issue 44, July 2023, pp. 78–97 http://www.csq.ro/wp-
content/uploads/5-Nigusu-Adem-YIMER-1.pdf
xiii. “The dynamics of securitization and desecuritization in Ethiopia: the
case of civil society organizations (CSO)” at Cogent social sciences
Vol.10, No.1, 2024,
shttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/23311886.2024.2347692
?needAccess=true
xiv. Contributor at Politics Today: https://politicstoday.org/author/nigusu-
adem-yimer/
-“How Djibouti Surrounded Itself by Military Bases?”
-“All-Out-War between Ethiopia and Sudan on the Doorstep?”
-“Piracy and the Global Military Presence in the Gulf of Aden”.

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Contact Address:
Email: nigusuadem@gmail.com or nigusu.adem@ju.edu.et
Tel: +251975814979
Fax:
P.O. Box: 378

Name: Deressa Debu Woyessa
Educational Level : PhD
Academic Status/Position: Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Religious, Agricultural, Ecological and Ethnographic History
Publications:
Articles
1. “Inter-Ethnic Relations in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, with Special Emphasis on
Sokoru, Tiro-Afata and Dedo Districts: 1900s-2007” in International Journal of
Multicultural and Multi-Religious Understanding Volume 6, Issue 5 (October 2019)
https://ijmmu.com/index.php/ijmmu/article/view/1535;
2. “Socioeconomic Impacts of the Artisan Implements on the Peasants Living Conditions,
the Oromo of Southwestern Ethiopia, Jimma: A Historical Perspective” in Journal of
Asian and African Studies https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00219096231225948;
3. “The Socioeconomic Impacts of Education on the Peasants’ Living Conditions:
Southwest Ethiopia, Jimma (1941–91): A Historical Analysis” in Journal of the History
of Education Society https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0046760X.2024.2422937?src=;
4. “The Marxist Concept of National Question and the Analysis of Ethiopian Reality
during the Derg regime (1974 to 1991” in Cogent Arts & Humanities https://www.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311983.2024.2347056;
5. “Exploring History Teachers’ Understanding of the Goals of History Teaching and
Historical Thinking Skills in Secondary Schools” in the Routledge Social Studies
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00377996.2024.2405959.
6. Book Chapter: “A History of the Diversity of Nationalities in the Gibe-Gojab-Dhidhessa
Triangle (Jimma Zone)”, Interdependence and Interactions in Ethiopian History edited by
Bahru Zewde. Addis Ababa: Association of Ethiopian Historians https://ethiopia.fes.de/e/
interdependence-and-interactions-in-ethiopian-history-english.html.
7. Book: Agro-Ecological History of Omo-Naaddaa. German Verlag Dr. Muller/VDM, 2010
https://www.galaxus.ch/en/s18/product/agro-ecological-history-of-omo-naaddaa-in-jimma-zone-of-oromiyaa-
deressa-debu-2010-reference-books-55384360.
Email: deressa.debu@ju.edu.et
Phone: 0911301717