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SUMMARY:Hybrid Images of Political Power: The Role of Iconographic Narrati
 ves in the Ethiopian Court (1880-1935) - Dr Estelle Sohier\, University of
  Geneva
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:Portraits of the Ethiopian royalty from Menelik II (r. 1889-19
 13) until Haylé Sellasé (r. 1930-1974) are numerous and appear on divers
 e forms: photographs\, postcards\, coins\, medals\, stamps\, church painti
 ngs… Analysing different written and iconographical materials shows how 
 the kingship had been playing with the capacity of images to convey narrat
 ives\, with their power of conviction\, via different media. The display o
 f such pictures was part of the sovereigns' answers to the political stake
 s of the time\, during a period of deep political and geographical transfo
 rmations in Ethiopia. It took place in a wider symbolic politics that incl
 uded others means like writings and ceremonies. \n\nEstelle Sohier holds a
  PhD in history from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the 
 University of Naples\, "L'Orientale". Her thesis focused on the history of
  contemporary Ethiopia\, and specifically on the political uses of images 
 during the reigns of Menelik II and Haylé Sellasé (1880-1936). She is cu
 rrently a lecturer at the Department of Geography of the University of Gen
 eva.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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