Guests of the Bayreuth Academy in the last five years

Our Guests

Mr. Dr. Tekalign Ayalew Mengiste

Inviting institution:	Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies
Stay:	30. September 2017
Home university:	Stockholm University (Schweden)
Personal information:	Tekalign Ayalew joined the Department of Social Anthropology as a PhD student in the autumn of 2012 as part of the EU Marie Curie Initial Training Network “Diasporic Constructions of Home and Belonging” (CoHaB). His PhD project is about Diasporas, borders and transnational migration from the Horn of Africa to Scandinavia. Tekalign obtained a BA degree in History and Heritage Management and an MA degree in Social Anthropology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia in 2004 and 2009 respectively. His master thesis deals with risks, resilience and achievements in child and youth life in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Tekalign has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Arba Minch University and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. At the Academy, he took part in the workshop "Waiting in Africa" of the postdoc working group "Waiting for Future".