Name: Biruk Terrefe
University of Oxford

Events this person is speaking at:

Tuesday 23 January 2018

The role of infrastructure in Ethiopia's developmental trajectory
Date: 23 January 2018, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: African Studies Centre Seminar Room
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 March 2023

Book launch & discussion: Politics & the Urban Frontier: Transformation & Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa
Date: 7 March 2023, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker s: Tom Goodfellow (Sheffield), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 3 May 2023

Sudan’s Crisis: Origins, Triggers & Prospects
Date: 3 May 2023, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Mai Hassan (MIT), Harry Verhoeven (SIPA, Columbia University), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Sharath Srinivasan (Cambridge)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 February 2024

Book launch & discussion: Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’: Political Order and Distributive Crisis
Date: 1 February 2024, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker s: Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Tom Lavers (University of Manchester)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Kirk-Greene Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 June 2024

The road (not) taken: infrastructure & sovereignty in the Horn of Africa
Date: 5 June 2024, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Harry Verhoeven (SIPA, Columbia University)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar room, African Studies Centre
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 January 2025

Dams, Power & the Politics of Ethiopia’s Renaissance
Date: 28 January 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker s: Tom Lavers (University of Manchester), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Prof Simukai Chigudu
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Organiser: Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is organising:

Monday 9 March 2020

Panel discussion -- Ethiopia 2020: In Plight or Prosperity?
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 9 March 2020, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Digital scapes beyond capture? How resistance movements in Africa are shaping the way we think
Date: 28 October 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Prince Guma (Cambridge)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Gen Z protests and prospects for political change in Africa: A longitudinal analysis
Date: 11 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Gedion Onyango (LSE)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Mekelle Stories: Life in Time of War
Date: 18 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Catherine Dom (Independent)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, OX2 6SE
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Book launch: Historical Dictionary of South Sudan
Date: 25 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Dr Douglas Johnson, Dr Nicki Kindersley (Cardiff University), Dr Scopas Poggo (Ohio State)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

The making of an African tourist destination: Tourism development in post-independent Kenya
Date: 2 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Mathias Hack (Universität Leipzig/IEG Mainz)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 February 2026

A New ‘Playground of Europe’? Exploration, colonisation and the naturalisation of Mount Kilimanjaro at the dawn of the 20th century
Date: 10 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Delphine Froment (Lorraine, Nancy)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya
Date: 17 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: Peter Lockwood (Göttingen), Professor David Anderson (University of Warwick)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2026

Immunity on Trial: Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Miriam Driessen (University of Oxford)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2026

The Great White Circumcisers of Kenya: a parable for polarised times
Date: 10 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Mark Lamont (Open University)
Venue: 13 Bevington Road, 13 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
Organisers: Norman Aselmeyer (University of Oxford), Mwangi Mwaura (Oxford), Biruk Terrefe (University of Oxford), Jason Mosley (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA