Dr. Kristin Eva Albrechsen Veel
Social and behavioural sciences, Languages, Comparative Literature and Modern Culture
Humanities, Social and behavioural sciences
Anthropology
Religious Conflict
Gender
Migration
Conflict and peace
Conflict Resolution
senior postdoctoral fellowship Volkswagen foundation Migrants on the Move Ethiopian transit migrants in Djibouti .
PhD Degree with Honor
Addis Ababa University Award for female scholars “Honoring Rare Success”
Postdoctoral grant by the Volkswagen foundation
National University of Singapore. Research Visit Grant
International Peace Research Association Foundation Research Grant -Small Peace research grants
Social Science Research Council , African Peace building Network research fellowship .
The world Academy of science ( TWAS) visiting research fellowship
The German Academic Exchange Programme DAAD publication grant for the PhD dissertation
The International Peace Research Association Dorothy Marcus Senesh fellowship for African Female PhD student
Simultaneous Doctoral grant from – DAAD PhD scholarship and KAAD PhD scholarship
The Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University Research Grant for MA research on Gender among the Gumuz society
English, German
Meron Zeleke. 2015. Faith at the Crossroads: Religious Syncretism and Dispute Settlement in Northern Ethiopia.Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag
Meron Zeleke 2015. We are the same but Different: Accounts of Ethiopian Christian adherents of Islamic Sufi Saints. Journal Of African Religions. Journal for the Study of Religion Volume 27, Number 2, 2014 ISSN 1011-7601
Meron Zeleke.2014. “The Gendering Discourse in the Debates of Religious Orthodoxy”. In: Terje Ostebo and Patrick Desplat (eds.) Muslim Ethiopia: The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics, and Islamic Reformism. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Meron Zeleke and Silvia Bruzzi. Contested Religious Authority: Female Sufi Figuresin Ethiopia and Eritrea Journal of Religion in Africa 45 (2015) 1-31, Brill (In Press)
Meron Zeleke and Asebe Regassa.2014. “The Local Oromo Thanksgiving Ritual Going Global”. In: Afe Adogame (ed): African Religion in the West. Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Meron Zeleke. 2010. The Mother and the Bread Winner: The Socio Economic Role and Status
of Gumuz Women. Munster: Lit Verlag.
Meron Zeleke. 2 “Terusina”. In: Siegbert Uhlig (ed.): Encyclopedia Aethiopica. Vol. 4: O-W. Wiesbaden:Harrassowitz.
Meron Zeleke. 2011. “Ye Shakoch Chilot: The Court of the Sheikhs. A Traditional Institution of
Conflict Resolution in Oromia Zone of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia”. African Journal of Conflict Resolution 10 (1). PP 63-84.
The Rise of Violent Religious Conflicts in Contemporary Ethiopia ( Active until 2016)
Member of The Global Young Academy (GYA)
Member of African Good Governance Network (AGGN)
Member of WSN (Women Scholars Network )
Member of International Commission of legal pluralism.
Member at the Ethiopian Sociologist, Social Anthropologist, and Social Workers Association
Member of the DAAD and BIGSAS Alumni
Member of the Association of German Educated Ethiopians (AEEG)
Participated at the expert interview panel discussion organized by the Deutsche Welle. Value of customary institution of conflict resolution in contemporary socio- political Context of Ethiopia.
Resource person for the Interview with the German Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). Studying in the Excellency initiative of African Studies: Insights to the Lived Experiences of African graduate Student in the Excellency initiatives.
Guest Scholar at National University of Singapore. Research Visit Grant. Singapore. Center for Middle East Studies, 2013
Visiting Scholar , California State University, 2014
Guest Scholar Wake Forest University . North Carolina, USA, 2015
research
I Have experience in leading an international students serving as Representative of the international students at the Bayreuth International Gradate School of African Studies.
I Have experience in leading regional initiative served as head of the eastern African chapter of African Good Governance network.
I have experience and interest in working in an international and interdisciplinary team.
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Social and behavioural sciences, Languages, Comparative Literature and Modern Culture
Humanities, Prehistoric archaeology
Social and behavioural sciences, Social anthropology, ethnology, sociology
Humanities, Archaeological Prehistory, Paleovegetation and paleolandscape reconstruction, use of plant resources by past populations, plant diet, fossil plant microremains (phytoliths)
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Throughout history and down to the present day, religion has been used as a pretext for conflict and violence. Indeed, too often religion and conflict appear inextricably linked. Dr. Meron Zeleke Eresso from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia takes another view: in her research on the role of religion in society, she finds that religion plays an important part in promoting peace and reconciliation—and that, in many cases, conflicts that are regarded as religious actually have social and economic causes.