Current Member
Verena Krebs
Gerda Henkel Stiftung Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Medieval History, Ethiopian History
Home Institution
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Website
Verena Krebs is a historian who draws on material culture and written sources to investigate the complex relationship between the Christian kingdom of Solomonic Ethiopia and Western Christendom in the late Middle Ages. At IAS, she will work on her book “Africa Collecting Europe: Patronage and Power in Christian Ethiopia, 1468–1530”.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
– current
Degrees
Universität Konstanz, Germany and Mekelle University, Ethiopia (bi-national degree)
Ph.D.
2014
Honors
2022
Dan David Prize
Appointments
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
2017–2024
Junior Professor (non-TT)