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Research
Latest funding
- $450,000
GENESIS: MAPPING SAINTS, GENDER AND IDENTITY ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $169,045
Ethiopian Manuscripts and the Global Textile Trade 15th to the 19th Centuries
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $97,684
Ethiopian Manuscripts and the Global Textile Trade 15th to the 19th Centuries
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
GENESIS: MAPPING SAINTS, GENDER AND IDENTITY ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
Principal investigators: Sonne de Torrens, Harriet M.
Ethiopian Manuscripts and the Global Textile Trade 15th to the 19th Centuries
Principal investigators: Gervers, Michael
Keywords: medieval and pre-modern history; textile trade; Africa; Indian Ocean trade; the silk road; Ethiopia; Ethiopian manuscripts; manuscript binding; textile manufacturing; costume/dress; global database; Christian culture
Ethiopian Manuscripts and the Global Textile Trade 15th to the 19th Centuries
Principal investigators: Gervers, Michael
Keywords: medieval and pre-modern history; textile trade; Africa; Indian Ocean trade; the silk road; Ethiopia; Ethiopian manuscripts; manuscript binding; textile manufacturing; costume/dress; global database; Christian culture
Text as image, image as text: charter integrity and topic modelling
Principal investigators: Gervers, Michael
Keywords: Medieval history; topic modelling; integrity of sources; property transfer; England; handwritten text recognition HTR; charters and seals; training transkribus
ChartEx
Principal investigators: Gervers, Michael
Calendaring, sequencing & categorizing historical textual data & integrating databases
Principal investigators: Gervers, Michael
Keywords: digital media; statistics; medieval history; calendaring; sequencing; categorizing; dating; algorithms; databases; web development; charters; deeds; England; Europe
The Zagwe Palatine Church of Yemrehanna Krestos (Lasta, Ethiopia): its historical and art historical context
Principal investigators: Gervers, Michael
Keywords: Ethiopia; church architecture; medieval; 11th century; 12th century; mural paintings; cave church; royal; palace; Lasta; liturgy; Coptic; Basilica; saints; Christianity
The organization of sacred space in medieval Ethiopian rock-hewn churches, with particular reference to architecture, murals and liturgical textiles at Gännätä Maryam (Lasta), Wuqro Mäsqäl (Sokota), Gabriel Wuqien (Tigray), and to their closest analogies
Principal investigators: Gervers, Michael
Keywords: ethiopia; medieval; architecture; painting; textiles; tablet-weaving; rock-cut churches; church history; liturgy; curtains
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