Surafel Gelgelo Kumsa

I.  Personal Information

Name:              Surafel Gelgelo Kumsa
Age:                34
Nationality:      Ethiopian
Residence:       Addis Ababa
Marital Status:  Married
      
II. Education

    Tertiary

• Master of Arts in History, Addis Ababa University
  
  • My MA thesis examined the dynamics of political, social and economic interactions between neighbouring populations in southern Ethiopia, Sidama and Wolayta, ca. 1941-2005. My research demonstrated how environmental scarcity, demographic expansion and state policies affected resource access and the interaction of the two populations in 20th century Ethiopia.
• Bachelor of Arts in History, Addis Ababa University
  
  • My BA thesis was a piece of social history that reconstructed and analyzed the life stories of two ordinary Ethiopians living in Hawassa.

III. Experience

• Three years experience as a coordinator for the Department’s B.A. theses, of both the regular and extension divisions(from September 2010- September 2012
• Two years experience as a coordinator for the Summer In-service Program of the Faculty of Social Sciences(From September 2011- August 2012)
• Eight years teaching experience at Addis Ababa University, Department of History (From September 2004 to August 2012).
• Three months experience with one of USAID financed projects, Ethiopian Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary and Livestock Meat Marketing Program as Technical Writer and Editor. (From March 05 to May 30, 2008 on part-time basis)

IV.  Language skills

• English (Reading, writing and speaking- excellent)
• Amharic
• Sidamigna (3rd level)

V. Contact Addresses

• Surafel Gelgelo Kumsa
• Mobile-+41779411363
• E-mail- surafel.kumsa@graduateinstitute.ch

VI. Research in Progress in view of Publication

• Environmental Scarcity, “Ethnicization” of Ethiopian Politics and Changing Inter-Ethnic Relations in Southern Ethiopia: The Case of Sidama and Wolayta.
• Traditional Administration and Customary Laws of the Sidama, and Their Role in Conflict Resolution.
• Some Notes on the Agricultural History of the Sidama.
• GDR and Ethiopia: An Overview on their Relations, 1976-1991