Tudor Parfitt (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK), Emanuela Trevisan Semi

• From Wollega to Florence - the tragic story of Faitlovitch's pupil Hizkiahu Finkas; the life and death of Solomon Isaac; the impact of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia on the Beta Israel; some unpublished documents relating to the 20th century history of the Beta Israel; the case of the Falas Mura; Ethiopian dynastic marriage and the Beta Israel; kinship as a paradigm for the ethnography of Beta Israel; everyday resistance and the study of Ethiopian Jews; Israeli women of Ethiopian descent - the strengths, conflicts and the successes; fertility decline and changes in the life course among Ethiopian Jewish women; women in history and historiography; identity reformulation among Ethiopian immigrant soldiers processes ; The Beta Israel band of Porachat Ha'Tikva; dance at the Ethiopian disco -tradition or change; of names, amulets and movies - some patterns of oral, written and non-verbal negotiations among the Ethiopian Jews in israel; Beta Israel prayers - oral and written traditions - analysis of a service for the new moon; the formal organization of the Beta Israel liturgy, substance and performance - literary structure; the formal organization of the Beta Israel liturgy, substance and performance - musical structure; differences between the Amharic dialects of Gondar and Addis Ababa; divination as prevention of illness and other life problems' sickness and medicine - perceptions of Ethiopian immigrants and their doctors in Israel; idioms and narratives of mental health problems among Ethiopian patients in Israel; the long journey of the young Beta Israel from Lasta; the Epistle of Elias.