{"id":1331,"date":"2018-02-27T18:38:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/cssh\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:10:34","slug":"college-of-social-sciences-and-humanities-organizes-a-national-review-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/cssh\/2018\/02\/27\/college-of-social-sciences-and-humanities-organizes-a-national-review-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"College of social sciences and humanities organizes a national review workshop."},"content":{"rendered":"

College of social sciences and humanities organizes a national review workshop.<\/h1>\n

A half-day national review workshop on the draft proposal to establish Institute of Gadaa Studies was held on February 24, 2018.<\/p>\n

Dean of College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Dr. Adinew Tadesse, has made an opening \u00a0speech to welcome guests and participants of the workshop. In his opening speech, he said that \u00a0the main objective of the half-day workshop is to critically review and refine the draft proposal \u00a0with the participation of stakeholders and scholars from wide varieties of disciplines.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.<\/p>\n

\"Participants\"<\/p>\n

Dr. Adinew said, \u201cOur College is proposing to establish Institute of Gadaa Studies to contribute \u00a0to the effort of the university to study, preserve and promote the indigenous heritages and \u00a0practices of the Oromo and other nations and nationalities.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his speech, Dr. Adinew thanked the initiators and designers of the proposal for their \u00a0professional contribution and commitment.<\/p>\n

President of Haramaya University, Prof. Chemeda Fininsa, said in his speech Gadaa system \u00a0symbolizes the Oromo political, social, cultural, religious and economic system. He has asserted \u00a0that Gadaa system has significantly helped the Oromo to preserve their culture, unity, maintain \u00a0Oromuma and understand nature and universe.<\/p>\n

\"Participants\"<\/p>\n

\"Prof.<\/p>\n

Prof. Chemeda said, \u201cThe Gadaa system deserves special research attention by the academia. \u00a0The system needs to be preserved, analyzed, documented, practiced, learned and taught in \u00a0schools and universities.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has also stated that establishing such institute is among the very important for triple mandates \u00a0of teaching, conducting research and community engagements. Prof. Chemeda emphasized that partnership should be a strategic priority issue of the institute to
\nachieve its objectives and excel long-term.<\/p>\n

In his last speech, Professor thanked the College of Social Sciences and Humanities for supporting the initiation.<\/p>\n

Prof. Tessema Ta\u2019a and Dr. Tadesse Beriso of Addis Ababa University have presented their \u00a0critical reviews on the draft proposal. Two officials from Oromo Cultural Center and Oromia \u00a0Culture and Tourism Bureau have also made comprehensive reviews on the draft proposal. In
\naddition, questions were raised and discussed by the workshop participants.<\/p>\n

\"workshop<\/p>\n

Eventually, Dr. Mengistu Urge, Director for Post Graduate Programs, has made a closing speech \u00a0by reminding the importance of the workshop on establishing Institute of Gadaa Studies at \u00a0Haramaya University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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