Publications by Dereje Feyissa
Forthcoming
"Land and the politics of identity, the case of Anywaa-Nuer relations in the Gambella region, western Ethiopia", In: Evers and Spierenburg (eds) Competing Jurisdictions: Settling Land Claims in Africa. (In print, published by Brill Academic publishers).
"Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia: The Experience of the Gambella regional state", In: Turton, D. Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia: Prospects and Challenges (in print, published by James Curry)
"Ethnic federalism and conflicting political projects: The case of Anywaa-Nuer relations in the Gambella region", Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Ethiopian studies (in print, published by University of Hamburg).
"Decentralization as ethnic closure: The experience of Ethiopia", In: Decentralization and Development, Journal of Africa Development (in print, published by CODESRIA).
2004
"Beyond polemics: An empirical plea for the study of ethnicity" (in Japanese), In: Transnationality studies: The flows in and out of places, Osaka University, pp.84-105.
2003
"The Socio-economic status of Artisans among the Oyda of Southern Ethiopia", In: D. Freeman & A. Pankhurst (eds.) Peripheral peoples: the excluded minorities of Ethiopia. London: Hurst and co. (also published In: D. Freeman and A. Pankhurst, 2002, Living on the edge: marginalized minorities of craft workers and hunters in Southern Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University)
2002
"Linking Inequalities, Gender and Occupational minorities in Southern Ethiopia" In: Baye etal (ed) Ethiopian Studies at the end of the Second Millennium, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Vol.2 pp-725-737
"Comparing ethnic identity discourses: The case of the Anywaa and the Nuer", In: Eva-Maria Bruchhaus (ed.) Hotspots in the Horn of Africa. Lit Verlag. pp 26-40
1997
The Gedamoch: An Alternative Community? (Together with Falge). Sociology, Social Administration and Social Anthropological Bulletin, Addis Ababa University.
Essays and Dissertation
2003
Ethnic groups and Conflict: The case of Anywaa-Nuer relations, PhD dissertation submitted to Max Planck institute for Social Anthropology/Martin Luther University.
1997
The Oyda of Southern Ethiopia: A Study in socio-economic aspects of village inequality, in partial fulfillment for the MA degree in Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University
1990
A Short history of Traditional and Modern Education in Ethiopia, in partial fulfillment to the BA degree in History and Education, Addis Ababa University
Research reports
June/ May 2005
Taking the Bull by its Horns: The need for addressing resource scarcity for peace-building in the Gambella region, a research report submitted to Pax Christi-The Netherlands.
April 2005
Putting the Gambella Peace and Development Council house in order, a research report submitted to Pax Christi-The Netherlands.
July 2004
Events leading to the December 2003 Anywaa massacre and its aftermath, research report submitted to Pax-Christi-The Netherlands.
October 2003
Evaluation report on Pax Christi-The Netherlands Peace project in the Gambella region.
1999
Constraints in Community Participation in Skill training in Gambella Region, Deutsche Volkshochschulverbund/Ethiopian Ministry of Education, Addis Ababa.
1999
Conflict in the Gambella Region, ACORD.
1999
The role of Local institutions in Development in the Gambella region, GTZ.
1998
Research Report on need assessment for Pastoral Development among the Nuer, ACORD-Gambella.
1997
The role of Local Institutions in Development in Southern Ethiopia, GTZ.
1995
Farmers Research Project in Southern Ethiopia: An Impact Assessment, Farm Africa.
Papers presented
February 2004
Appropriation of global legitimizing discourses: The politics of ethnic entitlement in the Gambella region, Transnationality Seminar, Osaka University.
January 18, 2005
Long distance identity politics: The case of the Anywaa diaspora in North America, paper presented at the Asian and African Studies, Kyoto University.
June 2003
Going national to be local: Strategies of ethnic entitlement in the Gambella region, paper presented at Kyoto University, Graduate Studies Seminar, Anthropology Department.
December 3, 2002
The ‘Evil’ God, neighbors and the state: The production of Anywaa ethnicity in the Gambella region, paper presented at Institute of Ethnologie, Martin Luther University.
June 26, 2002
Some notes on the political economy of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia, paper presented at ZEF (Zentrum für Entwicklung Forschung), Bonn.
June 25, 2002
Identity politics: The case of Anywaa-Nuer relations in the Gambella region, University of Köln.