Former Associate Fellow (Deceased)
Getatchew Haile is Professor of Semitic Philology at St. John's University, Minnesota, USA. He has over 150 publications, including six highly valued catalogues of filmed Ethiopian manuscripts to which he dedicated years of studious work. Prof. Getachew is Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. He was recipient of MacArthur Prize Fellow (1988-1993) and the Edward Ullendorff Medal from the Council of the British Academy. He is Associate Editor of various journals and series, including Acta Aethiopica. He was teaching Geez, Amharic Language and Literature at Haile Sellassie I University, where he also served as Chair of the Department of Ethiopian Languages and Literature.