Dorothea McEwan was the archivist of the Warburg Institute, a specialist institute in intellectual history, at University of London. She received her PhD from the University of Vienna, Austria. Currently she is an independent scholar, contracted by the British Library, London, and engaged in research on Ethiopian art and intellectual history. She has initiated and organized a number of international conferences on Ethiopian art and architecture. Prof. McEwan headed the editorial board for the publication of Georg Wilhelm Schimper’s paper on the natural history of Ethiopia. She is active in international networks and professional associations promoting intellectual and cultural debate. She has also served on international committees for the publication of the papers of Aby Warburg, and for the recognition of women in theological debate. She is Honorary Fellow of the University of London, and was awarded the Cross of Honour for Science and Art by the President of the Federal Republic of Austria. She has published widely on a range of topics in intellectual and art history, and theology, with an enduring focus on the relationships between Africa and Europe.