Professor Taddesse Tamrat taught at the Department of History, Addis Ababa University, for over three decades before he retired in 2000. He served there, in addition, as Director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Dean of the College of Social Sciences, and Editor/Director of the Addis Ababa University Press. He also taught at various American Universities: UCLA (1973); Bucknell (1973-75); Northwestern (1975-76) and UIUC (1992-93).  During his sabbatical year in France (1985-86) he gave the November 1985 Lectures at the renowned Académie Franæaise.  He was elected Honorary Fellow of SOAS, University of London in 1992. He now lives in Chicago with his family.

Book Link: Church and State in Ethiopia: 1270 - 1527