Recommended Reading

Books & Texts

Books by Dr. Meskerem Lechissa
(ኢ)ዩቶፕያ - Utopia book cover
Available on Amazon
(ኢ)ዩቶፕያ — (E)Utopia
ዶ/ር ምስከረም ለቺሳ · 2016

An Amharic commentary on Thomas More's Utopia (1516), arguing that the book draws major inspiration from medieval Ethiopian Christian civilization.

የፀሓይ ከተማ - City of the Sun book cover
የፀሓይ ከተማ — City of the Sun
ዶ/ር ምስከረም ለቺሳ

Dr. Lechissa's Amharic edition of Campanella's City of the Sun, brought to Ethiopian readers.

ደቂቀ እስጢፉ book cover
ደቂቀ እስጢፉ
ዶ/ር ምስከረም ለቺሳ · 2016 ዓ.ም

ታላቁ የታሪክ ዓምዶ ሲጎለጥ — a major historical work by Dr. Meskerem Lechissa.

Utopianism and Anti-Utopianism in Ethiopian Children's National Identity
PhD Dissertation · 2014
Utopianism & Anti-Utopianism in Ethiopian Children's National Identity
University of Cincinnati · PhD Dissertation, 2014

Doctoral dissertation examining how older Ethiopian children construct national identity through utopian and anti-utopian frameworks.

Recommended Reading
Utopia
Thomas More · 1516
Utopia
Thomas More · 1516
The City of the Sun
Campanella · 1623
The City of the Sun
Tommaso Campanella · 1623
Course Materials
Dr. M. Lechissa
Course Reader
Dr. Mmeskerem Lechissa · available on enrollment