Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga
Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author of The Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Coping with Crisis in Post-Roman Egypt (U California Press, 2025), specializing in late antique and Ethiopian-related sources.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 1h 21min
Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga, "The Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Coping with Crisis in Post-Roman Egypt" (U California Press, 2025)
Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author of a study on John of Nikiu. He discusses the Coptic chronicle’s survival and transmission. He explores how the text frames Roman decline as theological crisis. He traces everyday continuities after 642 and how Roman identity is reworked in a Coptic voice.
