DIMECCE: An OverviewDIMECCE Workshop

Roskilde 16th January 2014

Dr Fiona McCallum

Objectives• Comparison of the migrant experiences of Middle

Eastern Christian communities in Europe• Case Studies of Coptic Orthodox, Assyrian/Syriac &

Iraqi Christians• Case Study Countries – UK, Sweden & Denmark

Key Questions1. What are the cultural encounters experienced by Middle Eastern Christian migrant communities?

2. How do Middle Eastern Christian communities negotiate cultural encounters?

3. What are the implications of how cultural encounters with Middle Eastern Christian communities are perceived in the countries of residence?

4. How are cultural encounters translocated into new environments?

Methodology/Approaches

• Key but contested concepts – identity, minority, diaspora, transnationalism, integration

• Quantitative – electronic survey• Qualitative

– Interviews – communal actors & actors from countries of residence

– Focus groups from communities– Participant observation

Key Outcomes• Survey • Workshops • Conference including community representatives &

relevant stakeholders• Project Website• ‘Middle Eastern Christians in Europe: History, Culture

and Community’ booklet aimed at communities & stakeholders

• 8 journal articles, monograph & edited book• Conference attendance & dissemination

DIMECCEWebsite:http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/dimecce/Facebook: www.facebook.com/dimecce PL: Dr Fiona McCallum (St Andrews)PI2: Dr Lise Paulsen Galal (Roskilde)PI3: Dr Marta Wozniak (Lodz)Postdocs: Dr Alistair Hunter (St Andrews) Dr Sara Lei Sparre (Roskilde)Non-Academic Partner: The Churches’Commission for Migrants in Europe