CME 2nd workshop, St Andrews, February 2010, programme
July 14th, 2010
Christians in the Middle East
2nd Workshop: ‘Church, State and Society’ 5th February 2010
University of St Andrews, Scotland
Programme
09:00 Arrival
09:10 Welcome (Fiona McCallum and Michael Marten)
09:15 Session 1: The National Identity Dilemma (1): The Historical Context
Chair: Michael Marten
- ‘Coptic Participation in Egyptian Nationalist Historiography: Reassessing Narratives of 1919’ Vivian Ibrahim (University College Cork)
- ‘Shepherds and their Flock? Political Struggle and Social Networks within and across Church and State in c.18 Aleppo’ Henning Sievert (Zurich)
- ‘The Arab Orthodox and the Ottoman Empire’ Carsten Walbiner (DAAD)
10:40 Coffee Break
11:00 Session 2: The National Identity Dilemma (2): The Palestinian Context
Chair: Fiona McCallum
- ‘“God’s Reign or People’s Rule?”: The Palestinian Case’ Heidemarie Winkel (Potsdam)
- ‘The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem: A Unique Case Study on “Church”, “State” and “Society” in the Middle East’ Theodoros Koutrobas (Louvain)
- ‘ “Living Stones”: Christians in a multireligious context in Nablus, Palestine’ Julia Droeber (Aberdeen)
- ‘An Exploration of a Palestinian Village’ Margo Sabella (Edinburgh)
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Session 3: International Involvement
Chair: Michael Marten
- ‘A Secular Reformation: Christian American Visions of a New Middle East in the Post World War One Era’ Andrew Patrick (Manchester)
- ‘Protestant Missionaries in Hebron (1918-1938): from Jewish to Muslim Conversions’ Karene Sanchez Summerer (Leiden)
- ‘The Establishment of Saint Joseph’s University (USJ) in Lebanon’ Rafael Herzstein (Haifa)
- ‘For God and La Patrie: Antonin Jausenn, Dominican and French Agent’ Roberto Mazza (SOAS/Western Illinois)
15:15 Coffee Break
15:30 Session 4: Disputed Concepts of Church and Community
Chair: Fiona McCallum
- ‘The Meaning of Church in the Maronite Diaspora’ Amy Rowe (Cambridge)
- ‘The Catholic Church in Lebanon Since Vatican II: how a Church (and mini-state) has interacted with an Arab Society’ John Bradley (Edinburgh)
- ‘Syrian Orthodox and Perception of Church, State and Society’ Annika Rabo (Stockholm)
- ‘New Christian Minorities: State, Society and International Migration in Egypt’ Martin Rowe (Boston)
17:15 Closing Remarks (Fiona McCallum and Michael Marten)
17:30 Close
Participants engaging in discussion of one of the papers at the St Andrews workshop
