Project description
Coptic Orthodox diaspora and Coptic identity
Coptic Orthodox Christians represent at least 10% of the Egyptian population. During their history, they suffered persecution and many fled to Europe, resulting in the creation of a considerable Coptic diaspora starting from the 1960s. However, the diaspora as a whole has never been sufficiently studied. The EU-funded NEGOTIA project will analyse the Coptic communities in Europe taking into consideration three main aspects, covering identities, needs and relations. Focusing on the Church of San Giorgio Megalomartire established by Coptic immigrants in Rome in the 1990s and comparing the findings with the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Centre in Cairo and the Church of St. Petrus, der letzte Märtyrer in Hamburg, the project will investigate the history and the cultural heritage of these communities in respect to the deconstruction and reconstruction of their historical-biographical and discursive-relational profile across the migration process.
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Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-IF-GF - Global Fellowships
Coordinator
00185 Roma
Italy
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Partners (1)
19511 Cairo
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