Fiona McCallum
RCUK Academic Fellow
Room: 207
Office Hours
Tel: 2940
Email: fm25
st-andrews.ac.uk
About
Dr Fiona McCallum is a RCUK Fellow in Religion and Politics. She holds degrees from the University of Edinburgh (MA(Hons) in Politics and Modern History) and the University of St Andrews (M.Litt in International Security Studies and Ph.D in International Studies). She joined the School of International Relations as a staff member in 2007. Her research specialization is the political role of Christians in the Middle East. Her regional expertise is the Middle East and she is also interested in the role of religion in international politics.
Teaching
IR3102 Conflict in the Middle East
IR4536 Warmongers and Peacemakers: Religious Actors and Conflict
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in the Arts
IR4401 Communication in International Relations
IR5501 Middle East and Central Asian Security Studies Core
IR5518 Conflict in the Middle East
Research
Her research focuses primarily on the political role of Christian communities in the contemporary Middle East. This covers issues relating to identity, minority rights, church-state-societal relations, Christian-Muslim conflict, interfaith dialogue and diaspora politics.
Books
(2010) Christian Religious Leadership in the Middle East: The Political Role of the Patriarch, Edwin Mellen Press.
Articles
- (2012) "Religious Institutions and Authoritarian States: Church-State Relations in the Middle East", Third World Quarterly, 33(1) 109-124.
- (2012) "Christian Political Participation in the Arab World", Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, 23(1) 3-18.
- (2007) "The Political Role of the Patriarch in the Contemporary Middle East", Middle Eastern Studies, 43(6) 923-940.
- (2007) "The Role of the Maronite Patriarch in Lebanese History: the Patriarch of Lebanon", Chronos, 15 65-88.
- (2005) "Desert Roots and Global Branches: the Journey of the Coptic Orthodox Church", Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, 7(2) 69-97.
Book Chapters
- (2012) "Walking the Tightrope: Patriarchal Politics in Lebanon" in Sabrina Mervin and Franck Mermier (Eds) Leaders et partisans au Liban (Paris, Karthala, 2012) 315-337.
- (2010) "The Maronite Patriarch in the Contemporary Era – Tradition and Challenges" in Anthony O’Mahony and Emma Loosley (Eds) Eastern Christianity: Studies in Modern History, Religion and Politics (London, Routledge, 2010) 25-40.
- (2010) "Religious Diaspora and Information Communications Technology: The Impact of Globalization on Communal Relations in Egypt" in Mahjoob Zweiri and Emma C Murphy (Eds), The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception Media Change in the Arab World, Ithaca Press, 81-102.
- (2008) "Muslim-Christian Relations in Egypt: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century", in A O'Mahony, E Loosley (Eds.) Christian Responses to Islam: Muslim-Christian Relations in the Modern World, Manchester University Press, 66-104.
- (2008) "The Maronite Patriarchate: Tradition and Challenge in the Modern Era" in Anthony O'Mahony (Ed.) Christianity in the Middle East: Studies in Modern History, Theology and Politics, Melisende, 39-67.
Administration
Admissions Officer
Careers Officer
Affiliations
Joint founder of the Christians in the Middle East Research Network which is an initiative of Stirling University and the University of St Andrews. This network provides a forum for scholars to discuss issues relating to the general subject of Christians in the Middle East. The network also hosts workshops (Stirling, February 2009 and St Andrews, February 2010), arranges panels at relevant conferences (WOCMES 2010, Barcelona, July 2010) and provides opportunities for compiling special issues of journals. For more information see http://www.cme.stir.ac.uk.
Grants
2008-2009 Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Council for British Research in the Levant
Editorial Positions
Member of Editorial Board of Politics, Religion and Ideology (formerly Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions) (Routledge journal).
PhD Supervision topics
Dr McCallum is willing to supervise students working on a wide range of topics relating to Middle East politics including minorities, political Islam, conflict and foreign policy. She is also interested in projects relating to religion and international politics as well as the impact of diaspora and transnational communities on global affairs.
