Prof Fiona McCallum Guiney
Deputy Head of School
Professor
Biography
Fiona McCallum Guiney joined the School of International Relations in 2007 as a RCUK Academic Fellow in Religion and Politics. She was promoted to Lecturer in 2012, Senior Lecturer in 2018 and Professor in 2024.
Fiona is a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2024. She was the Director of the University's Institute of Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies from 2019-2024.
She holds a MA(Hons) in Politics and Modern History (University of Edinburgh), MLitt in International Security Studies (University of St Andrews) and PhD in International Relations (University of St Andrews).
PhD supervision
- Sara Shaltout
- Ryan Swan
- Nasrin Akhter
- Christina Chalache
- Abdulla Al-Kalisy
- Haya Al-Nuaimi
- Rayyan Kattan
Selected publications
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Generational perspectives on homeland-oriented diasporic humanitarianism: Coptic, Assyrian and Iraqi Christian charities in the United Kingdom
McCallum Guiney, F., 1 Jun 2023, In: International Migration Review. 57, 2, p. 707-730 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Misrecognised as Muslim: the racialisation of Christians of Middle Eastern heritage in the UK
Hunter, A. P. & McCallum Guiney, F., 1 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 49, 15, p. 4014-4032 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding the Relationship Between Christian Communities and Authoritarian States in the Middle East
McCallum Guiney, F., 17 Mar 2022, Manara Magazine.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Middle Eastern Christian identities in Europe
McCallum Guiney, F., 17 Nov 2020, In: Mashriq and Mahjar. 8, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Middle Eastern Christianity outside of the Middle East
McCallum Guiney, F., Dec 2020, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East. Raheb, M. & Lamport, M. A. (eds.). London: Rowman & Littlefield, (The Rowman & Littlefield handbook series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The quest for equal citizenship: Middle Eastern Christian narratives of migration and inclusion in the United Kingdom
Hunter, A. P. & McCallum Guiney, F., 8 Dec 2020, In: Mashriq and Mahjar. 8, 1, p. 15-43 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shared religion but still a marginalized Other: Middle Eastern Christians' encounters with political secularism in the United Kingdom
McCallum, F., 16 Apr 2018, In: Journal of Church and State. 61, 2, p. 242-261 csy006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Middle Eastern Christian spaces in Europe: multi-sited and super-diverse
Galal, L. P., Hunter, A. P., McCallum, F., Sparre, S. L. & Wozniak, M., 2016, In: Journal of Religion in Europe. 9, 1, p. 1-25Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Coptic Orthodox Church
McCallum, F., 2014, Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Leustean, L. N. (ed.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 521-541 20 p. (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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Christian political participation in the Arab world
McCallum, F., 2012, In: Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. 23, 1, p. 3-18Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review