Pharaonism and the National Integration of the Coptic Christians in Modern Egypt

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870731
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies; History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: Sophia University
• Principal Investigator: MIYOKAWA Hiroko 上智大学, アジア文化研究所, 客員所員 (90614032)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ナショナリズム / エジプト / コプト・キリスト教徒 / 近代史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I analyzed cultural nationalist movement led by Coptic Christians in Egypt in the nation-building era (late 19th-early 20th century). I focused on three cases which are (1)the revival of the New Year's Day festival of the Coptic Calendar, (2)the revival of the Coptic language, and (3) the establishment of the Coptic Museum and its Nationalization. Through these three cases, I clarified that Coptic religious identity played an important role in constructing Egyptian ethnic identity among the Coptic Christians in the period.

Free Research Field

中東地域研究