• Date: August 19th, Wednesday, 2020 14:00 – 16:00
• Location: Room 406, SNUAC (Bldg. 101)

The West Asia Center is holding a special lecture with lecturer Prof. Ha Hyun Jeong (Duke Kunshan University) and discussant Dr. Hwang Yui Hyun (HUFS) on August 19th. In this lecture, the Christian society in Egypt will be the topic about which we examine its experience of daily sectarianism and drawn boundaries. Through an in-depth discussion, we will consider the prospects of such hierarchical exclusivity.

※If you wish to join via Zoom, please register by email at kje198@naver.com prior to the event day. (The URL will be sent on the day of the event)

The West Asia Center held a special lecture on August 19th with Prof. Ha Hyun Jeong (Duke Kunshan University) and discussant Dr. Hwang Yui Hyun (HUFS).

The lecture examined the composition of various races and religions in Egypt today, and especially a study that focused on the daily sectarianism of the Coptic Christian community. Through various cases with ethnographic methodologies, the lecture discussed how the religious identity influences the daily lives of Coptic Christians in Egypt, and how these tendencies have changed every time a major political event took place in Egypt.

Afterward, the lecturer, discussant, and participants had a discussion to analyze the significance of this study in terms of sectarianism research and a more specific direction for in-depth research. They especially dealt with how the elements of economic background and social classes influenced this sectarianist tendency and how the Egyptian case could be compared to those of Iraq and Bahrein.

This lecture took place online and offline at the same time so that online participants could also make use of the chat function to share various opinions and impressions on the topic.