Religions and Migrations in the Black Sea Region

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Eleni Sideri, Lydia Efthymia Roupakia

   Pages 1-30

3. Afterword

   • Eleni Sideri, Lydia Efthymia Roupakia

   Pages 171-197

4. Introduction: Religion and Diasporas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-34

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   2. Historical Diasporas, Religion and Identity: Exploring the Case of the Greeks of Tsalka

      • Eleni Sideri

      Pages 35-56

   3. The Armenian Community in Thessaloniki: The Dynamics of Religion

      • Niki Papageorgiou

      Pages 57-78

5. Introduction: Transnational Migration and Religion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-82

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   2. Return Migration in a Romano-Catholic Csángós Village in Romania

      • Elena Tudor

      Pages 83-103

   3. Religious Orientation, Migration and Identity Construction: Evidence from a Contemporary Romanian Rural Community

      • Alexandra Deliu

      Pages 105-126

6. Introduction: Religious Identities and Regional Identities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-129

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   2. Fereydani Georgians: Emic-Coherence, Hegemonic and Non-hegemonic Representation and Narration of Ethnic Identity

      • Babak Rezvani

      Pages 131-150

   3. Religion and Identification among the 1989 Re-settlers from Bulgaria to Turkey

      • Magdalena Elchinova

      Pages 151-169

7. Back Matter

   Pages 199-206

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This book focuses on the interconnections of religion and migration in the Black Sea region through case studies that explore shifting identities, community, and national boundaries, as well as social practices and networks. 


During the past few decades the Black Sea has been transformed from a largely closed region, due to the Cold War, to a bridge for human, economic, and cultural capital flows. As the region opened up, understandings and practices of religion were re-signified due to new and diverse mobilities and resettlements. This volume addresses and responds to the current scarcity of academic research on the repercussion of political reform, migration, and modernization in the areas surrounding the Black Sea. Contributors uncover and examine the pivotal role of religion in current cultural contestations taking place in this strategic region. Engaging with a wide range of case studies, the book offers a fresh, comparative examination of migration as it relates to different countries and religious groups in the region.

• Migration
• Black Sea
• Turkey
• Anatolia
• Islam
• Syrian Crisis
• religion and society

“Focusing on new aspects of relation between religion and migration from and in relatively unknown Black Sea Region, this project offers useful contribution to the field. It sheds light on processes which are of increasing importance for understanding contemporary world. The book follows the most recent trends in contemporary anthropology, moving existing scholarship forward.” (Margarita Karamihova, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University, Bulgaria)

• Thessaloniki, Greece

  Eleni Sideri

• International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece

  Lydia Efthymia Roupakia

Eleni Sideri holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. Her research focuses on the memories and practices of diaspora among the Greek-speaking communities of the South Caucasus. She works as an independent researcher. Her research interests include diaspora and transnational migrations, area studies, and film.

Lydia Efthymia Roupakia holds a PhD in English from the University of Oxford, UK. She is currently an adjunct lecturer at the International Hellenic University, Greece. She is also a staff member at Anatolia College, Thessaloniki, Greece. Her research interests are focused on issues of multiculturalism, cultural identity, intercultural translation, and ethics. 

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