Will Hanley

Assistant Professor of History

Dr. Hanley studied at the Universities of Saskatchewan, Toronto, Jordan, and Oxford before taking his doctorate at Princeton. He comes to FSU from McGill, where he has a postdoctoral fellowship. His current research examines categories used to describe Middle Eastern societies.

Dr. Hanley is working on a book about the emergence of nationality as a social and legal category in Alexandria (Egypt) between 1880 and 1914. His aim is to understand how and when ordinary people began to identify themselves as Egyptians or foreigners. This research is based on documents produced by the city's police and its European consular courts. Dr. Hanley also studies Western conversion to Islam between 1850 and 1950, aiming to understand what kinds of Islam the converts discovered (and made) for themselves. Dr. Hanley will teach courses on Egypt, the Middle East, and imperialism.

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				Will Hanley Assistant Professor of History Dr. Hanley studied at the Universities of Saskatchewan, Toronto, Jordan, and Oxford before taking his doctorate at Princeton. He comes to FSU from McGill, where he has a postdoctoral fellowship. His current research examines categories used to describe Middle Eastern societies. Dr. Hanley is working on a book about the emergence of nationality as a social and legal category in Alexandria (Egypt) between 1880 and 1914. His aim is to understand how and when ordinary people began to identify themselves as Egyptians or foreigners. This research is based on documents produced by the city's police and its European consular courts. Dr. Hanley also studies Western conversion to Islam between 1850 and 1950, aiming to understand what kinds of Islam the converts discovered (and made) for themselves. Dr. Hanley will teach courses on Egypt, the Middle East, and imperialism.