Dr. Jens Hanssen

Biography

Jens Hanssen is a professor specializing in Arab Civilization and Middle Eastern Mediterranean history. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on topics including settler colonialism in Palestine and counter-insurgency and decolonization in the Middle East. His work encompasses Mediterranean urban studies, cultural intellectual history, nationalism, and comparative settler colonialism. He has published books such as 'Fin de Siècle Beirut' (Oxford, 2005) and co-edited volumes like 'Arab Provincial Capitals in the Late Ottoman Empire' (Beirut, 2002). Hanssen's writings have appeared in notable publications including 'The New Cambridge History of Islam' (2010) and the 'International Journal of Middle East Studies' (2011). He is currently co-editing the Oxford University Press Handbook of Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African History, and completing an English translation of 'The Clarion of Syria', a key text in 19th-century Arab intellectual history. Hanssen is also writing a book on the fast-paced developments in the Middle East during the 19th century and has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for research on German-Jewish influences on 20th-century Arab thought.

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