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Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty : Faculty & Staff

John HansonJohn Hanson

  • Associate Professor, Department of History
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Education

  • Ph.D. at Michigan State University, 1989

Research Interests

  • West African history
  • Muslim communities
  • Social/cultural history

Contact Information

jhhanson@indiana.edu
Ballantine Hall, Rm. 731
(812) 855-5212

Courses Recently Taught

  • African civilizations
  • History of Christianity and Islam in Africa
  • History of Eastern Africa
  • History of Western Africa

Publication Highlights

  • Friday Prayers at Wa (CD-ROM unit), in Patrick McNaughton, John Hanson, dele jegede, Ruth Stone, and N. Brian Winchester, Five Windows Into Africa (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000).
  • Migration, Jihad and Muslim Authority in West Africa; the Futanke Colonies in Karta (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996).
  • After the Jihad: The Reign of Ahmad al-Kabir in the Western Sudan, an anthology of Arabic documents, edited, translated into English and annotated by John Hanson and David Robinson (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1991).
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