Alexander Lyon Macfie is a British historian who has written widely on

historiography Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians ha ...

and

Orientalism In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. In particular, Orientalist p ...

. Macfie completed his undergraduate studies at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

in the 1950s, later completing a PhD. More recently, he has been closely associated with the

Institute of Historical Research The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate Hous ...

at the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

and their

philosophy of history Philosophy of history is the philosophical study of history and its discipline. The term was coined by French philosopher Voltaire. In contemporary philosophy a distinction has developed between ''speculative'' philosophy of history and ''crit ...

seminar, attendance at which has influenced his thinking on historiography.

Selected publications

*''The Straits question in the First World War, 1914-18''. Cass, 1983. *''The Straits question 1908-36''. Institute for Balkan Studies, Thessaloniki, 1993. *''The Eastern Question, 1774-1923''. Longman, London, 1989. (

Seminar Studies in History Seminar Studies in History is a long-running book series for undergraduate and younger students that aims to bridge the gap between the monograph and the full size university textbook. The series was established by history teacher Patrick Richard ...

) (2nd edition, 1996) *''Atatürk''. Longman, London, 1994. *''The End of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1923''. Routledge, 1998. *''Orientalism: A Reader''.

Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. History Edinburgh University Press was founded in the 1940s and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh ...

, Edinburgh, 2000. (Editor) *''Orientalism''. Routledge, 2002. *''Eastern Influences on Western Philosophy: A Reader''. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2003. (Editor) *''The Philosophy of History Talks Given at the Institute of Historical Research, London, 2000-2006''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. The Philosophy of History.
Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 31 May 2015. *''The Fiction of History''. Routledge, Abingdon, 2014. (

Routledge Approaches to History Routledge Approaches to History is a book series on historiography published by Routledge. The first book to be published in the series was ''Narrative Projections of a Black British History'' by Eva Ulrike Pirker of the University of Freiburg.

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References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Manchester Historiographers British historians Scholars of Ottoman history {{UK-historian-stub