Alexander D. M. Henley

Contact Details:

a.d.m.henley@dunelm.org.uk or
alexander.henley@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

St Anselm Hall,
Kent Road East,
Victoria Park,
Manchester
M14 5BX

Current Activities:

Researching the political roles of key religious leaders in contemporary Lebanon, focusing on Maronite, Sunni and Shi’i leadership.

Supervisor(s): Dr Andreas Christmann and Professor Youssef Choueiri

Resident tutor at St Anselm Hall, University of Manchester.

Available for collaboration/comment on Lebanese politics and religion, especially the Maronite community and church.

Professional Memberships:

• Christians in the Middle East (CME) Network, Scotland
• Lebanese Emigration Research Center (LERC), Lebanon
• British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), U.K.
• Middle East Studies Association (MESA), U.S.

Qualifications:

• St Chad’s College, University of Durham:
• MA Hons (Distinction) Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies (2007)
• BA Hons (2:1) Theology & Religion (2006)

Short Training Courses

• Damascus University, Syria: Intermediate & Advanced Arabic (May-Aug 2009)
• IMISCOE Intensive Training, Lebanon: Migration & Development (April 2008)
• Institut Francais, London: Intensive French language (February 2008)
• UN Institute for Training & Research: Global Terrorism (December 2007)

Publications/Papers:

• ‘Politics of a Church at War: Maronite Catholicism in the Lebanese Civil War’, Mediterranean Politics 13/3, Nov 2008, pp.353-369
• ‘Militating Against Integration: the Maronites, their Church, and Lebanon’, paper presented to the Middle East Studies Association, Washington DC, 25 Nov 2008
• Occasional non-academic articles for publications including Religious Intelligence, The Tablet, Middle East Times, Edinburgh Middle East Report

Academic Awards:

• Travel Grant ($200): Middle East Studies Association (North America), Nov 2008
  4-year PhD Scholarship (£60k): CASAW, 2008-12
• Travel Grant (£800): Council for British Research in the Levant, March 2008