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

historiography Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline. By extension, the term ":wikt:historiography, historiography" is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiog ...

and

Orientalism In art history, literature, and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. Orientalist painting, particularly of the Middle ...

. Macfie completed his undergraduate studies at the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

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 Hou ...

at the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

and their

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

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. * (

Seminar Studies in History Seminar Studies in History is a 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 in 1968 by history teacher Patrick Richardson, a ...

) (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)

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