MR. WILLIAM WALTER HANSEN

Mr. William Hansen

Professor of International and Comparative Politics
School of Arts and Sciences

Educational Background:

• MA, African Studies, University of London School of Oriental and African Studies

Professor William Hansen’s main research interests deal with race, ethnicity and identity, specifically the political and social thought of Frantz Fanon. He is also interested in comparative politics, democracy and socialist theory who has worked and taught on four continents. Hansen was an activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s and has remained a political activist since that time.

Previous Posts:

• Director and Founder, East-West Center for Research and Inter-Cultural Dialogue, and Professor of Politics, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
• Adjunct Professor of Politics and History, Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA
• Research Associate, Trinity Center for Neighborhoods, and Scholar in Residence, Trinity College, Harford, CT, USA
• Lecturer in Politics and History, European Division of University of Maryland, Heidelberg, Germany

Selected Publications:

• A Frantz Fanon Study Guide, NY: Grove/Atlantic Press, 1996.
• The Soviet Bloc and the Third World: The Political Economy of East South Relations [co-edited with Brigitte Schultz], CO: Westview Press,1989.
• "Understanding Politics in Krygyzstan"; [co-authored with Askat Dukenbaev], part of the series Understanding Politics in Transitional Countries, DEMSTAR ( University of Aarhus: Aarhus, Denmark), Winter 2003/2004 (www.demstar.dk) [also in Russian translation]
• "Terrorism and Terrorisms," Protocol of the Conference: Shaping World Order - More than Just Fighting Terrorism, Joerg Calliess, et. al., eds., Loccum Germany: Evangelische-Akademie, March 2003.

Selected Affiliations:

• East-West Center for Intercultural Dialogue, AAUC, Kyrgyz Republic

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