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Department of History
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Brief Biography:
Winner of the American Historical Association’s Gutenberg-e Prize for 2000 and listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Educators, Wayne Hanley is an associate professor of history and chairperson of the Department of History at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He holds a doctorate in modern European history from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1998) with a specialty in Revolutionary France. He received his B.A. in history from the University of Missouri-Rolla (1985); M.A. in history from Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg, Missouri (1987); and M.A. in English from Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg, Missouri (1990). Prior to joining the faculty of West Chester University in Fall 2002, Dr. Hanley was an adjunct professor of history at the University of Missouri-Rolla and an assistant professor of history at Lincoln University (Missouri). He has presented numerous papers, authored The Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda, 1796-1799 (Columbia University Press, 2005; e-book, 2003), and published several articles on the French Revolution and Napoleon. .
Teaching Interests:
French Revolution and Napoleon; Modern France; Enlightenment; History of Britain; Modern European Intellectual and Cultural History; and Methods of Teaching Secondary Social Studies.
Current Research:
Although his research interests lie in the cultural and intellectual history of the late eighteenth century, particularly in the era of the French Revolution and Napoleon, Dr. Hanley is currently working on a biography of one of Napoleon's more famous marshals, Michel Ney.
Honors:
Recent Publications:
“Commemorating the Dead in Revolutionary France by Joseph Clarke.” Book Review. History: Reviews of New Books.. Forthcoming (in Spring 2008).
2007 Selected Papers of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850. Co-edited with Jack Censer, Rosamond Hooper-Hamersly, and Frederick Schneid. Forthcoming (in 2008).
“Marshal Ney at Quatre-Bras: An Invitation for Re-evaluation” Selected Papers of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850. . Forthcoming (in the 2007 edition).
“The Eagle’s Last Triumph: Napoleon’s Victory at Ligny, June 1815 by Andrew Uffindell.” Book Review. H-France Review 7 (June 2007): No. 63.
“The Price of Honesty: Marshal Moncey and the Trial of Marshal Ney” Selected Papers of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850. Forthcoming (2006).
“Napoléon, David: The Image Enthroned directed by Patric Jean.” Film Review. H-France Review. Vol. 6 (December 2006), No. 148.
“Imperial City: Rome under Napoleon by Susan Vandiver Nicassio.” Book Review. History: Reviews of New Books. (Summer 2006): 123.
“The Man Who Had Been King by Patricia Stroud.” Book Review. H-France Vol. 5 (December 2005), No. 144.
“The Egyptian Newspapers of Napoleon Bonaparte” Selected Papers of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850. Forthcoming (in the 2005 edition).
“The Implications of Cheesy Poetry on the Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte” Selected Papers of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850. Forthcoming (in the 2004 edition).
“Creating a Positive Image: Artists and Bonaparte’s Rise to Power.” Selected Papers of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850. Forthcoming (in the 2003 edition).
“The Transmission of Revolutionary Ideals Through the Art of the Medal.” Essay in “Imaging the French Revolution.” Edited by Jack R. Censer and Lynn Hunt (with contributions by Vivian Cameron, Joan Landes, Barbara Day-Hickman, and Warren Roberts). The American Historical Review 110 (February 2005): 38-45.
“The Making of Revolutionary Paris by David Garrioch.” Book Review. Library and Culture 4 (Fall 2004): 470-71.
“The National Security Archive: Sources on Europe.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (March 2004).
“The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (March 2004).
“Atlas Index, USMA Map Library.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“Collage Portal.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“Collect Britain.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“European Visual Archive.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“Fine Arts in Hungary.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“National Library of Scotland.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“NBER Macrohistory Database.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“The Victorian Women Writers Project.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“Yad Vashem.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (January 2004).
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” Website Review. History Matters: World History Sources (October 2003).
The Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda, 1796-1799. New York: Columbia University Press. 2003.
“The Medals of General Bonaparte.” Napoleonic Alliance Gazette 3 (2003): 6-21.
“General Bonaparte, the Arts, and Image-making during the First Italian Campaign.” Selected Papers of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850 (2002): 86-95.
“A War of Words: Bonaparte and the Club Clichy.” Selected Papers of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850 (2001): 287-96.
“Between Scylla and Charibdis: Marshal Ney at Lons-le-Saulnier” at the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850, University of Alabama-Huntsville, 29 February-2 March 2008.
“Marshal Ney at Quatre-Bras: An Invitation for Re-evaluation” at the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850, George Mason University, 1-3 March 2007.
“Authoring The Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda,” an invited presentation at WCU New Faculty Orientation, 15 August 2006.
“The Price of Honesty: Marshal Moncey and the Trial of Marshal Ney” at the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850, Georgia State University, 2-4 March 2006.
“The Egyptian Newspapers of Napoleon Bonaparte” at the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850, Florida Southern College, 17-19 February 2005.
“Roundtable: Researching in Paris (Reporting on Collections and Advice from Veterans on Navigating the Sites)” with Allan Pasco and Denise Davidson (chaired by Denise Davidson) at the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850, Florida Southern College, 17-19 February 2005.
“The Implications of Cheesy Poetry on the Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte” at the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850, High Point University, February 19-22, 2004.
“Creating a Positive Image: Artists and Bonaparte’s Rise to Power” at the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, February 20-22, 2003.
“General Bonaparte, the Arts, and Image-making during the First Italian Campaign” at the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850, Louisiana State University, February 22-24, 2002.
“A War of Words: Bonaparte and the Club Clichy” at the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850, Auburn University, February 22-24, 2001.
Society for French Historical Studies
American Historical Association
American Society for Eighteenth-century Studies
Centre des Études Napoléoniennes
James Fenimore Cooper Society