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John M.K. Hanna is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of History, Form & Aesthetics within the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at Delft University of Technology. His interdisciplinary research focuses on urban conflicts, Mediterranean port cities, and colonial architectural legacies, with a particular emphasis on Beirut, Cairo, and African/Middle Eastern urban histories. He explores intersections between architecture, literature, and political histories through spatial analysis.
Recent work includes studies on adaptive strategies in port cities like Dunkirk and Beirut, water scarcity in Moroccan urban contexts, and modernist architectural projects tied to feminist movements in Cairo. His methodologies blend literary analysis with in-situ fieldwork and design fiction approaches.
- Recipient of the Orient Institut Beirut Doctoral Fellowship (2018)
- Recipient of Gerda Henkel Stiftung Security Research Grant (2017)
Active in international academic networks, he has organized workshops on architectural fieldwork methodologies (2025), presented at conferences on water infrastructure and amphibious architecture (2024), and co-organized dialogues between Rabat and Delft architecture programs (2024).
