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Michael Bishku

Professor

Michael Bishku

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Emeritus Faculty

  • MBISHKU@augusta.edu
  • (706) 667-4462
  • AH E214

Education

  • Ph.D., History, General New York University, 1981

  • MA, History, General University of Florida, 1975

  • BA, History, General University of Florida, 1974

Awards & Honors

  • Outstanding College Faculty Award Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022

  • Faculty Award for Excellence in Research Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022

  • Organizational Award American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, 2014

  • Fulbright Scholar Fulbright Hayes, 2001

  • Presidential Award Association of Global South Studies (formerly Association of Third World Studies), 1995

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • HIST 3041

    Modern Israel

  • HIST 2111

    United States to 1877

  • HIST 3111

    History and Culture of Africa

  • HIST 5111

    History and Culture of Africa: History & Culture of Africa

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • The Relations of the Middle Eastern Countries with Myanmar: The Challenge of Increasing Influence through Strategic and/or Economic Ties Amid the Persecution of the Muslim Rohinyas, 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Israel's Relations with Angola: From Portuguese Colony to the Present, 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • South Africa's Anti-Israel Obsession , 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Israel's Foreign Policy toward the Karabakh Conflict, 2023
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • The Status and Limits to Aspirations of Minorities in the South Caucasus States, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Department Service

  • Research Committee 2008 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Search Committee for African-American Historian 2015 - 2016

    Role: Committee Chair

College Service

  • Promotion and Tenure Committee 2013 - 2016

    Role: Committee Member

  • Pamplin College Faculty Council 2013 - 2016

    Role: Committee Member

  • Ad Hoc College Bylaws Committee 2012 - 2012

    Role: Committee Member

University Service

  • Library Committee 2016 - 2018

    Role: Committee Member

  • AAUP Chapter 2012 - 2014

Professional Service

  • U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research 2022 - Present

    Role: Other

  • Contemporary Review of the Middle East 2020 - Present

    Role: Editorial Review Board Member

  • Canada, Immigration and Refugee Board 2015 - Present

    Role: Other

  • Oxford University Press Bibliographies Online for Islamic Studies 2008 - Present

    Role: Editor, Associate Editor

  • USG Middle East Council 2007 - Present

    Role: Member