Mohammad Mozahidul Islam, PhD Professor, Department of History
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Dr Mohammad Mozahidul Islam is Professor, Department of History, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. He obtained his PhD in Politics & International Relations from the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia. He received MA in International Relations from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Previously, in Bangladesh, he was educated in the Department of History, Jahangirnagar University, and received MA in History with First Class (placed in the first position). He has published numerous research articles in various Bangladeshi and international peer-reviewed academic journals, which include the Journal of Asian and African Studies (published by SAGE), Asian Journal of Political Science (Routledge: Taylor & Francis), Commonwealth & Comparative Politics (Routledge: Taylor & Francis), Journal of International Development (Wiley Blackwell) and the like. His recent publications include:
- Islam, MM. 2023. Why nations Fail to Feed the Poor: The politics of food security in Bangladesh, Routledge: New York.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Bangladesh Politics, Politics of Food Security, Bangladesh State, History of the Liberation Struggle of Bangladesh
JOURNAL PAPER
• Islam, M.M., et al,, The final straw? Bhola cyclone, 1970 election, disaster politics, and the making of Bangladesh, Contemporary South Asia, Published online: 27 Apr 2023, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2023.2203901• Islam, M.M.,, The Political Economy of Food Aid: Does food aid stabilize food availability for ensuring food security in Bangladesh?, Journal of International Relations, IV, 4, pp.21-36, 2013.
• Islam, M.M.,, The state, institutions, and the challenges of development in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XXII, 1, pp.20-39, 2013.
• Islam, M.M.,, Public Universities in Bangladesh: What’s wrong? And how to improve?, AmCham Journal, 16, 2, pp.62-67,
• Islam, M.M.,, Dealing with Qualitative Methods in Bangladesh: The Potentials and Pitfalls of Research Design and Fieldwork, The Oriental Anthropologist, 14, 1, pp.13-26, 2014.
• Islam, M.M.,, The Toxic Politics of Bangladesh: A bipolar competitive neo-patrimonial state?, Asian Journal of Political Science, 21, 2, pp.148-168, 2013.
• Islam, M.M.,, The Contending Images of Food Security in Bangladesh, Journal of International Development, 26, 7, pp.1054-1070, 2014. doi: 10.1002/jid.2995
• Islam, M.M.,, The Politics of the Public Food Distribution System in Bangladesh: Regime survival or promoting food security?, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 50, 6, pp.702-715, 2015. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909614541
• Islam, M.M.,, Electoral violence in Bangladesh: Does confrontational bipolar party politics matter?, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 53, 4, pp.359-380, doi: 10.1080/14662043.2015.1089001
• Rabbi, M and Islam, M.M.,, Exploring the Linkage Between Foreign Aid and Political Influence: A Study of Japanese Aid Towards Bangladesh', Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XVIII, 1, pp.35-57,
Rudd, A.E. and Islam, M.M., Political Dynasty Formation in Bangladesh, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 39, 2, pp.401-414, 2016.
§ Rudd, A.E. and Islam, M.M. (2016), ‘Political Dynasty Formation in Bangladesh,’ South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 39:2, 401-414 [The DOI of the paper is: 10.1080/00856401.2016.1164107.Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00856401.2016.1164107].
§ Islam, M.M. (2015), ‘Electoral violence in Bangladesh: Does confrontational bipolar party politics matter?’, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 53:4, 359-380, DOI: 10.1080/14662043.2015.1089001 [Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14662043.2015.1089001?journalCode=fccp20]
§ Islam, M.M. (2015), 'The Politics of the Public Food Distribution System in Bangladesh: Regime survival or promoting food security?' Journal of Asian and African Studies, 50:6, 702-715. [Link: http://jas.sagepub.com/ content/early/2014/07/15/ 0021909614541082.abstract].
§ _____ (2014), 'The Contending Images of Food Security in Bangladesh,' Journal of International Development; 26:7, 1054-1070, DOI: 10.1002/jid.2995. [Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley. com/doi/10.1002/jid.2995/ abstract].
§ _____ (2013), 'The Toxic Politics of Bangladesh: A bipolar competitive neopatrimonial state?',Asian Journal of Political Science, 21(2):148-168. [Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/abs/10.1080/02185377.2013. 823799#preview].
§ _____ (2014), Dealing with Qualitative Methods in Bangladesh: The Potentials and Pitfalls of Research Design and Fieldwork, The Oriental Anthropologist, 14(1): 13-26. [Published from New Delhi; Link: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/98226220/dealing-qualitative-methods-bangladesh ].
§ _____ (2013), The state, institutions, and the challenges of development in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XXII:1, pp. 20-39.
§ _____ (2013), 'The Political Economy of Food Aid: Does food aid stabilize food availability for ensuring food security in Bangladesh?',Journal of International Relations, IV (4): 21-36.
§ _____ (2014), 'Mapping the Linkages between the Politics of Food, Food Security and Governance',Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, [Forthcoming].
§ _____ (2012) Book Review, 'Understanding Bangladesh', Asian Studies Review,
36 (4): 577-578. [published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis].
§ _____ (2009), 'Exploring the Linkage Between Foreign Aid and Political Influence: A Study of Japanese Aid Towards Bangladesh', Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XVIII (I): 35-57 (with Miah Rabbi).
§ _____ (2008), 'Partition of Bengal in 1905: A Post Colonial Reader', Clio:Journal of the Department of History [Jahangirnagar University], XXV: 35-46 (in Bengali).
§ _____ (2006), 'The Political Economy of Corruption in Bangladesh', Clio:Journal of the Department of History [Jahangirnagar University], XXIII (1): 105-113.
§ _____ (2006), 'World Bank in Bangladesh Education: Why Does the Bank Changes its Education Policy?',The Jahangirnagar Review,Part-c, IX: 00-00.
§ _____ (2005), 'World Bank in Education: An Appraisal', Clio:Journal of the Department of History [Jahangirnagar University], XXII (1): 95-114.
§ _____ (2000), 'The Role of United Nations in Decolonization of Africa: A Review', Clio:Journal of the Department of History [Jahangirnagar University], XVII (1): 33-47 (in Bengali).
§ _____ (2002), 'Post World War II USA Foreign Policy towards Africa: Apathy and Negligence?',Clio:Journal of the Department of History [Jahangirnagar University], XIX (1): 115-130 (in Bengali).
§ _____ (2002), 'Democracy in Contemporary Africa,'TheJahangirnagar Review,Part-c, IX (1): 1-12 (in Bengali).
§ _____ (2003), 'Tajuddin Ahmed and the Liberation War of Bangladesh', Clio:Journal of the Department of History [Jahangirnagar University], XX (1): 95-110 (in Bengali).
§ ______ (2001), 'War and Peace in Post Cold War Africa', Clio:Journal of the Department of History [Jahangirnagar University], XVIII (1): 37-53 (in Bengali).
§ ______ (2001), 'The European Occupation of Africa: A Review', Didaskalus, 1(1): 1-12 (in Bengali).
BOOK
• Islam, M.M.,, Why Nations Fail to Feed the Poor: The Politics of Food Security in Bangladesh, Routledge, New York and London, 2023.BOOK CHAPTER
• Islam, M.M.,, The Development of Public Universities of Bangladesh: A perspective, 50 Years of Bangladesh: A tale of a miracle, Prothoma Prokashon: Dhaka, pp.232-238, 2022.• Islam, M.M.,, The Making of a National Identity: How Bangabandhu United the Bengalis of East Pakistan, Bangabandhu and Bangladesh, pp.346-357, University Press Limited, 2021.
Academic Info
I received PhD in Politics & International Relations from the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia and received MA in International Relations from the University of Tsukuba, Japan.
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Mohammad Mozahidul Islam, PhD
Professor
Department of History
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801930056965
Email: mozahid@juniv.edu
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