Mohammad Mozahidul Islam, PhD Professor, Department of History
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Dr Mohammad Mozahidul Islam is a professor and former Chairman of the Department of History at Jahangirnagar University, 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 was a visiting research fellow at the University of Cambridge.
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.
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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 Toxic Politics of Bangladesh: A bipolar competitive neo-patrimonial state?, Asian Journal of Political Science, 21, 2, pp.148-168, 2013.
• 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
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.
• 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.,, 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 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.,, Public Universities in Bangladesh: What’s wrong? And how to improve?, AmCham Journal, 16, 2, pp.62-67,
• 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,
• Islam, M.M.,, The state, institutions, and the challenges of development in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration, XXII, 1, pp.20-39, 2013.
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.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.
Activity
Position: Professor
Contact
Mohammad Mozahidul Islam, PhD
Professor
Department of History
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801930056965
Email: mozahid@juniv.edu
