Dr. Husam Mohamad

 


Husam Mohamad is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Central Oklahoma. (UCO). Dr. Mohamad earned a B.A. degree in Middle Eastern Studies from BirZeit University (West Bank) in 1985, an M.A. in 1989 and a Ph.D. in 1994 in Political Science  from the  University of Cincinnati . He also completed 60 graduate credit hours in Philosophy from the University of Cincinnati. Before joining UCO in 1999, Husam taught at the Department of International Relations at Eastern Mediterranean University, (Cyprus), the University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University . He also taught introductory courses (Summer 2001-2007) at the Junior Statesmen Summer School at Stanford University and Princeton University.  In 2007-2008, Dr. Mohamad was a Fulbright Scholar at the International Affairs Program at Qatar University.

 

 Professional/Research Interests:

  • Comparative Politics                                                                                                                          

  • Middle East Politics

  • U.S. Middle East Policy

 

Courses taught at UCO: (1999 - Present)

  •  Introduction to American Government

  •  Introduction to Comparative Politics

  •  Middle East Politics

  •  U.S. Middle East Policy

  •  Political Sociology 

  •  Islam and Politics

  •  Theories of Comparative Politics

  •  Middle East History

  •  Political Philosophy

 

Courses taught at other universities: (1994-1999 )

  • Diplomacy

  • Comparative Politics

  • Middle East Conflicts

  • Political Development

  • History of Political Thought

  • Political Ideologies

 

Publications: Journal Articles/Book Chapters:

 

Encyclopedia Entries:

·         Four entries: “Arab-Israeli War, 1967” “Arab-Israeli War, 1973” “Cyprus Dispute” and the “Palestine Liberation Organization/Palestinian Authority.” In    NATO: An Encyclopedia of International Security, edited by Craig Cobane, ABC-CLIO, Inc., (Forthcoming).

 

Book Reviews:

·         Irvine H. Anderson, Biblical Interpretation and Middle East Policy:  The Promised Land, America and Israel 1917-2002.  University of Florida Press, 2005, Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions (Forthcoming 2008).

·         Ellen Lust-Okar, Structuring Conflict in the Arab World: Incumbents, Opponents, and Institutions, Cambridge University Press 2005, The Review of Politics Vol.68,No.2 (2006):329-331

·         Ilan Pappe, A History of Palestine: One Land, Two People, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004,  Mediterranean Politics, , Vol.10,No.3 (Nov. 2005): 463-465

·         Hussein Agha, Shai Feldman, Ahmad Khalidi and Zeev Scheff, Track-II Diplomacy: Lessons from the Middle East. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Duke University Press, Vol.25, No.2. (Fall 2005): 500-503

·         As’ad Ghanem, The Palestinian Regime: a Partial Democracy, Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2001, Mediterranean Politics, (Spring 2004): 141-143

·         Khaled Abou El Fadl with Tariq Ali, Milton Viorst, John Esposito and Others, The Place of Tolerance in Islam. Boston: Beacon, 2002, Totalitarian Movements and Political religions, (Fall 2003): 209-213

·         Avi Shlaim, The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World, (NY: W.W. Norton and Co., 2000), Arab Studies Journal, (Spring 2002): 146-150.

·         Geoffrey R. Watson, The Oslo Accords: International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreements, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000; and Dalia Dassa Kaye, Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process1991-1996, (NY: Columbia University Press, 2001).  British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (November, 2002): 95-99

·         Efraim Karsh, Fabricating Israeli History, (Frank Cass, 2000); Efrim Karsh, From Rabin to Netanyahu, (Frank Cass, 1997),  British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (November, 2002): 190-194

·         Deborah Gerner, ed. Understanding the Contemporary Middle East, (Boulder, CO, 2000),  Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol.23, No. 3, (Summer 2001): 111-115.

·         Barry Rubin, The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building. (Harvard University Press, 1999),  The MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies  Vol.1, No.1, (May 2001) 4p.

·         Kathleen Christison, Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy. (University of California Press, 1999), Arab Studies Quarterly , Vol. 22, No. 4, (Fall 2000): 111-116

·         Graham Fuller, The Arab Shi’a: The forgotten Muslims. (St. Martin’s Press, 1999), Arab Studies Quarterly     (Summer 2000), Vol. 22, No. 3, p.117-121.

·         Nicholas Guyatt, The Absence of Peace: Understanding the Israeli Palestinian Conflict. (Zed Books, 1998). Journal of Peace Research , (July- 1999): 492

·         Samih Farsoun with Christina Zacharia, Palestine and the Palestinians. (Westview press, 1997). Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (Spring 1999): 161-164

·         Meron Benvenisti, City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). Jerusalem Quarterly File (May 1999): 49-51

 

  Conference Papers/Workshops:

·         “Bush’s Policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” the U.S. Foreign Policy: Theory, Mechanisms and Practice International Conference, Krakow, Poland, May 25-27, 2007

·         “Body of Evidence: The Nineteenth – Century and Photographs of India,” Workshop at the South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin, April 20-21, 2007

·         “The Peace Process and the Palestinian Political Landscape,” the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Associations, Chicago, IL, April 14-16, 2007

·         “The Road Map Formula and the End of the Two-State Solution,” the Association for the One Democratic State International Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, October 7-8, 2006

·         “The Bush Administration’s Policy towards Israel and the Palestinians,” the Second World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies, Amman, Jordan, June 11-16, 2006.

·         “Rhetoric vs. Reality in Democracy Building in the Arab World,” Public Opinion, Democracy and Reforms in the Middle East, Chaim Herzog Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Ben-Gurion University,  Israel, January 17-18, 2006.

·         “Further Perspectives on Gandhi and the Concept of Non-Violence,” Workshop at the South Asian Institute, the University of Texas at Austin, May 6-7, 2005.

·         “Palestinians-Israeli Relations under the Al-Aqsa Intifada.”the Midwest Political Science Associations Conference.  Chicago, IL, April 7-19, 2005.

·         “Revisiting the Role of Memories and Autobiographies in the Writing of the Modern Histories of Palestine, Syria and Lebanon,” Workshop at the Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 15-16, 2004.

·         “U.S. Policy in the Middle East,” roundtable discussant at the Oklahoma Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Edmond, OK, November 6-7, 2003.

·         “Palestinian Politics under the Al-Aqsa Intifada,” presented at the Middle East and South Asia Conference, the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 17, 2003.

·         “Geographic and Cultural Confluence in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.” Panel Chair at the Middle East and South Asia Conference, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, October 18, 2003

·         “The Intifada and the Palestinian Movement,” at the Western Political Science Association , Denver, Colorado. March 26-29, 2003

·         Debating the Current Palestinian Strategy, at the Oklahoma Political Science Associations Meeting, Cameron University, Lawton, OK, November 14-15, 2002

·         “History and Historiography of the Middle East in the 20th Century”, Workshop at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 23-27, 2002.

·         “Al-Aqsa Intifada, the Peace Process and the U.S. Policy in the Region,” Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago, May 10-12, 2002.

·         "Palestinian Politics on the Move: From Revolution to Peace and Statehood," the  Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting , March 15-18, 2001, Fort Worth, TX

·         "Arab Politics and the Palestinian Movement," the  New York Political Science Association Annual Meeting , St. John's University, N.Y., May 5, 1999.

·         "Restructuring Arab-Palestinian Identity and Relations," the Annual International Association of Business disciplines, Chicago, IL, March 21-23, 1999.

·         "Pan-Arabism and Palestinianism," the 13th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, Chicago , IL, May 1998.

·         "Contested Palestinian State," presented at the Third World States Conference in the 1990s, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus, May 1997.

 

Honors and Awards

  • 2007, nominated for the College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teaching Award, UCO

  • 2006, nominated for the College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Research Award, UCO

  • 2004, Political Science Scholar of the year award, by the Oklahoma Political Science Association

  • 2004, Faculty Merit Award,  University of Central Oklahoma

  • 2002, Travel Award, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin.

  • 2002, Faculty Merit Award, University of Central Oklahoma

  • 1997-98, Articles research awards, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus

  • 1990-1991, Charles Taft Fellowship, the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • 1988-1990, Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • 1985-1988, Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

Contact Information:  

 Department of Political Science
 University of Central Oklahoma
 Edmond, OK   73034, USA

        You may also contact me by phone at: 405-974-5531, fax: 405-974-3823 and email: hmohamad@ucok.edu  or ayhusam@gmail.com

This Page was last updated in Summer 2007.