William F. S. Miles

Professor
Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

323 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-3950
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
b.miles@neu.edu
Vita

Areas of Study

Comparative Politics, Political Development, Political Culture, Religion and Politics

My African Horse Problem. Amherst: University of Massachusetts, 2008.
Zion in the Desert. American Jews in Israel's Reform Kibbutzim. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007. Finalist for a 2007 National Jewish Book Award
Political Islam in West Africa. State-Society Relations Transformed. Boulder & London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007
Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998
Imperial Burdens: Countercolonialism in Former French India. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 1995
Hausaland Divided: Colonialism and Independence in Nigeria and Niger. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994
Elections in Nigeria: A Grassroots Perspective. London: Lynne Rienner, 1988
Elections and Ethnicity in French Martinique: A Paradox in Paradise. New York: Praeger, 1986
"Islamism in West Africa." Africa Studies Review 47:2 (2004)
"Third World Views of the Holocaust." Journal of Genocide Research 6:3 (2004)
"Negritude and Judaism." Western Journal of Black Studies 21:2 (1997)
"Political Para-theology: Rethinking Religion and Politics and Democracy." Third World Quarterly 17:3 (1996)

National Public Radio Commentator
Symposium Convenor
- "Third World Views of the Holocaust"
- "Aimé Césaire Memorial Symposium and Exhibit"
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Research Stipend grantee, 2007
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research grantee (American Philosophical Society), 2005
Stotsky Professor of Jewish Historical and Cultural Studies, 1998-2002
Robert D. Klein Lecturer, 2001
Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Fellowship for Africa (Mauritius), 1996-1997
Visiting Research Scholar, Harry S Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1994
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economic History, University of Sydney, Australia, 1991
Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Fellowship for the Pacific Islands, 1991

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Spring 2010

Fall 2008

Spring 2008

Fall 2007

Fall 2006

Spring 2007

This video is about my most recent book, "My African Horse Problem."