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Michael R. Fischbach, Ph.D.
EDUCATION
PUBLICATIONS Books Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008 The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (editor-in-chief). Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Cengage, 2007 The Peace Process and Palestinian Refugee Claims: Addressing Claims for Property Compensation and Restitution. Washington: United States Institute of Peace, 2006 Records of Dispossession: Palestinian Refugee Property and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003; reprint edition, Cairo: The American University of Cairo Press, 2004 State, Society, and Land in Jordan. Leiden, Köln, Boston: Brill, 2000 Articles, Chapters "British and Zionist Data Gathering on Palestinian Land Ownership and Population during the Mandate." Lyon, David, and Elia Zureik, eds. States of Exception, Surveillance and Population Management: The Case of Israel-Palestine. Routledge, forthcoming "Linking Palestinian Compensation Claims with Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries." Brynen, Rex, and Roula El-Rifai, eds. Palestinian Refugee Compensation and the Peace Process: Issues and Perspectives. I.B. Tauris, forthcoming "The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine's Records on Palestinian Refugee Property Losses." Ibid, forthcoming "Palestinian Refugee Compensation and Israeli Counterclaims for Jewish Property in Arab Countries," Journal of Palestine Studies 38, 1 (Autumn 2008) "Claiming Iraqi Jewish Communal Property in Iraq," Middle East Report No. 248 (Fall 2008): 5-7 "Comparing Palestinian and Mizrahi Jewish Property Losses in Discourse and Diplomacy.” Lustick, Ian, and Ann M. Lesch, eds. Exile and Return: Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005 “Land Policies and Socio-Economic Structures, 1920-1970.” al-Nadwa [World Affairs Council of Jordan], forthcoming “The British Land Program, State-Societal Cooperation, and Popular Imagination in Transjordan.” Sluglett, Peter, and Nadine Meouchy, eds., with Gérard Khoury and Geoffrey Schad. The French and British Mandates in Comparative Perspectives/Les Mandats FranVais et Anglais dans une Perspective Comparative (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2004) “The United Nations and Palestinian Refugee Property Compensation.” Journal of Palestine Studies 31, 2 (Winter 2002): 34-50
“Les Nations unies et l’indemnisation des réfugiés.” Mardam-Bey, Farouk, and Elias Sanbar, eds., le Droit au Retour: le problème des réfugiés palestiniens. Paris: Sindbad/Actes Sud, 2002 “Britain and the Ghawr Abi `Ubayda Waqf Controversy in Transjordan.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 33, 4 (November 2001): 525-544 “UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Land Records.” Tamari, Salim, and Elia Zureik, eds., Reinterpreting the Historical Records: The Uses of Palestinian Refugee Archives for Social Science and Policy Analysis Research (1947- 2000). Jerusalem: Institute for Jerusalem Studies and Institute for Palestine Studies, 2001 "Jordan."
Magnarella, Paul J., ed., The Middle East and North Africa: Governance,
Democratization, Human Rights. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publications,
1999 “Documenting land in the Palestinian Authority.” Middle East Report No. 202 (Vol.27, No. 1 [Winter 1997]): 45-48 “The Cadastral Situation in Amman in the mid-1940s.” al-Manarah 1, 1 (January 1996) [AL al-Bayt University, Jordan]: 109-118 “The Modern Political Uses of Dusty Historical Documents.” CIRA Bulletin 11, 2 (Winter 1996) [Center for Iranian Research and Analysis]: 13-15 "British Land Policy in Transjordan." Rogan, Eugene L., and Tariq Tell, eds., Village, Steppe & State: The Social Origins of Jordan. London and New York: British Academic Press, 1994
“The Palestinians.” Tachau, Frank, ed., Political Parties in the Middle East and North Africa. The Greenwood Historical Encyclopedia of the World's Political Parties. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994 "The Implications of Jordanian Land Policy for the West Bank." Middle East Journal 48, 3 (Summer 1994): 492-509 "Palestinian Land Documents." Middle East Report No. 186 (Vol. 24, No. 1, January/February 1994): 14 "Al-Mukhayba Village: A Tale of Shaykhs, Efendis, Peasants, and Land in Transjordan." Dirasat 21 A, 1 (February 1994) [University of Jordan]: 46-71 New Indigenous Sources for the Socio-Economic History of Transjordan During the Mandate." (with Abla Amawi) Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 25, 2 (December 1991): 169-172 "Observations on Land Ownership in Liwa' `Ajlun During the Mandate." al-Nadwa 2, 3 (October 1990) [World Affairs Council of Jordan]: 26-30 Encyclopedia Entries "Mahmud Abbas," "Abu Mus`ab al-Zarqawi," numerous other entries. Fischbach, Michael R., editor-in-chief, The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Cengage, 2007 "Jordan." Stearns, Peter N., editor-in-chief. Encyclopedia of the Modern World New York: Oxford University Press, 2007 "Hussein bin Talal." Darity, William A., ed. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, second edition. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2007 "Palestinian Refugee Property Claims." Rubenberg, Cheryl, ed. Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, forthcoming “Saddam Hussein,” “Iraq.” Shelton, Dinah L., ed., Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. New York: Thomson Gale, 2004
“Abdullah II ibn Hussein,” “Hamas,” “War in Iraq (2003),“ “Palestinian Authority,” numerous other entries. Mattar, Philip, ed., Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. Macmillan Reference USA. New York: Thomson Gale, 2004 "Land," "Jerusalem," numerous other entries. Mattar, Philip, ed., Encyclopedia of the Palestinians.New York: Facts On File, 2000; revised edition: Facts On File, 2005 "Palestinian Authority." Collier's International Year Book [1997, 1998]. New York: P.F. Collier "Palestinian Authority." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Yearbook [1997, 1998]. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Corporation "Hamas" numerous other entries. Bulliet, Richard, Philip Mattar, and Reeva Simon, eds., Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East. New York: Macmillan Press, 1996 "Palestine Liberation Organization." Collier's International Year Book 1996. New York: P.F. Collier, 1996 "Palestine Liberation Organization." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Yearbook 1996. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Corporation, 1996
James Ross-Nazzal, The U.S. Veto and the Polemics of the Question of Palestine in the United Nations Security Council, 1972-2007 (Journal of Palestine Studies, forthcoming) Neve Gordon, Israel's Occupation (Marine Corps University Journal, forthcoming) Esmail Nashif, Palestinian Political Prisoners: Identity and Community (Journal of Islamic Studies, forthcoming) Ilana Feldman, Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967 (Journal of Islamic Studies, forthcoming) Hillel Cohen, Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 (American Historical Review 114, 4 [October 2009]) Martin Bunton, Colonial Land Policies in Palestine 1917-1936 (Journal of Palestine Studies 38, 2 [Winter 2009]) Michael Chiller-Glaus, Tackling the Intractable: Palestinian Refugees and the Search for Middle East Peace (Journal of Palestine Studies 37, 8 [Spring 2008]) Michael Dumper, ed., Palestinian Refugee Repatriation: Global Perspectives (MESA Bulletin 41, 2 [Winter 2008]) Michael Dumper, The Future for Palestinian Refugees: Toward Equity and Peace (Journal of Palestine Studies 37, 2 [Winter 2008]) Kimberly Katz, Jordanian Jerusalem: Holy Places and National Spaces (H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine, 2007) Julie Peteet, Landscape of Hope and Despair: Palestinian Refugee Camps (American Historical Review 111, 5 [December 2006]) Review essay: Philip Robins, A History of Jordan; Ellen Lust-Okar, Structuring Conflict in the Arab World: Incumbents, Opponents, and Institutions; Russell E. Lucas, Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan: Domestic Responses to External Challenges, 1988-2001; Betty S. Anderson, Nationalist Voices in Jordan: The Street and the State; Riad M. Nasser, Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel: The Necessary "Other" in the Making of a Nation (MESA Bulletin 40,1 [June 2006]) S. Ilan Troen, Imagining Zion: Dreams, Designs, and Realities in a Century of Jewish Settlement (American Historical Review 110, 4 [October 2005]) Itamar Levin, Locked Doors. The Seizure of Jewish Property in Arab Countries (International Journal of Middle East Studies 36, 2 [May 2004]) Hemda Ben-Yehuda and Shmuel Sandler, The Arab-Israeli Conflict Transformed: Fifty Years of Interstate and Ethnic Conflict (Shofar), forthcoming Raphael Israeli, Green Crescent Over Nazareth: the Displacement of Christians by Muslims in the Holy Land (Shofar 22, 2 [Winter 2004]) Calvin Goldscheider, Cultures in Conflict - the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Shofar 22,2 [Winter 2004]) Warwick P. Tyler, State Lands and Rural Development in Mandatory Palestine,1920-1948 (Middle East Journal,forthcoming) Hanna Batatu, Syria’s Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics (American Historical Review 106, 5 ([December 2001]) Adnan Abu-Odeh, Jordanians, Palestinians & the Hashemite Kingdom in the Middle East Peace Process (International Journal of Middle East Studies 32, 4 [November 2000])
A.L. Macfie, The End of the Ottoman Empire 1908-1923 (Middle East Journal 53, 4 [Autumn 1999]) Ehud Toledano, Slavery and Abolition in the Ottoman Middle East (Middle East Journal 53, 2 [Spring 1999]) Suraiya Faroqhi, Pilgrims and Sultans. The Hajj under the Ottomans 1517-1683 (Middle East Journal 52, 1 [Winter 1998])
Laurie A. Brand, Jordan's Inter-Arab Relations: The Political
Economy of Alliance Making (Middle East Journal 50, 2
[Spring 1996]) Donna Robinson Divine, Politics and Society in Ottoman Palestine. The Arab Struggle for Survival and Power (Middle East Journal 49, 2 [Spring 1995]). Kamal Salibi, The Modern History of Jordan (Journal of Palestine Studies 23, 2 [Winter 1995])
Linda L. Layne, Home and Homeland. The Dialogics of Tribal and
The Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights, Report on the Violations of Human Rights in the Territories During the Uprising, 1988 (Journal of Palestine Studies 59, 2 [Winter 1989]) Numerous "Shorter Notices" [short reviews], Journal of Palestine Studies
Los Angeles Times, Le Monde Diplomatique, History News Network, Aufbau, Middle East International, Daily Star, Middle East Land and Development, Jordan Times, Population Today
"The Importance of British and Zionist Data Gathering on Palestinian Land Ownership and Population During the Mandate," the "States of Exception, Surveillance and Population Management: The Case of Israel-Palestine" Workshop of Queen's University's "New Transparency: Surveillance and Social Sorting" Project, Larnaca, Cyprus, December 2008 "Irbid as Conduit of Tanzimat-Era Ottoman Land Policies in Southern Syria (Northern Transjordan)," American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Boston, November 2008 "Refugee Properties and Compensation," United Nations Special Meeting to Mark 60 Years of Dispossession of the Palestine Refugees, New York, June 2008 "Origins of the Palestine Refugee Problem -- 60 Years of Dispossession and Tragedy," United Nations International Conference on Palestine Refugees, Paris, April 2008 "The Immigration of British Land Practices into Transjordan," "The Immigration of Land Law" conference, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel, December 2007 "The Complexities Surrounding Jewish Property Claims Against Libya," Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada, November 2007 "Recent Developments Relating to Palestinian Refugee and Mizrahi Jewish Property Claims." Association for Israel Studies Conference, Banff, Canada, May 2006 "Palestinian and Mizrahi Jewish Property Claims in Discourse and Diplomacy." Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, December 2005 "The Future of Palestinian Refugee Property Claims." "Palestinian Refugees: International Law, Human Rights Conventions, UN Resolutions. Past, Present, and Future Perspectives" conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2005 "The UNCCP and the Palestinian Refugees: Early Attempts at Achieving Return, Compensation, and Restitution.” “A Just Solution for the Palestinian Refugees?” international seminar, organized by A'idun Group (Lebanon & Syria) in cooperation with the University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria, September 2004 "Legal and Diplomatic Issues Stemming from Israeli Expropriation of Palestinian Refugee Land." Middle East Studies Association of North America, Anchorage, November 2003 “The
Usefulness of the UNCCP Archives for Palestinian Refugee
“The
Usefulness of the UNCCP Archives for Palestinian Refugee “Using Historical Documents in Negotiations Over Refugee Property Compensation.” the Fourth Mediterranean Social and Political Research conference of The Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence and Montecatini Terme, Italy, March 2003 “Comparing Palestinian and Mizrahi Jewish Property Claims after 1948.” “The Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews: The Meanings of Catastrophe, Historical Knowledge, and the Return of Exiles” conference, United States Institute for Peace and Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, October 2002 and June 2003 "Women and Property in Jordan in the Modern Period.”Women and the Labor Market the Islamic World Past and Present” conference of Harvard Law School’s Islamic Legal Studies Program and Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge, May 2002 “Mr. Dowson Goes to Transjordan.” Middle East Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 2001 “The British Land Program, State-Societal Cooperation, and Popular Imagination in “Transjordan.” “The Mandates in Comparative Perspective” conference, Aix en Provence, France, June 2001
“Mandatory Land Records and Palestinian Refugee Property Rights.” Middle East Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting, Orlando, November 2000 “Land Policies and the Creation of ‘Jordan’.” Middle East Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting, Chicago, December 1998 “Land Policies and Socio-Economic Structures” “Social Identities, Development Policies and the State in Jordan, 1946-1996” seminar series, Centre pour les études et des recherches sur le Moyen-Orient contemporaine (CERMOC), August 1998 “Women, Land, and the State in Transjordan.” “Social History of Jordan Pt. 1” conference, al-Urdun al-Jadid Research Centre, Amman, Jordan, March 1998 “The Social Bases of the Anglo-Hashemite Regime in Transjordan."Middle East Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 1997 "Settling Historical Land Claims in the Wake of Arab-Israeli Peace." Middle East Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting, Providence, November 1996 "Law, Custom, and Flexible Understandings of Waqf in Rural Ottoman Syria (Transjordan)." Middle East Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, November 1994 "Britain and the Ghawr Abi `Ubayda Waqf Controversy in Transjordan." Middle East Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting, Portland, October 1992 meeting (not presented)
"British Land Policy in Transjordan." Middle East Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting, Washington, November 1991
Finalist, Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award, the Jewish Book Council's 2009 National Jewish Book Awards [for Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries] (2010) Second Prize, British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize for Middle Eastern Studies, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies [for Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries] (2009) Honorable Mention, first annual Benjamin L. Hooks Outstanding Book Award Contest, Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, University of Memphis [for Records of Dispossession] (2004) United States Institute of Peace Grant (2003-2004) Research and Writing Grant, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, granted through the Friends of the Institute for Palestine Studies (2000-2001) Rashkind Endowment Grant, Randolph-Macon College (1999, 2007) Walter Williams Craigie Teaching Endowment Grant, Randolph-Macon College (1994, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2008) Maurice L. Mednick Memorial Fellowship, Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (1996, 2008) Thomas Branch Award for Excellence in Teaching, Randolph-Macon College (1995) Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship, Joint Committee on the Near and Middle East of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council (1990-91)
Fulbright Student Program Fellowship (1989-90) Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University (1987-92) Scholarship, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University(1984-86)
Associate
editor, Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa.
Macmillan Reference USA. New York: Thomson Gale, 2004 Member,
Middle East Studies Association of North America, Association of
Israel Studies, American Association of University Professors |
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