Jameel Haque

PhD

Department Chair, Professor, Director of Kessel Peace Institute, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Coordinator | Faculty

Address: MH 109A
Phone: (507) 389-5315
Email: jameel.haque@mnsu.edu

Profile

Jameel Haque specializes in the History of the Modern Middle East and the Islamic World. His teaching and research focuses on global connections via trade, diplomacy and migration; and how Islamophobia is created and reinforced throughout the educational process in the US.

Education

PhD, M. Phil, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Fields of Study

Modern Middle East
Ottoman Empire
Imperialism
Global History
Islamic Civilizations

Courses Taught

History 170: Ancient World Civilization
History 232 Islamic Civilizations
History 246 History of Sports and Games
History 302: World History: An Overview
History 402/502: Foundations of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
History 432/532: Modern Middle East

Representative Publication

Articles

"Grafting and Mirroring: Anti-Muslim Bias in World History Textbooks.”
The History Teacher. 55, 2, (Feb, 2022), 229-267.
“The ‘Frame’ at Adab: American Archaeological Misbehavior in Late Ottoman Iraq (1899-1905)” Anthropology of the Middle East, 15, no. 1 (2020), 20-33.
“Imperial Intrigue: Native Agents and Early Twentieth Century Attempts at American Economic Expansion in Ottoman Iraq.” World History Connected, 13, no. 3 (2020).

Books

Baghdad Dispatches: The City of Peace in World War One. Bloomsbury Press, 2025.

Film

MLK 11.12.61, Ryan Sturgis. (True Façade Pictures/Kessel Peace Institute: 2022)
Credits: Executive Producer, Story Development, and Historical Consultant.