Tim Carmichael
Associate Professor
Office Hours: by appointment and posted
Phone: 843.953.7326
E-mail: carmichaelt@cofc.edu
Tim Carmichael teaches history courses on Africa, the World, Islam, Drugs, and other topics. He has directed the college’s African Studies Program, served twice as an international elections observer, worked with a variety of national and international government and NGO agencies, and testifies regularly before the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of persecuted individuals seeking political asylum in the United States.
Education
2001 - Ph.D., Michigan State University
Research Interests
Northeast and Eastern Africa; Islam in Africa; African language historical sources.
Courses Taught
Violence in World History
Drugs in World History
Introduction to African Civilizations
Pre-colonial African History
Modern African History
Biographies and African Nationalism
Race and Violence in Africa
Islam in Africa
African History and Film
Honors and Awards
Tim’s major research and study trips have been funded by Fulbright-Hays, the Social Science Research Council, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the United States Department of Education, the United States Information Agency, and the American Institute for Yemeni Studies. He was an online editor of H-Africa for 15 years and presently serves as Book Reviews Editor of Northeast African Studies.
Publications
(with Ghazi Abuhakema), “The Somali Youth League Constitution: a handwritten Arabic copy (c. 1947?) from the Ethiopian Security Forces Archives in Harär,” Journal of Eastern African Studies, 4: 3 (2010): 450-466.
“The Lion of Judah’s Pen: Introducing a Collection of Ras Täfäri Mäkwännen/Emperor Haylä Sellassé’s ‘Personal’ Correspondence,” International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, 4, 1/2 (2009): 55-83.
