Prof. Bizeck Jube Phiri is Professor of History in the Department of Historical and Archaeological Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has published extensively on the political history of Zambia and civil military relations in Southern Africa. He has served in Senate and several Committees of Senate and Council of the University of Zambia. Prof. Bizeck Jube Phiri served as Dean of Student Affairs, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Head of Department as well as Assistant Dean in the School of Education and School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Academic Qualifications
1991: Ph.D. in History, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
1983: Master of Arts in History, University of Zambia, Lusaka.
1980: Bachelor of Arts with Education, University of Zambia, Lusaka.
Books & Authored Monographs
Phiri, B. J., & Shaba, T. Historical Dictionary of Zambia (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Phiri, B. J. A Political History of Zambia: From Colonial Rule to the Third Republic, 1890–2001. Africa World Press, 2006.
Phiri, B. J. A History of Indians in Eastern Province of Zambia. Academic Press, 2000.
Book Chapters & Edited Works
Phiri, B. J. "The Politics of Constitution-Making in Zambia: 1964–2021." In N. F. Awasom & H. P. Dlamini (Eds.), The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Africa's Independence and Post-Independence Constitutions (Springer Nature, 2024), 85–109.
Phiri, B. J. "Civil Control of the Zambian Military Since Independence and Its Implication for Democracy." In R. Williams, G. Cawthra, & D. Abrahams (Eds.), Ourselves to Know: Civil-Military Relations and Defence Transformation in Southern Africa (Institute for Security Studies, 2002), pp. 125–138.
Journal Articles
Phiri, B. J. "The African Participation and Experiences in the First and Second World Wars in Northern Rhodesia: A Historical Perspective 1914–1948", Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57, 1 (2022), 47–59.
Phiri, B. J. "From One-Party Democracy to Multiparty Liberal Democracy in Zambia Since 1990: Reality or Illusion?" Southern Journal for Contemporary History, 46, 2 (2021), 113–136.
Gordon, D. M., Phiri, B. J., Macola, G., & Ferguson, J. "Debating 'The Rediscovery of Liberalism' in Zambia: Responses to Harri Englund", Africa 84, 4 (2014), 658–667.
Phiri, B. J. "Colonial Legacy and the Role of Society in the Creation and Demise of Autocracy in Zambia, 1964–1991", Nordic Journal of African Studies, 10, 2 (2001), 224–244.
- Political histories of Zambia and the rest of the world
- Civil millitary relations in Southern Africa
Projects