 Kish was a Fulbright Research Professor in Italy in 1951–1952, and again in 1963.He lectured at the United Nations University in Cambridge, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the Academy of Sciences of both Poland and Hungary, and at universities in Rome, Florence, Naples, Bari, London, Oxford, and Liege.He was the curator of maps at the William L. Clements Library for several years.