Dr Manuela Williams

Senior Teaching Fellow

History

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Personal statement

I joined Strathclyde in September 2002. My research and teaching interests lie in the field of international history, and in particular the history of the Middle East (the interwar period, the history of the mandates, Arab nationalism and the emergence of nation states, pan-Arabism and post war conflicts), propaganda and political communication, twentieth century Europe (Italian Fascism and post-war European political history), widening access in higher education. I currently lead a project that investigates widening access students' transition from undergraduate to postgraduate studies.

I am Director of Teaching in the School of Humanities

I am Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I am Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

I was awarded the Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award 2015.

I am a member of the steering committee of HistoryUK.

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Area of Expertise

Expertise

  • The political history of the Middle East
  • The history of propaganda and information
  • Twentieth-century Europe
  • Widening Access in Higher Education
  • Employability in Higher Education

Postgraduate supervision

I welcome postgraduate applications in any areas of 20th Century history of the Middle East, history of propaganda and 19th and 20th century Italian history.

I have supervised, and currently supervise

Gianluca Fantoni, ‘Red Screens: the cinematographic and television production of the Italian Communist Party’, Ph.D. (completed)

Ben Quail, ‘The Great Society and War: The Propaganda of Lyndon B Johnson’s Presidency’, Ph.D. (completed)

Alessandra Magrin, ‘The Buffalo Bill Wild West tours of Italy in the 1890s and 1900s’, Ph.D. (completed)

Ewan Hearns, 'Narrative Dissonance and the Prevention of Peace: How conflicting narratives amongst the Zionists and the Palestinians surrounding the establishment of the Israeli state in 1948, hindered the success of future peace processes in the region', Ph.D.

Rebecca Lupton, 'Japan's decision to join the Axis Powers and the possibility that World War II began in the Far East', MRes

Gabriella Gillies, ‘"I could not serve a government in whose policy I did not believe". Gertrude Bell, Zionism and the Foreign Office', MRes (completed)

Grants and awards

QAA Scotland - Resilient Learning Communities Enhancement Theme (2021)

QAA Scotland - Student Transition Enhancement Theme (2015)

The Carnegie Trust Research Grant (2007)

British Academy Small Research Grant (2006)

British Academy Small Research Grant (2003)

 

Prize And Awards

Senior Fellowship of HEA
Recipient
2021
Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award
Recipient
2015
The Carnegie Trust Research Grant
Recipient
2007
British Academy Small Research Grant
Recipient
2006
British Academy Small Research Grant
Recipient
2003

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Professional Activities

External Examiner
Examiner
1/9/2023
QAA Scotland’s 5th International Enhancement Conference ‘Shaping the Student Experience Together: 20 Years of Enhancement’
Speaker
14/6/2023
Using reflective assessment to embed employability in History
Speaker
8/10/2022
ENHANCEMENT CONFERENCE 2022: RESILIENT LEARNING COMMUNITIES – INCLUSIVE, FLEXIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE
Speaker
8/6/2022
External Assessor
Examiner
2021
The Pandemic Pedagogy Handbook
Contributor
7/2020

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Projects

Participation in British Academy/Students Organising for Sustainability UK SHAPE Impact Project
Bonnar, Lizann (Principal Investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator) Williams, Manuela (Co-investigator) Gallou, Eirini (Co-investigator)
Staff from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Centre for Sustainable Development participated in the British Academy/Students Organising for Sustainability UK SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts for People and Environment) Impact Project. The project sought to support the local community of Townhead and Ladywell to address some of their sustainability challenges. As a first activity, students worked with community leaders to engage with the wider community via an exhibition in the Village Hall on Townhead and Ladywell: Past, Present and Future.
01-Jan-2022 - 06-Jan-2024
Teaching and scholarship seminars of the School of Humanities
Lefever, Joan-Emilie (Co-investigator) Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator) Sabala, Vanesa (Co-investigator) Acosta, Lidia (Co-investigator) Turner, Angela (Co-investigator)
For several years prior to the COVID pandemic, the Modern Languages department organised the LATE (Language and teaching) seminars. In 20222/2023, I am a core member of the organising committee of the Teaching and Scholarship seminars in Humanities. The first guest in December 2022 was Dr Amparo of the Women’s legacy project, a European project creating a depository of resources of women’s work in art and literature. In 2023, the speakers , mostly internal, will present workshops and gave seminars on topics ranging from the technology of interactive lectures to pedagogical reflections on different types of feedback.
14-Jan-2022 - 23-Jan-2023
Analysis of the Institutional Employability Audit
Willison, Debra (Principal Investigator) Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator)
£2901.60 internal funding to support employment of a student intern to analyze the results of the institutional employability audit.
07-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
Widening Access student transition into Postgraduate Education - implementation phase
Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator)
Funded by QAA Resilient Learning Communities Enhancement Theme, this project will implement the findings of the 2019 research into Widening Access students transition into postgraduate studies. It will create online repositories of information on services and facilities, and academic skills.
01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
Widening Access students transition into Postgraduate Education
Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator)
This project explores and assesses HaSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Widening Access students’ transition from undergraduate to postgraduate studies and their perceptions of existing or potential barriers
01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2019
Widening Participation students through their undergraduate years.
Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator)
Funded by QAA Transition Enhancement theme, this project examines the experiences of Widening Access undergraduate students of History at Strathclyde University
02-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2016

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Contact

Dr Manuela Williams
Senior Teaching Fellow
History

Email: manuela.williams@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8355