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Doctor Manuela Williams

Principal Teaching Fellow

History

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Personal statement

I joined ³Ô¹Ïtv 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). Since 2017, I have developed a strand of pedagogical scholarship activities that have focussed on widening access in higher education looking at the experience of transition through and out of university; graduate employability and inclusive pedagogy (curriculum and assessment design).

I am the Vice Dean Academic of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

I am Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I am Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

I was awarded the ³Ô¹Ïtv Teaching Excellence Award 2015.

I am member of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and co-chair of their subgroup looking at identity (Grand Challenges for SoTL 4).

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
2021
Recipient
2015
Recipient
2007
Recipient
2006
Recipient
2003

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Publications

Maglio Cristina, , Camponeschi Alessandro
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Vol 53, pp. 445-454 (2025)
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(2024)
Holland Sarah, Budd Adam, McGuire Coreen, , Peplow Simon
(2023)
(2022)
Pringle Yolana, Barker Sara, Holland Sarah, Laqua Daniel, Sennis Antonio, Tingle Elizabeth, , Wood Jamie, Brown Gareth, Harvie David
(2022)
Cooper Kate, Creechan Louise, Matthews-Jones Lucinda, Merrydew Aimee, Pringle Yolana, , Wood Jamie
(2020)

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Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Modern Europe
  • Propaganda and War in the Twentieth Century
  • Conflict in the Middle East 1900-1973
  • Living under a Dictator: Politics and Society in Fascist Italy
  • History Work Placement
  • The Scramble for the Middle East: Arab Nationalism, Zionism and European Colonial Powers, 1914-1939
  • The Power of Persuasion: Media, Propaganda and the State during 20th-Century Conflicts

Postgraduate

  • Nationalism and nation-states in the Arab Middle East: 1900-1945
  • Transatlantic Influences: The US and Europe after 1958 
  • Work Placement in History
  • Research Skills, Sources and Methods for Historians
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Professional Activities

Member
8/2024
Speaker
31/1/2024
Examiner
1/9/2023
Speaker
14/6/2023
Speaker
8/10/2022
Speaker
8/6/2022

Projects

Robertson, Elizabeth (Co-investigator) Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator) Murphy, Bronagh (Co-investigator) CRAIG, Joanne (Co-investigator) Marshall, Jacqueline (Co-investigator)
Scholarship of Teaching Collaborative Writing Groups (2023-26) is a facilitated staff development programme that supports staff to take their next steps in scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and undertake collaborative scholarship projects.

This collaborative writing group was organised around the theme of 'Assessment' and the group self prescribed to focus on Peer Assessment.
01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2026
Morrissey, Sean (Principal Investigator) Hasty, William (Principal Investigator) McCool, Susan (Principal Investigator) Strachan, Scott (Principal Investigator) Moore, Iain (Principal Investigator) Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator) Faulkner, Suzanne (Principal Investigator) McCrorie, Kathryn (Principal Investigator) Cochrane, Neil (Principal Investigator) Carlysle-Davies, Felicity (Principal Investigator)
Scholarship of Teaching Collaborative Writing Groups (2023-26) is a facilitated staff development programme that supports staff to take their next steps in scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and undertake collaborative scholarship projects.

Collaborative writing groups will be organised around a theme. Each group will have a group leader and will work together for an extended period to produce scholarship outputs.
01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2026
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
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
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
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

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Contact

Doctor Manuela Williams
Principal Teaching Fellow
History

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