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Paul Williams

Assistant Professor
Phone
Office
AVDX 221
Office hours
By appointment

Biography

I received my doctorate from Brock University in Interdisciplinary Humanities, specializing in Critique and Social Transformation. My research has focused on how the issue of migration speaks to the heart of the European project. I have looked at the examples of the Global Migration Crisis and the transnational situation of the Roma in Europe. I have argued that Europe’s history of statelessness and migration has been made a fundamental principle of the European Union through the freedom of the movement of persons. However, it has struggled to uphold this principle in the face of rising nationalist politics within its Member States, largely because of issues surrounding the politics of migration.

I also have a Master of Arts in European Studies from the University of Guelph, and have completed a graduate studies program at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université D’Europe on “External Relations of the European Union.” I also have a peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Military and Strategic Studies. I have presented papers at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the European Conference on Arts and Humanities, and at the International Political Science Association World Congress of Political Science.

Publications

“The Weaponization of Oil in the Messages of Osama bin Laden.” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 10, 2.

Education

  • Ph. D - Interdisciplinary Humanities (Critique and Social Transformation), Brock University
  • M.A. - European Studies, University of Guelph
  • B.A. (Honours) - History (Minor in English), Brock University
     

Teaching

Fall Term:

  • POLS 2221: Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POLS 3991: The Politics of Migration: Global Comparative Perspectives (Issues in Comparative Politics)

Winter Term:

  • INLR/POLS 2301: Introduction to International Relations
  • POLS 3241: Human Rights
  • POLS 4991: Democracy and Authoritarianism

Research

  • Comparative Politics
  • European Politics
  • Politics of Migration
  • Human Rights
  • Minority Rights