James Williams
Assistant Professor
- Email: james.williams@zu.ac.ae
- Telephone: +971 4 402 1469
- Address: Dubai Academic City, C-L1-006
Introduction
James Williams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Zayed University, Dubai. He studied anthropology at Cambridge University and the Johns Hopkins University.
Research and Professional Activities
James Williams has conducted long-term fieldwork in South Africa with young male African migrants and refugees. His research interests include youth, migration, and work in contexts of urban volatility, poverty, and post-conflict.
Teaching Areas
List of courses taught in ZU: specify if undergraduate or graduate
Introduction to Culture and Society
Comparative Intellectual Traditions
Comparative Sociology
World Cinemas
Special Topics
Research Methods
Senior Seminar
Honors Thesis
2018 (with Felicitas Hentschke) To Be at Home: House, Work, and Self in the Modern World. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.
2017 “Dwelling Discreetly: Undocumented Migrants in Cape Town.” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 37(3): 420-426.
