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Alastair Matthew Kocho Williams

Alastair Kocho-Williams

Alastair Kocho Williams

Professor of History of Humanities & Social Sciences
Humanities & Social Sciences

Email: akochowi@clarkson.edu
Phone: 315/268-4424
Office: 267 Bertrand H. Snell Hall
Mailbox: CU Box 5750

Department(s): Humanities and Social Sciences
School(s): School of Arts and Sciences
  • Teaching Interests
  • Research Interests
  • Grants
  • Publications
Education
Ph.D. -
University of Manchester, UK
Modern European History M.A -
University of Manchester, UK
History B.A (Hons) -
University of Manchester, UK
Courses Taught
The Clarkson Seminar
War and Society
The Cold War
The Soviet Union at War
Biography

Originally from the United Kingdom, Kocho-Williams came to Clarkson in 2018. He holds degrees from the University of Manchester in the UK. Before coming to Clarkson, he was Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Aberystwyth University. Prior to that, he was Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of the West of England, and Lecturer in Soviet History at the University of Leeds. Kocho-Williams is an elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is also a member of the Institute of Historical Research, the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies, the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies and the British International History Group.

He is proficient in Russian, German and French.
 

Teaching Interests

Russian and Soviet History
International Relations in the 20th Century
War Studies
Modern European History

Research Interests

Russian and Soviet foreign policy and diplomacy
Soviet anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism
International Communism

Grants

Aberystwyth University Research Leave Grant, 
University of the West of England Early Career Researcher Starter Grant, 
University of the West of England Research Leave Grant
University of Leeds Research Support Grant.

Publications

Russia’s International Relations in the Twentieth Century (2012)
Russian and Soviet Diplomacy, 1900-1939 (2011) 
The Twentieth Century Russia Reader (2011)

Schools at Clarkson

  • Graduate School
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • David D. Reh School of Business
  • Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering
  • Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health Sciences
  • Institute for a Sustainable Environment
  • Early College Program: The Clarkson School
  • Institute for STEM Education
  • Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries

Highlights of Excellence

  • Career Center
  • Honors Program
  • ROTC
  • SPEED
  • Student Success Center
  • Writing Center

Research & Innovation

  • Clarkson Center for Complex Systems Science (C3S2)
  • The Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP)
  • Center for Air and Aquatic Resources Engineering & Science (CAARES)
  • Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR)
  • The Center for Rehabilitation Engineering, Science & Technology (CREST)
  • NYS Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions
  • The Shipley Center for Innovation
  • Clarkson Ignite
  • University Libraries

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