Professor Howard Williams
Professor
Biography
Howard is Professor of Archaeology with over 25 years of experience in academic teaching and research. He joined the University of Chester in 2008 and was appointed to a personal chair as Professor of Archaeology in 2010.
Teaching and Supervision
Howard leads modules and/or delivers undergraduate teaching on: world archaeology, the archaeology of the British Isles, late Roman and early medieval archaeology, the contemporary past, the Vikings, public archaeology, the archaeology of death and burial as well as supervising undergraduate archaeology dissertations. For the MA Archaeology of Death & Memory and the MA Archaeology & Heritage Practice, Howard delivers Master's level teaching on: mortuary archaeology, landscapes and memory, supporting and supervising MA research dissertations. Howard is programme leader for the MRes Archaeology. Howard supervises MRes Archaeology and MPhil/PhD postgraduate researchers on topics connected to his research interests and expertise.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Research expertise and projects by Howard have resulted in prolific high-quality outputs amounting to 75 book chapters, 50 journal articles, 6 journal special issues, the editorship of 6 issues of the Royal Archaeological Institute's 'Archaeological Journal' (2012-2017), the design, creation and editorship of the open-access, interdisciplinary 'Offa's Dyke Journal' (2019-), 11 edited books and a monograph. Howard also maintains regular digital public engagement and education channels via his Archaeodeath WordPress blog and YouTube and TikTok vlogs. Howard's research themes are: - The Archaeology & Heritage of Death & Memory - Frontiers and borderlands - Early medieval Wales - Anglo-Saxon England - The Viking World - The history of archaeology - Public archaeology.