MA(Cant) PhD(Durh)
William wrote four sole-authored books on Middle Eastern affairs as well as variety of book chapters and academic article, principally on the politics and history of the Levant states. In recent years his work concentrated on Lebanon and Syria.
His latest book was Lebanon: A History, 600-2011 for Oxford University Press in New York (2012). His previous book, The Levant: A Fractured Mosaic (Markus Wiener, Princeton, 2003 and 2005) won an Outstanding Academic Title award from Choice Magazine in the United States.
His research and teaching interests included: the politics and history of the Levant states and Turkey; Middle East comparative politics; and the international affairs of the Middle East.
Research groups
Middle East and Islamic Studies Aotearoa (MEISA)