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William Jones is a Teaching Fellow in Modern History and Holocaust History at the University of Warwick, where they teach courses such as HI31Z: Reinterpreting the Holocaust and HI153: Making of the Modern World. Their office is located in FAB 3.51, with office hours on Mondays and Tuesdays.
William Jones specializes in Holocaust history with a focus on gender, sexuality, and emotions. Their research explores previously underexamined aspects of sexual and sexualized violence against men and boys in Nazi concentration camps, using oral testimony and a novel methodology centered on emotional and gendered self-expression. Broader interests include modern European history, Jewish studies, and queer history.
Their recent publications include a 2024 article in The Journal of Holocaust Research on exploitative relationships involving young male prisoners known as Pipel. Several forthcoming articles and book chapters examine queer practices, trans femininity, and comparative sexual violence in the camps.
- Fulbright Fellowship 2018-2019
- Alexander Grass Memorial Fellowship at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Research, USHMM 2022-2023
- USC Shoah Foundation Non-Residential Fellowship 2023-2024
- Taube Prize in Student Writing in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford, 2023
William Jones completed their DPhil at the University of Oxford in 2024 and holds an MSt in Jewish Studies from the same institution. They are currently adapting their thesis into a monograph titled ‘So then…he raped me’: Male Experiences of Sexual(ized) Violence in the Nazi Camp System. They have also contributed translations, including a forthcoming English translation of Anna Hajkova’s People without History are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust. No formal advisees are listed. Their research is supported by prestigious fellowships and aims to expand the understanding of consent, trauma, and gender in Holocaust historiography.
