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Note: This is the 2011–2012 edition of the eCalendar. Update the year in your browser's URL bar for the most recent version of this page, or click here to jump to the newest eCalendar.
In today’s world, people who can research thoroughly, write effectively, speak eloquently, and think clearly are in great demand. Recent graduates of our programs are currently pursuing careers in a variety of professions, including law, business, journalism, academia, finance, government, the arts, science, education, and medicine. All have benefited as professionals, individuals, and citizens from their study of history. The study of history develops skills in research, writing, and critical thinking and provides a context for understanding the present world. History requires and develops flexible thinking as it normally employs inductive reasoning. Historians usually begin with a specific, temporally, and spatially defined issue and try to determine a pattern or cause for change over time. They move from the particular to the general and since historians usually begin with an open-ended question, they often find themselves drawing on other disciplines to understand the problem.
The Department offers three kinds of undergraduate programs: Honours, Major concentration, and Minor concentration. Courses in History fall into one of the following FOUR areas: The Americas; Europe; Asia/Africa/Middle East; Global/thematic. In each program, a specified number of credits may be selected from any single area. Each student’s program is worked out with an academic program adviser to suit the student’s specific needs within the general framework of the program.
Courses within each area are listed on the History Department’s website. Please refer to our website for a listing of courses being offered in 2011-2012 in each area.
Candidates entering the University as U0 or U1 students may, during their first year, take all courses at the 200 level as well as courses at the 300 level for which they have prerequisites. First-Year Seminars are also available in History; see First-Year Seminar Courses.
Chair |
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John E. Zucchi |
Undergraduate Program Director |
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Catherine Desbarats |
Emeritus Professors |
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Myron Echenberg; M.A.(McG.), Ph.D.(Wisc.) |
Andrée Lévesque; B.A.(Laval), M.A., Ph.D.(Duke) |
Michael P. Maxwell; B.A.(Sir G. Wms.), M.A., Ph.D.(McG.) |
Carman I. Miller; B.A., B.Ed.(Acad.), M.A.(Dal.), Ph.D.(Lond.) |
Desmond Morton; B.A.(RMC), B.A., M.A.(Oxf.), Ph.D.(Lond.) (Hiram Mills Emeritus Professor of History) |
Albert Schachter; B.A.(McG.), D.Phil.(Oxf.) (Hiram Mills Emeritus Professor of Classics) |
George Michael Woloch; B.A.(Yale), M.A.(Oxf.), Ph.D.(Johns Hop.) (John MacNaughton Professor of Classics) |
Brian J. Young; B.A.(Tor.), M.A., Ph.D.(Qu.) (James Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Emeritus Professor of History) |
Professors |
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Hans Beck; Ph.D.(Erlangen) (John MacNaughton Professor of Classics) |
Valentin J. Boss; B.A.(Cant.), Ph.D.(Harv.) |
Gwyn Campbell; B.Soc.Sc., M.Soc.Sc.(Birm.), Ph.D.(Wales) |
Allan Greer; B.A.(Br. Col.), M.A.(Car.), Ph.D.(York) |
John W. Hellman; B.A.(Marquette), M.A., Ph.D.(Harv.) |
Peter Hoffmann; Ph.D.(Munich), F.R.S.C. (William Kingsford Professor of History) |
Gershon D. Hundert; B.A., M.A.(Ohio St.), Ph.D.(Col.) (Leanor Segal Professor of Jewish Studies) (joint appt. with Jewish Studies) |
Suzanne Morton; B.A.(Trent), M.A., Ph.D.(Dal.) |
Yuzo Ota; B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(Tokyo) |
Nancy F. Partner; B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(Calif.) |
Andrea Tone; B.A.(Qu.), M.A., Ph.D.(Emory) (joint appt. with Social Studies of Medicine) |
Gil E. Troy; A.B., A.M., Ph.D.(Harv.) |
Robin D.S. Yates; B.A., M.A.(Oxf.), M.A.(Calif.), Ph.D.(Harv.) (James Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Professor) (joint appt. with East Asian Studies) |
John Zucchi; B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(Tor.) |
Associate Professors |
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Paula Clarke; B.A.(Oxf. and Nfld.), M.A.(Tor.), Ph.D.(Lond.) |
Brian Cowan; B.A.(Reed), M.A., Ph.D.(Princ.) |
Catherine Desbarats; B.A.(Qu.), D.Phil.(Oxf.), Ph.D.(McG.) |
Nicholas Dew; B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(Oxf.) |
Elizabeth Elbourne; B.A, M.A.(Tor.), D.Phil.(Oxf.) |
Michael Fronda; B.A.(C’nell), M.A., Ph.D.(Ohio St.) |
Elsbeth Heaman; B.A., M.A.(McG.), Ph.D.(Tor.) |
Catherine C. LeGrand; B.A.(Reed), M.A., Ph.D.(Stan.) |
Brian Lewis; B.A., M.A.(Oxf.), A.M., Ph.D.(Harv.) |
Lorenz Lüthi; lic. phil. I(Zürich), Ph.D.(Yale) |
Leonard Moore; A.B., M.A., Ph.D.(Calif.) |
Jason Opal; B.A.(C'nell), M.A., Ph.D.(Brandeis) |
Laila Parsons; B.A.(Exe.), D.Phil.(Oxf.) (joint appt. with Islamic Studies) |
Jarrett Rudy; B.A., M.A.(Ott), Ph.D.(McG.) |
Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert; BAC Spécialisé(Montr.), Ph.D.(Yale) |
Griet Vankeerberghen; B.A., M.A.(Louvain), Ph.D.(Princ.) (joint appt. with East Asian Studies) |
Faith Wallis; B.A., M.A.(McG.), Ph.D.(Tor.) (joint appt. with Social Studies of Medicine) |
Assistant Professors |
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Malek Abisaab; B.A.(Beirut), M.A.(CUNY), Ph.D.(SUNY) (joint appt. with Islamic Studies) |
Charles W. Gladhill; B.A.(Mich.), M.A.(Georgia South.), Ph.D.(Stan.) |
Lynn Kozak; B.A.(Barnard), M.A.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Nott.) |
James Krapfl; A.B.(Stan.), M.A.(Central European Univ. Budapest), Ph.D.(Calif.) |
Johanna Ransmeier; B.A.(Amh.), M.A., Ph.D.(Yale) |
Faculty Lecturers |
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Thomas Jundt; B.A., M.A.(Neb.), Ph.D.(Brown) |
Judith Szapor; B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(York) |
Part-time Assistant Professor |
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Jason Szabo; M.D.(Alta.), M.A., Ph.D.(McG.) |
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration History.
For more information, see Minor Concentration History (18 credits).
For more information, see Major Concentration History (36 credits).
Students must maintain a 3.30 grade point average in their program courses and must have no less than a "B" in any program course. In addition, and in accordance with Faculty of Arts rules, students must maintain an overall CGPA of 3.00.
For more information, see Honours History (60 credits).
Students who wish to study at the Honours level in two disciplines can combine Joint Honours program components in any two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs". ...
For more information, see Joint Honours Component History (36 credits).