The Department of History serves full- and part-time students through the university’s regular programs and the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education. Students typically take History courses to meet their Liberal Studies requirements out of interest in the subject matter and/or to enhance their professional competencies (such as Business or Journalism). Other people study History as part of a specific program requirement, such as the Arts and Contemporary Studies program Options 'Global Studies' and 'Inquiry and Invention'. Others pursue the comprehensive History Option within the program, which not only allows for the in-depth study of many fascinating questions as part of a person’s intellectual formation and career training, but also prepares individuals for graduate school or subject specialization in Teachers' College.

Some courses survey broad historical topics while others explore specialized themes, and both lower-level and upper-level offerings provide excellent opportunities to deepen students' appreciation of the forces that have shaped the human experience. Instructors draw upon such diverse sources as cultural, economic, gender, intellectual, international, material, political, scientific, and social history in presenting their courses. They also train students in key aspects of the historian’s craft, including approaches to framing questions and marshalling evidence to support arguments. Courses range from explorations of history through film, to the history of technology and science, to the national and regional histories of North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, to other critically-important issues, such as diasporas, "race," urbanization, international relations and conflict, and espionage and propaganda.

Interim Dean
Faculty of Arts

M. LOVEWELL

Chair

C. BENN

Faculty

C. BENN, BA, MDiv, Tor., PhD, York (Can.)

A. BLAKE, BA (Hons.), Sus, PhD, American University

J. CARSON, BA, MA, W. Ont., PhD, Tor.

C. ELLIS, BA (Hons.), Dal., DPhil, Oxf.

Y. GAO, BA, MA (China), MA, PhD, University of Iowa

M. GREIG, BA, Tor., MA, Qu., PhD, Camb.

I. HEHMEYER, Pharmacist's License, Diploma in Agriculture, DAgrSc, University of Bonn

J. HUBBARD, BSc (Hons.), New Br., MA, PhD, Tor.

A. KISLENKO, BA (Hons.), MA, W. Ont., PhD, Tor.

D. C. MacKENZIE, BA, McG., MA, PhD, Tor.

J. MORGAN, BA, York (Can.), MA, DipEd, W. Ont., PhD, Camb.

J. C. POWER, BA, Tor., MA, PhD, Dal.

R. STAGG, BA, MA, PhD, Tor.

R. TEIGROB, BA (Hons.), Winn., MA, S.U.N.Y. (Albany), PhD, University of New Mexico 

Professor Emeriti/ae

F. W. C. ABBOTT

T. BARCSAY

T. BYRAM

R. F. DYE

R. W. KAPP

J. MacLACHLAN

M. MacMILLAN

J. A. WARGO