Department of History

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Faculty as of January 15, 2017

CHAIR

Pamela Swett

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

John C. Weaver/B.A. (Queen’s), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

PROFESSORS

Nancy B. Bouchier/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Western Ontario)
Kenneth Cruikshank/B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (York)
Juanita De Barros/B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (York)
J. Michael Gauvreau/B.A. (Laurentian), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Stephen Heathorn/B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Bonny Ibhawoh/B.A. (Bendel), M.A. (Ibadan), Ph.D. (Dalhousie)
Ian McKay/B.A. (Dalhousie), M.A. (Warwick), Ph.D. (Dalhousie), L.R. Wilson Professor in Canadian History
Alison McQueen/BA (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)
Pamela Swett/A.B. (Bryn Mawr), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Ellen Amster/ B.A. (Chicago), M.A., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania), Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine
Megan Armstrong/B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Karen Balcom/B.A. (Carleton), M.A. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Nancy B. Bouchier/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Western Ontario)
Michael Egan/B.A., M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Washington State)
Ruth Frager/B.A. (Rochester), M.A., Ph.D. (York)
Martin Horn/B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Tracy McDonald/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Jaeyoon Song/B.A., M.A. (Korea), Ph.D. (Harvard)
Stephen Streeter/B.S. (Bates), M.A. (SUNY-Stonybrook), M.A. (California-Riverside), Ph.D. (Connecticut)

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Andrew Bone/(Bertrand Russell Editorial Project), B.A. (Birmingham), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Richard S. Harris/(Geography and Earth Sciences) B.A. (Cambridge) , M.A. (Ohio State), Ph.D. (Queen’s)
Sarah Symons/(Physics and Astronomy) B.Sc., Ph.D. (Leicester)

The Department has defined six course lists that define areas of study. Course Lists 1 to 4 apply to Level II courses, and Course Lists 5 and 6 apply to Level III courses. Students should consult the Program Notes for their specific program to determine the requirements regarding these course lists:

Course List 1: Europe (Including Britain)

• CLASSICS 2K03 - The Society of Greece and Rome  
• CLASSICS 2LA3 - History of Greece to the Peloponnesian War  
• CLASSICS 2LB3 - History of Greece from the Peloponnesian War  
• CLASSICS 2LC3 - History of Rome to the Dictatorship of Caesar  
• CLASSICS 2LD3 - History of Rome from the Dictatorship of Caesar  
• CLASSICS 2LW3 - Ancient Law  
• HISTORY 2CC3 - The Medieval World 400-1050  
• HISTORY 2DD3 - The Medieval World 1050-1400  
• HISTORY 2DF3 - Art and Revolutions in France, 1789-1914  
• HISTORY 2EE3 - Science and Technology in World History  
• HISTORY 2F03
• HISTORY 2HH3 - Mediterranean Encounters 1500-1800  
• HISTORY 2II3 - Modern Germany  
• HISTORY 2KK3 - History of Capitalism   
• HISTORY 2MM3 - Britain in the Modern Era, 1800-2000  
• HISTORY 2NN3 - History of Comedy  
• HISTORY 2Q03 - Imperial Russia  
• HISTORY 2QQ3 - The Soviet Union   

Course List 2: Asia, Africa, Middle East

• HISTORY 2A03 - Modern Middle Eastern Societies  
• HISTORY 2BI3
• HISTORY 2HH3 - Mediterranean Encounters 1500-1800  
• HISTORY 2IC3 - Islamic Civilization: The Formative Period, 500-1258  
• HISTORY 2J03 - Africa up to 1800  
• HISTORY 2JJ3 - Africa since 1800  
• HISTORY 2MC3 - Modern China   

Course List 3: The Americas

• HISTORY 2CS3 - Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World  
• HISTORY 2EN3 - Caribbean History  
• HISTORY 2G03 - Modern Latin America Since 1820  
• HISTORY 2NN3 - History of Comedy  
• HISTORY 2R03 - U.S. History to the Civil War  
• HISTORY 2RR3 - U.S. History Since the Civil War  
• HISTORY 2SH3 - Canadian Sport History  
• HISTORY 2T03 - Survey of Canadian History, Beginnings to 1885  
• HISTORY 2TT3 - Survey of Canadian History, 1885 to the Present  
• HISTORY 2UV3 - American Foreign Relations since 1898  

Course List 4: Global History

• HISTORY 2EE3 - Science and Technology in World History  
• HISTORY 2KK3 - History of Capitalism  
• HISTORY 2NS3  
• HISTORY 2S03 - War in the West, 1850-1945  
• HISTORY 2U03  
• HISTORY 2UU3  
• HISTORY 2X03 - Jewish History: 1648-1948  
• HISTORY 2Y03 - The Second World War: A Global History  

Course List 5: Advanced Courses in Europe (Including Britain and the Americas)

• ARTHIST 3JA3 - The History of Art 1970 to the Present  
• CLASSICS 3EE3 - The Greek Historians  
• CLASSICS 3HH3 - Roman Slavery  
• CLASSICS 3M03 - Greek Intellectual Revolution  
• CLASSICS 3MA3  
• CLASSICS 3X03 - Roman Religion  
• HISTORY 3CG3 - Canadians in a Global Age, 1914 to the Present  
• HISTORY 3CH3 - Catastrophic History: Natural & Technological Disasters  
• HISTORY 3CW3 - Canada in a World of Empires, 1492-1919  
• HISTORY 3D03
• HISTORY 3DF3 - Art and Politics in Second Empire France  
• HISTORY 3FF3 - Nazi Germany  
• HISTORY 3G03 - Business History: The Canadian Experience in International Perspective
• HISTORY 3GH3 - Interdisciplinary Global Health Field Course: Maternal and Infant Health in Morocco  
• HISTORY 3H03 - Italian Renaissance, 1300-1600  
• HISTORY 3HH3  
• HISTORY 3HP3
• HISTORY 3HQ3 - History of Quebec   
• HISTORY 3I03 - The International Relations of the European Powers, 1870-1945  
• HISTORY 3J03 - The United States in the 1960s  
• HISTORY 3JJ3 - Crime, Criminal Justice and Punishment in Modern History  
• HISTORY 3MB3
• HISTORY 3N03 - Poverty, Privilege and Protest in Canadian History  
• HISTORY 3NN3  
• HISTORY 3QQ3   
• HISTORY 3RC3  
• HISTORY 3RU3 - Early Modern Russia   
• HISTORY 3VV3
• HISTORY 3W03 - Women in Canada and the U.S. to 1920  
• HISTORY 3WW3 - Women in Canada and the U.S. from 1920  
• HISTORY 3Y03
• HISTORY 3YY3 - Britain and the First World War  

Course List 6: Advanced Courses in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Global History

• ARTHIST 3Q03 - Colours of the World  
• ARTHIST 3Z03 - The Silk Road in the First Millennium  
• HISTORY 3B03
• HISTORY 3BB3  
• HISTORY 3CP3 - The Citizen-Patient: A Modern History of Public Health, 1700-Present  
• HISTORY 3DD3 - Jews and Jesus  
• HISTORY 3EC3 - Chinese Intellectual Traditions  
• HISTORY 3ES3
• HISTORY 3IG3
• HISTORY 3KK3 - The Vietnam War  
• HISTORY 3L03
• HISTORY 3S03 - History of Exercise and Sports Medicine  
• HISTORY 3SE3
• HISTORY 3UA3 - The History of the Future  
• HISTORY 3XX3 - Human Rights in History  
• HISTORY 3ZZ3 - Judaism in the Modern World  

For the Honours Arts & Science and History program (B.Arts.Sc), see Arts & Science Program ) 

Programs

• Combined Honours in History and Another Subject (B.A.)
• Honours History (B.A.)
• Honours History and Mathematics (B.A.)
• Honours History with a Specialized Minor in Commerce (B.A.)

• History (B.A.)

• Minor in History

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