Historical studies

��'s Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a PhD in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over 20 graduate...

Doctor of Philosophy in Classics (PhD)

Classicists study the languages, literature, material culture, and history of Ancient Greece and Rome. The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies offers a PhD Classics with the option of three streams: Classics (language-based program), Ancient History, or Classical...

Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies (PhD)

The Graduate Program in Germanic Studies at �� integrates a large scope of thematic and theoretical research areas. Students are guided by faculty whose teaching and research cover a wide range of German literature, film, culture, and media. Course offerings feature approaches grounded in varied...

Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Studies (PhD)

The Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies offers a dynamic curriculum focusing on a contextualized knowledge of the languages, literatures, and cultures of Latin America, Spain, and other Spanish-speaking communities within the US and Canada.

Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)

Historians study the past to better understand the present. They analyze the forces and influences that have affected human experiences and shaped different societies over time. For more than 80 years, our graduate program has promoted this analysis from social, cultural, political, and...

Master of Arts in Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity (MA)

The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies offers a unique interdisciplinary Master's program that allows students to develop a customized program specializing in any topic within the scope of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity...

Master of Arts in Asian Studies (MA)

��'s Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a thesis-based MA in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over 20...

Master of Arts in Classics (MA)

Classicists study the languages, literature, material culture, and history of Ancient Greece and Rome. The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies offers a unique interdisciplinary Master's program that allows students to specialize in Ancient Greek and Latin language and...

Master of Arts in Germanic Studies (MA)

Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies (MA)

Master of Arts in History (MA)

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�� Researchers conducting research in Historical studies

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Arefin, Mohammed

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Human geography; History of sciences and technology (except medicine and health care); urban geography; discard studies; urban political ecology; Environmental justice; waste; sanitation; geographical political economy

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Baker, Donald Leslie

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian history; History and philosophy of specific fields, n.e.c.; Korean History; Confucian Philosophy; Religion in Korea; science in pre-modern Korea; Kwangju Uprising of 1980

Bryce, Benjamin

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies; Argentina; Canada; Education; health; migration; Race and ethnicity; The Americas; Transnational history

Byrne, Jeffrey

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies; Decolonisation; Global History; Revolutions; Africa; Middle East

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Christopoulos, John

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies; Early modern Europe; History of pre-modern medicine; Social and cultural history of early modern Italy

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Duffy, Kay

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian history; Literary or Artistic Works Analysis; Literary or Artistic Work Dissemination or Reception Contexts; Social Determinants of Arts and Letters; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Early Medieval China; Premodern Chinese Literature; Sinographic Sphere

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Ellis, Jason

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Canadian history; Specialized studies in education; Educational policy; Education policy; history of education

Evenden, Matthew

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

All other social sciences, n.e.c.; Historical studies; Environmental History; Historical geography; Rivers; Water; Hydro-electricity

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Glassheim, Eagle

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

European history (except British, classical Greek and Roman); History of Central and Eastern Europe; Environmental History

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Harris, Douglas

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Property law (except intellectual property law); Canadian history; property law; condominium law; legal history; Law & Cities

Hudson, Peter

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies, n.e.c.; Economic geography; American history; Pan-Africanism and the Black radicalism; Political Economy, capitalism, imperialism; Historical Studies; Social and Economic Geography

Huemoeller, Katharine

Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Classical Greek and Ancient Rome history; Classical archaeology; Classical linguistics; Religion and religious studies; Ancient law (in theory and in practice); Documentary texts; gender and sexuality; Non-urban life in antiquity; Roman social history; Slavery (ancient and comparative)

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Laird, Colleen

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian history; Cinema studies; Film, television and digital media; Japanese cinema; Gendered image production, gendered reception, and women in film industries; Videographic criticism

Lynn, Hyung Gu

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian history; popular culture, migration, colonialism, globalization, development

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Marshall, Toph

Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cinema studies; Classical Greek and Ancient Rome history; Classical archaeology; Classical linguistics; Film, television and digital media; Religion and religious studies; Literary or Artistic Works Analysis; Performance and Theatrical Productions

McCormick, Kelly

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian history; Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Modern Japan; History of Visual and Material Culture/Photography; History of Technology; History of Gender and Sexuality

McCready, Samuel

Faculty of Education

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics, n.e.c.; Critical studies of technology; Historical studies, n.e.c.; Media, visual and digital culture; Game Studies; Game-based Learning; Productive pedagogies; Historical Games Scholarship; History Education

Menkis, Richard

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Canadian history; Historical memory; Jewish history; Holocaust studies

Miller, Bradley

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies; British Empire History; Canadian history; Criminal Justice History; International Law and International Relations; legal history; North American History; Political History

Milstein, Sara

Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Classical Greek and Ancient Rome history; Classical archaeology; Classical linguistics; Religion and religious studies; biblical and cuneiform law; Hebrew Bible and Near Eastern Studies; History of Major Eras, Great Civilisations or Geographical Corpuses; literary history of the Bible; Literary or Artistic Works Analysis; Mesopotamian literature; Near Eastern scribal culture; Religious Contexts

Monteyne, Joseph

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History of art and architecture; Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Media studies (except social media and digital media); British history; Renaissance/early modern art and print culture; early modern landscape and eco-criticism

Murphy, Anne

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Religion; Early Modern Studies; Modern history; cultural history; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Punjabi Studies; South Asian Studies

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Rea, Christopher

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chinese literatures; Asian history; Chinese literature; Cinema; Print culture; translation; Humor

Roosa, John

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies; Social Organization and Political Systems; Human Rights and Liberties, Collective Rights; Foreign Affairs; History of Indonesia

Rusk, Bruce

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian history; Literary or Artistic Work Analysis; Social Determinants of Arts and Letters; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Exegesis and Sacred Text Critics; Lexicography and Dictionaries; Authentication Studies; Confucianism; Early Modern China; material culture

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Santos, Alessandra

Department of Theatre & Film, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cinema studies; Film, television and digital media; Latin American history; Latin American literatures; Spanish language; Artistic and Literary Analysis Models; Artistic and Literary Theories; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Arts and Technologies; Brazilian Literature and Culture; Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies; Latin American Literatures and Cultures; Modern and Contemporary Literatures and Cultures

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Thrush, Coll

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous history; settler colonialism; Pacific history; Northwest Coast

Tworek, Heidi

Department of History, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies; Europe; Germany; history of media and communications; international organizations; international relations; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies

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Wytenbroek, Lydia

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History of medicine and health care; Nursing; Nursing/Health History; Gender/Women's History; Social justice; Science and Technology

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Yi, Christina

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian history; Cultural Studies; genre; Japanese colonial repatriates; Language politics; Linguistic nationalism; Modern/Contemporary Japanese literature; National identity; Postcoloniality; Resident Koreans; “Repatriation literature” (hikiage bungaku); “returned” Nikkei

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