HIST 102 War and Society in Europe, 1914-1945
This course explores the impact of World Wars I and II on European society, with a special emphasis on the experiences of the ordinary person.
HIST 103 Canadian History Through Biography
An examination through lectures and film of the lives of Canadian men and women who have played formative roles in developing the Canadian nation. Examples will be drawn from such areas as politics, religion, business and labour, social reform, arts and entertainment and sports.
HIST 104 An Introduction to Western Intellectual History Since the Renaissance
An exploration of some of the questions and answers posed by thinkers on the human predicament from Renaissance and Reformation times to the modern period. Readings range from Luther to J.P. Sartre, Shakespeare to Marx and Freud.
HIST 106 Canada and War in the Twentieth Century
This course will introduce students to the ways in which historians have examined Canada's military experience in this century. Beginning with the Boer War, and continuing through the two World Wars and the post-war era, students will examine the political, social, as well as military effects of war on Canada.
HIST 110 A History of the Western World I
This course will survey the emergence and development of the western world, from prehistory to 1715. Complementing the chronological and narrative overview of western culture and civilization will be thematic surveys of developments in the arts and humanities, science and socio-political structures.
HIST 111 A History of the Western World II
This course will survey the emergence and development of the western world from the 17th century to the present. Complementing the chronological and narrative overview of western culture and civilization will be thematic surveys of developments in the arts and humanities, science and socio-political structures.
HIST 113 Canadian Business History: Innovators and Entrepreneurs
This course examines the role of individuals in the growth of business in Canada. While there will be general examination of Canadian economic development, the principal focus will fall upon leading Canadian business persons and their interests and innovations. The relationship to the state of business, the place of education, and the impact of immigration are other topics that the course will consider.
HIST 114 A Comparative History of Empires
This course examines the role of empires in modern history. It will examine how empires were formed, how they functioned, how they were resisted, and how they collapsed. While the focus will be on the European empires, we will also assess other examples, including the empires of the Ottomans, the Japanese, the Chinese, and the United States.
HIST 120 The United States at War, 1861-1945
This course will explore the social, cultural, and military impact of the Civil War and World Wars I and II on American society.
HIST 130 The Modern World in Historical Perspective
This course will introduce students to the history of the twentieth-century world, through an exploration of the changing nature of relationships between different parts of the globe.
HIST 200 History and Film
An introduction to issues in modern cultural history through the study of selected narratives and documentary films with supplementary reading, lectures and discussions.
HIST 201 Columbus and After: New Worlds in the Americas, 1492-1680
Beginning with Columbus, this course introduces the history of early America as it was shaped by the encounters between colonizers and colonized. Particular attention is paid to the varied nature of these encounters and their contested interpretation by historians and others.
HIST 209 Health, Disease and Medicine in Canadian History, 1500 to the Present
Starting with Amerindian medicine, the course will examine topics such as the rise of the medical and nursing professions, changing public attitudes to health and disease, and the evolution of the Canadian health insurance system.
HIST 210 History of Ancient Law
An historical introduction to law in the Ancient world. Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite and Roman law, legal practices and concepts will be examined.
HIST 214 History of Women in the Modern United States
This course will examine women's social, political, cultural, and economic position in the United States from 1920 to the present. We will study the evolving understandings of women's "proper place" in society, which has varied based upon race, class, ethnicity, and region. We will consider women's daily lives and the forces that brought women into the public sphere. Topics covered will include women's political activism, legal position, sexuality, and paid and unpaid labour.
HIST 215 Canadian Women in Historical Perspective
This course will focus on the interrelationship of women and Canadian society through an examination of women's private and public lives.
HIST 216 The American West: Legend and Reality
An exploration of westward expansion in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries and its impact on American popular imagination. Themes will include explorations, indigenous peoples, labor, women, violence, and frontier culture.
HIST 220 The Vietnam War and American Society
The Vietnam War, the longest war in U.S. history, was fought on two fronts, by American G.I.s abroad and anti-war protesters at home. Those two subjects, as well as a history of the war from Vietnamese perspectives, will be the focus of this course.
HIST 221 Race Relations in Canada: An Historical Perspective
The "race problem" has appeared on the Canadian public agenda, but the issue is not of recent origin. This course will examine Euro-Canadian attitudes and practices toward non-European minorities from pioneer times to the present and will set racial policies in the context of the evolution of a Canadian national identity.
HIST 223 The Holocaust in History
An examination of the Holocaust in the context of the history of modern racism. Study topics will include historic anti-Judaism, scientific racism and the development of modern antisemitism, Nazi 'race' ideology, wartime policies from ghetto to genocide, resistance movements, Nuremberg trials, Holocaust denial, universal lessons from the Holocaust.
HIST 224 Food, Culture, and History
This course will examine the role of foodstuffs and foodways in world history, with an emphasis on Canada in the 20th century. Themes such as colonialism, immigration, ethnic identity, religion, gender, famine, and political policy will be examined to explore how food, and its associated habits and customs, has been central to the evolution of cultural patterns of the past.
HIST 226 Canada in World War II
The Canadian experience in World War II is still a subject of considerable debate. This course will employ lectures, films and discussion groups to examine the war's impact on the social, economic, political and military life of the country from 1939 to 1945.
HIST 227 The French Revolution and Napoleonic Europe
This course will examine the causes and consequences of the French Revolution and the impact of Napoleon's reign in France and Europe.
HIST 230 History of the Modern Middle East
This course examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the modern Middle East, including North Africa, the Levant Region, and the Arabian Gulf.
HIST 231R The History of East Asian Communities in Canada
This course examines the evolution of the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean communities in Canada as well as their significance for Canadian economic, social, and political life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
HIST 232 A History of Peace Movements
A survey of individuals and groups that have created popular movements for peace globally and locally throughout history. The scope will be international, with a particular focus on the nineteenth and twentieth century movements. The choice of peace movements will allow for a contrast in comparison of ideology, strategy and impact.
HIST 235 History of Christianity
The development of Christianity in its Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant traditions from the time of Christ to the present.
HIST 236 Law and Society in the Middle Ages
A study of the laws and legal procedures of the Middle Ages. The course examines the relationship between legal procedures and institutions and the medieval societies that produced them.
HIST 239 History of Modern China, 1911 to the Present
Some of the topics studied in this course include: the three stages of warlordism, the May Fourth Movement and the structure of society in the People's Republic of China.
HIST 242 Greek History
A survey of ancient Greek history, from the Bronze Age to Alexander the Great, emphasizing particularly its political and military aspects.
HIST 243 Changing Workplace and Family, Europe 1750 to the Present
This course will examine the impact of industrialization on European society between the late 18th century and the present. It focuses on the changing nature of the workplace and the workforce and the resulting impact on the family.
HIST 247 Mennonite History: A Survey
This course covers Mennonite origins, teachings, migrations, settlement patterns, divisions, leaders, institutions, and religious and social practices, indeed all facets of Mennonite history in various national settings.
HIST 249 The American Impact on Canada
This course will examine the social, economic, cultural, and diplomatic aspects of Canada's relationship with the United States, from the time of the American Revolution to the present.
HIST 250 The Art and Craft of History
This course will provide a collegial learning setting within which students will be introduced to techniques of historical writing and research, and some examples of the best of recent historical scholarship.
HIST 252 Roman History
A survey of ancient Roman history, from the Republic to the Empire, emphasizing particularly its political and military aspects.
HIST 253 Canadian History: The Colonial Period
This course examines the major themes in pre-Confederation Canadian history including the rise and fall of New France, the creation of British North American societies in the Maritimes and Upper Canada and economic and political development.
HIST 254 Canadian History: The National Period
This course examines Confederation, the rise of political parties, Canadian external relations, western discontent, the impact of both world wars and political and economic changes in Canada since 1867.
HIST 257 America Until 1877
This historical survey focuses on the emergence of the United States as a nation. The topics explored may include indigenous peoples, slavery, race, gender, labour, immigration, urbanization, culture, sectionalism, politics, and ideologies.
HIST 258 United States Since 1877
This course begins in the aftermath of the Civil War and ends at the present day. Topics may include major social movements, the place of the United States in world politics, immigration and imperialism, and the economy.
HIST 260 Europe: 410-1303
The political, cultural, economic and ecclesiastical development of Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the High Middle Ages.
HIST 262 Early Modern Europe 1450-1700
This course examines European life in the Early Modern Period (1450-1700) and investigates the social, political, religious, and intellectual changes during the Renaissance, the Reformations, and the era of explorations.
HIST 263 Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
This period marked the emergence of modern-day Europe. The course will focus on the way in which European society, politics and culture changed and why. It will also examine the continent's descent into dictatorship and two world wars.
HIST 264 Western Europe Since 1945
Western Europe since the end of World War II. Focus will be on the Cold War, political and social movements.
HIST 265 Eastern Europe Since 1945
An introduction to the social, economic and political history of the countries of Eastern Europe since 1945. Topics may include the implementation of Communism, daily life, the secret police, women, opposition, and revolution.
HIST 277 Canadian Legal History
This course examines the Canadian Legal system from colonial time to the present with particular emphasis on such themes as law and the economy, courts and judiciary, the legal profession, family and criminal law, women and the law and civil liberties.
HIST 278 The USSR and World War II: The Great Patriotic War
This course examines the Soviet experience during World War II. It will consider such themes as the impact of totalitarian state systems and radical ideologies on the war; racial genocide; the wartime economy; resistance and collaboration; relations with the Western Allies; and the specific problems of a multiethnic state at war.
HIST 280 Foreign Relations of the United States since 1900
This course examines the history of foreign relations of the United States from the "Age of Imperialism" through the "War on Terror." Topics will include the Great War, Wilsonianism, World War II, the Cold War, human rights, and post-9/11 U.S. foreign policies.
HIST 291 Special Topics in History
One or more term courses will be offered from time to time as announced by the History Department. Topics will be dependent upon special research and/or instructional interests of faculty.
HIST 304 Heresy and Religious Crises in Late Medieval Europe
An exploration of the impact of social crises on late medieval religious modes of expression. Topics will include the Great Famine, the Black Death, the Avignon Papacy and Western Schism, the development of heretical movements, and the eventual disintegration of European religious unity.
HIST 314 The American Civil Rights Movement
This course will explore the Civil Rights movement in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s. Topics will include the origins and evolution of the movement, tactics, key figures, and the role of the federal government.
HIST 316 The Russian Revolution
This course will trace the history of the Russian Revolution from 1861 to 1924. It will examine the root causes of the Revolution, the rise of the Bolshevik Party and its seizure of power, and the ensuing civil war, culminating in the establishment of a communist dictatorship.
HIST 329 Origins of the Common Law
A study of the common law of England from its introduction in the 11th century to the 15th century. Original documents and court cases will be examined.
HIST 339 The History of France in the 19th Century
A study of French society and the four revolutions that influenced it with particular attention to social and institutional forces.
HIST 340 A Social History of Europe: 1789-1914
European society amidst the dramatic changes of the 19th century. Emphasis is given to the impact of the French and industrial revolutions on class, the family, religion, and living conditions.
HIST 341 Occupied Europe, 1938-1945
This course will examine the nature and impact of Nazi occupation on Western and Eastern Europe preceding and during World War II and the responses of the people occupied.
HIST 348 The Radical Reformation
A study of 16th century Anabaptism -- a religious Reformation movement dissenting from both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism -- its origins, its social, political, and theological content; and its relationship to such independent dissenters as Sebastian Franck.
HIST 351 Canada: The Immigrant Experience
Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians' perceptions of themselves as a country and as a society. This course will examine the immigrant experience and Canada's changing policies and attitudes toward immigration and immigrants from New France to the present.
HIST 356 20th Century Russia and History of the Soviet Union
This course examines the history of Russia and the Soviet Union from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Topics include: origins and nature of the Russian Revolution, communist society, Stalinism, the Cold War and impact of the communist experience on contemporary Russia.
HIST 358 Nazi Germany
An examination of the social, economic and political history of Nazi Germany. Topics may include the rise of the Nazis, the secret police, war, population policies and mass murder, culture, and women.
HIST 371 Ireland Before the Famine
A focus on social and economic determinants of Irish History from the Penal Era to the 19th century struggle for Catholic emancipation and the Great Famine.
HIST 372 Ireland After the Famine
An exploration of the political, social and cultural history of Ireland from the Famine to the end of the 20th century including the formation of the Irish State, the Republic and the "Troubles".
HIST 374 Canada's Social History
A topical consideration of key themes, approaches, and chronologies in the history of society in Canada.
HIST 379 Reformation History
A study of the major 16th-century reformers and their intellectual background in humanism and late medieval scholasticism. Special attention will be given to the Lutheran and Reformed traditions and their ideological, social, and political expressions.
HIST 387 Ontario History since Confederation
The course will examine the emergence of Ontario as an industrial giant and the development of its hegemony in Canada. An emphasis will also be placed on the sources and methods of local historical research.
HIST 388 Modern Canada
Lectures, tutorials and independent research will provide a decade-by-decade examination of the central social, political and economic themes that have helped characterize 'modern Canada'.
HIST 389 Canada in World Affairs
An analytical and historical examination of Canadian foreign policy in the international system. Domestic sources of Canadian foreign policy and international sources of Canadian foreign policy are examined in detail.
HIST 391 Special Topics in History
One or more term courses will be offered from time to time as announced by the History Department. Topics will be dependent upon special research and/or instructional interests of faculty.
HIST 397 Directed Studies in Special Topics
Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. A high standard of written work will be expected.
HIST 398 Directed Studies in Special Topics
Study in a limited field under tutorial guidance. A high standard of written work will be expected.
HIST 402A Medieval Europe
Selected themes in the historiography and methodology of medieval European history.
HIST 402B Medieval Europe
Research seminar in particular topics related to the study of European medieval history.
HIST 491 Independent Study in Special Subjects
May substitute for either a 4th year 'A' or 'B' History seminar, and can be either a readings or research seminar. The topic is determined by the individual faculty member supervising the seminar, in consultation with the student.