History 0011 - How We Got Here:  The Twentieth-Century World

Understanding the history of the 20th century world is an important element in participating in modern society. This course will examine the origins of the historical political, economic, social and cultural forces that shape the modern world. The emphasis in this course will be on ideas that govern actions, motivate people and provide structure to our understanding of the world.
(Brescia)

History 0014 - History of Canada and the United States

A survey of the political and social highlights of North American society from 1600 to the present. Only for students registered in the Preliminary Year program.
(Brescia)

History 1201E - Canada: A Survey

Examines Canadian experience from the earliest times to the present. Lectures and tutorials stress varied historical interpretations and divergent opinions concerning Canada's growth.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 1203E - Canada’s External Relations, 1860-1990

A study of the most important aspects of Canada's diplomatic, commercial and missionary relations with the international community. Besides probing Canada's relations with the Commonwealth and the United States, the course will include analyses of Canada's relations with international organizations and with Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
(Huron)

History 1401E - Modern Europe, 1715 to the Present: Conflict and Transformation

Examines central events and themes of modern European history, including: origins and impact of the French and industrial revolutions; Napoleonic wars; liberalism and reaction; socialism; nationalism; women's emancipation movements; imperialism, national rivalries and world wars; the Russian Revolution, Communist rule, and the collapse of the Soviet Union; Nazism; European integration.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 1403E - Totalitarianism

A survey of the totalitarian phenomenon in history with emphasis on twentieth-century totalitarian systems. The course will examine the similarities and differences of Nazis, Communists, and Italian Fascists, both in theory and in practice and with respect to foreign policy as well as domestic affairs.
(Brescia, King's)

History 1601E - Survey of East Asian History

The history of China, Korean and Japan from earliest development until modern times.  The course emphasizes that although they are independent nations their histories are intertwined.
(Huron, King's)

History 1801E - Controversies in Global History

Designed to provide a broad historical background and to develop analytical skills, this course examines several themes underlying the development of the modern world. The course further emphasizes historical debates about these themes and seeks to familiarize students with the concept of historiography.
(Huron, King's)

History 1802E - Histories from Below

This course will focus on the innovative use of primary sources to examine alternative histories to traditional nationalist narratives. Themes will include social and cultural history, history from below, local histories, indigenous histories, histories of the emotions and micro-histories.
(Huron)

History 1812F/G - Revolutions in World History

This course examines major revolutions and 'turning points' that changed history. Topics include Renaissance and Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the 'Sexual Revolution' of the 1960's. Political revolutions to be studied include the American and French Revolutions, and the 20th century revolutions in China, Russia and Iran.
(King's)

History 1813F/G - Wars of Religion in World History

This course investigates how religious conflict shaped our world. We examine the relationship between religious belief, social identity, secular ideology and political violence in such cases as the spread of Islam and the Crusades, the European wars of religion, and modern global religious conflicts.
(King's)

History 1901E - Foundations in Western Thought and Civilization

The History unit of the King’s Foundations in Western Thought and Civilization introduces students to major processes, personalities, and events in the historical development of the modern world and what is described as “the West,” while developing and refining students' fundamental skills in historical methodology.
(King’s)

History 2123 - Topics in Canadian Environmental History

Issues in the history of Canadian conservation and environmentalism since 1600. The political, social, ecological, regional, economic, and intellectual factors which have shaped environmental problems are explored. Students are introduced to changing ideas about the interaction of human society with other aspects of the natural world.
(Brescia)

History 2125F/G - Northern Enterprise: Canadian Business and Labor History

The development and effect of business in Canada from the late nineteenth century, with special emphasis on its social impact and the emergence of a Canadian labor movement.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2126A/B - Editorial Cartoons in Canadian History

This course will provide critical perspectives on the creation and impact of editorial cartoons from colonial times to the present. Analysis of the political, social, and economic context for powerful visual critiques in the popular press. Themes include power and authority, social and moral regulation, and humour as a weapon.
(Brescia)

History 2127F/G - In Search of Canada: Postwar to Present

An examination of selected social themes shaping postwar Canada. Topics covered include modernization, immigration and multiculturalism, rights issues, regionalism, and the multifaceted search for a "Canadian" society and culture.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2133 - Under Attack: Terrorism and Extremism in 20th Century America

The purpose of this course is to explore various terrorist and extremist groups that have emerged in modern American history such as Neo-Nazis, the growing eco-terrorist network, and Al Qaeda.
(King's)

History 2156F/G - Food and Conflict

This course examines the role played by food in human conflicts. It examines the ways in which competition over access to food has led to violent domestic and international struggles and how food has been used as a weapon in such conflicts and more generally as an instrument of domination.
(Brescia)

History 2158A/B - Food in World History

This course explores the role of food in world history with an emphasis on international exchange and cultural interaction following the discovery of the Americas. Students will consider the impact and influence of food upon politics, trade, conflict, and other aspects of society and culture.
(Brescia)

History 2159A/B - Midwives, Madonnas, Witches and Whores: Women in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700

This course will provide critical perspectives on the lives of European women 1500 to 1700. Students will analyze early modern perceptions of women, female life cycles, and the various roles of women: wife, mother, nun, martyr, midwife, citizen, soldier, worker, property owner, and artist, plus female rulers and regents.
(Brescia)

History 2163A - Korean Social and Cultural History Before 1900

A social and cultural history of Korea from ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century. Emphasis will be placed on the Three Kingdoms, Silla, Koryo, and Choson periods.
(King's)

History 2165B - Korean Social and Cultural History Since 1900

A social and cultural history of Korea in the twentieth century. The course will focus on the early 20th century Japanese colonialism, the Korean war, and post war Korea.
(King's)

History 2168A/B - Tackling Nature: The Environment in Canadian History

This course highlights the environment as an historical force. It examines changing relationships between people and other aspects of the natural world. Topics include Aboriginal resource use, impacts of European colonization, attitudes toward nature, social conflicts over government policies affecting fish, forest, and wildlife, and the rise of environmental advocacy.
(Brescia)

History 2170A/B - Parks, People, and Power

This course examines conflicts over parks and other protected areas in Canada and the United States. It emphasizes changing ideas, shifting land use pressures, and power relations among diverse interests. Controversies over park establishment, management policies, and their environmental impacts will be discussed. Course requirements may include a field trip.
(Brescia)

History 2175 - North America’s Wars

A survey of selected armed conflicts within North America from the Spanish Conquest to the 20th Century. Topics may range from declared wars to civil conflicts including organized ethnic, racial, and labor violence. Particular attention will be paid to the impact of armed conflict upon society.
(King's)

History 2179 - The Two World Wars

An examination of the causes, course and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, stressing comparison of the two conflicts. Students will be asked to consider a variety of historical analyses of both wars and to study the process of interpretation as well as events.
(Huron, King's)

History 2180 - The History of Death

Death and taxes are said to be the only certainties in life but most people arguably know more about taxes than they do about death. This course explores the ideas and understandings surrounding death and dying and how they have changed from antiquity to present.
(King's)

History 2183A/B - Women in the Work Force 1700-1900

Explores women's experiences in paid labor, pre-industrial and industrial, household, office and professional. Examines women's work during wartime and economic crises. Traces their relationships to unionization and considers the impact of gender issues in the workplace.
(Brescia)

History 2184 - Women, Men, and Technology: A Historical Perspective

This course explores the changing relationships between women, men, and technology in North America. The course examines critical perspectives on technology and its role in history.  Themes include: domestic technologies, technologies of consumption, sexual division of labour; reproductive medical technologies; and the gendering of technologies.
(Brescia)

History 2187 - Power to the Peoples: A History of Rights in North America

How did Canadians and Americans make a difference in the development of an inclusive and democratic society? This course examines various protest movements that have shaped Canadian and American History in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
(King's)

History 2190A/B - Crime in North American Society

An analysis of crime and law enforcement in the United States and Canada within the context of urban growth and industrial capitalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Specific types of criminal activity will be examined, as will the development of police, prisons and vice laws.
(King's)

History 2193A/B - Conspiracy Theories in American History

This course explores the major conspiracy theories in American history in order to understand where these conspiracy theories came from, why they became so popular, and what this says about America and Americans, in general.
(King’s)

History 2194A/B - America at Bat: US History Through Baseball

This course uses the history of baseball in the United States to explore major themes in American history including race, gender, foreign policy, and capitalism.
(King’s)

History 2195A/B - Epidemics in North America

The course will examine the social and economic impact of epidemic disease in North America by discussing outbreaks of yellow fever, cholera, diphtheria, smallpox, Spanish influenza, polio and encephalitis. Also analyzed will be the evolution of public health services, medical theories and governmental regulations in response to such epidemics.
(King's)

History 2197A/B - Origins of Global Capitalism

This course examines the development of global capitalism, 1500’s to present. Topics include theories and varieties of capitalism, the role of the state, social institutions and technological innovation in capitalist development, migration and labour relations, the rise of the transnational corporation and modern banking, responses to underdevelopment and global inequality.
(King's)

History 2201E - Canada: Origins to the Present

An examination of the most important aspects of Canada's history from its beginnings to the present.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2203E - Canada: From the Beginning of the French Regime to Confederation

A survey of Canadian history to 1867. This course provides students in Canadian history with a broad knowledge of the regional particularities which have marked Canadian history from its beginnings. It deals with the main economic, social and political features of pre-Conquest Canada, the Maritime colonies, and of Lower and Upper Canada.
(Brescia, King's)

History 2205E - Canada: From Confederation to the Present

The course emphasizes the interplay of regional and national factors in Canadian history since 1867, addresses political, social, and economic issues, surveys the regional histories of the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairie Provinces and British Columbia, and places these regional histories in their national context.
(Brescia, King's)

History 2211E - Topics in Canadian Environmental History

Issues in the history of Canadian conservation and environmentalism since 1600. The political, social, ecological, regional, economic and intellectual factors which have shaped environmental problems are explored. Students are introduced to changing ideas about the interaction of human society with other aspects of the natural world.
(Brescia)

History 2291E-2295E - Selected Topics in Canadian History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2296F/G-2299F/G - Selected Topics in Canadian History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2301E - The United States, Colonial Period To The Present

Emphasis first term upon the emergence of the American nation, the egalitarian impulse, national expansion and sectional conflict; second term, upon the great transformations of the modern era; the growth of industrialism, big government, a pluralistic society, and international predominance.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2391E-2395E - Selected Topics in US History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2396F/G-2399F/G - Selected Topics in US History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2403E - Europe And England In The 16th and 17th Centuries

Cultural, social, economic, and political themes including the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the rise of absolutism; the commercial revolution; heresy, witchcraft, and scepticism; plague and health problems; the origins of modern science; demographic trends; the Puritans; baroque art and music; Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus, and the creation of the modern army.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2413E - Europe and the Paradoxes of Modernity

This course examines the concept, history, and experience of modernity in Europe from the nineteenth century to the present, paying particular attention to the key economic, political, social and cultural roles of the city.
(Huron)

History 2414F/G - Everyday Life in Twentieth-Century Britain

This course will trace the transformations of everyday life in twentieth-century Britain through its social history and vibrant popular culture. We will examine how a country with a long history of political stability and cultural creativity was also one divided by rigid lines separating class, gender, ethnicity and nationality.
(Huron)

History 2459F/G - Midwives, Madonnas, Witches and Whores: Women in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700

This course will provide critical perspectives on the lives of European women 1500 to 1700. Students will analyze early modern perceptions of women, female life cycles, and the various roles of women: wife, mother, nun, martyr, midwife, citizen, soldier, worker, property owner, and artist, plus female rulers and regents.
(Brescia)

History 2491E-2495E - Selected Topics in European History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2496F/G-2499F/G - Selected Topics in European History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2501E - Latin America

An introduction to Latin America. The first term emphasizes the colonial foundations of Spanish and Portuguese civilization in the New World; the second term emphasizes the growth of the individual republics, personalist rule, federalism vs. centralism, revolution, and the 'static society'.
(King’s)

History 2591E-2595E - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2596F/G-2599F/G - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2602F/G - Pre-Colonial Africa

Beginning with broad themes in early African history such as the Bantu migrations and the spread of Islam this course provides an overview of pre-colonial African history and seeks to convey a history of Africa on its own terms, divorced from a Eurocentric perspective.
(Huron)

History 2603E - China: Tradition and Transformation

The first term examines central themes in pre-modern Chinese history. The second term covers the modern and contemporary periods, with attention to the role of history and tradition in building the Chinese nation.
(Huron)

History 2604F/G - European Imperialism in Africa 1830-1994

Beginning with the French invasion of Algeria in 1830 and ending with the end of apartheid in South Africa, this course examines theories of imperialism, the period of the European colonization of most of Africa, colonial rule on the continent, African resistance to colonialism, and the process of decolonization.
(Huron)

History 2650E - Peppers, Pirates and Priests: East Asia in World History Before 1800

Explores cultural, social, religious and economic interactions both within East Asia and between East Asia and the rest of the world before the age of European dominance.
(King's)

History 2691E-2695E - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2696F/G-2699F/G - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2701E - Patterns and Perspectives in World History

The course stresses the interaction over time of major world civilizations. Emphasis is given to historical developments that have influenced more than one civilization or cultural region.
(Huron)

History 2702E - Ten Days that Shook the World

The course examines ten separate days/events in world history since 1609 with an emphasis on the key role of interactions across cultures. Moving among the case studies, the goal of the course is not to gain total knowledge of the world, but to understand the processes by which we claim to know the world.
(Huron)

History 2704E - Enlightenment in the Atlantic World, 1680-1800

The course explores the origins and influence of the Enlightenment across the Atlantic world, with an emphasis on the place of natural science and religion, political revolution, women and Enlightenment, slavery and abolition, and Enlightenment historiography.
(Huron)

History 2706E - Youth Cultures in the Twentieth Century

This course will examine twentieth-century youth cultures in Canada, Britain and the United States: flappers, ‘Swing Kids’, rebellious teenagers, mods, hippies, punks, and hip hop, to discover their changing natures, their relationship to the dominant society and the official reactions to them.

History 2707F/G - Crime and Punishment in Nineteenth-Century US, Canada, and UK

This course will investigate the history of nineteenth-century crime and punishment in Canada, the UK and the US, examining how the shared legal pasts of these countries diverged in the era of industrialization and urbanization. Topics include the establishment of police forces, early crime statistics, and capital punishment.
(Huron)

History 2708F/G - Crime and Punishment in Twentieth-Century US, Canada, and UK

This course will compare the diverging histories of twentieth-century crime and punishment in Canada, the UK and the US. Topics include international policing, the use of forensic science in detecting and proving crime, the abolition of capital punishment, and the role of media in modern perceptions of crime.
(Huron)

History 2709F/G - Race, Rights, and Revolution: The Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century

This course examines currents of change flowing through the Atlantic world, from the Glorious Revolution in England in 1688 to the founding of the Republic of Haiti in 1804. Themes will include: the influence and limitations of Enlightenment thought; shifting concepts of nature, natural rights and individualism; empire and revolution; and the histories of racial slavery and emancipation.
(Huron)

History 2791E-2795E - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History

Selected Topics in International or Comparative History
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2796F/G-2799F/G - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2800F/G - The Practice and Profession of History

A problem-based approach to the practical aspects of historical study: conducting research, utilizing evidence, writing, and the public presentation of history. The course also considers the related fields of museology, material culture, archeology, and Biblical exegesis, and concludes by examining historical malpractice, including conspiracy theories and fraud.
(King’s)

History 2802E - Women, Men, and Technology: A Historical Perspective

This course explores the changing relationships between women, men, and technology in North America. The course examines critical perspectives on technology and its role in history.  Themes include: domestic technologies, technologies of consumption, sexual division of labour; reproductive medical technologies; and the gendering of technologies.
(Brescia)

History 2803E - Women in History

North Atlantic Society since 1800. A survey of the ideas about women, and their activities, with emphasis on changes in concepts and practices and the effects on societies.
(Brescia)

History 2804E - Special Topics in Women’s History

Consideration of issues, themes, topics, and people relating to women in history. See History department at Brescia for current offerings.
(Brescia)

History 2806F/G - Special Topics in Women’s History

Consideration of issues, themes, topics, and people relating to women in history. See History at Brescia for current offerings
(Brescia)

History 2808F/G - The Philosophy of History

This introduction to historical thinking examines topics including the emergence of historical writing, the rise of “scientific” history, Marxist historiography, and the role of moral judgment in history. The course also considers critiques of the empiricist historical tradition mounted by postmodernist, feminist, post-colonial, and non-European scholars.
(King’s)

History 2810F/G - Gender and Modern Europe, 1789-1989

Beginning with the French Revolution and ending with the Fall of the Berlin Wall, this course examines themes in gender and modern European history.
(Huron)

History 2813F/G - Making Waves: Women's Activism in the Atlantic World

This course examines selected themes in the history of women’s social and political movements in the Atlantic world, 1750-present.  Topics include: women and revolution; abolition, temperance and women’s rights; suffrage/anti-suffrage movements, and the rise and intersection of modern feminisms.

History 2891E-2895E - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 2896F/G-2899F/G - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3201E - European-First Nations Relations in Canada

A survey of the interaction between North American “First peoples” and expanding European communities from the sixteenth century to the present. Particular attention will be paid to the effects of European colonialism on aboriginal peoples as well as to First Nations’ responses, from resistance to adaptation.
(Huron)

History 3205E - Identities in Conflict: Canadian Social History since 1800

This course examines the social history of Canada since 1800, including such topics as industrialization, urbanization, class struggle, labour strife, rural depopulation, immigration and migration, ethnic tension, racism, gender struggle, sexuality, social reform, religion, culture, and regionalism. Considerable attention will be paid to the historiography and/or methodologies of the field.
Restricted to Honors Students
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3209E - Topics in the History of Women in Canada

Topics include native women's lives at the time of European contact; the frontier experience; "separate spheres" in the British North American context; paid work before and after industrialization; religion, education and social reform; origins and impact of feminist movements.
(King's)

History 3217E - Environmental History of Canada

The historical study of the natural environment, its socio-economic use by various peoples, and changing perceptions of the natural world in what is now Canada, from pre-European time to the late twentieth century. Reference will be made to similar processes in North America and elsewhere.
(Brescia)

History 3218E - Movers and Shakers: Social Movements in Canadian History

This course will analyze various Canadian social movements in terms of their historical factors, strategies and tactics; organizational challenges they faced; and the role that mass media, the state, individual personalities, and counter-movements played in determining their success and failures. Canadian social movements will be placed in their international context.
(King's)

History 3219E - The History of Public Violence in Canada

A survey of public violence from the French regime to the present.
Limited enrolment.
(Huron)

History 3221E - Topics in Ontario History

Topics include aspects of the political, social and economic history of the province.
Restricted to Honors Students
(Huron, King's)

History 3285E - Canada in the World – Studies in Foreign Policy

This course examines Canadian external relations since 1840, with an emphasis on the twentieth century and how diplomatic, cultural, economic, and military interactions with other states have shaped Canada’s development and identity. Relations with the United Kingdom, the United States, Asia, and the developing world will be considered.
(King's)

History 3291E-3295E - Selected Topics in Canadian History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3296F/G-3299F/G - Selected Topics in Canadian History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3301E - Colonial British America

Seminar on British exploration and settlement of America, imperial rivalries with other European empires, relations with Native Americans, free and enslaved migration to America, the development and diversity of colonial American societies, British imperial integration, the American Revolution, and the formation of the United States. Covers 1550 to 1800.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(King's)

History 3305E - The United States, 1783-1916

How territorial expansion, slavery, economic change influenced U.S. society from the Constitution through Civil War and beyond; analysis of American Exceptionalism and the idea that U.S. history is the story of “progress”; short contextual lectures mixed with discussion, emphasis on critical engagement with scholarly arguments and interpretation of primary sources.
Open to students in the three-year program.
(Huron)

History 3307E - American Popular Culture

This course examines the development of American popular culture and its relation to American society. The topics covered include music, literature, radio, movies, sports and television. The course also explores how American popular culture portrayed and was influenced by African Americans, women, youth and other ethnic Americans.
(King's)

History 3309E - The American South

A thematic examination of the social, economic, political and cultural development of the U.S. South from the colonial era to the present.
(King's)

History 3311F/G - Slavery and Freedom: African American History, 1600-1896

The course explores themes in African American history from 1600 through the Civil War and the collapse of Reconstruction. Topics include histories of slavery and resistance; abolition, antislavery and the underground railroad; links to African Canadian history; freedom and emancipation; reconstruction, racial politics, and segregation at the end of the 19th century.
(Huron)

History 3313F/G - The Movement: Civil Rights and African American History in the 20th Century

This course examines the modern civil rights movement in the wider context of African American political, social, cultural, and intellectual history, from the "strange career of Jim Crow" in the 1890s to the end of the 20th century.
(Huron)

History 3319E - Foreign Policy of the United States since 1775

A study of the interaction between domestic forces – ideological, political, and economic – and external forces in the development of United States foreign policy.
(King’s)

History 3391E-3395E - Selected Topics in US History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3396F/G-3399F/G - Selected Topics in US History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3406F/G - 'Cosh Boys’ and ‘Kleptos’: Crime and Gender in Modern Britain

This course examines the importance of gender, relationships and the body to crime in modern Britain.  We examine the history of crimes explicitly linked to gender including infanticide, shoplifting, rape and domestic assault, and the history of institutions charged with discovering, prosecuting and punishing crime.
(Huron)

History 3407F/G - Themes in European Environmental History: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

This course explores the history of European attitudes toward the natural world. We will reach back to Antiquity, but the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and, above all, the early-modern period will draw most of our attention. The multi-disciplinary nature of environmental history will suggest a broad range of topics.
(Brescia)

History 3409E - Europe and the Sea, 1400-1945

An examination of the influence of naval and maritime issues on European development. Topics include early exploration, first overseas empires, growth of commercial classes and cities, warship development and professional navies, maritime warfare, navies as first industrial conglomerates, Pax Britannica, impact of steam, iron and oil, new empires of later 19th century, 20th century arms races, the two world wars.
(King's)

History 3411E - The British Isles from 1688: Glorious Revolution to ‘Broken Britain’.

This is course covers British history from the constitutional revolution of 1688/9 through Britain's triumph as the first industrial nation and a great imperial power to the post-industrial, post-imperial present often described as 'Broken Britain'. Themes include the development of parliamentary democracy but also class, race and gender relations.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3413E - France, 1715 to the Present

Examines the development of France from the decline of the old regime to the political and economic transformation after the Second World War. Lectures, book discussion and examination of selected topics in seminars.
(King's)

History 3440E - The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen or Glorianna, Elizabeth I is the most studied Briton of the early modern period. Using primary and secondary sources including literature and film, this research seminar examines Elizabeth’s role as a leader, woman, and queen, exploring her self-representation and later use of her image and memory.
(Brescia)

History 3491E-3495E - Selected Topics in European History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3496F/G-3499F/G - Selected Topics in European History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3505F/G - Popular Culture in Latin America

Latin America popular cultural forms will be studied through specific practices such as music, dance, theatre, popular religious beliefs, sports and movies. This foray into popular culture will highlight how traditional categories like politics and economies can be understood through different types of historical evidence and innovative historical dynamics.
(King's)

History 3507F/G - Religion in Latin America

This course will examine the historical processes that have shaped Latin American religiosity, including relations of power, gender, and cosmology, while also endeavouring to capture the fluid nature of these processes and the ever-changing features of religious practise and beliefs among people of various ethnicities, classes and social conditions.
(King's)

History 3591E-3595E - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3596F/G-3599F/G - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History

See History Department for current offerings.

History 3615F/G - Crime and Punishment in Imperial China

This half-year course examines competing legal concepts and their proponents, the principles of the Chinese legal system, and various types of crime and forms of punishment in imperial China. It also explores the impact of imperial legal practice on traditional Chinese society and contemporary Chinese policies, laws, and legal praxes.
(Huron)

History 3691E-3695E - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3696F/G-3699F/G - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3705E - Current Crises in Historical Perspective

This course examines the historical background of select contemporary world crises. Its object is threefold: to increase students' understanding of current global events; to demonstrate the value of historical inquiry when examining such conflicts; to encourage students to engage politically as historians.
(Huron)

History 3706E - Political Assassinations, 1900-2000

This course examines political assassinations in the twentieth century, surveying both the murders of key political figures and those of enemies of the state in a variety of national and international contexts. Emphasis is given to discussion of the phenomenon of assassinations, motivations of assassins, and impacts of these killings.
(Huron)

History 3711F/G - State, Society and Mass Violence

This course examines the problem of mass violence in the 20th century with a focus on the role of the state and the social dynamics of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Topics include theories of genocide and case studies that may include the Armenian massacres, the Holocaust, Stalinism, Mao’s China, and Rwanda.
(King's)

History 3714F/G - Social Bases of Fascism

This course is a comparative history of fascist movements and fascist states in the 20th century. Topics include theories of fascism, social origins of fascist movements, the seizure of power in Italy and Germany, unsuccessful European fascist movements, fascism outside Europe, and neo-fascism.
(King's)

History 3719E - The North American City

An examination of the spatial, political and social evolution of cities within a North American context. The emphasis will be on the urban development of the United States and Canada that includes a comparative approach to the study of the major themes and problems of city life.
(King's)

History 3791E-3795E - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3796F/G-3799F/G - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3801E - The Historian’s Craft

This course examines the history of the historical profession, varieties of history, where research should start, the nature and limitations of evidence, methods of interpretation, research techniques in specialized areas, and problems of causal explanation.
Restricted to Honors Students
(Huron, King's)

History 3802F/G - Catholic Social Thought: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

This course explores the origins of, and developments in, modern Catholic social thought from the nineteenth century to the present. Using a chronological and thematic framework, the course pivots between historical and contemporary dimensions of Catholic thought, teaching and practice. It examines how historical thinking can contribute to ethical decision-making.
(King's)

History 3804E - Special Topics in Women’s History

Consideration of issues, themes, topics, and people relating to women in history. See History at Brescia for current offerings.
(Brescia)

History 3805E - The Family in the North Atlantic World since 1500

An introduction to changes in family life since 1500 with regard to demography, structure, and emotional content. Topics may include the internal workings of the family and its relationship to other institutions, particularly the state and the public economy; the influence of race, ethnicity, national traditions, religion, class, and changing constructions of masculinity and femininity. The family in Western Europe and North America will be emphasized.
(King's)

History 3806F/G - Special Topics in Women’s History

Consideration of issues, themes, topics, and people relating to women in history. See History at Brescia for current offerings.
(Brescia)

History 3850F/G - Capitalism and the Working Class

An exploration of the making of the working class in North America with the rise of industrial capitalism. Students will examine industrial discipline, labour commodification and dislocation, the experience of poverty and unemployment, family wage earning strategies, workers' religious, political, and labour organizations, among other aspects of the formation of working class consciousness.
(King's)

History 3851F/G - Capitalism and the Law

An exploration of legal culture and institutions that structured the rise of capitalism in North America. Students will examine the fundamentals of law that arose within market society such as an instrumental conceptualization of law and property, the will theory of contract, and actuarial conceptions of risk.
(King's)

History 3891E-3895E - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3896F/G-3899F/G - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 3900 - Internship

Preparatory consultation with a faculty mentor, and 4-8 month placement with an NGO, governmental, education institution, or private business/practice. Following the internship, the student will produce a written report.
(King's)

History 4201E - Canada in the World Wars

An examination of Canada's wartime experience, both overseas and on the home-front.  Topics include economic mobilization, conscription and domestic dissent, the wars in social memory, tactical innovation and failure on fighting fronts, and current controversies related to ongoing historiographical debates. 
(King's)

History 4202F/G - Confronting Colonialism: Land, Literacies and Learning

This course explores the changing meaning of literacy and learning between 1600 and 1850 as Indigenous peoples confronted the arrival and imposition of European epistemologies and institutions. Key concepts developed during this course relate to settler colonialism, indigeneity, schooling and literacy.
(Huron)

History 4210E - Canada in the Second World War

This reading and research-intensive course includes the examination of Canadian success and failure on fighting fronts, political, social, and economic organization for war, domestic paranoia and repression, and the emergence of the Canadian welfare state. Students will write a major research paper based on primary documents.
(King's)

History 4291E-4295E - Selected Topics in Canadian History

See History Department for current offerings.
Restricted to Honors Students.   
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4296F/G-4299F/G - Selected Topics in Canadian History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4300E - Terrorism USA

In the wake of 9/11, many Americans seemed shocked that their country was the target of terrorist attacks. They should not have been. This course will explore the history of domestic and foreign terrorist attacks against the US and the many reasons why these attacks were undertaken.
(King’s)

History 4301E - The United States in the Twentieth Century

A survey of American history, 1901 to the present, with emphasis upon political, social and economic developments. Intensive examination of selected topics in seminar.
Restricted to Honors Students
(Huron, King's)

History 4305E - American Dreams: Radicals and Reformers, from a "Citie on a Hill" to Herland

The course examines the history of American social reform and  experiment, from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Topics include religious radicalism, revolutionary millennialism, literary utopias, communitarian experiments, abolition, and feminism, with a critical emphasis on the abiding American interest in “a world made new.”
(Huron)

History 4306E - Cold War America

This course will explore, via case studies, a number of significant social, political, economic, diplomatic and cultural events that defined Cold War America.
(King's)

History 4391E-4395E - Selected Topics in US History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4396F/G-4399F/G - Selected Topics in US History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4409E - Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe

An examination of the political, social, economic and religious history of France from 1789 to 1815, and the influence of the French Revolution on Europe.
(King's)

History 4413E - Age of Extremes: Fascism, Communism and Authoritarianism in the Twentieth Century

This course examines the crimes, terror, and repression caused in the twentieth century by fascist, communist, and authoritarian regimes in various parts of the world. Topics include Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, and non-democratic regimes in post-colonial Asia, Africa and Latin America. Specific themes include the Holocaust, and genocide after 1945.
(King's)

History 4414F/G - Secrets, Spies and Surveillance in Modern British History

Britain’s culture of secrecy will be examined in both the public and the private spheres through the themes of the Official Secrets Acts, MI5 and MI6, spies and double agents, royalty and the media, birth control, crime investigations, electric monitoring and anti-terrorism laws.
(Huron)

History 4420F/G - Victorian Britain

This course examines dramatic changes and striking contrasts of British society from the early nineteenth century to the First World War. Topics include imperial pageantry, poverty and urban squalor, class rigidity, bold individuality, and the critics of empire.  Students will consider political, social, religious, gender, intellectual and environmental dimensions.
(Brescia)

History 4426E - The Catholic Church and the Holocaust

This course explores the history of the Holocaust from the perspective of Catholic-Jewish relations in Europe from the late 19th century to World War Two. Topics include anti-Judaism and political anti-Semitism, the Catholic Church in Nazi Germany, and Catholic responses to the Holocaust, from collaboration, to resistance and rescue.
(King's)

History 4491E-4495E - Selected Topics in European History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4496F/G-4499F/G - Selected Topics in European History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4502F/G - The Black Atlantic: Slavery in the Americas and Africa

This course will examine the issues of slavery and slave societies
within a comparative framework although the main focus of study will be slave systems within Latin America. Themes such as the slave trade, ethnicity, demography, and culture will be explored in order to re-create the context of slave experience.
(King’s)

History 4503F/G - Three Worlds Collide: Colonial Latin America Societies

This course will examine the formative issues that shaped the Latin American Colonial worlds. Relations between ethnicities, genders and classes will be explored to trace the creation of Latin American cultures as African, Indigenous and Europeans came together with explosive force.
(King's)

History 4591E-4595E - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4596F/G-4599F/G - Selected Topics in Latin American or Pacific History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4605E - War and Memory in Modern East Asia

The course analyzes the effects of five crucial wars fought during the period of 1840-1953 in East Asia, especially those of the excesses committed by the dominant armies. It also provides the students with an opportunity to study various interpretations of the events and reflect on war, war crimes, and collective memories.
(Huron)

History 4606F/G - Sex, law, and Society in Imperial China

This course examines state regulation of sexuality in imperial China as manifested in the official treatment of adultery, rape, female chastity, prostitution, and violation of social taboos. It also investigates the life of people excluded from accepted patterns of marriage and family.
(Huron)

History 4691E-4695E - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4696F/G-4699F/G - Selected Topics in Asian, African or Middle Eastern History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4701E - Canada and the United States

This course analyses and compares a variety of themes which have been important in the development of both Canadian and American society. It also examines the involved and often difficult relationship of Canada and the United States, with an emphasis on the patterns of political, social, economic and military interaction.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(Huron, King's)

History 4702F/G - European Imperialism

This seminar will examine major themes of European Imperialism.
(Huron)

History 4705E - Topics in North American Environmental History

Topics include: the relationship between humans and their environment; ideas on conservation and the environment; the science of ecology; and the history of the conservationist and environmental movements.
(Brescia, King's)

History 4706E - Fascism, Nazism and Stalinism Compared

This course is a comparative history of Italian Fascism, Nazism and Stalinism.  Topics include Marxism and fascism as ideologies, the cultural and social roots of communist and fascist movements, the seizure of power, church-state relations, racial bio-politics, war and political violence, ethnic cleansing, resistance, and authoritarian legacies.
(King's)

History 4791E-4795E - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4796F/G-4799F/G - Selected Topics in International or Comparative History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4801E - Ethnohistory

Seminar. Selected topics in the history of Amerindian-white relations.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(Huron)

History 4802F/G - Masculinity and Modern History

This course will introduce students to gender theory generally and masculinity theory specifically. It will also survey critical debates in the history of masculinities while dealing with major themes in modern history.
(Huron)

History 4805E - Warfare

Selected topics in the history of warfare.
(King's)

History 4809E - The Automobile and Modern Culture

This seminar course examines the social impact of the automobile and automotive technology from the late nineteenth century to the present. Technology, industrial design, corporate management styles and the rise of popular automotive culture are among the topics to be examined.
(Huron)
Restricted to Honors Students.

History 4811E - Oral History

An introduction to the techniques and methodology of oral history.
(Brescia)

History 4891E-4895E - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4896F/G-4899F/G - Selected Topics in Historiography or Thematic or Methodological History

See History Department for current offerings.
(Brescia, Huron, King's)

History 4901E - Directed Readings in History

The subject will be selected by students in consultation with an instructor of their choice willing to give the course. This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third-year history courses.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(Huron, King's)

History 4903E - Senior Thesis

This course will normally be open only to fourth-year honors students who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their third-year history courses.
Restricted to Honors Students.
(Bresica, Huron, King's)

History 4927E-4929E - Selected Topics

Consult Department for details of current offerings.
(King's)