Department of History
Department of History McGill University
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Welcome to the Department of History's website! You will find here a wealth of information about the department, its programs and its course offerings.
The teaching of history at McGill began in 1855 although the Department itself was only formally founded at the turn of the twentieth century by Charles William Colby in association with Stephen Leacock and C.E. Fryer.
Today the Department is composed of thirty-nine full-time faculty members as well as a strong complement of visiting professors, faculty lecturers, and post-doctoral fellows. This array of dedicated teachers and scholars supports high quality instruction and research across the periods of history and regions of the globe. Within this breadth, the Department has developed particular strengths in Canadian History, British & European History, East Asian History, the History of Medicine, the History of Science, and is building up newer fields such as the history of Gender and Sexuality, the history of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds, and Global history. The Classics Program, which is housed in the History Department, offers training in Greek and Latin languages and literature as well as a stimulating array of courses in ancient history.
The Department takes its commitments to undergraduate and graduate teaching to heart. Students benefit from learning from scholars who conduct cutting-edge research in their fields. Our professors have won many prizes for their books and articles and their on-going investigations are supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the FQRSC, CFI, the Killam Trust and the Mellon Foundation. Our involvement in research adds immediacy and excitement to our teaching through both lectures and seminars, and we hire students to participate as research assistants in our investigations.
Our Department is also known within the Faculty of Arts for its teaching excellence. The standards are high and the readings are extensive, but over the years students in History classes have consistently appreciated the high quality of instruction they receive. Over the years, members of the History Department have taken numerous H. Noel Fieldhouse Awards for Distinguished Teaching, and the Department's teaching evaluations rank amongst the highest in the University.
COURSES CANCELLED
NONE TO REPORT
COURSE LOCATION CHANGES
HIST215 (section 002)- J Szapor - LEA219 effective Thursday, January 14
CLAS220 - BURN 1B23 effective Monday January 11
LOST & FOUND
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For information on the speakers' seminars in the department click here.
Did you know?
Prof. Lorenz Lüthi's book The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World is the winner of the 2008 Furniss Award - given out by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at the Ohio State University to an author whose first book makes an exceptional contribution to the study of national and international security.
Louise Dechêne's, Le peuple, l’État et la guerre au Canada sous le régime français, Montréal, Boréal, 2008 was awarded honourable mention for the 2009 John A.Macdonald Prize recognizing the most important book published in Canadian History. Professor Catherine Desbarats was among the book's compilers.
The Eva and Myron Echenberg Arts Internship Award
The Eva and Myron Echenberg Arts Internship Award was established by retired Professor of History at McGill Myron Echenberg ( BA'62, MA'64) and his wife Eva to help students gain firsthand practical experience through an internship working in international development initiatives. For more information click here
