Fall 2016
HIST 197. FYS: Race in Latin America.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This seminar explores what it meant to be native, black, or white in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. It explores how conceptualisations of race and ethnicity shaped colonialism, social organisation, opportunities for mobility, visions of nationhood, and social movements.
- Restriction: Open only to newly admitted students in U0 or U1, who may take only one FYS. Students who register for more than one will be obliged to withdraw from all but one of them.
- Maximum 25 students
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HIST 201. Modern African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 202. Survey: Canada to 1867.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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A survey of early Canada, from periods known mainly through archaeological records to the Confederation era. Social, cultural, economic and political themes will be examined.
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HIST 205. Ancient Mediterranean History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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An introduction to the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, focusing on Greek and Roman civilization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 275.
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HIST 207. Jewish History: 400 B.C.E. to 1000.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An overview of Jewish history from the period of Ezra and Nehemiah to the death of Hai Gaon, c. 1035. Focus on the experience of the Jews in Hellenistic and Islamic civilizations. Topics include Jewish sects, rabbinic literature in its various genres, the Karaite schism, and the rise of the Gaonate.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken JWST 216
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HIST 208. Introduction to East Asian History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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An introduction to the history of East Asian civilization from earliest times to 1600, with emphasis on China and Japan, including social, intellectual, and economic developments as well as political history.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-208D
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HIST 211. American History to 1865.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
Introduction to the history of colonial North America and the United States up to the Civil War, in their Atlantic context.
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HIST 213. World History, 600-2000.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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A thematic and comparative approach to world history, beginning with the rise of Islam and ending with globalization in the late twentieth century. Trade diasporas, technology, disease, and imperialism are the major themes addressed.
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HIST 214. Early Modern Europe.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Survey of European history from the Late Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-215D
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HIST 223. Indigenous Peoples and Empires.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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History of Indigenous Peoples of North and South America and their early experiences of European conquest and colonization, c. 1400 - 1800.
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HIST 240. Modern History of Islamic Movements.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Islamic revival in the Middle East which led to the rise of different versions of Islamic traditions and beliefs. Emphasis on the nature and character of leading nationalist and Islamic movements and their ideologues since the late 19th century.
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HIST 249. Health and the Healer in Western History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
The natural history of health and disease and the development of the healing arts, from antiquity to the beginning of modern times. The rise of "western" medicine. Health and healing as gradually evolving aspects of society and culture.
- Note: Also available to first-year medical students in their options program.
- Note: Also available to first-year medical students in their options program.
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HIST 300. History of Law and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The history of practices, ideas, philosophies of law in society, from Antiquity to the 21st century, including western and non-western legal traditions, in relation to property, crime and violence, slavery and liberty, constitutionalism and internationalism, and the environment.
- Restriction: Not open to students who took CANS 300 (106-300A) before September 2002.
- Prerequisite: HIST 213 recommended
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HIST 302. International Relations History 1: 1750-1950.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The history of international relations during the era of the four global wars, the expansion of the West in world affairs, the changes in the balance of power in Europe, the rise and fall of the colonial empires, and the ascendancy of the flank powers, Russia and the United States.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 203, HIST 215, HIST 216, HIST 218, HIST 221 or HIST 226 recommended
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HIST 303. History of Quebec.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Covering Quebec history from New France to contemporary times, this course will include themes like ethnic relations, citizenship, gender and material culture. It is of particular interest to students in Education who foresee teaching about Quebec.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 or HIST 203 recommended
- The ability to read French is helpful but not mandatory
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HIST 310. Themes in European History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a theme in the history of Europe. Topics vary from year to year.
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 202 or HIST 206 or HIST 211 or HIST 213 or HIST 215 or HIST 223 or permission of instructor.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 207, HIST 214, HIST 215, HIST 226, HIST 249, HIST 250, or HIST 219 recommended.
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HIST 311. The Gilded Age and The Progressive Era.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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The social, economic, and political consequences of industrialization in the history of the United States between 1877 and 1914. Emphasis on the rise of mass production, urbanization, immigration, rural protest, the labour movement, social and political reform.
- Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.
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HIST 315. Themes in World History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
Historical phenomena that transcend the boundaries of nation-status and contributed to the long-term development of globalization.
- Prerequisite: HIST 213 recommended.
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HIST 317. Themes in Indian Ocean World History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of a selected theme or topic in the history of the Indian Ocean World.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-305D. Not open to U0 students
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-305D. Not open to U0 students
- Prerequisite: HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206, HIST 208, HIST 209 or HIST 218 recommended.
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HIST 319. The Scientific Revolution.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The intellectual and cultural history of science and technology, in Europe and in the wider world, from the time of Leonardo to the time of Newton (c. 1500-c.1700).
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 212, HIST 214, HIST 215, HIST 216, HIST 226, HIST 238, HIST 249 or HIST 250 recommended.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of Western Europe from the late 14th to the end of the 16th century. Topics will include the Renaissance, in and outside Italy, the
Reformations, the religious wars of the 16th century and the Scientific Revolution.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-325D
- Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 212 recommended.
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HIST 338. Twentieth-Century China.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Examines 20th Century China from the fall of the Qing, through Republican China, the emergence of communism, war with Japan, revolution and civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and later economic reforms.
- Prerequisite: HIST 218 recommended.
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HIST 340. History of Modern Egypt.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Explores the history of Egypt from the 18th Century to today. Topics include: Ottoman Egypt, the impact of French and British Colonialism, Nasserism, Camp David and economic liberalization, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 201, HIST 240 or ISLA 210 recommended.
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HIST 341. Themes in South Asian History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a theme in the history of South Asia.
- Prerequisite: HIST 209 recommended.
- Themes may vary from year to year.
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HIST 342. Canada and the World.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Explores the relationships between the societies of Northern North America,including what is now Canada, and the wider world, from the pre-contact Indigenous age to the present. Key themes include migration, diplomacy, empire, colonialism, business, trade, war, international development, and the circulation of culture and ideas.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 or HIST 203 recommended.
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HIST 343. Women in Post-Confederation Canada.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course examines women's contribution to the economic and social development of Canada as well as the changes in the image and status of women. Special emphasis will be on the relationship between women's roles in the private sphere and the public domain.
- Prerequisite: HIST 203 recommended.
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HIST 347. History and Sexuality 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
1700 to the present, with a particular focus on Europe and North America. Possible topics include: patterns of fertility and sexual practice; prostitution; religion and sexuality; the medical and legal construction of sexualities; the rise of sexology; gay liberation movements; queer politics.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 211, HIST 215 or HIST 221 recommended.
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HIST 354. Women in Europe 1700-2000.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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An overview of the history of women in modern continental Europe, focusing on women's changing roles in the family and society at large, in the context of work, family life, education, and culture, and the changing notions of citizenship, femininity, and masculinity.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 355D1/D2
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 214, HIST 215 or HIST 226 recommended.
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HIST 357. Cultural Diversity in Canada.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Selected topics in cultural diversity, society and the state in 19th, 20th and/or 21st centuries will be explored through discussion of primary and secondary historical sources.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-469
- Prerequisite: HIST 202 or HIST 203 recommended.
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HIST 367. Canada since 1945.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Elements of Canada's political, social, economic, and cultural history since World War II. Topics will include constitutional questions, gender and class issues, the role of the state, regionalism, consumer society, the Quiet Revolution, and nationalism in Canada.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 203 recommended.
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HIST 368. Greek History: Classical Period.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The Classical period of Greek history, from the end of the Persian wars to the death of Alexandra the Great (479-323 BC).
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, CLAS 201 or CLAS 203 recommended.
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HIST 371. American Civil Rights 1877-1940.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The social, economic, political, and constitutional history of citizenship and civil rights in the United States from the end of Reconstruction through the 1930s. Emphasis on segregation and disfranchisement; immigration restrictions, americanization and national identities; civil rights movements and organizations; women's suffrage; voting rights and representation.
- Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.
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HIST 384. Nineteenth-Century Britain.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Cultural, intellectual, political, economic and social history of Britain and Ireland in an era of unprecedented economic and cultural change as the United Kingdom became the world's first industrial nation and leading imperial power.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 384 prior to 2005.
- Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor
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HIST 387. The First World War.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
A world-wide political, social, economic, cultural and military survey, from the origins of the Great War to the Treaty of Versailles.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 203, HIST 215, HIST 216, HIST 221 or HIST 226 recommended.
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HIST 399. History and
Historiography.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
The nature and functions of history; changing conceptions of time and of the past; approaches to historical evidence; methods of reconstructing the past; how the discipline of history has changed over time.
- Prerequisite: 6 credits of History
- Restrictions: History Honours or Joint Honours Program students only, unless permission of instructor.
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HIST 401. Topics: Medieval Culture and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in the intellectual and cultural history of the Middle Ages. Emphasis on modern critical approaches to medieval culture, including literature, the supernatural, religious experience.
- Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 380 or consent of instructor
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HIST 409. Topics in Latin American History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In-depth discussion and research on a circumscribed topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
- Prerequisites: HIST 210, HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Topics will vary from year to year.
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HIST 431. Topics in U.S. History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Various topics in United States history.
- Prerequisite: By permission of instructor.
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HIST 434. British North America 1760-1867.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
This course will study the social-cultural and political development of British North American colonies.
- Prerequisite: An introductory course in history or consent or instructor
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HIST 436. Topics: European History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An in-depth look at particular aspects of European history.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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HIST 442. Asian Diaspora: Chinese Overseas.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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The contexts and causes of Chinese emigration; historical patterns of migration; Overseas Chinese communities on five continents, with emphasis on Southeast Asia and North America; alienation and identity in Chinatown; relations between the Overseas Chinese and China.
- Prerequisite: One previous course in Chinese or Asian history or permission of instructor
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HIST 454. Marxist Theory
.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Themes in Marxist theory and historiography, from the mid-19th century to the present moment. Topics will include the global intellectual history of Marxism in political and economic thought, diverse Marxisms around the world, contemporary developments in Marxist theory, historical analysis and historiography.
- Priority is given to students in Honours History, students registered for the Minor in Social Studies of Medicine, and graduate students in History, Medical Anthropology, and Medical Sociology
- Prerequisite: A 200-level history course or permission of instructor.
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HIST 457. Topics in Medical History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course explores different topics in medical history. Topics to be explored include the role of medicine from ancient to modern times.
- Topic for 2004-05: Medicine in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe.
- Prerequisite: HIST 349 or HIST 356 or permission of instructor
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HIST 481. History of Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Examines social and political histories of Pakistan and Bangladesh from 1947 to present with attention to the roles of Islam, ethnicity and nationalism.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 341 or permission of instructor.
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HIST 499. Internship: History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 2.7, and permission of the departmental Internship Advisor.
- Prerequisite: Permission of the departmental Internship Advisor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 2.7, and permission of the departmental Internship Advisor.
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HIST 507. Topics in Early Modern History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings and research on a selected topic in early modern history.
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HIST 528. Indian Ocean World Slave Trade.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.
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HIST 552D1. International Relations: Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings on and discussion of a theme in the history of international relations.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 553.
- Students must register for both HIST 552D1 and HIST 552D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 552D1 and HIST 552D1 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- HIST 552D1 and HIST 552D1 together are equivalent to HIST 552
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HIST 565D1. Modern Britain: Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings in and discussion of a theme in Modern British history.
- Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
- Restrictions: Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 566.
- Students must register for both HIST 565D1 and HIST 565D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 565D1 and HIST 565D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- HIST 565D1 and HIST 565D2 together are equivalent to HIST 565
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HIST 568D1. Topics in Chinese History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A research seminar on aspects of Chinese history from early time to the present, with emphasis on social history.
- Students must register for both HIST 568D1 and HIST 568D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 568D1 and HIST 568D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 571D1. Seminar: Italian Renaissance.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Seminar on the Italian renaissance.
- Students must register for both HIST 571D1 and HIST 571D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 571D1 and HIST 571D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 572D1. Seminar in Jewish History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Seminar in Jewish history. Topic varies by year.
- Students must register for both HIST 572D1 and HIST 572D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 572D1 and HIST 572D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 580D1. European and Native-American Encounters.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
This seminar will examine European and Native encounters throughout the Americas, from the late 15th century to the mid-nineteenth century. The aim is to introduce students to key primary sources related to contact, and to the methods used to interpret them.
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): Permission of instructor. Priority is given to Graduate students
- Students must register for both HIST 580D1 and HIST 580D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 580D1 and HIST 580D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 586D1. Canada: Diasporas and the State.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Explores themes in the history of migration and international diasporas, and state and societal responses to immigrants
- Prerequisite: HIST 203 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 471D1/D2.
- Students must register for both HIST 586D1 and HIST 586D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 586D1 and HIST 586D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 588D1. History of Montreal.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A history of Montreal.
- Students must register for both HIST 588D1 and HIST 588D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 588D1 and HIST 588D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 597D1. Seminar: Modern Europe.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploring aspects of modern European history.
- Topics will vary from year to year.
- Prerequisites: HIST 215 or HIST 226 or permission of instructor.
- Restrictions: Open only to history honours students and graduate students or advanced students with the permission of instructor.
- Students must register for both HIST 597D1 and HIST 597D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 597D1 and HIST 597D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 598D1. Topics in Modern U.S. History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Topics in modern U.S. history. Topic varies by year.
- Students must register for both HIST 598D1 and HIST 598D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 598D1 and HIST 598D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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Winter 2017
HIST 203. Survey: Canada since 1867.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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A survey of the development of Canada from Confederation to the present day. Social, economic and political history will be examined in a general way.
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HIST 215. Modern Europe.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Survey of European history from the eighteenth century to the present.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-215D
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HIST 218. Modern East Asian History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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An introduction to the history of China and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present, including modernization, nationalism, and the interaction of the two countries.
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HIST 219. Jewish History: 1000 - 2000.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
The Jewish experience from the rise of the European centres to the present.
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HIST 221. United States since 1865.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Examines the defining moments and movements in the U.S. since Reconstruction, including populism, progressivism, the World Wars, the New Deal, the Cold War, the sixties and its consequences. Emphasis on the political, social and ideological transformations that ensued.
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HIST 304. International Relations History 2: Cold War.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
The history of the Cold War. Special attention will be paid to the different viewpoints and experiences of the Cold War participants by studying the historiography and archival materials released in the Eastern Block and Western World.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 203, HIST 215, HIST 216, HIST 218, HIST 221 or HIST 226 recommended
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HIST 306. East Central Europe, 1944-2004.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
An examination of important problems in the postwar history of east central Europe. Topics include: the establishment of Communist regimes; Stalinism
and de-Stalinization; everyday life under Communism; the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the Prague Spring, and Solidarity; political opposition; culture; and
the revolutions of 1989.
- Prerequisite: HIST 226 or HIST 215 recommended
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HIST 310. Themes in European History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a theme in the history of Europe. Topics vary from year to year.
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 202 or HIST 206 or HIST 211 or HIST 213 or HIST 215 or HIST 223 or permission of instructor.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 207, HIST 214, HIST 215, HIST 226, HIST 249, HIST 250, or HIST 219 recommended.
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HIST 315. Themes in World History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
Historical phenomena that transcend the boundaries of nation-status and contributed to the long-term development of globalization.
- Prerequisite: HIST 213 recommended.
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HIST 316. History of the Russian Empire.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
History of the Russian empire from its formal proclamation by Peter the Great to its eventual collapse in 1917; the rise of the Romanov dynasty, imperial conquest, and the dynamics of imperial Russian society, and the revolutions of 1905 and 1917.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 214 or HIST 215 or HIST 216 recommended.
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HIST 317. Themes in Indian Ocean World History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of a selected theme or topic in the history of the Indian Ocean World.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-305D. Not open to U0 students
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-305D. Not open to U0 students
- Prerequisite: HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206, HIST 208, HIST 209 or HIST 218 recommended.
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HIST 323. History and Sexuality 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Antiquity to Early Modern Europe. The cultural meanings and social institutions that create the historical context for sexual behaviours. Possible topics include: Greek homosocial and homosexual culture; sex and citizenship; wives and concubines in the ancient world; Christianity and aestheticism; misogyny and gender in Medieval Europe; adultery and lineage.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, HIST 212, HIST 214, HIST 249, HIST 275 or HIST 250 recommended.
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HIST 327. Age of the American Revolution.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Analyzes the origins, contingencies, and outcomes of the American Revolution. Spanning the decades from the 1760s to 1820s, it also seeks to place the Revolution in an Atlantic-wide context and to offer a foundation for studying American institutions.
- Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.
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HIST 336. France, 1789 to 1914.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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A study of the history of France from the Revolution to World War I.
- Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 215 recommended.
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HIST 341. Themes in South Asian History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a theme in the history of South Asia.
- Prerequisite: HIST 209 recommended.
- Themes may vary from year to year.
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HIST 349. Greece: From Ottoman to the European Union.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines the emergence of a modern nation state in the Balkans out of the Ottoman empire and its evolution until its present status as a member state of the European Union. A story of Greece and Greeks within the broader regional and global context.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 214, HIST 215, HIST 226 or HIST 262 recommended.
- 2-3 film screenings held in a continuous 3-hour slot.
- Screenings will replace lecture hours the week of screenings.
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HIST 350. Science and the Enlightenment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Explores the relationship between the natural sciences and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Examination of works in post-Newtonian science as well as their broader cultural meaning, the history of material practices, the origins of social science, and the role of geography and international context beyond Western Europe.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 214, HIST 215 or HIST 238 recommended.
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HIST 351. Themes in U.S. History since 1865.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
Aspects of American history from the gilded Age through the Cold War era.
- Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.
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HIST 354. Women in Europe 1700-2000.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An overview of the history of women in modern continental Europe, focusing on women's changing roles in the family and society at large, in the context of work, family life, education, and culture, and the changing notions of citizenship, femininity, and masculinity.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 355D1/D2
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 214, HIST 215 or HIST 226 recommended.
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HIST 356. Medicine in the Medieval West.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The history of ideas about the human body, disease and therapeutics and the diverse practices of medicine in western Europe in the Middle Ages (ca. AD 300-1500), with particular attention to their social, intellectual, cultural and religious context.
- Winter
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 212, HIST 214 or HIST 249 recommended.
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HIST 360. Latin America since 1825.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin America since the wars of independence.
- Prerequisite: HIST 210 or HIST 213 recommended
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HIST 370. Topics: Canadian Political History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Explores a topic related to the political history of Canada.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 or HIST 203 recommended.
- Topics vary from year to year.
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HIST 374. History of Sexuality in Canada.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Sexuality as theory, culture, and historical experience in Canada from early contact period to the present. Chronological and thematic format. Topics include fertility and its control, prostitution and pornography, sexual repression and liberation in medicine and politics, queer theory and economies of pleasure.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 or HIST 203 recommended.
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HIST 375. Rome: Republic to Empire.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Roman history from the Gracchi to the death of the emperor Nero, 133 BCE to 68 CE. The collapse of the Roman republic, the reorganization of the Roman state under Augustus, and the Roman empire and society under the early emperors.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 205, HIST 275, HIST 207 or CLAS 201 recommended.
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HIST 380. The Medieval
Mediterranean
.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Thematic history of the Mediterranean during the Medieval period, covering elements of Latin, Byzantine and Islamic civilizations and their interactions.
- Prerequisite: HIST 212, HIST 214 or permission of instructor
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HIST 388. The Second World War.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A world-wide political, social, economic, cultural and military survey, from the Treaty of Versailles to the first years of the Cold War.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 203 , HIST 215, HIST 216, HIST 221 or HIST 226 recommended.
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HIST 394. British Revolutions 1567-1660
.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
English, Scottish and Irish history during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, with a particular focus on the origins and consequences of the regicides of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587 and King Charles I in 1649.
- Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 250 recommended.
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HIST 398. Topics in Italian History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Topics in Italian history. Topic varies by year.
- Topic for 2004-05: Family, Women and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy.
- Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 212 recommended.
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HIST 399. History and
Historiography.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
The nature and functions of history; changing conceptions of time and of the past; approaches to historical evidence; methods of reconstructing the past; how the discipline of history has changed over time.
- Prerequisite: 6 credits of History
- Restrictions: History Honours or Joint Honours Program students only, unless permission of instructor.
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HIST 401. Topics: Medieval Culture and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in the intellectual and cultural history of the Middle Ages. Emphasis on modern critical approaches to medieval culture, including literature, the supernatural, religious experience.
- Prerequisite: HIST 214 or HIST 380 or consent of instructor
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HIST 407. Topics in Ancient History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An in-depth look at various topics in ancient history.
- Restriction: Not open to Honours students in History.
- Prerequisite: 3 credits in Ancient history at the 300-level or permission of instructor.
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HIST 411. Topics in African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In depth examination of a specific topic or individual in African or African diasporic history.
- Prerequisite: A previous course in African history or permission of instructor.
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HIST 412. Women and Gender in Modern Britain.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Women and gender in modern Britain (1850 on). Topics include early feminist political agitation, including the suffrage movement; working-class women; changing notions of gender, sexuality and women's role; women and empire.
- Prerequisite: HIST 215 or a course in British history or permission of instructor
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HIST 418. Topics: Atlantic World.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a specific theme in Atlantic history, 1500 to 1850.
- Prerequisites: any two of the following: HIST 200, HIST 202, HIST 211, HIST 214, HIST 309 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Enrolment limit 25.
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HIST 419. Central America.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The study of historical roots of the regional crisis of the 1980s, with particular attention to Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-419D
- Prerequisite: HIST 309, HIST 360 or permission of instructor
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HIST 420. Gender and Sexuality in Modern China.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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The history of gender and sexuality in modern China. Topics include Chinese femininities and Chinese masculinities, theories of sexuality, and changing conceptions of gender identity under Confucianism, Western Imperialism, and socialism.
- Prerequisite: A 300-level course in the History of China or Gender/Sexuality or permission of instructor.
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HIST 424. Gender, Sexuality and Medicine.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Gender, sexuality, and medicine since the colonial era, with a focus on North American experience. Topics will include reproductive medicine (puberty, childbirth, fertility control, menopause), changing perceptions of men's and women's health needs and risks, and ideas about sexual behaviour and identity.
- Prerequisite: A 300-level History course in gender, sexuality or medicine or permission of instructor.
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HIST 426. Topics: British Cultural History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in intellectual and cultural history of Britain and Ireland, focusing on discussion of primary texts.
- Topic for 2004-05: TBA
- Prerequisite: HIST 215 or a course in British history or permission of instructor
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HIST 430. Topics in Modern Medicine.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Selected topics in the history of medicine in the 19th, 20th and/or 21st centuries will be explored through discussion of primary and secondary historical sources.
- Prerequisites: HIST 249 (or HIST 349 prior to Winter 2006) or permission of the instructor.
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HIST 431. Topics in U.S. History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Various topics in United States history.
- Prerequisite: By permission of instructor.
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HIST 436. Topics: European History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An in-depth look at particular aspects of European history.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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HIST 437. Topics: Issues in Canadian History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A discussion-based, advanced intensive study of selected aspects of Canadian history.
- Prerequisite(s): A 300-level course in Canadian History or permission of instructor.
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HIST 440. Fiction and History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course examines why and how books are classified as fiction or history. Topics include: social expectations and uses of literature; evidence and verification; the author as authority. Readings include history and fiction from various historical periods, and relevant scholarship.
- Prerequisite: 6 credits at the 300 level in either history or literature
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HIST 453. History of Revolution in Europe.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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The evolution of the concept and phenomenon of revolution from the 1640s in England to 1989 in eastern Europe. How the experiences of 1789, 1848, and
1917 changed the theory and practice of revolution.
- Prerequisite: HIST 215 or permission of instructor
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HIST 480. Democracy and Society in India.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A specialized in-depth historical survey of issues and problems in the transformation of India towards democracy in the post-colonial era.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 341 or permission of instructor.
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HIST 503. Topics in Modern European History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced topics in modern European history. Topics will vary by year. The course has a substantial research component.
- Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate students: HIST 215 or permission of instructor; MA students: a prior course in the history of modern Europe pertinent to the subject of the course or permission of the instructor.
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HIST 510. Environmental History of Latin America (Field).
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Human-nature interactions over different scales of time in Latin America (with an emphasis on neo-tropical environments) and the application of the historical perspective to contemporary environmental issues, including historiography and
methodology; cultures of environmental knowledge.
- This course will be offered in Panama as part of the Panama Field Studies Semester. Language of instruction is in English but fluency in Spanish is required for the fieldwork component of the class.
- Prerequisites: HISP 218 or HISP 210 or equivalent proficiency
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HIST 526. Women and War.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines the impact of war on individuals, families and societies. Studies the experiences of women and children in exile, mass persecutions, and punishments associated with social unrest, revolution or wars during twentieth century.
- Prerequisite(s): A 300 or 400-levelcourse in women's history or permission of instructor
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HIST 552D2. International Relations Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings on and discussion of a theme in the history of international relations.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and HIST 552D1
- Restriction: Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 553.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 552D1 and HIST 552D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- HIST 552D1 and HIST 552D2 together are equivalent to HIST 552
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HIST 565D2. Modern Britain: Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings in and discussion of a theme in Modern British history.
- Prerequisite: HIST 565D1
- Restrictions :Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 566.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 565D1 and HIST 565D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- HIST 565D1 and HIST 565D2 together are equivalent to HIST 565
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HIST 568D2. Topics in Chinese History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
- Prerequisite: HIST 568D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 568D1 and HIST 568D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 571D2. Seminar: Italian Renaissance.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
- Prerequisite: HIST 571D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 571D1 and HIST 571D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 572D2. Seminar in Jewish History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Seminar in Jewish history. Topic varies by year.
- Prerequisite: HIST 572D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 572D1 and HIST 572D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 580D2. European and Native-American Encounters.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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- Prerequisite: HIST 580D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 580D1 and HIST 580D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 586D2. Canada: Diasporas and the State.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Explores themes in the history of migration and international diasporas, and state and societal responses to immigrants
- Prerequisite: HIST 203 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 471D1/D2.
- Students must register for both HIST 586D1 and HIST 586D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 586D1 and HIST 586D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 588D2. History of Montreal.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
- Prerequisite: HIST 588D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 588D1 and HIST 588D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 597D2. Seminar: Modern Europe.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploring aspects of modern European history.
- Topics will vary from year to year.
- Prerequisites: HIST 215 or HIST 226 or permission of instructor.
- Restrictions: Open only to history honours students and graduate students or advanced students with the permission of instructor.
- Prerequisite: HIST 597D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 598D2. Topics in Modern U.S. History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
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HIST 599D2. Honours Tutorial.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Individualized guided research on an approved topic.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to History Honours and Joint Honours program students. Not open to students who have taken HIST 490D1/D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 599D1 and HIST 599D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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