This course examines the rise of the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century, both in Europe and the Middle East, and traces its evolution until its demise...
This course will trace the suppression of the slave trade and the opening of Africa to European imperialism. Emphasis will be given to resistance...
This advanced research seminar asks students to consider the role of the individual in history by reading theoretical works and examples drawn from...
A seminar course dealing with selected aspects of Scottish social, economic and political history. The seminars will be based upon an examination of...
This course is an in-depth examination of a theme or themes from European history in the nineteenth and/or twentieth centuries. Topics chosen will...
This course will discuss the origins, character, and operation of slavery and the export slave trades in Africa. It will examine the interaction...
This course focuses on issues that emphasize the history of connections between different parts of the world. Topics may include the growth of the...
This course will provide a thematic approach to the foundations of western attitudes towards sex and sexuality as they developed in the European...
Political events, key personalities, the political process, and state instruments and institutions will be analyzed with a view to understanding...
This course analyzes how Americans have constructed and enacted identities in the U.S. as citizens and consumers through investigating concepts such...
This seminar examines the origins, major themes, and historical development of Canadians' cultural identities. Possible topics include...
Starting with the debates over the New Poor Law of l834, this course will examine the changing content of the notion of poverty, and changing methods...
This course surveys the use of quantitative methods, the historical evolution of data generation and recording, and the use of quantitative sources in...
This course is designed to train honours students in the techniques of research, interpretation and writing of history. The student will choose a...
This seminar course is designed to explore one or more social or political or intellectual revolutions in the early modern or modern era depending on...
This seminar course provides an in-depth analysis of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, and the literature surrounding its interpretation. (H)
This course will examine selected topics in the social and economic transformation of rural Canada with relevant comparisons to the rest of North...
This course will discuss the way science is rooted in society and culture. It will explore the broad field of the history of science, the social role...
This course examines the development of urban life in the United States between the Civil War and World War I. Course readings, discussions and...