HISTORY 600 Level Courses
HIST 602 RESEARCH METHODS & RESOURCES IN HISTORY *1 (0-1S-0)
Taught in conjunction with CLASS 501 A1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 34484 | SEM A1 | W | 1200 - 1250 | T 2 44 | Dennis Sweeney |
HIST 603 HISTORY OF HISTORICAL WRITING *3 (0-3S-0)
A1 History of Historical Writing: Writing the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.
We will examine a range of readings that centre on the writing of the history of science, technology and medicine over the last 180 years. The course has been designed so that it will be accessible to students who have not taken courses before in the history of science, technology and medicine. Our main goal will be to explore a range of works that have had an important influence on the writing of the history of science, technology and medicine rather than, say, learning one or two particular approaches to tackling historical problems in the history of science, technology and medicine. We will usually (but not always) examine writers at work writing history rather than writers investigating theoretical issues to do with the writing of history.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 61876 | SEM B1 | W | 1000 - 1250 | T 2 79 | Robert Smith |
HIST 604 APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES TO HISTORY
*3 (0-3S-0)
A1 Cultural Histories.
This course will examine several of the central methodological and theoretical innovations in historical writing of the past thirty years. It focuses on the highly productive, if often contested, borrowings from other social-science and humanities disciplines and their offshoots, including sociology, cultural anthropology, literary criticism, film studies, poststructuralist philosophy, cultural studies, feminist theory, psychoanalytic theory, and postcolonial, transnational, and globalization studies. The course will explore different and often competing historical methods and approaches as they have been put to use or figure in historical writing. Accordingly, the readings list will consist mostly of works of history, ranging from path-breaking monographs to historiographical essays and research articles that deal with concrete historical topics and themes. In this way, the course aims to provide examples of how the student of history might approach her own research—and the debates within her own historiographical field(s)—in methodologically and theoretically self-conscious ways.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 47748 | SEM A1 | W | 1400 - 1650 | T 2 44 | Dennis Sweeney |
HIST 605 TOPICS IN THE NATURE OF HISTORICAL CONTROVERSY *3 (0-3S-0)
A1 Historical Controversies Surrounding the Study of the Holocaust.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 48974 | SEM A1 | T | 1400 - 1650 | T 2 44 | John-Paul Himka |
HIST 614 TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF LATER MEDIEVAL & EARLY MODERN EUROPE *3 (0-3S-0)
A2
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | CANCELLED | SEM A2 | T | 1400 - 1650 |
A4 Secularization and the Secular since the Middle Ages
A history of selected western institutions that took root in Latin Christendom during the Middle Ages, from their Christian origins (some with Jewish roots, others entirely from non-Jewish sources) through the long and tortuous process of secularization (from the later Middle Ages through the Renaissance, Reformation and ‘Enlightenment’ and recent changes to divorce, abortion and euthanasia laws) to their current status as nominally secular but actually christianoform structures in christianonormative ‘secular’ societies—including marriage, baptism, various holiday calendars, work and leisure rhythms, public rituals and celebrations, educational institutions (K-PSE) and their religious/secular culture(s). We will also address issues related to how western non-Christians of all kinds have lived and negotiated Christian societies and institutions from the Middle Ages to the present (e.g., from Jewish head-coverings and distinguishing badges to the hijab and niqab controversies) on the premise that these disparate phenomena are genealogically (rather than causally) related and require an archeological approach in order to be understood in their rooted cultural contexts.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 47532 | SEM A4 | T | 1400 - 1650 | T 2 79 | Andrew Gow |
HIST 627 TOPICS IN INDIAN HISTORY *3 (0-3S-0)
A1
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | CANCELLED | SEM A1 | T | 0900 - 1150 |
A2
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | CANCELLED | SEM A2 | R | 0900 - 1150 |
B1 Culture and Power in Colonial India.
The handy catchword ‘globalization’ has come to serve as an explanatory device for socio-cultural transformations such as the predominance of English as a global language and the global reach of ‘Western’ structures of knowledge. Yet in former colonies such as India, such transformations were taking place well before the onset of what is generally regarded as the era of globalization. Focusing on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this course will examine the relationship between colonialism and culture in India. While culture, as the historian Nicholas Dirks has argued, culture “was what colonialism was all about,” what, exactly, was the nature of cultural transformation in colonial India? How did such cultural transformations come about, and what role did both the British and Indians play in shaping them? Moreover, what impact did colonialism have not just on the culture(s) of the colonized, but on that of the colonizers - on their language, beliefs, behaviour, art and architecture, and so on? Through focusing on the scholarship on the cultural effects of colonialism in India, this course aims to explore not only the ways in which culture served as a form of colonial power and as a means of resistance, but to offer a more nuanced understanding of processes of global cultural transmission, exchange and adaptation than the contemporary concept of ‘globalization’ allows. Taught in conjunction with HIST 427 B1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 68473 | SEM B1 | W | 0900 - 1150 | T 2 44 | Deana Heath |
HIST 628 TOPICS HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY *3 (0-3S-0)
B1 The ‘Success’ of Christianity: From Jesus to Constantine.
“A candid but rational inquiry into the progress and establishment of Christianity may be considered as a very essential part of the history of the Roman Empire.” So the famous Edward Gibbon in the late 18th century rationalized his monumental History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. More than 200 years after Gibbon wrote his History the challenge he set for himself continues to be worthy of pursuit. This seminar is dedicated to a “rational inquiry into the progress and establishment of Christianity” from its beginnings to Constantine’s Edict of Milan in 313 CE. Taught in conjunction with HIST 428 B1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 67338 | SEM B1 | F | 1400 - 1650 | T 2 39 | Willi Braun |
HIST 630 PROBLEMS IN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN HISTORY *3 (0-3S-0)
B1
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | CANCELLED | SEM A1 | W | 1000 - 1250 |
HIST 631 PROBLEMS IN 20TH-CENTURY RUSSIAN HISTORY *3 (0-3S-0)
B1 Western discussions of key areas of contention in Soviet history
The focus this term will be Western discussions of key areas of contention in Soviet history. It will include the following: the October Revolution; the Famine of 1932-33; Stalin’s Purges; the outbreak of war in 1941; history, memory and the Great Patriotic War; Nikita Khrushchev’s Reforms; and the causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The course will be based on class presentations and reading discussions.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 64822 | SEM B1 | T | 0930 - 1220 | T 2 39 | David Marples |
HIST 633 PROBLEMS IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY *3 (0-3S-0)
B1 Holocaust in Ukraine.
The courses examine the Holocaust in Ukraine. Taught in conjunction with HIST 415 B1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 67334 | SEM B1 | T | 1400 - 1650 | T 2 79 | John-Paul Himka |
HIST 641 THE RISE OF CONSUMER SOCIETY *3 (0-3S-0)
Comparative Explorations of Culture, Society and Economy, c. 1500-1900
A1 Rise of Consumer Society.
This course considers the transformation of material, economic and cultural practices in the west. But the course begins by considering the long-term relationship between Europe and Asia, beginning with a study of Asia’s preeminent consumer goods: silk, porcelain and cotton. These commodities drew European traders to Asia. These commodities represented the best of pre-modern consumer goods. In this course we will examine the evolving histories of western consumer culture after 1500, when direct sea routes to Asia were found by European mariners; from that point we will explore the spread of the first popular consumer commodities and the transformations that followed. Taught in conjunction with HIST 429 A1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 41708 | SEM A1 | W | 0900 - 1150 | T 2 39 | Beverly Lemire |
HIST 646 THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH *3 (0-3S-0)
B1
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | CANCELLED | SEM B1 | M | 1000 - 1250 |
B2 Exploration and Colonisation of Australia.
The early history of Australia is a fascinating case-study in the relationship between exploration and empire. Captain Cook sailed to the Pacific in the name of science, but carried with him secret instructions to proclaim British sovereignty over any new lands he might find. Australia’s ancient aboriginal cultures were confronted by convicts, traders and settlers in a process of colonisation which (some argue) continues to this day. We will explore the many aspects of this process using primary source materials wherever possible, covering the period from Cook’s discoveries to the early twentieth century. Taught in conjunction with HIST 490 B1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 68359 | SEM B2 | M | 1000 - 1250 | T 2 39 | Jane Samson |
HIST 649 TOPICS IN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY*3 (0-3S-0)
A1 Middle East since the OttomanEmpire. Taught in conjunction with HIST 449 A1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 67342 | SEM B1 | M | 1300 - 1550 | T 2 32 | Magdy El-Shammaa |
HIST 650 TOPICS IN UNITED STATES WOMEN'S HISTORY *3 (0-3S-0)
A1
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | CANCELLED | SEM A1 | R | 0930 - 1220 |
HIST 655 SLAVERY AND ANTI-SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES
*3 (0-3S-0)
B1 Slavery & Emancipation in the US.
This course covers the history of slavery from the colonial era through the Civil War. Reading materials in this course include primary documents and recent scholarly texts. We will examine the establishment of African slavery in North America and analyze the development of plantation slavery. The class will study the experiences of enslaved Americans from the colonial period through emancipation, covering a variety of topics, including slave revolts and escape attempts, the domestic slave trade, family life, the abolition movement, and the wartime destruction of slavery. Taught in conjunction with HIST 452 B1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 67345 | SEM B1 | T | 1300 - 1550 | T 2 32 | Sharon Romeo |
HIST 664 TOPICS IN WESTERN CANADIAN HISTORY *3 (0-3S-0)
A1 Movements of Economic, Social, and Political Protest.
Many of the following topics will be examined: the Northwest Rebellion, the battle for provincehood, agrarian co-operatives, the Progressives and United Farmers, prohibition and women’s reform, radical labour, Social Credit, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the Diefenbaker revolt, the war against the National Energy Policy, the Reform Party.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 48010 | SEM A1 | M | 1300 - 1550 | T B 104 | Paul Voisey |
HIST 676 TOPIC IN CANADIAN SOCIAL HISTORY *3 (0-3S-0)
A1 History of Canadian Sport.
The study of the history of sport has emerged in the last two decades from the intersection of the “new social history” and the study of popular culture. This research seminar will make connections between the history of sports and the larger story of Canadian culture and society by examining the rapidly growing body of literature relating to sport. It will focus especially on the importance of sport in the construction of identities. Taught in conjunction with HIST 470 B1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 67349 | SEM B1 | W | 1300 - 1550 | T 2 39 | David Mills |
HIST 685 TRADITION AND MODERNITY IN CHINA *3 (0-3S-0)
A1 Topic to be announced.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 43138 | SEM A1 | M | 1000 - 1250 | T 2 39 | Ryan Dunch |
HIST 692 TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1850
*3 (0-3S-0)
A1 Topic to be announced. Taught in conjunction with HIST 494 A1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 48722 | SEM A1 | F | 0900 - 1150 | T 2 39 | Michael Polushin |
B1 Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Peru
This seminar explores the origins, course, and legacies of Peru’s 1980-1992 Shining Path War, a civil war fought by Maoist Shining Path rebels, Peruvian state forces, and Andean peasants. According to Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this conflict left some 69,000 dead, the vast majority of whom were indigenous men and women from rural Andean communities. This course will pay particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender. Students will read and discuss a variety of different primary and secondary sources about the civil war and its aftermath, and they will prepare a major research essay. Taught in conjunction with HIST 442 B1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 59522 | SEM B1 | T | 1300 - 1550 | T 2 39 | Jaymie Heilman |
HIST 695 SLAVERY IN AFRICA *3 (0-3S-0)
B1 Twentieth Century Southern Africa.
This course explores the dramatic changes in the southern African region during the twentieth century, concentrating on South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. While we will certainly look at the dramatic political transformations, from the building of new structures of colonial domination, imposition of apartheid, and Africans efforts to resist and liberate themselves from white domination, the course will emphasize the dramatic reshaping of social and cultural practices in the region's diverse societies. Taught in conjunction with HIST 446 A1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 47529 | SEM A1 | M | 1400 - 1650 | T 2 39 | Guy Thompson |
HIST 699 SPECIAL TOPICS *3 (0-3S-0)
A3
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | CANCELLED | SEM A3 | W | 1000 - 1250 |
A4 States and People in Modern Europe
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| F11 | 48446 | SEM A4 | F | 1000 - 1250 | T 2 32 | Heather Coleman |
B2 Health. Science, and Environments in Canadian History.
This course examines the intertwined histories of health and environments in the Canadian context. Drawing on international theoretical literature and case studies from Canada’s past, the course will begin with the role disease played in European colonization and move from there to examine illness and wellbeing in colonial, industrial, and urban settings. Students will also be asked to focus in on particular themes, such as the significance of race and gender, health policy, Aboriginal health, the wilderness cure, occupational disease, and the place of diet and nutrition. Students will be required to write a major research paper and participate in weekly seminar discussions. Taught in conjunction with HIST 460 B1.
| Term | Class | Section | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| W12 | 64830 | SEM B2 | M | 1300 - 1550 | T 2 39 | Liza Piper |