About Us
The History Department studies the past to prepare historically informed global citizens for the challenges of today and tomorrow. Our faculty and students produce historical knowledge and interpretations that reveal how and why the past matters.
We have several areas of research focus in history: Canadian, Digital, Environmental/ Science/Medicine, Gender/Women, Indigenous, International/Global, Public History, Social/Cultural, and War/Conflict. Several of our faculty have cross-appointments to other departments or programs.
In geographic terms, we teach undergraduate and graduate courses on Canada, the United States, Europe, East Asia, Middle East, and Africa. Our department supports an undergraduate program in International Relations, in conjunction with the Department of Political Science, and we run an undergraduate program in American Studies. Our graduate students earn a Ph.D. in History or M.A. in History. The M.A. options include a 12-month program, a 2-year program with a thesis, and a Public History M.A.
News and Updates

172-year-old home spared from demolition in Oxford County
Southwest Oxford Council has approved a notice of intent to designate Elgin Hall as heritage - Includes comments from Assistant Professor Cody Groat

Pope's visit to Canada sparks calls to renouce centuries-old Doctrine of Discovery
Assistant Professor Cody Groat comments on papal visit and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's call for an apology

What Pope Francis left out in his words of apology to residential school survivors
Includes comments from Assistant Professor Cody Groat. Groat has been quoted in various articles about Pope Francis' visit
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Events
Public Lecture
Grace Peeters-Rosien, MA Candidate
Canadian Prisoners of the First World War: The Struggle for Resilience
Friday, August 19, 2022
10:00am (EST)
Speaker:
Professor Ned Blackhawk, Yale University
Topic:
On Violence and the Limits of Settler Colonialism
Dates:
October 18, 2022 - Historicizing Violence and Colonialism
Otober 19, 2022 - Genocide and the Emergence of Settler Colonialism
October 20, 2022 - State Violence: Continuing Legacies of Colonialism
For further information on these events, and other upcoming events: historyrsvp@uwo.ca