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Prof. Hans Beck appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Published: 18 September 2018

Hans Beck’s path-breaking work has led to major innovations in the study of ancient Greek and Roman political culture. Beyond the Mediterranean World, he is an active agent in the development of...

Professor Desmond Morton (1937-2019)

Published: 5 September 2019

The Department notes with great sadness the passing of Professor Desmond Morton, a colleague, friend, mentor, prominent military and social historian, academic administrator, and inspiration to...

Prof. Allan Greer awarded two major book prizes

Published: 5 December 2019

Congratulations to Prof. Allan Greer, who was recently won the Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award for an outstanding book in social science history and the Wilson Book Prize for the best exploration...

What does it mean to be Afro-Métis? Prof. Adjetey weighs in on the controversy on poet-laureate George Elliott Clarke

Published: 22 January 2020

In an insightful op-ed for the Star on January 21, 2020, Prof. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey explores how Canadian society still denies indigeneity to Black-Indigenous, or Afro-Métis, persons while...

Prof. Jarrett Rudy (1970-2020)

Published: 5 April 2020

Professor Jarrett Rudy passed away on April 4, 2020, two weeks after undergoing quintuple bypass surgery.

M. Max Hamon (Ph.D. 2018) wins the coveted 2019 Wilson Book Prize

Published: 1 June 2020

Congratulations to M. Max Hamon! He just received the 2019 Wilson Book Prize for his first book The Audacity of His Enterprise: Louis Riel and the Métis Nation That Canada Never Was, 1840–1875,...

Prof. Adjetey on anti-Black racism in Canada in CBC interview on June 7

Published: 11 June 2020

The violent nature of anti-Black racism in the United States has conveniently served Canadians for a long time to ignore racism in their own country, warns Prof. Adjetey in a CBC interview of June...

Professor Opal writes Washington Post op-ed on Fourth of July

Published: 6 July 2020

Professor and Departmental Chair Jason M. Opal published an op-ed on Trump’s misguided ideas of Fourth of July in the Washington Post.

Professor Allan Greer awarded 2020 J. B. Tyrell Historical Medal from the Royal Society of Canada

Published: 15 September 2020

The J. B. Tyrell Historical Medal is awarded every two years for outstanding work in the history of Canada. From the start of his career, Prof. Greer was interested in Canada’s colonial roots and...

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