Welcome to the Department of History
Our award-winning department offers students a rigorous program that covers a broad range of geographic and thematic areas.
Our program is global geographically, with a strength in Canadian history and US, Latin American, British, European, Middle Eastern, African, and Asian history. It makes thematic connections with strengths in early modern history, oral history, gender and sexuality, muslim studies, Hellenic studies, religion, aboriginal studies, and labour studies. (More...)
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Criminal Law in Liberal and Fascist Italy by Paul Garfinkel
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Cities Beyond Borders: Comparative and Transnational Approaches to Urban History Co-edited by Nicolas Kenny and Rebecca Madgin
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The Commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy by Emily O'Brien
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Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China’s Era of High Socialism by Jeremy Brown & Matthew D. Johnson
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The Feel of the City: Experiences of Urban Transformation by Nicolas Kenny
DEPARTMENT NEWS
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Jeremy Brown wins 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award February 27, 2018
History professor Jeremy Brown’s exceptional teaching methods, which not only impart knowledge, but... -
Assistant Professor Tina Adcock and SFU History alumni Eryk Martin and Laura Ishiguro named 2017-2020 Wilson Associates December 06, 2017
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Paul Garfinkel's "Criminal Law in Liberal and Fascitst Italy" Earns American Historical Association Book Award December 01, 2017
Garfinkel’s Criminal Law in Liberal and Fascist Italy (Cambridge University Press, 2016)... -
NBFS Podcast: Kathryn Brown November 22, 2017
Listen to Roxanne Panchasi's latest podcast, in which she interviews Kathryn Brown about her book...