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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UPCOMING EVENTS
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History Reads Wed, 01 Nov 2017 7:00 PM
Djavad Mowafghanian World Arts Centre - 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver -
The Life and Death of the Russian Revolution Fri, 01 Dec 2017 6:30 PM
Room 1400 | SFU Harbour Centre - 515 W. Hastings Street
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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NBFS Podcast: Andrew Smith October 10, 2017
Listen to Roxanne Panchasi's latest podcast, in which she interviews Andrew Smith about his... -
MA Student Robin Bunton Receives Graduate International Research Travel Award September 07, 2017
Robin Bunton, a Master's student in History, received a Graduate International Research Travel... -
NBFS Podcast: Alexia Yates July 13, 2017
Listen to Roxanne Panchasi's latest podcast, in which she interviews Alexia Yates about her... -
Professor Emeritus Rod Day featured by Facutly of Arts and Social Sciences June 20, 2017
A job offer brought Rod and Elaine Day to Vancouver in 1966; the growing sense of community has...