Welcome to History at SFU. 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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Imagining Insurrection: Popular Insurgency in Shakespearean England (Ian Dyck Memorial Lecture) Thu, 19 Mar 2015 5:30 PM
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Media Explosions: The Spectacle of France's First Atomic Tests in the Algerian Sahara, 1960-2014 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 5:30 PM
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Global Iran: Reflections on the Modern Period Thu, 09 Apr 2015 7:00 PM
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Politics and Justice in Duplessis's Quebec: Debating the Trial and Execution of Wilbur Coffin Thu, 23 Apr 2015 5:30 PM
Fletcher Challenge Theater, SFU Harbour Centre
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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The Feel of the City: Experiences of Urban Transformation by Nicolas Kenny
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Gender History: Canadian Perspectives by Willeen Keough & Lara Campbell
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Patrician Liberal: The Public and Private Life of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 1829-1908 by Jack Little
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Top Down: The Ford Foundation, Black Power, and the Reinvention of Racial Liberalism by Karen Ferguson
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Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts: Perspectives from the Past by Derryl MacLean
DEPARTMENT NEWS
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Paul Sedra on the IS Massacre of Egyptian Copts in Libya February 17, 2015
Historian Paul Sedra has published an opinion piece on the recent massacre of Coptic Christians in... -
History undergraduate wins international historical prize February 13, 2015
The SFU Department of History is pleased to congratulate Jakub Mscichowski, winner of this year's... -
New English and History joint major approved December 12, 2014
As of Spring 2015, students have the option of pursuing a joint major in English and History.... -
Video: Lines that Don't Divide: Telling Tales about Chemicals, Animals, and People in the Salish Sea November 28, 2014
Watch Joseph Taylor's talk about long history of chemical pollution in the Salish Sea