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  • Proud History grads walk the stage in June 2026

    Monday, June 29, 2026 | By

    Heartfelt congratulations to all the Brock History students who earned their undergraduate degrees in June 2026. We are so proud of your accomplishments and excited for you as you embark on the next stage in your journeys. It is an honour to have been part of the process. Best wishes to you all!

    Just a few of our graduates appear in the photo above, from left to right: Joey Sanders, Erin Miller, Olivia Hall, and Jack Evans with Dr. Andrew McDonald (second from left). All received their History BAs and B.Eds.

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  • Students share insights gleaned from study-abroad trip to Florence

    Saturday, June 27, 2026 | By

    Read the full story here: https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/06/brock-students-step-into-the-world-of-renaissance-florence/

    Read more about students’ expectations as they prepared for the trip here: https://brocku.ca/humanities/history/2026/05/16/students-head-to-florence-to-discover-history-first-hand/

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  • Students head to Florence to discover history first-hand

    Saturday, May 16, 2026 | By

    The History Department’s Colin Rose is shepherding a group of students around Florence, Italy, in a new course introducing them first-hand to the social history of the Renaissance.

    The course, MARS/HIST 3F52, is housed in the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and cross-listed by the History Department. Before heading overseas, the students met daily with Dr. Rose to immerse themselves in the city’s past and work with primary sources from the period. Once in Italy, they will learn more about the social, political, and cultural history of Florence and the daily lives of its inhabitants, while also visiting important cultural sites as well as Siena and Bologna.

    Students embarking on the trip bring diverse interests and perspectives to the course. Nick Kester, a History major finishing his fourth year of study, says, “I have wanted to visit Florence since I was 12 years old playing video games set in that city and am so excited to see it with my own eyes.” This won’t be his first hands-on experience: “The History Department and Brock have provided me with several opportunities for experiential learning,” he adds, “and every single one of them have been incredible chances to expand my knowledge base far beyond the classroom.”

    Another enthusiastic participant, Harry Mavromichalis, has just completed his first year as a MARS and Classics & Archaeology major. He points out, “The course presents a really unique opportunity to bring my studies to life and experience the culture and history and see how it has affected modern Italy.”

    Brooke Nolan, a Concurrent Education student majoring in Visual Arts and completing her fourth year at Brock, shares her classmates’ excitement. “I’ve been really interested in the Renaissance since I took a Renaissance art history class, and it focused a lot on Florence,” she reports. “I was really inspired by a lot of the art and how influential it was for its time. I’m excited to see it in person, especially the Ufizzi Gallery and other art institutions, and the architecture as well.”

    Learn more about the Ufizzi Gallery’s holdings here.

    Buon viaggio! We wish you marvelous adventures and lots of learning along the way.

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  • History Department celebrates journal launch, student award winners

    Saturday, April 18, 2026 | By

    On April 6, we had the great pleasure of celebrating the remarkable achievements of our award-winning History majors along with the stellar students who co-edited and contributed to Volume 11 of The General, our undergraduate History journal.

    Congratulations to these talented scholars for their passionate commitment to making sense of the past and sharing their knowledge with the rest of us.

    You can read the new edition of The General here: https://journals.library.brocku.ca/…/bujh/issue/view/274

    Read the full story about the event here: https://brocku.ca/…/young-historians-make-their-mark…/

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  • Highlights of Brock history research now available online

    Tuesday, March 03, 2026 | By

    On February 18, 2026, nine Brock scholars brought their work into the local community with fast-paced, illuminating talks about their research. The participants included six History MA students (Graeme Anderson, Emma Craib, Gary Gardell, Owen McAllister, Ethan Moncion, and Mitchell Woodward); two Ph.D. students in Interdisciplinary Humanities (Lucas Coia and Elizabeth Colantoni); and a SSHRC-supported postdoctoral fellow in the History Department (Alexandra Macdonald). Well done, all!

    The event was part of an annual history lecture series hosted by the Niagara on the Lake Museum. The Brock session was organized in collaboration with the History Department’s graduate program director, Dr. Jessica Clark.

    The presentations are now available virtually for the public to enjoy, so all are welcome to check them out. The link is here.

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  • Mark Spencer to kick off Niagara Parks series on American Revolution, March 22

    Friday, February 27, 2026 | By

    Dr. Mark G. Spencer, the History Department’s own expert on Enlightenment thinking and the American Revolution, will be the first speaker in Niagara Parks’ Heritage Speaker Series at Old Fort Erie, commemorating the Revolution’s 250th anniversary.

    Join history enthusiasts for his talk, “1776: Events and Ideas in the American Revolutionary World,” on Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m.

    Learn more about the series and reserve your ticket here.

     

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  • Liz Vlossak to offer Swift History course again in Spring 2026

    Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | By

    Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak will offer her course A Swift History for the second time in Spring 2026.

    Read the full Brock News story here.

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  • Behnaz Mirzai’s book named finalist for publishing award

    Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | By

    Dr. Behnaz Mirzai’s book The Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob Qirvanian (University of Toronto Press) has been nominated as a finalist for the Association of American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) in the World History category. Congratulations, Dr. Mirzai!

    Find out more about the book here.

    Learn more about the awards here.

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  • Dr. Bryan Palmer to speak on history of colonialism and capitalism in Canada, Feb. 26

    Thursday, February 19, 2026 | By

    Please join the History Department in welcoming the eminent historian Dr. Bryan D. Palmer (professor emeritus, Canadian Studies, Trent University) to Brock. Palmer will be speaking on the history of colonialism and capitalism in Canada, captured in his three-volume study published by James Lorimer & Co.

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  • Trivia Night, March 10

    Thursday, February 19, 2026 | By

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