History Courses

HIST 5F01
Historiography and Historical Method
Examines debates about the nature of history and provides an overview of contemporary historiographic controversies. A wide variety of methodologies and theoretical perspectives will be explored with an eye to assessing the practical applications of each for the study of history and for the students' own research projects.

HIST 5F80
Major Research Paper
A major research project (of approximately 35 pages), the topic of which shall be chosen by the student in consultation with the Supervisory Committee. The major research paper must demonstrate the student's ability to conduct original research with primary sources and a mastery of relevant historiography.

HIST 5F90
MA Thesis
An extended research project (of approximately 80-100 pages) which meets the conditions specified in the description for HIST 5F80 but involves a higher level of research and a fuller treatment of the selected subject. The thesis will be examined by an external reader and will have a public defense.

HIST 5P80
Directed Reading in History
Directed individual or group reading in a specified area of historical study.
Restriction: permission of the Graduate Program Director.

HIST 5V00-5V09
Imperialism
Themes in the history of imperialism.

HIST 5V01
2008-2009: Empires and Nations in Colonial Canada
Historiography of national-ethnic identities of French, British, and First Nations societies in the borderlands regions of Acadia, Canada, and New England. Emphasis on relations between local, regional, and imperial people and practices.

HIST 5V10-5V19
Gender
Themes in the history of gender.

HIST 5V20-5V29
Intellectual History
Themes in the history of ideas.

HIST 5V21
2008-09: Varieties of Enlightenment in England
The practice of Enlightenment in eighteenth-century England including the sexual libertinism of John Wilkes, the earnest rational dissent of Richard Price, and the compulsive philanthropy of the prison reformer John Howard. An exploration of the distinctions and connections between these various strands, and the manner in which they collectively challenged the politics and culture of the confessional state.

HIST 5V30-5V39
Revolutions
Themes in the history of revolutions.

HIST 5V31
2008-09: Social Change in Latin America
Examines violent and non-violent revolutions and other forms of revolutionary change including republican, reformist and democratic movements in Latin America from c1600. Emphasis on alterations of predominant patterns of social interaction; the evolving norms, values, cultural products and symbols that give expression to change; the bearing gender and ethnicity have on social change; and the social working of armed confrontation.

HIST 5V40-5V49
Labour Systems
Themes in the history of labour.

HIST 5V50-5V59
Migration/Ethnicity/Identity
Themes in the history of migration, ethnicity, and/or identity.

HIST 5V51
2008-09: Comparative Slavery
The development of slave societies from Roman times to the present day. Special emphasis will be placed on the development of slave cultures and forms of slave resistance.

HIST 5V60-5V69
History of Science and/or Medicine
Themes in the history of science and/or medicine.

HIST 5V70-5V79
History and Computing
Themes in history and computing.