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.
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.
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.
Self and Other in the Visual Field
(also offered as SCLA 5P78)
Vision, visuality, techniques of visual presentation, and technologies of display in the study of human interaction in colonial, post-colonial, and neo-colonial situations. Adequate domains for multi-disciplinary analysis of visual and written texts and interpretive frameworks and methodologies for the study of the dynamics of power.
Directed Reading in History
Directed individual or group reading in a specified area of historical study.
Restriction: permission of the Graduate Program Director.
Imperialism
Themes in the history of imperialism.
2009-2010: Ethnicity and Empire in African History
Explores concepts of ethnicity and the ways in which concepts of African identity and community changed under shifting imperial, political, economic, ecological, and demographic pressures. Contrasts Euro-centric perspectives with the "silent" voices of subaltern Africa.
2009-2010: Women and Work in U.S. History
Women's participation in the US labour force from the preindustrial era to the present, including the changing nature and value of women's work; its relationship to household production and family dynamics; impact on national economic development; contribution to labour and feminist movements; and the influence on the welfare state.
Gender
Themes in the history of gender.
Intellectual History
Themes in the history of ideas.
Revolutions
Themes in the history of revolutions.
Labour Systems
Themes in the history of labour.
Migration/Ethnicity/Identity
Themes in the history of migration, ethnicity, and/or identity.
2009-2010: Immigration and Minorities in North American History
Approaches and methodologies of American and Canadian scholars of immigration. Topics include the causes of migration; state policy; immigrants in the labour force; racialization; ethnicity; and the impact of class and gender on immigrant community building and integration.
2009-2010: The Social History of Medicine in Canada
Major themes in the social history of medicine in Canada from the Aboriginal notions of health and disease to the modern era. Emphasis on the impact of social ideas, values, and systems on medicine and health; competing views of disease; medical pluralism; changing cultural understandings of disease and epidemics; social history of institutions; professionalization; the role of the state.
History of Science and/or Medicine
Themes in the history of science and/or medicine.
2009-10: Computing for History
Use of the computer by historians to support teaching and research, including topics such as text analysis, high-performance computing, Geographic Information Systems, quantitative methods, photo-editing and animation, simulations and serious games.
History and Computing
Themes in history and computing.