2023-24 Course offerings!

HIS 1606F – China: Current Issues in Historical Context HIS 1808G – Powerful Words: Global History Through Key Sources HIS 1815G – Histories of Love HIS 1817G – History in the Headlines HIS 1818F – Treasure: Objects of Desire in Global History HIS 1818G – Treasure: Objects of Desire in Global History HIS 1819F –…

NEW! Call for Papers

Phantoms of the Past: Slavery & Colonialism, Resistance, and Memory in the Atlantic World 2022-23 A Transatlantic Community-based Research Project Call for Papers The Departments of History and English & Cultural Studies at Huron University College invite undergraduate student proposals for papers to be presented at the London-to-London Phantoms of the Past Undergraduate Research Conference, February 23, 2023 at…

Huron Doctoral Research Fellowship in African Canadian History

History at Huron is pleased to announce that Deirdre McCorkindale has been awarded the 2021-22 Huron Doctoral Research Fellowship in African Canadian History. Deirdre McCorkindale holds a B.A. and M.A. from Western, and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Queen’s University. Her research is focused on the 20th-century Black community in…

Winter 2021 Updates

Just in time for March Break Open house and the Intent to Register period at Huron, huronresearch.ca/history is updated with course offerings, winter events, and news from History at Huron.

Welcome! Open House 2020

Headed to Huron in 2021-22? Here’s a quick checklist of information and links that will introduce you to our programs, courses, and research! Courses: We have six first year courses on offer, all unique to Huron: Histories of Love; Histories of Violence; History in the Headlines; The People’s History; Treasure: Objects of Desire; and A…

Upper-year courses

History program students can look forward to exciting upper-level courses on specialised topics with global reach and import. We’re working hard to bring hands-on History experience and community engagement to our upper-year students, and to keep you connected to our research networks through course projects using local, national, and specialised archives.. If you are in…

Second-year courses

In our online classes this year you’ll find innovative teaching and hands-on research–the heart of History at Huron. Program Notes Thinking about our Joint Program in Public History? The core Huron course for PH in 2020 is Dr. Compeau’s History 2811F Historians, Communities and the Past. The course will give you the chance to participate…

First-year courses

We’re debuting a new first-year experience with five innovative courses for 2020-21. All of our courses will give you a chance to connect virtually with your professor and classmates, while providing all course materials and assignments online. Questions? Contact Dr. Nina Reid-Maroney nreidmar@uwo.ca History at Huron Fall 2020 video! HISTORY 1800F The People’s Histories (0.5…

Manitoulin Island Summer Historical Institute

MISHI is an annual week-long summer institute on Manitoulin Island focused on Anishinaabe studies and coordinated jointly by the History of Indigenous Peoples Network (York University) and the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (OCF). Its focus is to bring together students, teachers, knowledge-holders, artists, and Elders to learn about Anishinaabe history and culture; the 2019 theme was…

New! Minor in History of the Book

Study history, literature, visual and material culture through this exciting new program. Unique to Huron, the History of the Book Minor builds on the new Letterpress Studio at Huron, offering hands-on experience.  For more information about the program and related courses in History and English and Cultural Studies at Huron, click here!