
Faculty & Staff
Leaders in their field, our professors and lecturers offer you a rich academic experience. Our administrative team is devoted to help you through your studies.
Regular Professors

Eric Allina
Associate Professor
African history, history of slavery and Cold War era connections between African and socialist bloc states
African history, history of slavery and Cold War era connections between African and socialist bloc states

Damien-Claude Bélanger
Associate Professor
Intellectual history of Quebec and French Canada, history of Canadian-American relations
Intellectual history of Quebec and French Canada, history of Canadian-American relations

Lotfi Ben Rejeb
Associate Professor
History of the United States (18th-19th century), history of African-Americans and American slavery
History of the United States (18th-19th century), history of African-Americans and American slavery

Peter Bischoff
Full Professor
History of Canada (19th century), history of labour movements in Quebec before 1914
History of Canada (19th century), history of labour movements in Quebec before 1914

Richard Connors
Associate Professor
History of Early Modern and Modern Britain, history of British Empire
History of Early Modern and Modern Britain, history of British Empire

Serge Durflinger
Full Professor
Canadian military and social-military history, diplomatic and political history
Canadian military and social-military history, diplomatic and political history

Roman Krakovsky
Assistant Professor
Chair in Slovak History and Culture
History of Europe, history of Slovakia and Central and Eastern Europe, history of modernisation
Chair in Slovak History and Culture
History of Europe, history of Slovakia and Central and Eastern Europe, history of modernisation

François Lalonde
Part-time professor (long-term appointment)
History of the United States (20th century)
History of the United States (20th century)

Susan Lamb
Associate Professor
Jason A. Hannah Chair in History of Medicine
History of medicine
(Main appointment: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Innovation in Medical Education)
Jason A. Hannah Chair in History of Medicine
History of medicine
(Main appointment: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Innovation in Medical Education)

Micheline Lessard
Associate Professor
Southeast Asian history, colonial and human trafficking history and women's history
Southeast Asian history, colonial and human trafficking history and women's history

Brenda Macdougall
Associate Professor
Chair in Métis family and community traditions
History of Canada, Métis history, Indigenous history
(Main appointment: Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Faculty of Arts)
Chair in Métis family and community traditions
History of Canada, Métis history, Indigenous history
(Main appointment: Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Faculty of Arts)

Cheryl Susan McWatters
Full Professor
History of business and management, history of accounting
(Main appointment: Telfer School of Management)
History of business and management, history of accounting
(Main appointment: Telfer School of Management)

Galen Roger Perras
Full Professor
American military and diplomatic history (20th century), history of Canadian-American relations, history of the Commonwealth
American military and diplomatic history (20th century), history of Canadian-American relations, history of the Commonwealth

Sylvie Perrier
Associate Professor
European history, women's and gender history, history of the family
European history, women's and gender history, history of the family

Daniel Rück
Assistant Professor
History of Canada, Indigenous history, history of colonialism and environmental history
History of Canada, Indigenous history, history of colonialism and environmental history

Ryme Seferdjeli
Associate Professor
History of the Middle East, gender history, post-colonial and memory studies
History of the Middle East, gender history, post-colonial and memory studies

Meredith Terretta
Full Professor
History of Africa, legal history, human rights history, transregional history
History of Africa, legal history, human rights history, transregional history

Sarah Templier
Replacement Professor
History of early modern North America, history of trade, consumer and material cultures
History of early modern North America, history of trade, consumer and material cultures

Marie-Claude Thifault
Full Professor
History of Canada, history of care and mental health
(Main appointment: School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences)
History of Canada, history of care and mental health
(Main appointment: School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences)
Lecturers

Nathan Alexander
History of Europe and North America, history of race and racism, history of secularization

Jo-Anne McCutcheon
History of Canada, First Nations, Inuit and Metis histories, gender history, family history

Patryk Polec
History of Canada, migration & diaspora, history of immigration, surveillance & policing history

Pascasie Minani
Colonization and gender in Black Africa, diversity and representation, racism and anti-racism
Professors Emeritus

Eda Kranakis
History of science and technology, history of intellectual property, history of aviation and engineering

Nicole St-Onge
Economic history of Canada in the 19th century, history of the Métis, ethnohistory, and microhistory
PhD Students

Danika Gourgon
"Intégration nationale ou émancipation individuelle? Les fins de l’école française dans les communautés minoritaires franco-canadiennes (1969 à 2005)"
Supervisor : Michel Bock
Supervisor : Michel Bock

Olivier Guimond
"La seigneurie en modernité. Une histoire intellectuelle, culturelle et socio-politique de la question seigneuriale laurentienne (1760-1890)"
Supervisor: Michel Bock
Supervisor: Michel Bock

Mathieu Laflamme
"Les lieux, les mots et les maux de la sexualité ordinaire à Toulouse au XVIIIe siècle"
Supervisor: Sylvie Perrier
Supervisor: Sylvie Perrier

Shayan Lallani
"The World on a Ship: Producing Cosmopolitan Dining in the American Mass-Market Cruise Industry, 1970–2018"
Supervisor: Alberto-Guillermo Flórez-Malagón
Supervisor: Alberto-Guillermo Flórez-Malagón

Gloria Lamptey
"Africa-Soviet Relations: Student migration to the East and the Building of Post-Independence Elites in Ghana"
Supervisor: Eric Allina
Supervisor: Eric Allina

Hubert Larose-Dutil
"La déficience intellectuelle au Québec depuis 1970. Mémoire de la période de post-désinstitutionnalisation"
Supervisor: Marie-Claude Thifault
Supervisor: Marie-Claude Thifault

Béatrice Leblanc-Martineau
"« Des lectrices au goût délicat » : la construction d’un savoir juridique féminin dans les causes célèbres françaises, 1734-1789"
Supervisor: Sylvie Perrier
Supervisor: Sylvie Perrier

Boris Lukic
"Les conceptions et les critiques des décolonisations dans la pensée d'Albert Memmi : un regard sur la construction des États-nations et les droits de la personne dans le contexte post-colonial africain"
Supervisor: Meredith Terretta
Supervisor: Meredith Terretta

Candide Mawoko
"The Effects of Spatial Organization on Congolese Identity Formation and Social Mobilization Strategies"
Supervisor: Meredith Terretta
Supervisor: Meredith Terretta

Alexander Myrick
"Asylums, Adolf Meyer, and the Evolution of Mental Health Care in North America: The Intellectual History Behind Deinstitutionalization, 1900-1970"
Supervisor : Susan Lamb
Supervisor : Susan Lamb

Douglas Newham
"You'll Hear What a Fine Story They'll Make Out of This Bungle”: The Fur Trade and the Northwest Passage"
Superviror: Nicole St-Onge
Superviror: Nicole St-Onge

Michael Pass
"Canada’s Emergence as a Pacific Power: The Fall and Rise of Japanese-Canadian Relations, 1941–1957"
Supervisor: Galen Roger Perras
Supervisor: Galen Roger Perras

Dominique Petit
"Canadian Perceptions of Soviet Society, 1932-1938"
Supervisor: Damien-Claude Bélanger
Supervisor: Damien-Claude Bélanger

Hannah Lindsay Rudderham
"Revelation, Revolution, and Reform: Utopianism in English-Speaking Canada, 1880s-1950s"
Supervisor: Damien-Claude Bélanger
Supervisor: Damien-Claude Bélanger
Administrative Team
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Department of History
Desmarais Building
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Ottawa ON Canada K1N 6N5
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