Our administrative team will help you navigate your time in the Department of History. They can assist with questions about our programs, research opportunities, and scholarships. Please feel free to contact them. They will be happy to help you.
More than Experts, Passionate Scholars
Here, you’ll find more than just renowned academics. You’ll meet dedicated historians, passionate about research and eager to share their knowledge. They will challenge you to think in new ways, invite you into their world of research, and guide you in making your university experience a true intellectual adventure.
Regular Professors
Eric Allina
Associate Professor
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
Lotfi Ben Rejeb
Associate Professor
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
Michel Bock
Full Professor, Director of the Centre de recherche sur les francophonies canadiennes
Richard Connors
Associate Professor
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
Kouky Fianu
Full Professor
History of Europe in the Middle Ages, history of written cultures
Jan Grabowski
Full Professor
History of the Holocaust
Roman Krakovsky
Associate Professor
Holder of the Chair of Slovak and Central-European Studies
Micheline Lessard
Associate Professor
Southeast Asian history, colonial and human trafficking history and women's history
Saje Mathieu
Full Professor
Faculty of Arts Chair in Black Canadian History
History of the United States and Canada, World War One, Black history, history of immigration and social movements
Heather Murray
Full Professor
American contemporary history, cultural and intellectual history
Galen Roger Perras
Full Professor
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
Ryme Seferdjeli
Associate Professor
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
Sarah Templier
Assistant Professor
History of early modern North America, history of trade, consumer and material cultures
Cross-Appointed Professors
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)
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)
Daniel Rück
Associate Professor
History of Canada, Indigenous history, history of colonialism and environmental history
Cheryl Susan McWatters
Full Professor
History of business and management, history of accounting
(Main appointment: Telfer School of Management)
Marie-Claude Thifault
Full Professor
History of Canada, history of care and mental health
(Main appointment: School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences)
Long-Term Appointments
Thomas Boogaart
Part time professor (long-term appointment)
Global history
François Lalonde
Part-time professor (long-term appointment)
History of the United States (20th century)
Adjunct Professors
Lori Jones
European history, Medieval history, history of science, book history
David Pantalony
History of precision instruments, science and medicine
Paul Lachance
Professor of History (retired)
Professors Emeritus
Pierre Anctil
History of Québec and Canada, history of the Jews
Beatrice Craig
History of North America, history of consumption, women’s history
Chad Gaffield
University Research Chair in Digital Scholarship
History of Canada, digital history
Eda Kranakis
History of science and technology, history of intellectual property, history of aviation and engineering
Mark Stolarik
The history of immigration to North America, The history of Central Europe, The history of Slovakia.
Nicole St-Onge
Economic history of Canada in the 19th century, history of the Métis, ethnohistory, and microhistory
Lecturers
Nathan Alexander
History of Europe and North America, history of race and racism, history of secularization
Boussad Berrichi
Part-time Professor
Vesna Curlic
Archives, history of medicine, and history of migration
Federica De Sisto
Lecturer
Kathleen Durocher
Lecturer
Christina Fabiani
Cultural history, American studies, identity, intersectionality and corporeal agency
Emma Gabe
Medieval European history, women’s history, religious and monastic history
Marcel Jesensky
Diplomacy, history of international relations
Patricia Kmiec
Lecturer
Mathieu Laflamme
European History, Modern European History, History of Gender, Women, and Sexuality
Nicolas Lepine
International and transnational labour history.
Jo-Anne McCutcheon
History of Canada, First Nations, Inuit and Metis histories, gender history, family history
Candide Nyondo
Lecturer
Sarafina Pagnotta
Canadian war art history, military history, women’s history, 20th century Canada, museum and archival studies, curatorial studies, material culture studies, art history, twentieth century Canadian cultural nationalism, cultural and memory studies
Forrest Pass
Lecturer
Patryk Polec
History of Canada, migration & diaspora, history of immigration, surveillance & policing history
Caroline Prud'Homme
European history in the Middle-Ages, history of literature and written cultures
Guadalupe Escalante Rengifo
Latin American Studies, Migration, Human Rights
Hannah Rudderham
Social reform in English-speaking Canada from the 1880s through the 1950s.
Neil Soiseth
American history
Jacob Tatsitsa
African history
PhD Students
Suzanne Fortin
Subject : Conservative Reception of Bias in Network News Coverage during 1992 U.S. Presidential Election
Supervisor : Heather Murray
Gloria Lamptey
Subject : Africa-Soviet Relations: Student migration to the East and the Building of Post-Independence Elites in Ghana
Supervisor: Eric Allina
Hubert Larose-Dutil
Subject : La déficience intellectuelle au Québec depuis 1970. Mémoire de la période de post-désinstitutionnalisation
Supervisor: Marie-Claude Thifault
Béatrice Leblanc-Martineau
Subject : « Des lectrices au goût délicat » : la construction d’un savoir juridique féminin dans les causes célèbres françaises, 1734-1789
Supervisor: Sylvie Perrier
Boris Lukic
Subject : 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
Candide Mawoko
Subject : The Effects of Spatial Organization on Congolese Identity Formation and Social Mobilization Strategies
Supervisor: Meredith Terretta
Alexander Myrick
Subject : Asylums, Adolf Meyer, and the Evolution of Mental Health Care in North America: The Intellectual History Behind Deinstitutionalization, 1900-1970
Supervisor : Susan Lamb
Robyn O’Dell
Subject : Law as a Tool of Empire: Comparative Histories of Property Law in Colonial Canada and South Africa
Supervisor : Meredith Terreta
Dominique Petit-Wagner
Subject : Canadian Perceptions of Soviet Society, 1932-1938
Supervisor: Damien-Claude Bélanger
Ginevra Poole
Subject : A Spectrum of Belief: An Analysis of the Christian Observer in the Age of Reform
Supervisor : Richard Connors
Hannah Rudderham
Subject : Revelation, Revolution, and Reform: Utopianism in English-Speaking Canada, 1880s-1950s
Supervisor: Damien-Claude Bélanger
Administrative Team
Eric Allina
Chair of the Department
[email protected]
Sophie Desjardins
Administrative Support Manager
[email protected]
Sara Karwa
Administrative Officer
[email protected]
Committees
Undergraduate Studies Committee
This committee plans the courses we offer each year in our program and periodically updates our offerings, in keeping with student interests and the evolution of professors’ areas of research. It also manages departmental scholarships and awards for our undergraduate students.
Contact : Meredith Terretta
Graduate Studies & Financial Aid Committee
This committee oversees our graduate programs and evaluates applications to the Master’s and PhD programs. It is also responsible for departmental scholarships and awards at the graduate level.
Contact : Ryme Seferdjeli
CO-OP & Outreach Committee
This committee liaises with the CO-OP Office regarding intensif placements and reports submitted after completion. It also builds and maintains connections with our alumni, allowing current students to learn from the paths chosen by our graduates.
Kouky Fianu (Automne 2026) - [email protected]
Sylvie Perrier (Hiver 2027) - [email protected]
Research & Intellectual Life Committee
This committee plans and organizes departmental lectures, research seminars and workshops, almost all of which are open to the public. It also coordinates with the Morisset Library, to ensure our researchers and students have the source material they need.
Contact : Ryme Seferdjeli
Contact us
Department of History
Desmarais Building
55 Laurier Avenue East, 9th Floor
Ottawa ON Canada K1N 6N5
Map
Tel.: 613-562-5735
Fax: 613-562-5995
[email protected]
Office Hours
Monday to Friday
From 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
From 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(June to August: closes at 3:30 p.m.)
