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

Eric Allina

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

Damien-Claude Bélanger

Damien-Claude Bélanger

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

Lotfi Ben Rejeb

Lotfi Ben Rejeb

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

Peter Bischoff

Peter Bischoff

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

Michel Bock

Michel Bock

Full Professor, Director of the Centre de recherche sur les francophonies canadiennes

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Richard Connors

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

Serge Durflinger

Serge Durflinger

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

Kouky Fianu

Kouky Fianu

Full Professor
History of Europe in the Middle Ages, history of written cultures

Jan Grabowski

Jan Grabowski

Full Professor
History of the Holocaust

Roman Krakovsky

Roman Krakovsky

Associate Professor
Holder of the Chair of Slovak and Central-European Studies

Micheline Lessard

Micheline Lessard

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

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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

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Heather Murray

Full Professor
American contemporary history, cultural and intellectual history

Galen Roger Perras

Galen Roger Perras

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

Sylvie Perrier

Sylvie Perrier

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

Ryme Seferdjeli

Ryme Seferdjeli

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

Meredith Terretta

Meredith Terretta

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

Sarah Templier

Sarah Templier

Assistant Professor
History of early modern North America, history of trade, consumer and material cultures

Cross-appointed professors

Susan Lamb

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

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

Daniel Rück

Associate Professor
History of Canada, Indigenous history, history of colonialism and environmental history

Cheryl Susan McWatters

Cheryl Susan McWatters

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

Marie-Claude Thifault

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

Thomas Boogaart

Part time professor (long-term appointment)
Global history

François Lalonde

François Lalonde

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

Adjunct professors

Lori Jones

Lori Jones

European history, Medieval history, history of science, book history

David Pantalony

David Pantalony

History of precision instruments, science and medicine

Paul Lachance

Paul Lachance

Professor of History (retired)

Professors emeritus

Pierre Anctil

Pierre Anctil

History of Québec and Canada, history of the Jews

Beatrice Craig

Beatrice Craig

History of North America, history of consumption, women’s history

Chad Gaffield

Chad Gaffield

University Research Chair in Digital Scholarship
History of Canada, digital history

Eda Kranakis

Eda Kranakis

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

Mark Stolarik

Mark Stolarik

The history of immigration to North America, The history of Central Europe, The history of Slovakia.

Nicole St-Onge

Nicole St-Onge

Economic history of Canada in the 19th century, history of the Métis, ethnohistory, and microhistory

Lecturers

Nathan Alexander

Nathan Alexander

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

Boussad Berrichi

Boussad Berrichi

Part-time Professor

Vesna Curlic

Vesna Curlic

Archives, history of medicine, and history of migration

Christina Fabiani

Christina Fabiani

Cultural history, American studies, identity, intersectionality and corporeal agency

Emma Gabe

Emma Gabe

Medieval European history, women’s history, religious and monastic history

Marcel Jesensky

Marcel Jesensky

Diplomacy, history of international relations

Mathieu Laflamme

Mathieu Laflamme

European History, Modern European History, History of Gender, Women, and Sexuality

Nicolas Lepine

Nicolas Lepine

International and transnational labour history.

Jo-Anne McCutcheon

Jo-Anne McCutcheon

History of Canada, First Nations, Inuit and Metis histories, gender history, family history

Serafina Pagnotta

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

Patryk Polec

Patryk Polec

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

Caroline Prud'Homme

Caroline Prud'Homme

European history in the Middle-Ages, history of literature and written cultures

Guadalupe-Escalante-Rengifo

Guadalupe Escalante Rengifo

Latin American Studies, Migration, Human Rights

Hannah Rudderham

Hannah Rudderham

Social reform in English-speaking Canada from the 1880s through the 1950s.

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Neil Soiseth

American history

Jacob Tatsitsa

Jacob Tatsitsa

African history

Contact us

Department of History

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Ottawa ON K1N 6N5
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From 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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