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.
PhD students, administrative team and committees
Meet our PhD students, administrative team and committees.
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
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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
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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.
Contacts:
Kouky Fianu (Fall 2026) - [email protected]
Sylvie Perrier (Winter 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
[email protected]
Contact us
Department of History
Desmarais Building
55 Laurier Avenue East, 9th Floor
Ottawa ON K1N 6N5
Map
Tel.: 613-562-5735
Fax: 613-562-5995
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.)
