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Graduate Program in History

William Westfall

Degrees:  Ph.D. University of Toronto
MA in History (University of Toronto),
BA (University of Toronto (Trinity College))  

Current Position: 

Professor
 

Selected Works and Publications:
2005 ''Some practical acquaintance with parochial duties:' Learning and Practice in the Diocese of Toronto in the Nineteenth Century.' Learning to Practise: Professional Education in Historical and Contemporary Perspective. Ed. Ruby Heap, Wyn Millar and Elizabeth Smyth. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2005. 43-67.
2002 The Founding Moment: Church, Society, and the Construction of Trinity College. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002.
2001 'Constructing Public Religions at Private Sites: the Anglican Church in the Shadow of Disestablishment.' Religion and Public Life: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Ed. Marguerite Van Die. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. 23-49.
1997 'Voices from the Attic: The Canadian Border and the Writing of American Religious History.' Retelling U.S. Religious History. Ed. Thomas A. Tweed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. 181-200.
1990 with Malcolm Thurlby. 'Church Architecture and Urban Space: The Development of Ecclesiastical Forms in Nineteenth-Century Ontario.' Old Ontario: Essays in Honour of J.M.S. Careless. Ed. David Keane and Colin Read. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1990. 118-147.
1990 Two Worlds: The Protestant Culture of Nineteenth Century Ontario. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989.

Courses taught recently:

AS/HUMA 1200

Contexts of Canadian Culture

2009W

AK/CDNS 2200

Introduction to Canadian Studies

2008 Y

GS/HUMA 6211

GS/HIST 5132

The Social and Cultural History of religion in Canada

2008 F

AK/HIST 4200

Studies in Canadian Social and Cultural History

2007 Y

Research Interests: 

History of Canadian Religion, The History of Ontario, Regionalism in Canada, Canadian Art and Architecture, Theological Education, Comparative North American Religious and Cultural History