AP/HIST 4087 3.00: Mind and Matter in Victorian Culture

Cross-listed with: AP/HUMA 4227 3.0 Responsible Unit: Department of HumanitiesPlease contact the responsible unit for all inquiries Through a reading of the contemporary scientific literature on materialism, the mind and the economy, this course examines Victorian debates on science and its application to pressing moral and social problems. Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 4227 6.00.  PRIOR […]

AP/HIST 3145 3.00: Roman Britain

This course studies the history of Roman Britain from Julius Caesar’s invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 BC until the end of Roman rule in the 5th century AD.

AP/HIST 1095 6.00: Streetlife: The Culture and History of European Cities

This course uses a diverse range of materials and approaches to examine the development of the modern European city in the contemporary world. It uses cultural sources such as film, photography, literature and music to see how the experience of the modern European city has been represented from the nineteenth century to the present day. […]

AP/HIST 1025 6.00: Ancient North America From the Last Ice Age to European Contact

This course studies the history of Indigenous people in North America from “time immemorial” to the regular settlement of Europeans in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Using a wide variety of sources it ranges from Meso-America to the High Arctic, and examines theories of the peopling of the continent; hunting, fishing and gathering; and […]

AP/HIST 3790 3.00: Histories of Gender and Sexuality in the Modern Middle East

This course examines the diverse gender and sexual regimes, regulations, and experiences across the Middle East from a historical and comparative perspective. Students will study how major cultural, economic, political and social processes, from the 19th century to the present day, have impacted gender roles, and in particular women's experiences in diverse Middle Eastern societies. […]

AP/HIST 4850 6.00: History of Me: The Genealogy Seminar

We have been shaped by our families' histories. This hands-on workshop explores the choices, limitations and opportunities of one or more person from each student's past - a parent, grandparent, or anyone else the student deemed worthy of researching - through genealogical research, and links these intimate realities with the global and Canadian histories of […]

AP/HIST 4795 6.00: Gender and Sexuality in Modern India

This course examines the histories of gender and sexuality in India from the late19th century to the present, with a particular focus on how wider social, political and economic developments have impacted and in turn, been shaped by the changing dynamics of gender. It traces transformations in gender norms and experiences and concurrent shifts in […]

AP/HIST 3871 3.00: Boom and Bust: A History of Economic Crises

Approaching economic crises from an interdisciplinary perspective, this course explores the economic, social, and cultural history of episodes such as the Dutch tulipmania of the late 17th century, the South Sea Bubble of 1720, the 'long' crisis of 1873-1896, the Great Crash of 1929, sovereign debt crises from Latin America to the Eurozone, and the […]

AP/HIST 3772 3.00: Modern Chinese History II

The process by which modern China emerged from the ruins of the traditional order, tracing the history of China from the early 19th century to the present. Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 3770 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/HIST 3770 6.00.

AP/HIST 3650 3.00: God/USA: Religion in America Since 1491

Explores the key themes, critical questions, and entrenched conflicts about the place of religion during the long and varied history of American civic and cultural life. It analyzes Native-Newcomer religious tensions, disestablishment, uniquely American religions, and the intersections of religion with war, nationalism, immigration, race, science, expansion, urbanization, gender, counterculture, and new media. Cross-listed with: […]