History

Faculty List
  • J. Arthurs, M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago), Associate Professor
  • D.E. Bender, M.A., Ph.D. (New York), Canada Research Chair, Professor
  • C. Berkowitz,  Ph.D. (Toronto), Professor, Emerita
  • K. Blouin, M.A., Ph.D. (Laval and Nice), Associate Professor
  • L. Chen, M.A. (SUNY Buffalo), J.D. (Illinois), M.A., M.Ph., Ph.D. (Columbia), Associate Professor
  • H. Dinani, M.A., (Toronto), Ph.D. (Emory), Assistant Professor
  • S. Dost, M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago), Assistant Professor
  • E.W. Dowler, M.A. (Harvard), Ph.D. (London School of Economics), Professor, Emeritus
  • M. Eksteins, B.Phil., D.Phil. (Oxon.), Professor, Emeritus
  • E. Elhalaby, Ph.D. (Rice), Assistant Professor
  • D.Gabaccia, M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan), Professor, Emerita
  • M. Gervers, A.B. (Princeton), M.A. (Poitiers), Ph.D. (Toronto), Professor
  • A. Grewal, M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago), Assistant Professor
  • R. Halpern, M.A. (Wisconsin), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania), Professor
  • P. Hastings, M.A.(Carleton), Ph.D. (Duke), Associate Professor
  • F. Iacovetta, M.A., Ph.D. (York), Professor, Emerita
  • R.A. Kazal, M.A., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania), Associate Professor
  • J.S. Moir, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), D.D. (Presb. College, Montreal), Professor, Emeritus
  • W. Nelson, M.A., Ph.D. (UCLA), Associate Professor
  • J. Pilcher, M.A. (New Mexico), Ph.D. (Texas Christian), Professor
  • B. Raman, M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan), Associate Professor
  • I.R. Robertson, M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Toronto), Professor, Emeritus
  • S.J. Rockel, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), Associate Professor
  • E.N. Rothman, M.A. (Tel Aviv), Ph.D. (Michigan), Professor
  • J. Sharma, M.A. (Delhi), M.Phil. (Delhi), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Associate Professor

Undergraduate Advisor Email: history-undergrad-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca
For more information, visit the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies website.

The study of History is vital for our understanding of the present. It offers multiple ways of explaining how the contemporary world emerged, and how past societies differed from our own. The History programs at UTSC provide a dynamic introduction to the global transformations that have taken place over the past two millennia, while also focusing on the experiences and contributions of ordinary people to these transformations. Our curriculum spans the history of all parts of the world in their complex, transnational connections, and covers a broad range of topics, including everyday life, colonialism, gender relations, the history of work, religion, the environment, urbanization, ideas, immigration, race and ethnicity, and material culture. Findings in history depend upon the precise evaluation of specific evidence, be it texts, images, or objects, and the History programs emphasize the critical reading, research, and writing skills which are necessary for the study of the past and for a wide range of professional activities beyond the university. Innovative and interdisciplinary, History courses play a part in a number of other programs, including Classics, Global Asia Studies, African Studies, Women and Gender Studies, and Food Studies, and can also complement and enhance courses in Politics, Philosophy, Literature, Arts, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography, among others.

The History curriculum encompasses a variety of approaches in order to build a range of knowledge and skills. A-level courses provide both a general introduction to the study of history at the university level and the preparation for further studies in transnational and global history. B-level surveys offer a comprehensive foundation of knowledge in their particular areas, including the histories of particular nation-states and regions of the world. In C-level courses, students investigate more specific places, periods, or problems through lectures and tutorials. D-level courses are conducted as seminars, where students make close and thorough studies of particular questions and present their findings in discussions, essays, and other research projects. History courses at all levels cover a range of periods, from antiquity to the present, and explore a variety of world regions, from North America and Africa, through Europe and the Mediterranean, to South and East Asia. The History curriculum as a whole stresses training in writing, research, and historical methods; these skills are also the focal point of two specialized courses, HISB03H3 and HISC01H3. We likewise offer courses that build digital literacy and provide opportunities for public engagement and experiential learning.

Knowledge of other languages is essential to advanced study in history. If you plan to take history to an advanced level, we strongly encourage the early study of an appropriate language for your program or areas of interest. Specialists may enroll in the Language Stream, which is designed to foster such language training.

For updates and detailed information regarding History, please visit the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies website.

Combined Degree Programs, Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

The Combined Degree Programs for UTSC Honours Bachelor of Science (HBSc) /Honours Bachelor of Arts (HBA) with the Master of Teaching (MT) offered by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education provide students with a direct pathway to the completion, in 6 years, of their Undergraduate degree, Ontario Teacher’s Certificate of Qualifications, and Master’s degree.​ These Combined Degree Programs allow students to complete 1.0 credit in courses that may be counted towards both degrees.

The Combined Degree Programs options are:

  • History (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • History (Major), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

Program Combination Restrictions in History

The Specialist/Specialist Co-op, Major/Major Co-op and Minor programs in History cannot be combined.

For more information, including Admission and Program requirements, see the Combined Degree Programs section of the Calendar.​

Guidelines for first-year course selection:

Students intending to complete a program in History should take two of the following courses in the first year: HISA04H3, HISA05H3, HISA06H3/GASA01H3, HISA07H3/CLAA04H3, HISA08H3/AFSA01H3.

Experiential Learning and Outreach

For a community-based experiential learning opportunity in your academic field of interest, consider the course CTLB03H3, which can be found in the Teaching and Learning section of the Calendar.

history Programs

COMBINED DEGREE PROGRAMS, HONOURS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE OR HONOURS BACHELOR OF ARTS / MASTER OF TEACHING

The Combined Degree Programs for UTSC Honours Bachelor of Science (HBSc)/ Honours Bachelor of Arts (HBA) with the Master of Teaching (MT) offered by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education are designed for students who are interested in a career in Education. They allow exceptional students who are registered in one of the 50 identified Specialist and Major programs to gain early admission to the MT, which is a full-time professional program that leads to both a Master's degree and eligibility to become a certified teacher in Ontario. Students who successfully complete one of the Combined Degree Programs listed below will earn two University of Toronto degrees (HBA/ HBSc and MT), and be recommended to the Ontario College of Teachers for a Certificate of Qualifications as elementary or secondary school teachers.

Contact Information:
Combined Degree Programs Coordinator
Email: cdp.utsc@utoronto.ca

The Combined Degree Programs options are:

Department of Anthropology

  • Evolutionary Anthropology (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Evolutionary Anthropology (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Socio-Cultural Anthropology (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • Socio-Cultural Anthropology (Major), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

Department of Arts, Culture and Media

  • Theatre and Performance Studies (Major), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

Department of Biological Sciences

  • Biology (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Conservation and Biodiversity (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Conservation and Biodiversity (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Human Biology (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Human Biology (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Integrative Biology (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Molecular Biology, Immunology and Disease (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Plant Biology (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching

Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

  • Mathematics (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Mathematics (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Mathematics (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Mathematics (Major Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching

Department of English

  • English (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • English (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • English (Major), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • English (Major Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

Department of Language Studies

  • French (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • French (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • French (Major), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • French (Major Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

Department of Historical and Cultural Studies

  • History (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • History (Major), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

Department of Human Geography

  • Human Geography (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • Human Geography (Major), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences

  • Medicinal and Biological Chemistry (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Medicinal and Biological Chemistry (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Biochemistry (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Biochemistry (Major Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Chemistry (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Chemistry (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Chemistry (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Chemistry (Major Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Global Environmental Change (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Global Environmental Change (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Environmental Chemistry (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Environmental Chemistry (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Environmental Physics (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Environmental Physics (Specialist Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Physics and Astrophysics (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Physics and Astrophysics (Major), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching
  • Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Science/ Master of Teaching

Department of Sociology

  • Sociology (Specialist), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching
  • Sociology (Major), Honours Bachelor of Arts/ Master of Teaching

Students applying to the MT must have two teaching subjects regardless of the concentration they are applying to (Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate, or Intermediate/Senior), and must have completed at least 6.0 credits in their first teaching subject and at least 3.0 credits in their second teaching subject (note: both French as a Second Language and Science require at least 6.0 credits in university courses even when they are a second teaching subject). Each of the programs listed below includes a minimum of 6.0 credits in courses that can be applied towards the completion of the prerequisites for the identified OISE teaching subject(s).

UTSC Programs Fit With OISE MT Teaching Subjects:

UTSC ProgramMT Teaching Subjects - Required Number of Courses/Credits Completed
- Specialist/ Specialist Co-op in Medicinal and Biological ChemistryScience - Chemistry, or
Science - Biology, or
Science - General
- Specialist/Specialist Co-op in Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyScience - Biology, or
Science - General
- Major/Major Co-op In Biochemistry
- Major in Biology
- Specialist in Conservation and Biodiversity
- Major in Conservation and Biodiversity
- Specialist in Human Biology
- Major in Human Biology
- Specialist in Integrative Biology
- Major in Molecular Biology, Immunology and Disease
- Major in Plant Biology
- Specialist/Specialist Co-op in Global Environmental Change

Science - Biology

 

- Specialist/Specialist Co-op in Chemistry
- Major/Major Co-op in Chemistry
- Specialist/Specialist Co-op in Environmental Chemistry
Science - Chemistry
- Specialist/Specialist Co-op in Environmental Physics
- Specialist in Physics and Astrophysics
- Major in Physics and Astrophysics
- Specialist in Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Science - Physics
- Specialist/Specialist Co-op in Mathematics
- Major/Major Co-op in Mathematics
Mathematics
- Specialist in Evolutionary Anthropology
- Major in Evolutionary Anthropology
- Specialist in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
- Major in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
- Specialist in Sociology
- Major in Sociology
Social Science - General
- Major in Theatre and Performance StudiesDramatic Arts
- Specialist/Specialist Co-op in English
- Major/Major Co-op in English
English
- Specialist/Specialist Co-op in French
- Major/Major Co-op in French
French (Second Language)
- Specialist in History
- Major in History
History
- Specialist in Human Geography
- Major in Human Geography
Geography

Application Process:

  • Applicants must apply to the Honours Bachelor of Arts (HBA)/ Honours Bachelor of Science (HBSc) program, the MT program and the CDP.
  • Qualified students in Year 3 of their HBA/ HBSc degree program apply to the MT program; those accepted will receive a conditional offer to start the MT program upon completion of their HBA/ HBSc program and degree requirements.

Minimum Admission Requirements:

To be considered for conditional admission to the MT program and the selected CDP, applicants must meet the following admission requirements:

  • Be admitted to the HBA/ HBSc degree and at least one of the above-listed undergraduate programs at UTSC.
  • Meet the admission requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the MT program.
  • Be enrolled full-time and in good standing in the HBA/ HBSc program(s):
    • have a B+ average or higher in Year 2;
    • carry a full course load of 5.0 credits each year (i.e., complete 5.0 credits over the three academic sessions - Fall, Winter, Summer); where necessary, exceptions will be made for students in Co-op programs.
  • Have completed at least half of the teaching subjects' prerequisite courses - i.e., 3.0 credits in the first teaching subject and at least 1.5 credits in the second teaching subject (or 3.0 credits if the second teaching subject is French as a Second Language or Science) - by the end of Year 3.
  • Provide at least two letters of reference (see: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/mt/Home.html).
  • Provide a Statement of Intent indicating their preferred concentration (Primary/Junior, Junior Intermediate, or Intermediate/Senior) and describe three significant teaching and/or teaching-related experiences they have had, especially with groups of children; with reference to these experiences, applicants should identify insights gained about teaching and learning, and explain how, based on these insights, they might contribute to the education of students in today's schools. On their resumé, applicants must list, in chart form, the extent of their teaching experiences; the chart should include dates, location of the experience, applicants' role, and number of hours working with students.
  • Meet other qualifications as specified by the MT program, including: a police record check, relevant teaching experiences, academic and professional references, and satisfying teaching subject prerequisites.

To be given full, unconditional admission to the MT program, applicants must meet the following admission requirements:

  • Maintain a B+ average or higher in their final year of study in the HBA/ HBSc program, or over upper-level (C- and D-level) courses.
  • Achieve at least a B+ average in 1.0 credit in graduate courses taken in Year 4.
  • Regardless of the concentration to which they are applying (Primary/Junior, Junior/Intermediate, Intermediate/Senior), complete the prerequisites for both the first and second teaching subjects; students are encouraged to consult often with their HBA/HBSc Program Supervisor, as well as the Combined Degree Programs Coordinator.
  • Be conferred with the HBA/ HBSc degree.

Program Requirements and Path to Completion:

  • Year 1 to 4: HBA/ HBSc degree requirements:
    • students must complete all of the HBA/ HBSc program and degree requirements;
    • students are expected to carry a full course load of 5.0 credits over the three academic sessions (Fall, Winter, Summer) of each year;
    • in Year 3, qualified students may apply to the MT and the CDP and may be offered conditional admission to the MT;
    • by the end of Year 3 students must complete at least 3.0 credits required for the first teaching subject, and at least 1.5 credits for the second teaching subject (or 3.0 credits if the second teaching subject is French as a Second Language or Science);
    • in Year 4, students who receive a conditional offer of admission to the CDP must complete any two of the graduate elective half courses recommended by OISE for CDP students; these courses (1.0 credit) are counted towards the completion of both the HBA/ HBSc degree and the MT program and degree; CDP students are graded as graduate students in these courses and are required to meet graduate expectations;
    • by the end of Year 4, students must complete all HBA/ HBSc program requirements and degree requirements, including at least 6.0 credits required for the first teaching subject, and  at least 3.0 credits for the second teaching subject (or 6.0 credits if the second teaching subject is French as a Second Language or Science).
  • Year 5 and 6: Remaining MT program and degree requirements:
    • students must complete 11.0 credits as identified by OISE.

SPECIALIST PROGRAM IN HISTORY (ARTS) - SCSPE0652

Undergraduate Advisor: 416-208-2923 Email: history-undergrad-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

Program Requirements
Students must complete at least 12.0 credits in History, including:

1. 1.0 credit from the following:
HISA04H3 Themes in World History I
HISA05H3 Themes in World History II
HISA06H3/​GASA01H3 Introducing Global Asia and its Histories
HISA07H3/​CLAA04H3 The Ancient Mediterranean World
HISA08H3/​AFSA01H3 Africa in the World: An Introduction
HISA09H3 Capitalism: A Global History

2. 1.0 credit as follows:
HISB03H3 Critical Writing and Research for Historians
HISC01H3 History and Evidence

3. 4.5 credits at the C-level

4. 1.0 credit at the D-level

5. Additional 4.5 credits in History

6. Within the 12.0 credits required, students must also complete:

2.0 credits must deal with the period prior to 1800

and

1.0 credit in Canadian history

and

4.0 credits distributed over four of the following areas of history:
a. United States and Latin America
b. Medieval
c. European
d. Africa and Asia
e. Transnational
f. Ancient World

Specialist Program in History--Language Stream
Students registered in the Specialist Program in History have the option of registering in the Language Stream. Students in the Language Stream must complete the Specialist Program in History and 2.0 credits in a single language. This option is designed to encourage Specialists to undertake language study with an eye to engaging historical writing and sources in the original language. Specialists who wish to demonstrate proficiency in a given language on their transcript should undertake the additional study that would qualify them for the UTSC Language Citation.

SPECIALIST (CO-OPERATIVE) PROGRAM IN HISTORY (ARTS) - SCSPE0652C

For more information, please contact:

Academic Program Advisor: history-undergrad-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

Co-op Program Advisor: coopsuccess.utsc@utoronto.ca

The Specialist (Co-op) Program in History is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that combines academic studies with paid work terms in the public, private, and/or non-profit sectors. The program provides students with the opportunity to develop the academic and professional skills required to pursue employment in these areas, or to continue on to graduate training in an academic field related to History upon graduation.
In addition to their academic course requirements, students must successfully complete the additive Arts & Science Co-op Work Term Preparation courses and a minimum of two Co-op work terms.

Enrolment Requirements
The minimum qualifications for entry are 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credits from: HISA04H3, HISA05H3, HISA06H3/​GASA01H3, HISA07H3/​CLAA04H3, HISA08H3/​AFSA01H3 or HISA09H3, plus a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Current Co-op Students:
Students admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt in their first year of study must request a Co-op Subject POSt on ACORN upon completion of 4.0 credits and must meet the minimum qualifications for entry as noted above.

Prospective Co-op Students:
Prospective Co-op students (i.e., those not yet admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt) must submit a program request on ACORN, and meet the minimum qualifications noted above. Deadlines follow the Limited Enrolment Program Application Deadlines set by the Office of the Registrar each year. Failure to submit the program request on ACORN will result in that student's application not being considered.

Program Requirements
Students must complete the program requirements as described in the Specialist Program in History.

Co-op Work Term Requirements
Students must satisfactorily complete two Co-op work terms, each of four-months duration. To be eligible for their first work term, students must be enrolled in the Specialist (Co-op) Program in History and have completed at least 10.0 credits, including two of [HISA04H3, HISA05H3, HISA06H3/​GASA01H3, HISA07H3/​CLAA04H3, HISA08H3/​AFSA01H3 or HISA09H3] as well as HISB03H3.
In addition to their academic program requirements, Co-op students complete up to four Co-op specific courses. These courses are designed to prepare students for their job search and work term experience, and to maximize the benefits of their Co-op work terms. They cover a variety of topics intended to assist students in developing the skills and tools required to secure work terms that are appropriate to their program of study, and to perform professionally in the workplace. These courses must be completed in sequence, and are taken in addition to a full course load. They are recorded on transcripts as credit/no credit (CR/NCR) and are considered to be additive credit to the 20.0 required degree credits. No additional course fee is assessed as registration is included in the Co-op Program fee.

Co-op Preparation Course Requirements:

1. COPB50H3/​(COPD01H3) – Foundations for Success in Arts & Science Co-op
- Students entering Co-op from outside of UTSC (high school or other postsecondary) will complete this course in Fall, Winter, or Summer of their first year at UTSC.
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in April/May will complete this course in the Summer semester.
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in July/August will complete this course in the Winter semester.

2. COPB51H3/​(COPD03H3) – Preparing to Compete for your Work Term
- This course will be completed eight months in advance of the first scheduled work term.

3. COPB52H3/​(COPD11H3) – Managing your Job Search and Transition to the Workplace
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the first work scheduled work term.

4. COPC98H3/​(COPD12H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part I
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the second scheduled work term.

5. COPC99H3/​(COPD13H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part II
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the third scheduled work term (for programs that require the completion of 3 work terms and/or four months in advance of any additional work terms that have been approved by the Arts and Science Co-op Office.

Students must be available for work terms in each of the Fall, Winter and Summer semesters and must complete at least one of their required work terms in either a Fall or Winter semester. This, in turn, requires that students take courses during at least one Summer semester.

For information on fees, status in Co-op programs, and certification of completion of Co-op programs, see the Co-operative Programs section and the Arts and Science Co-op section in the UTSC Calendar.

MAJOR PROGRAM IN HISTORY (ARTS) - SCMAJ0652

Undergraduate Advisor: 416-208-2923 Email: history-undergrad-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

Program Requirements
Students must complete at least 7.0 credits in History.

1. 1.0 credit from the following:
HISA04H3 Themes in World History I
HISA05H3 Themes in World History II
HISA06H3/​GASA01H3 Introducing Global Asia and its Histories
HISA07H3/​CLAA04H3 The Ancient Mediterranean World
HISA08H3/​AFSA01H3 Africa in the World: An Introduction
HISA09H3 Capitalism: A Global History

2. 0.5 credit as follows:
HISB03H3 Critical Writing and Research for Historians

3. 3.0 credits at the C- or D-level

4. Additional 2.5 credits in History

5. Within the above 7.0 credits required, students must also complete:

1.5 credits must deal with a period prior to 1800

and

1.0 credit in Canadian History

and

At least 0.5 credit in two of the following areas of history
a. United States and Latin America
b. Medieval
c. European
d. Africa and Asia
e. Transnational
f. Ancient World

MAJOR (CO-OPERATIVE) PROGRAM IN HISTORY (ARTS) - SCMAJ0652C

For more information, please contact:

Academic Program Advisor: history-undergrad-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

Co-op Program Coordinator: coopsuccess.utsc@utoronto.ca

The Major (Co-op) Program in History is a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) program that combines academic studies with paid work terms in the public, private, and/or non-profit sectors. The program provides students with the opportunity to develop the academic and professional skills required to pursue employment in these areas, or to continue on to graduate training in an academic field related to History upon graduation.
In addition to their academic course requirements, students must successfully complete the additive Arts & Science Co-op Work Term Preparation courses and a minimum of two Co-op work terms.

Enrolment Requirements
The minimum qualifications for entry are 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit from: HISA04H3, HISA05H3, HISA06H3/​GASA01H3, HISA07H3/​CLAA04H3, HISA08H3/​AFSA01H3 or HISA09H3, plus a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.

Current Co-op Students:
Students admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt in their first year of study must request a Co-op Subject POSt on ACORN upon completion of 4.0 credits and must meet the minimum qualifications for entry as noted above.

Prospective Co-op Students:
Prospective Co-op students (i.e., those not yet admitted to a Co-op Degree POSt) must submit a program request on ACORN, and meet the minimum qualifications noted above. Deadlines follow the Limited Enrolment Program Application Deadlines set by the Office of the Registrar each year. Failure to submit the program request on ACORN will result in that student's application not being considered.

Program Requirements
Students must complete the program requirements as described in the Major Program in History.

Co-op Work Term Requirements
Students must satisfactorily complete two Co-op work terms, each of four-months duration. To be eligible for their first work term, students must be enrolled in the Major (Co-op) Program in History and have completed at least 10.0 credits, including two of [HISA04H3, HISA05H3, HISA06H3/​GASA01H3, HISA07H3/​CLAA04H3, HISA08H3/​AFSA01H3 or HISA09H3] as well as HISB03H3.
In addition to their academic program requirements, Co-op students complete up to four Co-op specific courses. These courses are designed to prepare students for their job search and work term experience, and to maximize the benefits of their Co-op work terms. They cover a variety of topics intended to assist students in developing the skills and tools required to secure work terms that are appropriate to their program of study, and to perform professionally in the workplace. These courses must be completed in sequence, and are taken in addition to a full course load. They are recorded on transcripts as credit/no credit (CR/NCR) and are considered to be additive credit to the 20.0 required degree credits. No additional course fee is assessed as registration is included in the Co-op Program fee.

Co-op Preparation Course Requirements:

1. COPB50H3/​(COPD01H3) – Foundations for Success in Arts & Science Co-op
- Students entering Co-op from outside of UTSC (high school or other postsecondary) will complete this course in Fall, Winter, or Summer of their first year at UTSC. 
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in April/May will complete this course in the Summer semester.
- Current UTSC students entering Co-op in July/August will complete this course in the Winter semester.

2. COPB51H3/​(COPD03H3) – Preparing to Compete for your Work Term
- This course will be completed eight months in advance of the first scheduled work term.

3. COPB52H3/​(COPD11H3) – Managing your Job Search and Transition to the Workplace
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the first work scheduled work term.

4. COPC98H3/​(COPD12H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part I
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the second scheduled work term.

5. COPC99H3/​(COPD13H3) – Integrating Your Work Term Experience Part II
- This course will be completed four months in advance of the third scheduled work term (for programs that require the completion of 3 work terms and/or four months in advance of any additional work terms that have been approved by the Arts and Science Co-op Office.

Students must be available for work terms in each of the Fall, Winter and Summer semesters and must complete at least one of their required work terms in either a Fall or Winter semester. This, in turn, requires that students take courses during at least one Summer semester.

For information on fees, status in Co-op programs, and certification of completion of Co-op programs, see the Co-operative Programs section and the Arts and Science Co-op section in the UTSC Calendar.

MINOR PROGRAM IN HISTORY (ARTS) - SCMIN0652

Undergraduate Advisor: 416-287-7184 Email: history-undergrad-advisor@utsc.utoronto.ca

Program Requirements
Students must complete 4.0 credits in History, of which at least 1.0 credit must be at the C- and/or D-level.

 

History Courses

HISA04H3 - Themes in World History I

An introduction to history that focuses on a particular theme in world history, which will change from year to year. Themes may include migration; empires; cultural encounters; history and film; global cities.

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISA05H3 - Themes in World History II

An introduction to history that focuses on a particular theme in world history, which will change from year to year. Themes may include migration; empires; cultural encounters; history and film; global cities.

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISA06H3 - Introducing Global Asia and its Histories

This course introduces Global Asia Studies through studying historical and political perspectives on Asia. Students will learn how to critically analyze major historical texts and events to better understand important cultural, political, and social phenomena involving Asia and the world. They will engage in intensive reading and writing for humanities.
Same as GASA01H3

Africa and Asia Area

Exclusion: GASA01H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISA07H3 - The Ancient Mediterranean World

An introduction to the main features of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean world from the development of agriculture to the spread of Islam. Long term socio-economic and cultural continuities and ruptures will be underlined, while a certain attention will be dedicated to evidences and disciplinary issues.
Same as CLAA04H3
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Ancient World Area

Exclusion: CLAA04H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISA08H3 - Africa in the World: An Introduction

An interdisciplinary introduction to the history and development of Africa with Africa's place in the wider world a key theme. Students critically engage with African and diasporic histories, cultures, social structures, economies, and belief systems. Course material is drawn from Archaeology, History, Geography, Literature, Film Studies and Women's Studies.
Africa and Asia Area
Same as AFSA01H3

Exclusion: AFSA01H3, NEW150Y
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISA09H3 - Capitalism: A Global History

This course explores the rise of capitalism – understood not simply as an economic system but as a political and cultural one as well – from roughly the 14th century to the present day. It aims to acquaint students with many of the more important socio-economic changes of the past seven hundred years and informing the way they think about some of the problems of the present time: globalization, growing disparities of wealth and poverty, and the continuing exploitation of the planet’s natural resources.

Exclusion: HISA04H3 (if taken in the Fall 2017, Summer 2018 and Summer 2019 semesters)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB02H3 - The British Empire: A Short History

The British Empire at one time controlled a quarter of the world's population. This course surveys the nature and scope of British imperialism from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, through its interactions with people and histories of Asia, Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the British Isles.
Transnational Area

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB03H3 - Critical Writing and Research for Historians

Practical training in critical writing and research in History. Through lectures, discussion and workshops, students will learn writing skills (including essay organization, argumentation, documentation and bibliographic style), an introduction to methodologies in history and basic source finding techniques.

Exclusion: (HISB01H3)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB05H3 - History of Information for a Digital Age

This course provides a general introduction to digital methods in History through the study of the rise of information as a concept and a technology. Topics include the history of information theory, the rise of digital media, and, especially, the implications of digital media, text processing, and artificial intelligence for historical knowledge. Using simple tools, students learn to encode texts as data structures and transform those structures programmatically.

Exclusion: DHU235H1
Recommended Preparation: 0.5 credit at the A or B-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB09H3 - Between Two Empires: The World of Late Antiquity

A course to introduce students of history and classical studies to the world of late antiquity, the period that bridged classical antiquity and the Middle Ages. This course studies the period for its own merit as a time when political structures of the Medieval period were laid down and the major religions of the Mediterranean (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism) took their recognizable forms.

Same as CLAB09H3

Ancient World Area

Exclusion: CLAB09H3
Recommended Preparation: CLAA04H3/HISA07H3 The Ancient Mediterranean
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB10H3 - History and Culture of the Greek World

A survey of the history and culture of the Greek world from the Minoan period to the Roman conquest of Egypt (ca 1500-30 BC). Special attention will be dedicated to the nature, variety and limits of the available evidences, to socio-cultural interactions as well as to historical processes of continuities and ruptures.
Same as CLAB05H3
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Ancient World Area

Exclusion: CLAB05H3, CLA230H
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB11H3 - History and Culture of the Roman World

A survey of the history and culture of the ancient Roman world, from the Etruscan period to the Justinian dynasty (ca 800 BC-600 AD). Special attention will be dedicated to the nature, variety and limits of the available evidences, to socio-cultural interactions as well as to historical processes of continuities and ruptures.
Same as CLAB06H3
0.5 pre-1800 credit
Ancient World Area

Exclusion: CLAB06H3, CLA231H
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB12H3 - The Ancient World in Film

The representation of the classical world and historical events in film. How the Greek and Roman world is reconstructed by filmmakers, their use of spectacle, costume and furnishings, and the influence of archaeology on their portrayals. Films will be studied critically for historical accuracy and faithfulness to classical sources.
Same as CLAB20H3

Ancient World Area

Exclusion: CLAB20H3, CLA388H
Recommended Preparation: CLAA05H3 or CLAA06H3 or (CLAA02H3) or (CLAA03H3)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB14H3 - Edible History: History of Global Foodways

An exploration of how eating traditions around the world have been affected by economic and social changes, including imperialism, migration, the rise of a global economy, and urbanization. Topics include: immigrant cuisines, commodity exchanges, and the rise of the restaurant. Lectures will be supplemented by cooking demonstrations.
Transnational Area

Exclusion: (HISC14H3)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HISB22H3 - From Freedom Runners to #BlackLivesMatter: Histories of Black Feminism in Canada

This introductory survey course connects the rich histories of Black radical women’s acts, deeds, and words in Canada. It traces the lives and political thought of Black women and gender-non-conforming people who refused and fled enslavement, took part in individual and collective struggles against segregated labour, education, and immigration practices; providing a historical context for the emergence of the contemporary queer-led #BlackLivesMatter movement. Students will be introduced, through histories of activism, resistance, and refusal, to multiple concepts and currents in Black feminist studies. This includes, for example, theories of power, race, and gender, transnational/diasporic Black feminisms, Black-Indigenous solidarities, abolition and decolonization. Students will participate in experiential learning and engage an interdisciplinary array of key texts and readings including primary and secondary sources, oral histories, and online archives.


Same as WSTB22H3
Canadian Area


Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the A-level in any Humanities or Social Science courses
Exclusion: WSTB22H3, WGS340H5
Recommended Preparation: WSTA01H3 or WSTA03H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HISB23H3 - Latin America and the World

This class will examine Latin America’s social and cultural history from the ancient Aztecs and Incas to the twentieth-century populist revolutions of Emiliano Zapata and Evita Perón. It will also focus on Latin America’s connections to the wider world through trade, migration, and cuisine.

Exclusion: HIS290H, HIS291H, HIS292H
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB30H3 - American History to the Civil War

A survey of American history from contact between Indians and Europeans up through the Civil War. Topics include the emergence of colonial societies; the rise and destruction of racial slavery; revolution and republic-making; economic and social change in the new nation; western conquest; and the republic's collapse into internal war.
United States and Latin America Area

Exclusion: HIS271Y
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB31H3 - History of the United States since the Civil War

This course offers a survey of U.S. history from the post-Civil War period through the late 20th century, examining key episodes and issues such as settlement of the American West, industrialization, urbanization, immigration, popular culture, social movements, race relations, and foreign policy.
United States and Latin America Area

Exclusion: HIS271Y
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB37H3 - History of Mexico

This class will examine Mexico’s social and cultural history from the ancient Aztecs through the Spanish Conquest to the twentieth-century revolutionary movements led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. It will also focus on Mexico’s connections to the wider world through trade, migration, and cuisine.

United States and Latin America Area

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB40H3 - Early Canada and the Atlantic World

The history of northern North America from the first contacts between Europeans and Aboriginal peoples to the late 19th century. Topics include the impact of early exploration and cultural encounters, empires, trans-Atlantic migrations, colonization and revolutions on the development of northern North America.
Canadian Area

Exclusion: (HIS262Y), HIS263Y
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB41H3 - Making of Modern Canada

Students will be introduced to historical processes central to the history of Canada's diverse peoples and the history of the modern age more generally, including the industrial revolution, women's entry in social and political "publics," protest movements, sexuality, and migration in the context of international links and connections.

Canadian Area

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB50H3 - Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade

An introduction to the history of Sub-Saharan Africa, from the era of the slave trade to the colonial conquests. Throughout, the capacity of Africans to overcome major problems will be stressed. Themes include slavery and the slave trade; pre-colonial states and societies; economic and labour systems; and religious change.
Africa and Asia Area
Same as AFSB50H3

Prerequisite: Any modern history course or AFSA01H3.
Exclusion: AFSB50H3, (HISC50H3), HIS295H, HIS396H, (HIS396Y)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB51H3 - Africa from the Colonial Conquests to Independence

Modern Sub-Saharan Africa, from the colonial conquests to the end of the colonial era. The emphasis is on both structure and agency in a hostile world. Themes include conquest and resistance; colonial economies; peasants and labour; gender and ethnicity; religious and political movements; development and underdevelopment; Pan-Africanism, nationalism and independence.
Same as AFSB51H3

Africa and Asia Area

Exclusion: AFSB51H3, (HISC51H3), HIS396H, (HIS396Y)
Recommended Preparation: AFSA01H3/HISA08H3 or AFSB50H3 or HISB50H3 strongly recommended.
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB52H3 - African Religious Traditions Through History

An interdisciplinary introduction to African and African diasporic religions in historic context, including traditional African cosmologies, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as millenarian and synchretic religious movements.
Same as AFSB01H3
Africa and Asia Area

Exclusion: AFSB01H3, (AFSA02H3)
Recommended Preparation: AFSA01H3/HISA08H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB53H3 - Mughals and the World, 1500-1858 AD

Why does Southern Asia’s pre-colonial history matter? Using materials that illustrate the connected worlds of Central Asia, South Asia and the Indian Ocean rim, we will query conventional histories of Asia in the time of European expansion.
Same as GASB53H3
0.5 pre-1800 credit
Africa & Asia Area

Exclusion: GASB53H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB54H3 - Africa in the Postcolonial Era

Africa from the 1960s to the present. After independence, Africans experienced great optimism and then the disappointments of unmet expectations, development crises, conflict and AIDS. Yet the continent’s strength is its youth. Topics include African socialism and capitalism; structural adjustment and resource economies; dictatorship and democratization; migration and urbanization; social movements.
Same as AFSB54H3

Asia and Africa Area

Prerequisite: AFSA01H3 or AFSB51H3 or 0.5 credit in Modern History
Exclusion: AFSB54H3, NEW250Y1
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB57H3 - Sub-Continental Histories: South Asia in the World

A survey of South Asian history. The course explores diverse and exciting elements of this long history, such as politics, religion, trade, literature, and the arts, keeping in mind South Asia's global and diasporic connections.
Africa and Asia Area
Same as GASB57H3

Exclusion: HIS282Y, HIS282H, GASB57H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB58H3 - Modern Chinese History

This course provides an overview of the historical changes and continuities of the major cultural, economic, political, and social institutions and practices in modern Chinese history.
Same as GASB58H3
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 2.0 credits
Exclusion: HIS280Y, GASB58H3
Recommended Preparation: 0.5 credit at the A-level in HIS or GAS courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB59H3 - Science, Technology, Medicine and Empire

This is a gateway course to the study of the history of science, technology, and medicine, examining the development of modern science and technology in service of and as a response to mercantile and colonial empires. Students will read historical scholarship and also get a basic introduction to the methods, big ideas, and sources for the history of science, technology and medicine. Such scientific and technological advances discussed will include geography and cartography; botany and agricultural science; race science and anthropology; tropical medicine and disease control; transportation and communication technologies.

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB60H3 - Europe in the Early Middle Ages (305-1053)

The development of Europe from the Late Roman period to the eleventh-century separation of the Roman and Byzantine Churches. The course includes the foundation and spread of Christianity, the settlement of "barbarians" and Vikings, the establishment of Frankish kingship, the Empire of Charlemagne, and feudalism and manorialism.
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Medieval Area

Exclusion: HIS220Y
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB61H3 - Europe in the High and Late Middle Ages (1053-1492)

An introduction to the social, political, religious and economic foundations of the Western world, including Church and State relations, the Crusades, pilgrimage, monasticism, universities and culture, rural exploitation, town development and trade, heresy, plague and war. Particular attention will be devoted to problems which continue to disrupt the modern world.
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Medieval Area

Exclusion: HIS220Y
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB62H3 - The Early Modern Mediterranean, 1500-1800

An exploration of the interplay of culture, religion, politics and commerce in the Mediterranean region from 1500 to 1800. Through travel narratives, autobiographical texts, and visual materials we will trace how men and women on the Mediterranean's European, Asian, and African shores experienced their changing world.
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Transnational Area.

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB63H3 - Muhammad to the Mongols: Islamic History 600-1300

This course explores the history of early and medieval Islamic societies, from the rise of Islam in the seventh century up to the Mongol invasions (c. 1300). The course will trace the trajectory of the major Islamic dynasties (i.e.: Umayyads, Abbasids, Seljuks, Fatimids, and Ayyubids) and also explore the cultural and literary developments in these societies. Geographically, the course spans North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

Pre-1800 course

Medieval Area

Exclusion: NMC273Y1, NMC274H1, NMC283Y1, HIS201H5, RLG204H5
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB64H3 - The Making of the Modern Middle East: Islamic History 1300-2000

This course explores the political and cultural history of early modern and modern Muslim societies including the Mongols, Timurids, Mamluks, and the Gunpowder empires (Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals). It concludes with the transformations in the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: European colonialism, modernization, and the rise of the nation-states.

Pre-1800 course
Medieval Area

Exclusion: NMC278H1
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB65H3 - West Asia and the Modern World

For those who reside east of it, the Middle East is generally known as West Asia. By reframing the Middle East as West Asia, this course will explore the region’s modern social, cultural, and intellectual history as an outcome of vibrant exchange with non-European world regions like Asia. It will foreground how travel and the movement fundamentally shape modern ideas. Core themes of the course such as colonialism and decolonization, Arab nationalism, religion and identity, and feminist thought will be explored using primary sources (in translation). Knowledge of Arabic is not required.

Same as GASB65H3

Africa and Asia Area

Exclusion: GASB65H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB74H3 - Asian Foods and Global Cities

This course explores the social circulation of Asian-identified foods and beverages using research from geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians to understand their changing roles in ethnic entrepreneur-dominated cityscapes of London, Toronto, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New York. Foods under study include biryani, curry, coffee, dumplings, hoppers, roti, and tea.
Same as GASB74H3

Africa and Asia Area

Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HISB93H3 - Modern Europe I: The Nineteenth Century

Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War. Major topics include revolution, industrialization, nationalism, imperialism, science, technology, art and literature.
European Area

Exclusion: HIS241H, (HISB90H3), (HISB92H3)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB94H3 - Modern Europe II: The Twentieth Century

Europe from the First World War to the present day. War, political extremism, economic crisis, scientific and technological change, cultural modernism, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the European Union are among the topics covered.
European Area

Exclusion: HIS242H, (HISB90), (HISB92)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISB96H3 - Dangerous Ideas: Radical Books and Reimagined Worlds in Modern Europe

The course is an introduction to some of the most radical European ideas from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. We will study ideas that challenged the existing political order and aimed to overturn the social status quo, ideas that undermined centuries of religious belief and ideas that posed new visions of what it meant to be human. This will include the study of classic texts written by well-known intellectual figures, as well as the study of lesser-known writers and people who challenged the received wisdom of the day.
European Area

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC01H3 - History and Evidence

An examination of the nature and uses of evidence in historical and related studies.
Historians use a wide variety of sources as evidence for making meaningful statements about the past. This course explores what is meant by history and how historians evaluate sources and test their reliability as historical evidence.

Prerequisite: HISB03H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC02H3 - Marx and History

This is an intensive reading course that explores the Marxist historical tradition in critical perspective. It builds upon HISA09H3, and aims to help students acquire a theoretical and practical appreciation of the contributions, limitations, and ambiguities of Marxian approaches to history. Readings include classical philosophers and social critics, contemporary historians, and critics of Marxism.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Recommended Preparation: HISA09H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC03H3 - History of Animals and People

An examination of the places of animals in global history. The course examines on-going interactions between humans and animals through hunting, zoos, breeding, and pets and the historical way the divide between humans and animals has been measured. Through animals, people have often thought about what it means to be human. 
Same as (IEEC03H3)
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 2.5 credits in History.
Exclusion: (HISD03H3), (IEEC03H3)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC04H3 - Drink in History

This class seeks to recover a celebratory side of human experience that revolves around alcohol and stimulating beverages. Although most societies have valued psychoactive beverages, there has also been considerable ambivalence about the social consequences of excessive drinking. Students will examine drinking cultures through comparative historical study and ethnographic observation.

Transnational Area

Prerequisite: 2.5 credits in HIS courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC05H3 - Feeding the City: Food Systems in Historical Perspective

This course puts urban food systems in world historical perspective using case studies from around the world and throughout time. Topics include provisioning, food preparation and sale, and cultures of consumption in courts, restaurants, street vendors, and domestic settings. Students will practice historical and geographical methodologies to map and interpret foodways.

Same as FSTC05H3

Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A or B-level in CLA, FST, GAS HIS or WST courses
Exclusion: FSTC05H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC06H3 - Futures of the Past: Introduction to Digital History

In the oft- titled “Information age” how has historical practice changed? How will researchers analyze the current moment, which produces ever more, and ever-more fragile information? This third-year seminar explores the foundations of digital history by understanding the major shifts in historiography and historical research that have occurred through computing. Students taking this class will be prepared to take HISD18 and further extend their knowledge of digital methodologies.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses

HISC07H3 - Data, Text, and the Future of the Past

This course prepares students to work in the field of digital history. We focus on the development of concrete skills in spatial and visual analysis; web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Components; and multi-media authoring. Each year, we choose a different thematic focus and use techniques of digital history to explore it. Students completing this class will acquire skills that qualify them to participate in ongoing Digital History and Digital Humanities projects run by department faculty, as well as to initiate their own research projects.

Prerequisite: HISB05H3
Exclusion: HIS355H1, HISC06H3
Recommended Preparation: 0.5 credit at the A or B-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC08H3 - Colonialism on Film

An examination of the depiction of empires and the colonial and postcolonial experience on film. This course also introduces students to the development of national cinemas in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. The relationship between academic history and history as imagined by filmmakers is a key theme.
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Exclusion: (HISB18H3)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC09H3 - Pirates of the Caribbean

This course examines early modern globalization through that cosmopolitan actor, the pirate. Beginning in the Caribbean, we will explore networks of capitalism, migration, empire, and nascent nationalism. By studying global phenomena through marginalized participants—pirates, maroons, rebels, and criminals—we seek alternate narratives on the modern world’s origins.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in HIS courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC10H3 - Beyond Cleopatra: Decolonial Approaches to Ancient Egypt

This course focuses on the History of ancient Egypt, with a focus on the Hellenistic to early Arab periods (4th c. BCE to 7th c. CE). Lectures will emphasize the key role played by Egypt’s diverse environments in the shaping of its socio-cultural and economic features as well as in the policies adopted by ruling authorities. Elements of continuity and change will be emphasized and a variety of primary sources and sites will be discussed. Special attention will also be dedicated to the role played by imperialism, Orientalism, and modern identity politics in the emergence and trajectory of the fields of Graeco-Roman Egyptian history, archaeology, and papyrology.


Same as (IEEC52H3), CLAC05H3
0.5 pre-1800 credit
Ancient World Area

Prerequisite: 2.0 credits in CLA or HIS courses, including 1.0 credit from the following: CLAA04H3/HISA07H3 or CLAB05H3/HISB10H3 or CLAB06H3/HISB11H3
Exclusion: CLAC05H3, (IEEC52H3)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC11H3 - Race and Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean and West Asian Worlds

A critical examination of multiculturalism and cultural identities in the Greek and Roman worlds. Special attention will be dedicated to the evidences through which these issues are documented and to their fundamental influence on the formation and evolution of ancient Mediterranean and West Asian societies and cultures.
Same as CLAC24H3
0.5 pre-1800 credit
Ancient World Area

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in CLA or HIS courses.
Exclusion: CLAC24H3
Recommended Preparation: CLAB05H3 and CLAB06H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC16H3 - Indigeneity and the Classics

This course will explore the representations and realities of Indigeneity in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as the entanglements between modern settler colonialism, historiography, and reception of the 'Classical' past. Throughout the term, we will be drawn to (un)learn, think, write, and talk about a series of topics, each of which pertains in different ways to a set of overarching questions: What can Classicists learn from ancient and modern indigenous ways of knowing? What does it mean to be a Classicist in Tkaronto, on the land many Indigenous Peoples call Turtle Island? What does it mean to be a Classicist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada? What does it mean to be a Classicist in a settler colony? How did the Classics inform settler colonialism? How does modern settler colonialism inform our reconstruction of ancient indigeneities? How does our relationship to the land we come from and are currently on play a role in the way we think about the ancient Mediterranean world? Why is that so? How did societies of the ancient Mediterranean conceive of indigeneity? How did those relationships manifest themselves at a local, communal, and State levels?

Same as CLAC26H3
Ancient World Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit in CLA or HIS courses
Exclusion: CLAC26H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC18H3 - Europe in the Enlightenment, 1700-1789

An examination of the ideals of the Enlightenment against the background of social and political change in eighteenth-century Europe.
This course looks at Enlightenment thought and the ways in which European monarchs like Frederick the Great and Catherine the Great adapted it to serve their goals of state building.
0.50 pre-1800 credit
European Area

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at B-level in European history
Exclusion: HIS244H, HIS341Y
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC20H3 - Fascism and the Far Right

This course examines the political, cultural and social history of fascism, from historical regimes and movements to contemporary expressions of the far right, alt-right and populist nationalism. We will explore topics including intellectual origins, the mobilization of culture, the totalitarian state, political violence, and global networks.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC22H3 - The Second World War in Europe

This course examines the impact of Second World War on the political, social, and cultural fabric of European societies. Beyond the military and political history of the war, it will engage topics including, but not limited to, geopolitical and ideological contexts; occupation, collaboration and resistance; the lives of combatants and civilians in total war; the Holocaust and the radicalisation of violence; and postwar memory.
European Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC26H3 - The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire

The course will present the causes, processes, principles, and effects of the French Revolution. It will additionally present the relationship between the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution, and look at the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

0.5 pre-1800 credit

European Area

Exclusion: HIS457H
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC27H3 - The History of European Sexuality: From Antiquity to the Present

The course will cover major developments in sexuality in Europe since antiquity. It will focus on the manner in which social, political, and economic forces influenced the development of sexuality. It will also analyze how religious beliefs, philosophical ideas, and scientific understanding influenced the ways that sexuality was understood.

European Area

Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC29H3 - Global Commodities: Nature, Culture, History

This course explores familiar commodities in terms of natural origins, everyday cultures of use, and global significance. It analyses environmental conditions, socio-economic transactions, political, religious, and cultural contexts around their production, distribution, and consumption. Commodity case studies will be selected among tea, opium, chocolate, rice, bananas, cotton, rubber, coffee, and sugar.
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Recommended Preparation: HISB03H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Specialist and Major programs in History

HISC30H3 - The U.S. and the World

Collectively, immigrants, businesspeople, investors, missionaries, writers and musicians may have been as important as diplomats’ geopolitical strategies in creating networks of connection and exchange between the United States and the world. This course focuses on the changing importance and interactions over time of key groups of state and non-state actors.

United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the A-level in AFS, GAS or HIS courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC32H3 - The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1933

Overview of the political and social developments that produced the modern United States in the half-century after 1877. Topics include urbanization, immigration, industrialization, the rise of big business and of mass culture, imperialism, the evolution of the American colour line, and how Americans used politics to grapple with these changes.
United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Recommended Preparation: HISB30H3 and HISB31H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC33H3 - Modern American Political Culture

An examination of the relationship between culture and politics in modern American history. The course considers culture as a means through which Americans expressed political desires. Politics, similarly, can be understood as a forum for cultural expression. Topics include imperialism, immigration and migration, the Cold War, and the "culture wars".
United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: HISB30H3 and HISB31H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC34H3 - Race, Segregation, Protest: South Africa and the United States

This transnational history course explores the origins, consolidation, and unmaking of segregationist social orders in the American South and South Africa. It examines the origins of racial inequality, the structural and socio-political roots of segregation, the workings of racial practices and ideologies, and the various strategies of both accommodation and resistance employed by black South Africans and African Americans from the colonial era up to the late twentieth century.

Transnational Area

Prerequisite: AFSB51H3 or HISB31H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC36H3 - People in Motion: Immigrants and Migrants in U.S. History

Overview of the waves of immigration and internal migration that have shaped America from the colonial period to the present. Topics include colonization and westward migration, immigrants in the industrial and contemporary eras, nativism, stances towards pluralism and assimilation, and how migration experiences have varied by race, class, and gender.
United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: [Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] or [any 8.0 credits, including SOCB60H3]
Recommended Preparation: HISB30H3 and HISB31H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC37H3 - Eating and Drinking Across the Americas

Students in this course will examine the development of regional cuisines in North and South America. Topics will include indigenous foodways, the role of commodity production and alcohol trade in the rise of colonialism, the formation of national cuisines, industrialization, migration, and contemporary globalization. Tutorials will be conducted in the Culinaria Kitchen Laboratory.

Same as FSTC37H3

United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses
Exclusion: FSTC37H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC39H3 - Hellhound on My Trail: Living the Blues in the Mississippi Delta, 1890-1945

This course examines black life and culture in the cotton South through the medium of the blues. Major topics include: land tenure patterns in southern agriculture, internal and external migration, mechanisms of state and private labour control, gender conventions in the black community, patterns of segregation and changing race relations.

United States and Latin America Area

Exclusion: HIS478H
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC45H3 - Immigrants and Race Relations in Canadian History

An examination of aspects of the history of immigrants and race relations in Canada, particularly for the period 1840s 1960s.
The course covers various immigrant and racialized groups and explores how class, gender and race/ethnicity shaped experiences and racial/ethnic relations.
Canadian Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits
Exclusion: HIS312H
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC46H3 - Canada and the World

A look at Canada's evolution in relation to developments on the world stage. Topics include Canada's role in the British Empire and its relationship with the U.S., international struggles for women's rights, Aboriginal peoples' sovereignty and LGBT equality, socialism and communism, the World Wars, decolonization, the Cold War, humanitarianism, and terrorism.
Canadian Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Exclusion: HIS311H, HIS311Y
Recommended Preparation: HISB40H3 or HISB41H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC51H3 - From Opium to Maximum City: Narrating Political Economy in China and India

This course addresses literary, historical, ethnographic, and filmic representations of the political economy of China and the Indian subcontinent from the early 19th century to the present day. We will look at such topics as the role and imagination of the colonial-era opium trade that bound together India, China and Britain in the 19th century, anticolonial conceptions of the Indian and Chinese economies, representations of national physical health, as well as critiques of mass-consumption and capitalism in the era of the ‘liberalization’ and India and China’s rise as major world economies. Students will acquire a grounding in these subjects from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.

Same as GASC51H3

Asia and Africa Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A-level and 0.5 credit at the B-level in HIS, GAS or other Humanities and Social Sciences courses
Exclusion: GASC51H3
Recommended Preparation: GASA01H3/HISA06H3 or GASA02H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC52H3 - Ethiopia: Seeing History

This course uses a focus on material history and visual culture to explore Ethiopia from the fourth through the nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on the Christian Church, the monarchy, links with both the Mediterranean world and the Indian subcontinent, and the relationship of individuals to their social, economic, artistic and geographic environments.
Same as AFSC52H3 and VPHC52H3
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: [1.0 credit in History] or [VPHA46H3 and an additional 1.0 credit in VPH courses]
Exclusion: AFSC52H3, VPHC52H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC54H3 - Eating and Drinking Across Global Asia

Students examine historical themes for local and regional cuisines across Global Asia, including but not limited to Anglo-Indian, Arab, Bengali, Chinese, Himalayan, Goan, Punjabi, Japanese, Persian, Tamil, and Indo-Caribbean. Themes include religious rituals, indigenous foodways; colonialism, industrialization, labour, gender, class, migration, globalization, and media. Tutorials are in the Culinaria Kitchen Lab.

Same as FSTC54H3 and GASC54H3

Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level from CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses
Exclusion: FSTC54H3, GASC54H3
Breadth Requirements: Social and Behavioural Sciences

HISC55H3 - War and Society in Modern Africa

Conflict and social change in Africa from the slave trade to contemporary times. Topics include the politics of resistance, women and war, repressive and weak states, the Cold War, guerrilla movements, resource predation. Case studies of anticolonial rebellions, liberation wars, and civil conflicts will be chosen from various regions.
Same as AFSC55H3
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including: AFSB50H3/HISB50H3 or AFSB51H3/HISB51H3 or (HISC50H3) or (HISC51H3)
Exclusion: AFSC55H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC56H3 - Comparative Studies of East Asian Legal Cultures

An introduction to the distinctive East Asian legal tradition shared by China, Japan, and Korea through readings about selected thematic issues. Students will learn to appreciate critically the cultural, political, social, and economic causes and effects of East Asian legal cultures and practices.
Same as GASC50H3
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses
Exclusion: GASC50H3
Recommended Preparation: GASB58H3/HISB58H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC57H3 - China and the World

A study of the history of China's relationship with the rest of the world in the modern era. The readings focus on China's role in the global economy, politics, religious movements, transnational diasporas, scientific/technological exchanges, and cultural encounters and conflicts in the ages of empire and globalization.
Same as GASC57H3
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses
Exclusion: GASC57H3
Recommended Preparation: GASB58H3/HISB58H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC58H3 - Delhi and London: Imperial Cities, Mobile People

Delhi and London were two major cities of the British Empire. This course studies their parallel destinies, from the imperial into the post-colonial world. It explores how diverse cultural, ecological, and migratory flows connected and shaped these cities, using a wide range of literary, historical, music, and film sources.
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level from CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses
Recommended Preparation: HISB02H3 or HISB03H3 or GASB57H3/HISB57H3 or GASB74H3/HISB74H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC59H3 - The Making of Tamil Worlds

This course explores the transnational history of Tamil worlds. In addition to exploring modern Tamil identities, the course will cover themes such as mass migration, ecology, social and economic life, and literary history.
Same as GASC59H3
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses
Exclusion: GASC59H3, (HISB54H3), (GASB54H3)
Recommended Preparation: GASB57H3/HISB57H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC60H3 - Old Worlds? Strangers and Foreigners in the Mediterranean, 1200-1700

An exploration of how medieval and early modern societies encountered foreigners and accounted for foreignness, as well as for religious, linguistic, and cultural difference more broadly. Topics include: monsters, relics, pilgrimage, the rise of the university, merchant companies, mercenaries, piracy, captivity and slavery, tourism, and the birth of resident embassies.
Same as (IEEC51H3)
0.5 pre-1800 credit
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses
Exclusion: (IEEC51H3)
Recommended Preparation: HISB62H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC65H3 - Venice and its Empire, 800-1800

Social and cultural history of the Venetian Empire from a fishermen's colony to the Napoleonic Occupation of 1797. Topics include the relationships between commerce and colonization in the Mediterranean, state building and piracy, aristocracy and slavery, civic ritual and spirituality, guilds and confraternities, households and families.
0.5 pre-1800 credit
European Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses
Recommended Preparation: HISB62H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC66H3 - Histories of Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Societies: Between Law, Ethics and Culture

This course tracks the evolving histories of gender and sexuality in diverse Muslim societies. We will examine how gendered norms and sexual mores were negotiated through law, ethics, and custom. We will compare and contrast these themes in diverse societies, from the Prophet Muhammad’s community in 7th century Arabia to North American and West African Muslim communities in the 21st century.

Same as WSTC66H3

Transnational Area

Prerequisite: [Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] or [1.5 credits in WST courses, including 0.5 credit at the B- or C-level]
Exclusion: WSTC66H3, RLG312H1
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC67H3 - Early Islam: Perspectives on the Construction of a Historical Tradition

This course examines the history and historiography of the formative period of Islam and the life and legacy of Muḥammad, Islam’s founder. Central themes explored include the Late Antique context of the Middle East, pre-Islamic Arabia and its religions, the Qur’ān and its textual history, the construction of biographical accounts of Muḥammad, debates about the historicity of reports from Muḥammad, and the evolving identity and historical conception of the early Muslim community.

Same as CLAC67H3
Pre-1800 course
Ancient World Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Exclusion: CLAC67H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC68H3 - Constructing the Other: Orientalism through Time and Place

This course reflects on the concept of Orientalism and how it informs the fields of Classical Studies and Anthropology. Topics to be discussed include the Orientalization of the past and the origin, role, and significance of ancient representations of the "Other" in contemporary discourses.
Same as ANTC58H3 and CLAC68H3

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit from the following: [CLAA04H3/HISA07H3, CLAB05H3/HISB10H3, CLAB06H3/HISB11H3, ANTA02H3, ANTB19H3, ANTB20H3, HISB02H3, AFSB50H3/HISB50H3, AFSB51H3/HISB51H3, HISB53H3, HISB57H3, HISB58H3, HISB60H3, HISB61H3, HISB62H3, HISB93H3, HISB94H3]
Exclusion: ANTC58H3, CLAC68H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC70H3 - The Caribbean Diaspora

The migration of Caribbean peoples to the United States, Canada, and Europe from the late 19th century to the present. The course considers how shifting economic circumstances and labour demands, the World Wars, evolving imperial relationships, pan-Africanism and international unionism, decolonization, natural disasters, and globalization shaped this migration.
Same as AFSC70H3
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Exclusion: NEW428H, AFSC70H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC71H3 - Race and Caste: A Connected History

Using the methods of intellectual history, this course explores the connected histories of two distinct systems of social oppression: caste and race. While caste is understood to be a peculiarly South Asian historical formation, race is identified as foundational to Atlantic slavery. Yet ideas about race and caste have intersected with each other historically from the early modern period through the course of European colonialism. How might we understand those connections and why is it important to do so? How has the colonial and modern governance of society, economy and sexuality relied on caste and race while keeping those categories resolutely apart? How have Black and Oppressed caste intellectuals and sociologists insisted on thinking race and caste together? We will explore these questions by examining primary texts and essays and the debates they provoked among thinkers from Latin America, the Caribbean, the American South, South Africa, and South Asia.


African and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC73H3 - Making the Global South

The course will explore the history and career of a term: The Global South. The global south is not a specific place but expressive of a geopolitical relation. It is often used to describe areas or places that were remade by geopolitical inequality. How and when did this idea emerge? How did it circulate? How are the understandings of the global south kept in play? Our exploration of this term will open up a world of solidarity and circulation of ideas shaped by grass-roots social movements in different parts of the world

Same as GASC73H3
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses
Exclusion: GASC73H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC75H3 - Migration in Global History

A survey of human mobility from the era when humans first populated the earth to the global migrations of our own time. An introduction to the main categories of human movement and to historical and modern arguments for fostering or restricting migration.

Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC77H3 - Soccer and the Modern World

Soccer (“football” to most of the world) is the world’s game and serves as a powerful lens through which to examine major questions in modern world history. How did a game that emerged in industrial Britain spread so quickly throughout the globe? How has the sport been appropriated politically and become a venue for contests over class, ethnic and national identity? Why have wars been fought over the outcome of matches? In short, how does soccer explain the modern world?

Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including 0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses
Exclusion: HIS482H1/(HIS199H1)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC94H3 - The Bible and the Qur’an

The Qur'an retells many narratives of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. This course compares the Qur'anic renditions with those of the earlier scriptures, focusing on the unique features of the Qur'anic versions. It will also introduce the students to the history of ancient and late antique textual production, transmission of texts and religious contact. The course will also delve into the historical context in which these texts were produced and commented upon in later generations.
Same as CLAC94H3

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including [[1.0 credit in CLA or HIS courses] or [WSTC13H3]]
Exclusion: CLAC94H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISC96H3 - Language and Society in the Arab World

An examination of the relationship between language, society and identity in North Africa and the Arabic-speaking Middle East from the dawn of Islam to the contemporary period. Topics include processes of Arabization and Islamization, the role of Arabic in pan-Arab identity; language conflict in the colonial and postcolonial periods; ideologies of gender and language among others.


Asia and Africa Area

Prerequisite: Any B-level course in African Studies, Linguistics, History, or Women's and Gender Studies
Exclusion: (AFSC30H3)
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HISC97H3 - Women and Power in Africa

This course examines women in Sub-Saharan Africa in the pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial periods. It covers a range of topics including slavery, colonialism, prostitution, nationalism and anti-colonial resistance, citizenship, processes of production and reproduction, market and household relations, and development.
Same as AFSC97H3

Asia and Africa Area

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits, including: HISA08H3/AFSA01H3 or HISB50H3/AFSB50H3 or HISB51H3/AFSB51H3
Exclusion: AFSC97H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD01H3 - Independent Studies: Senior Research Project

This option is available in rare and exceptional circumstances to students who have demonstrated a high level of academic maturity and competence. Qualified students will have the opportunity to investigate a historical field which is of common interest to both student and supervisor. Only standing faculty may serve as supervisors, please see the HCS website for a list of eligible faculty.

Prerequisite: At least 15.0 credits and completion of the requirements for the Major Program in History; written permission must be obtained from the instructor in the previous session.
Exclusion: (HIS497Y), HIS498H, HIS499H, HIS499Y
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HISD02H3 - Independent Studies: Senior Research Project

This option is available in rare and exceptional circumstances to students who have demonstrated a high level of academic maturity and competence. Qualified students will have the opportunity to investigate an historical field which is of common interest to both student and supervisor. Only standing faculty may serve as supervisors, please see the HCS website for a list of eligible faculty.

Prerequisite: At least 15.0 credits and completion of the requirements for the Major program in History; written permission must be obtained from the instructor in the previous session.
Exclusion: (HIS497Y), HIS498H, HIS499H, HIS499Y
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HISD03H3 - Selected Topics in Historical Research

This seminar will expose students to advanced subject matter and research methods in history. Each seminar will explore a selected topic.

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses].
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD05H3 - Between Two Worlds? Translators and Interpreters in History

A seminar exploring the social history of translators, interpreters, and the texts they produce. Through several case studies from Ireland and Istanbul to Québec, Mexico City, and Goa, we will ask how translators shaped public understandings of "self" and "other," "civilization" and "barbarity" in the wake of European colonization.
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS, GAS or CLA courses]
Recommended Preparation: HISB62H3 or HISC18H3 or HISC60H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD06H3 - Global History of Crime and Punishment since 1750

An exploration of the global problem of crime and punishment. The course investigates how the global processes of colonialism, industrialization, capitalism and liberalization affected modern criminal justice and thus the state-society relationship and modern citizenry in different cultures across time and space.
Same as GASD06H3
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in GAS or HIS courses]
Exclusion: GASD06H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD07H3 - Themes in the History of Childhood and Culture

A comparative analysis of transnational histories, and cultural and gendered ideologies of children and childhood through case studies of foundlings in Italy, factory children in England, orphans and adoption in the American West, labouring children in Canada and Australia, and mixed-race children in British India.

Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS or WST courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS or WST courses]
Exclusion: (WSTD07H3)
Recommended Preparation: HISB02H3 or HISB03H3 or WSTB06H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD08H3 - Borderlands and Beyond: Thinking about a North American History

An examination of approaches to historical analysis that take us beyond the national narrative beginning with the study of borderlands between the United States and Mexico, comparing that approach with the study of Canada/United States borderlands and finishing with themes of a North American continental or transnational nature.
United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Recommended Preparation: [HISB30H3 and HISB31H3] or [HISB40H3 and HISB41H3]
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD09H3 - Senior Seminar: Topics in Global Asian Migrations

This course offers an in-depth and historicized study of important issues in historical and contemporary Asian, diasporic, and borderland societies such as migration, mobility, and circulation. It is conducted in seminar format with emphasis on discussion, critical reading and writing, digital skills, and primary research.

Same as GASD01H3

Asia and Africa Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including [0.5 at the A- or B-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses]
Exclusion: GASD01H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD10H3 - Dripping Histories: Water in the Ancient Mediterranean and West Asian Worlds

This seminar type course addresses issues related to the relationships between ancient Mediterranean and West Asian societies and their hydric environments from 5000 BC to 600 AD.
Same as CLAD05H3
0.5 pre-1800 credit
Ancient World Area

Prerequisite: Any 11.0 credits including 2.0 credits in CLA or HIS courses.
Exclusion: CLAD05H3
Recommended Preparation: CLAB05H3 and CLAB06H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD12H3 - Making it Strange: Modernisms in European Art and Ideas, 1900-1945

The course will focus on major developments in art and ideas in early twentieth century Europe. We will study experimental forms of art and philosophy that fall under the broad category of Modernism, including painting, music, literature, and film, as well as philosophical essays, theoretical manifestos, and creative scholarly works.

European Area

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit at the C-level in a European History course
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD14H3 - Selected Topics in Modern European History

This is a seminar-style course organized around a selected topic in Modern European History.

European Area

Prerequisite: 7.5 credits in HIS courses, including [(HISB90H3) or (HISB91H3) or (HISB92H3) or HISB93H3]
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD16H3 - Socialist Feminism in Global Context

A comparative exploration of socialist feminism, encompassing its diverse histories in different locations, particularly China, Russia, Germany and Canada. Primary documents, including literary texts, magazines, political pamphlets and group manifestos that constitute socialist feminist ideas, practices and imaginaries in different times and places will be central. We will also seek to understand socialist feminism and its legacies in relation to other contemporary stands of feminism.
Same as WSTD16H3
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit at the B-level and 1.0 credit at the C-level in HIS, WST, or other Humanities and Social Sciences courses
Exclusion: WSTD16H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD18H3 - Digital History

This seminar/lab introduces students to the exploding field of digital history. Through a combination of readings and hands-on digital projects, students explore how the Web radically transforms how both professional historians and others envision the past and express these visions in various media. Technical background welcome but not required.

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Recommended Preparation: HISB03H3 or HISC01H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in the Specialist and Major programs in History. Additional students will be admitted as space permits.

HISD25H3 - Oral History and Urban Change

An applied research methods course that introduces students to the methods and practice of Oral history, the history of Scarborough, the field of public history and community-based research. A critical part of the class will be to engage in fieldwork related to designing and conducting oral history interviews.
Canadian Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Exclusion: WSTC02H3 (if taken in Fall 2013), CITC10H3 (if taken in Fall 2013), (HISC28H3), WSTD10H3, HISD44H3 (if taken in Fall 2013)
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

HISD31H3 - Thinking of Diversity: Perspectives on American Pluralisms

A seminar exploring the evolution of American thinking about diversity -- ethnic, religious, and regional -- from colonial-era defenses of religious toleration to today's multiculturalism. Participants will consider pluralist thought in relation to competing ideologies, such as nativism, and compare American pluralisms to formulations arrived at elsewhere, including Canada.
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: [Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]] or [10.0 credits including SOCB60H3]
Recommended Preparation: HISB30H3 and HISB31H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD32H3 - Slavery and Emancipation in the American South

This course explores the origins, growth, and demise of slavery in the United States. It focuses on slavery as an economic, social, and political system that shaped and defined early America. There will be an emphasis on developing historical interpretations from primary sources.

United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Recommended Preparation: HISB30H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD33H3 - Black Reconstruction: W.E.B. DuBois, African American History, and the Politics of the Past

This course focuses on three interrelated themes. First, it explores the social and political history of Reconstruction (1865 to 1877) when questions of power, citizenship, and democracy were fiercely contested. Second, it considers W.E.B. Du Bois’s magnum opus, Black Reconstruction, a book that not only rebutted dominant characterizations of this period but anticipated future generations of scholarship by placing African American agency at the centre of both Civil War and Reconstruction history, developed the idea of racial capitalism as an explanatory concept, and made a powerful argument about race and democracy in the USA. Third, the course looks at the politics of historical writing and knowledge in the past and today.

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: HISB03H3 and [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Recommended Preparation: HISB30H3, HISB31H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD34H3 - Topics in American Social and Cultural History

This fourth-year seminar is funded by the Canada Research Chair in Urban History and is taught by an advanced graduate student in American history. The course, with topics varying from year to year will focus on major themes in American social and cultural history, such as, women's history, labour history, and/or the history of slavery and emancipation.
United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: HISB30H3 and HISB31H3
Note: Topics vary from year to year. Check the website www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~hcs/programs/history.html for current offerings.

HISD35H3 - The Politics of American Immigration, 1865-present

A seminar that puts contemporary U.S. debates over immigration in historical context, tracing the roots of such longstanding controversies as those over immigration restriction, naturalization and citizenship, immigrant political activism, bilingual education and "English-only" movements, and assimilation and multiculturalism. Extensive reading and student presentations are required.
United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: [Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]] or [10.0 credits including SOCB60H3]
Recommended Preparation: HISB30H3 and HISB31H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD36H3 - From New Deal to New Right: American Politics since 1933

The most striking development in U.S. politics in the last half century has been the rebirth and rise to dominance of conservatism. This seminar examines the roots of today's conservative ascendancy, tracing the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism and the subsequent rise of the New Right.
United States and Latin America Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Recommended Preparation: HISB30H3 and HISB31H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD44H3 - Nearby History: The Method and Practice of Local History

This course introduces students to the methods and practice of the study of local history, in this case the history of Scarborough. This is a service learning course that will require a commitment to working and studying in the classroom and the community as we explore forms of public history.
Canadian Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

HISD45H3 - Canadian Settler Colonialism in Comparative Context

A seminar on Canadian settler colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries that draws comparisons from the United States and elsewhere in the British Empire. Students will discuss colonialism and the state, struggles over land and labour, the role of race, gender, and geography in ideologies and practices of colonial rule, residential schools, reconciliation and decolonization.

Canadian Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Recommended Preparation: HISB40H3 or HISB41H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD46H3 - Selected Topics in Canadian Women's History

Weekly discussions of assigned readings. The course covers a broad chronological sweep but also highlights certain themes, including race and gender relations, working women and family economies, sexuality, and women and the courts. We will also explore topics in gender history, including masculinity studies and gay history.
Same as WSTD46H3
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in CLA, FST, GAS, HIS or WST courses]
Exclusion: WSTD46H3
Recommended Preparation: HISB02H3 or HISB03H3 or HISB14H3 or WSTB06H3 or HISB50H3 or GASB57H3/HISB57H3 or HISC09H3 or HISC29H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD47H3 - Cold War Canada in Comparative Contexts

A seminar on Cold War Canada that focuses on the early post-war era and examines Canadian events, developments, experience within a comparative North American context. Weekly readings are organized around a particular theme or themes, including the national insecurity state; reds, spies, and civil liberties; suburbia; and sexuality.
Canadian Area

Prerequisite: HISB41H3 and at least one other B- or C-level credit in History
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD48H3 - The World Through Canadian Eyes

How have Canadians historically experienced, and written about, the world? In what ways have nationalism, imperialism, and ideas about gender and race given meaning to Canadian understandings of the world? Students will consider these questions by exploring the work of Canadian travel writers, missionaries, educators, diplomats, trade officials, and intellectuals.
Canadian Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Recommended Preparation: HISB40H3 or HISB41H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD50H3 - Southern Africa: Conquest and Resistance, 1652-1900

A seminar study of the history of the peoples of southern Africa, beginning with the hunter-gatherers but concentrating on farming and industrializing societies. Students will consider pre-colonial civilizations, colonialism and white settlement, violence, slavery, the frontier, and the mineral revolution. Extensive reading and student presentations are required.
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: AFSB50H3/HISB50H3 or AFSB51H3/HISB51H3 or AFSC55H3/HISC55H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD51H3 - Southern Africa: Colonial Rule, Apartheid and Liberation

A seminar study of southern African history from 1900 to the present. Students will consider industrialization in South Africa, segregation, apartheid, colonial rule, liberation movements, and the impact of the Cold War. Historiography and questions of race, class and gender will be important. Extensive reading and student presentations are required.
Same as AFSD51H3
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including AFSB51H3/HISB51H3 or HISD50H3
Exclusion: AFSD51H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD52H3 - East African Societies in Transition

A seminar study of East African peoples from late pre-colonial times to the 1990's, emphasizing their rapid although uneven adaptation to integration of the region into the wider world. Transitions associated with migrations, commercialization, religious change, colonial conquest, nationalism, economic development and conflict, will be investigated. Student presentations are required.
Same as AFSD52H3
Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits including AFSB50H3/HISB50H3 or AFSB51H3/HISB51H3 or HISC55H3
Exclusion: AFSD52H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD53H3 - Africa and Asia in the First World War

This seminar course examines the First World War in its imperial and colonial context in Africa and Asia. Topics include forgotten fronts in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, colonial armies and civilians, imperial economies and resources, the collapse of empires and the remaking of the colonial world.

Same as AFSD53H3 and GASD53H3

Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including: 1.0 credit in AFS, GAS, or Africa and Asia area HIS courses
Exclusion: AFSD53H3, GASD53H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD54H3 - Aqueous History: Water-stories for a Future

This upper-level seminar will explore how water has shaped human experience. It will explore water landscapes, the representation of water in legal and political thought, slave narratives, and water management in urban development from the 16th century. Using case studies from South Asia and North America we will understand how affective, political and social relations to water bodies are made and remade over time.

Same as GASD54H3

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in GAS or HIS courses]
Exclusion: GASD54H3 

HISD55H3 - Transnational Asian Thought

This course explores the transnational connections and contexts that shaped ideas in modern Asia such as secularism, modernity, and pan Asianism. Through the intensive study of secondary sources and primary sources in translation, the course will introduce Asian thought during the long nineteenth-century in relation to the social, political, cultural, and technological changes. Using the methods of studying transnational history the course will explore inter-Asian connections in the world of ideas and their relation to the new connectivity afforded by steamships and the printing press. We will also explore how this method can help understand the history of modern Asia as a region of intellectual ferment rather than a passive recipient of European modernity.

Same as HISD55H3
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in GAS or HIS courses]
Exclusion: GASD55H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD56H3 - 'Coolies' and Others: Asian Labouring Diasporas in the British Empire

Coolie' labourers formed an imperial diaspora linking South Asia and China to the Caribbean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, South-east Asia, and North America. The long-lasting results of this history are evident in the cultural and ethnic diversity of today's Caribbean nations and Commonwealth countries such as Great Britain and Canada.
Africa and Asia Area
Same as GASD56H3

Prerequisite: [8.0 credits, at least 2.0 credits should be at the B-or C-level in GAS or Modern History courses] or [15.0 credits, including SOCB60H3]
Exclusion: GASD56H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD57H3 - Conflict in the Horn of Africa, 13th through 21st Centuries

This course will consider the long history of conflicts that have rippled across the Horn of Africa and Sudan. In particular, it will explore the ethnically and religiously motivated civil wars that have engulfed the region in recent decades. Particular attention will be given to Ethiopia and its historic provinces where warfare is experienced on a generational basis.

Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: AFSC52H3/HISC52H3/VPHC52H3
Recommended Preparation: AFSB05H3/ANTB05H3, AFSC55H3/HISC55H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HISD58H3 - Culture, Politics, and Society in Late Imperial China

A study of major cultural trends, political practices, social customs, and economic developments in late imperial China (1400-1911) as well as their relevance to modern and contemporary China. Students will read the most recent literature and write a substantive research paper.
Same as GASD58H3

0.5 pre-1800 credit
Africa and Asia area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in GAS or HIS courses]
Exclusion: GASD58H3
Recommended Preparation: GASB58H3/HISB58H3 or GASC57H3/HISC57H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HISD59H3 - Law and Society in Chinese History

A seminar course on Chinese legal tradition and its role in shaping social, political, economic, and cultural developments, especially in late imperial and modern China. Topics include the foundations of legal culture, regulations on sexuality, women's property rights, crime fictions, private/state violence, laws of ethnicities, prison reforms and modernization.
Same as GASD59H3
0.5 pre-1800 credit

Africa and Asia Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in GAS or HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in GAS or HIS courses]
Exclusion: GASD59H3
Recommended Preparation: GASB58H3/HISB58H3 or GASC57H3/HISC57H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD60H3 - Travel and Travel-Writing from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period

The development of travel and travel narratives before 1800, and their relationship to trade and colonization in the Mediterranean and beyond. Topics include: Marco Polo, pilgrimage and crusading, the history of geography and ethnography. Extensive reading, oral presentations, and a final paper based on research in primary documents are required.
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Recommended Preparation: HISB50H3 or HISB53H3 or HISB60H3 or HISB61H3 or HISB62H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD63H3 - The Crusades: I

Modern interpretations of the Crusades will be investigated in the broad context of Western expansion into the Middle East (1099-1204), Spain and southern Europe, and, North-Eastern Europe. Also considered will be the Christian Military Orders, the Mongols and political crusades within Europe itself.
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Medieval Area

Prerequisite: HISB60H3 and HISB61H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD64H3 - The Crusades: II

An intensive study of the primary sources of the First through Fourth Crusades, including works by Eastern and Western Christian, Arab and Jewish authors. The crusading period will be considered in terms of Western Christian expansion into the Middle East, Spain and Northern Europe in the 11th through 13th centuries.
0.50 pre-1800 credit
Medieval Area

Prerequisite: HISB60H3 and HISB61H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD65H3 - The Good in Islam: Ethics in Islamic Thought

What is good and evil? Are they known by human reason or revelation? How is happiness achieved? How is the human self-cultivated? This course will explore the diverse approaches that Muslim thinkers took to answering these perennial questions. Beginning with early Islam (the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad), we will examine ethical thought in various intellectual traditions (e.g.: Islamic law, philosophy, mysticism, literature). Finally, we will analyze contemporary ethical dilemmas (e.g.; Muslim political, sexual, and environmental ethics).

Transnational area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD66H3 - Documenting Conflict and Peacemaking in the Modern Middle East

This course explores the practices of documentation involved in investigating, explaining and containing the varieties of conflict that have shaped the history of the Middle East over the past two centuries. Wars, episodes of sectarian violence and political terrorism have all contributed centrally to the formation of states and subjects in the region. Drawing on key works by political historians, anthropologists of state violence and specialists in visual culture, the course examines such events and their many reverberations for Middle Eastern societies from 1798 to the present.

Course readings draw on a range of primary source materials produced by witnesses, partisans to conflict, political activists, memoirists and investigators. Classroom discussions will engage theoretical texts that have brought to bear conflicts in the Middle East on larger questions concerning humanitarian intervention, democratic publics and liberal internationalism.

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD69H3 - Sufis and Desert Fathers: Mysticism in Late Antiquity and Early Islam

This course is an introduction to mystical/ascetic beliefs and practices in late antiquity and early Islam. Often taken as an offshoot of or alternative to “orthodox” representations of Christianity and Islam, mysticism provides a unique look into the ways in which these religions were experienced by its adherents on a more popular, often non-scholarly, “unorthodox” basis throughout centuries. In this class we will examine mysticism in late antiquity and early Islam through the literature, arts, music, and dance that it inspired.

The first half of the term will be devoted to the historical study of mysticism, its origins, its most well-known early practitioners, and the phases of its institutionalization in early Christianity and early Islam; the second part will look into the beliefs and practices of mystics, the literature they produced, the popular expressions of religion they generated, and their effects in the modern world. This study of mysticism will also provide a window for contemporary students of religion to examine the devotional practices of unprivileged members of the late antiquity religious communities, women and slaves in particular.

Same as CLAD69H3.

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in CLA or HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in CLA or HIS courses]
Exclusion: CLAD69H3
Recommended Preparation: CLAB06H3/HISB11H3, CLAB09H3/HISB09H3
Breadth Requirements: Arts, Literature and Language

HISD70H3 - History of Empire and Foods

A transnational history of how the rise of modern, global empires reshaped how the world produced and consumed food. This course, through cooking practicums, offers a hands-on approach to imperial and culinary histories with emphasis on plantation economies, famine, the tropical commodity trade, and the rise of national cuisines.
Transnational Area

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits, including [(HISC14H3) or HISB14H3]
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: University-Based Experience
Note: Priority will be given to students enrolled in HIS programs. Additional students will be admitted as space permits.

HISD71H3 - Community Engaged Fieldwork With Food

This research seminar uses our immediate community of Scarborough to explore continuity and change within diasporic foodways. Students will develop and practise ethnographic and other qualitative research skills to better understand the many intersections of food, culture, and community. This course culminates with a major project based on original research.

Same as ANTD71H3

Prerequisite: HISB14H3/(HISC14H3) or HISC04H3 or [2.0 credits in ANT courses of which 1.0 credit must be at the C-level] or permission of the instructor
Exclusion: ANTD71H3
Recommended Preparation: ANTB64H3, ANTC70H3
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: Partnership-Based Experience

HISD72H3 - History of Beer and Brewing

This research seminar examines the history of beer, including production techniques, gender roles, and drinking cultures, from ancient times to contemporary microbrewing. Students will produce a major paper or digital project on a chosen case study. Class will include a practicum on historical technologies of malting, mashing, and fermenting.

Transnational Area

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits in CLA, GAS, HCS, HIS, RLG, and/or WST courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies
Course Experience: University-Based Experience

HISD73H3 - Engendering Canadian Food History

This course explores Canada's diverse food cultures and the varied relationships that Canadians have had historically with food practices in the context of family, community, region, and nation and with reference to transnational connections and identities. It examines Canada's foodways - the practices and traditions associated with food and food preparation - through the gendered lens of Indigenous-colonial relations, migration and diaspora, family, politics, nutrition, and popular culture. The course is organized around two central principles. One is that just as Canada's rich past resists any singular narrative, there is no such thing as a singular Canadian food tradition. The other is that a focus on questions related to women and gender further illuminate the complex relationship between food and cultural politics, variously defined. The course covers a broad time-span, from early contact between European settlers and First Nations through the end of the twentieth century.

Canadian Area

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits in HIS, WST or FST courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD93H3 - The Politics of the Past: Memories, Monuments and Museums

This course examines the politics of historical commemoration. We explore how the representation of the past both informs and reflects political, social, and cultural contexts, and examine case studies involving controversial monuments; debates over coming to terms with historical legacies of genocide, slavery, and imperialism; and processes of truth, reconciliation, and cultural restitution. We also examine the role played by institutions (like museums and archives) and disciplines (archaeology, history, anthropology) in the construction of local, national, transnational, and colonial identities.

Prerequisite: Any 8.0 credits, including: [0.5 credit at the A- or B-level in HIS courses] and [0.5 credit at the C-level in HIS courses]
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

HISD95H3 - Presenting the Past

This course introduces students to creative ways of telling/conveying stories about historical moments, events, figures and the social context in which these have occurred.  The course will enable students to narrate the past in ways, from film to fiction, accessible to contemporary audiences.

Prerequisite: Any 4.0 credits in HIS courses
Breadth Requirements: History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies

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