Our Courses
Table of Contents
First Year Seminars (FYSM)
Course | Semester(s) | Delivery Method | Instructor |
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FYSM 1405A: Doing History – “Playing History” (field c) | Fall 2025/Winter 2026 (Full Year) | In-person section (Campus presence) | P. Walker |
FYSM 1405B: Doing History – “A Global History of WWII” (field b, d or e) | Fall 2025/Winter 2026 (Full Year) | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
1000 Level
Course | Semester(s) | Delivery Method | Instructor |
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HIST 1003A: Empire, War, and Revolution in Europe, 1850-1939 (field b) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 1004A: Europe in War and Cold War (field b) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 1301A: Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (field c) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 1302A: Rethinking Modern Canadian History (field c) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | L. Madokoro |
HIST 1701A: History of the Global South, 1400-1850 (field a or d) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | S. Lipsett-Rivera |
HIST 1702A: History of the Global South, 1850 to the present (field d) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | H. Ahmed |
HIST 1900A: Topics in History – “History of the Internet” (field e) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | S. Graham |
HIST 1900B: Topics in History – “History Games” (field e) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | P. Walker |
2000 Level
Course | Semester(s) | Delivery Method | Instructor |
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HIST 2003A: The Early Medieval World: 300-1000 (field a) | Fall 2025 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | TBC |
HIST 2004A: The Late Medieval World: 1000-1500 (field a) | Winter 2026 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | TBC |
HIST 2301A: Canadian Political History (field c) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Bellamy |
HIST 2311A: Environmental History of Canada (field c or e) | Winter 2026 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | TBC |
HIST 2312A: History of the Indian Ocean World (field d) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | C. Jangam |
HIST 2401A: History of the United States to 1865 (field c) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 2402A: History of the United States from 1865 (field c) | Winter 2026 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | TBC |
HIST 2502A: Modern Britain & Empire Before 1914 (field b) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | D. Kinsey |
HIST 2506A: Introduction to Women’s and Gender History (field e) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | P. Walker |
HIST 2511A: 20th-Century Germany (field b) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 2512A: Modern Britain & Empire, 1914-present (field b) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | D. Kinsey |
HIST 2707A: Modern Africa (field d) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 2806A: History of Japan (field d) | Fall 2025/Winter 2026 (Full Year) | In-person section (Campus presence) | J. Kovalio |
HIST 2809A: The Historian’s Craft | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 2809B: The Historian’s Craft | Winter 2026 | Mix of In-person and Online (Campus presence) | M. Hogue |
HIST 2902A: Origins of the Greeks – cross-listed with CLCV 2902A | Fall 2025 | Online Scheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | Offered by Classics |
HIST 2903A: Democracy to Alexander (Field a) – cross-listed with CLCV 2903A | Winter 2026 | Online Scheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | Offered by Classics |
HIST 2904A: Rise of the Roman Empire – cross-listed with CLCV 2904A | Fall 2025 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | Offered by Classics |
HIST 2905A: Rome of the Caesars (Field a) – cross-listed with CLCV 2905A | Winter 2026 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | Offered by Classics |
HIST 2906A: Kyivan Rus’ & the Russian Empire to 1801 (field a or b) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | E. Fraser |
HIST 2910A: Special Subject in History – “Religion in Colonial Latin America” (field d or e) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 2915A: History of the Modern Middle East (field d) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | H. Ahmed |
3000 Level
Course | Semester(s) | Delivery Method | Instructor |
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HIST 3000A: Topics in Ancient History: “Intro to Digital Archaeology” (Field a) – cross-listed with CLCV 3000A | Fall 2025 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | S. Graham |
HIST 3001A: History at the Movies (field e) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 3006A: Medieval Religious Life (field a or e) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Saurette |
HIST 3009A: Studies in Greek History: “TBD” (field a)- cross-listed with CLCV 3201A | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by Classics |
HIST 3101A: Studies in Roman History: “Hannibal and the Punic Wars” (field a)- cross-listed with CLCV 3202A | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by Classics |
HIST 3109A: Social History of Alcohol (field e) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | R. Phillips |
HIST 3113A: Revolution and Society in France, 1789-1799 (field b) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | R. Phillips |
HIST 3121A: Sports in the Cold War (field b or e) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | E. Fraser |
HIST 3205A: Canadian Business History (field c)- cross-listed with BUSI 4608A | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Bellamy |
HIST 3301A: Québec Since 1800 (field c) – cross-listed with CDNS 3550A | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | D. Marshall |
HIST 3304A: Canada-United States Relations (field c) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | S. Azzi |
HIST 3305A: Crime and State in History (field e) – cross-listed with LAWS 3305A | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by Law |
HIST 3413A: The United States and Its Borderlands (field c) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Hogue |
HIST 3500A: Migration and Diaspora in Canada (field c) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | L. Madokoro |
HIST 3510A: Indigenous Peoples of Canada (field c) | Winter 2026 | Online Scheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | TBC |
HIST 3517A: History of Modern Egypt (field d) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | H. Ahmed |
HIST 3708A: Reformation Europe (field a) – cross-listed with RELI 3220A | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by Religion |
HIST 3712A: Mexico: Aztecs to Narcos (field d) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 3714A: The Holocaust: Historical and Religious Dimensions (field b) – cross-listed with RELI 3140A | Fall 2025 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | Offered by Religion |
HIST 3805A: China since the Xinhai [1911] Revolution (field d) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | J. Kovalio |
HIST 3806A: Japan Since 1945 (field d) | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | J. Kovalio |
HIST 3807A: Practicum in History | Fall 2025 | J. Walsh | |
HIST 3807B: Practicum in History | Winter 2026 | J. Walsh | |
HIST 3809A: Historical Representations (field e) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | J. Walsh |
HIST 3814A: Crafting Digital History (field e) – cross-listed with DIGH 3814A | Fall 2025 | Online Scheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | TBC |
HIST 3815A: Group Practicum (field e) | Winter 2026 | J. Opp | |
HIST 3820A: Explorations in Historical Theory – “The Russian Revolution” | Fall 2025 | Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | E. Fraser |
HIST 3820B: Explorations in Historical Theory – “Youth and History” | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | S. Whitney |
HIST 3909C: Topic in Public History – “Gaming the Past” (field e) | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Saurette |
4000 Level
Course | Semester(s) | Delivery Method | Instructor |
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HIST 4201A: Modern European History – “Paris in the Jazz Age & Beyond” – cross-listed with EURR 4201A and EURR 5201A | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | S. Whitney |
HIST 4201B: Modern European History – “Everyday Life in the USSR” – cross-listed with EURR 4202A and EURR 5202A | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | E. Fraser |
HIST 4210A: Topics in Ancient History – “O tempora! O mores! Cicero and Catiline” – cross-listed with CLCV 4210A | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by Classics |
HIST 4303A: Society and Culture in Canada – “Settler and Indigenous Memoirs” | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Hogue |
HIST 4305A: Political History in Canada – “The History of Beer, Brewing and Drinking in Canada” | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Bellamy |
HIST 4500A: Seminar in British History – “History of the Body” | Fall 2025/Winter 2026 (Full Year) | In-person section (Campus presence) | D. Kinsey |
HIST 4604A: Central Europe, Past and Present – cross-listed with HIST 5604A, EURR 4204A, and EURR 5204 | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by EURUS |
HIST 4805A: Seminar on a Transnational or Thematic Topic – “Decolonization in Asia and Africa” | Fall 2025/Winter 2026 (Full Year) | In-person section (Campus presence) | C. Jangam |
HIST 4806A: Global and Transnational History – “History of Sport” | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Bellamy |
HIST 4915A: Topics in History – “Anti-Colonial Resistance in Modern Middle East” | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | H. Ahmed |
HIST 4916A: Topic in Public History – “Historical Game Studies” | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Saurette |
HIST 4916B: Topic in Public History – “Basket, Bead and Quill: Indigenous Customary Arts” – cross-listed with ARTH 4005A | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | A. Nahwegahbow |
HIST 4916C: Topic in Public History – “The Business of History” | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | S. Graham |
HIST 4916D: Topic in Public History – “Canadian War Art” | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
5000 Level
Course | Semester(s) | Delivery Method | Instructor |
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HIST 5003F: Historical Theory and Method | Fall 2025/Winter 2026 (Full Year) | In-person section (Campus presence) | A. Johnston |
HIST 5314A: Colonialism and Postcolonialism in Canada – “Settler Colonialism and Migration“ – cross-listed with CDNS 5003C and MGDS 5002B | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | L. Madokoro |
HIST 5316F: Canadian History Special Topics – “Maps, Mapping, and Praxis” | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | J. Walsh |
HIST 5316G: Canadian History Special Topics – “Settler and Indigenous Memoir” | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | M. Hogue |
HIST 5604A: Central Europe, Past and Present – cross-listed with EURR 4404A and EURR 5204A | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by EURUS |
HIST 5607A: Imperial Russia and the Russian Revolution – cross-listed with EURR 5305A | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by EURUS |
HIST 5700F: Introduction to Public History | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | J. Opp |
HIST 5702W: Public History Special Topics – “Towards an Indigenous Museology” – cross-listed with ARTH 5218W and CLMD 6104W | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | A. Nahwegahbow |
HIST 5702X: Public History Special Topics – “TBC” – cross-listed with CDNS 5601W | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by Canadian Studies |
HIST 5702Y: Public History Special Topics – “Access, Outreach, and Public Service in Canadian Archives” | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 5705W: Museums, National Identity and Public Memory | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 5707W: Narrativity and Performance in Public History | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | TBC |
HIST 5710A: Race and Empire | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | C. Jangam |
HIST 5803W: History of Women, Gender and Sexuality – Foundations | Winter 2026 | In-person section (Campus presence) | S. Whitney |
HIST 5906F: Selected Topics – “Co-Writing the Climate Crisis” – cross-listed with CLMD 6903F and ENGL 5900H | Fall 2025 | In-person section (Campus presence) | Offered by English |
Summer Courses
Course | Semester(s) | Delivery Method | Instructor |
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HIST 2301A: Canadian Political History (field c) | May-June 2025 | Online asynchronous | K. Badgley |
HIST 2402A: History of United States from 1865 (field c) | July-Aug 2025 | Online asynchronous | H. Goldman |
HIST 2913A: History of Oil: Science, Technology, Culture and Conflict (field e) | July-Aug 2025 | Online asynchronous | I. Wereley |
HIST 3005A: Medieval Aristocratic Life (field a) | May-June 2025 | Online asynchronous | S. Keeshan |
HIST 3116A: History of Disability (field e) | May-June 2025 | Online asynchronous | C. Chisholm |
HIST 3704A: Aztecs (field a or d) | May-June 2025 | In person section: not suitable for online students | S. Lipsett-Rivera |
Additional Information
Questions?
For FYSMs and 1000-4000-level undergraduate courses
Please contact the Undergraduate Administrator, Tanya Schwartz, if you require assistance.
For 5000-level graduate courses
Please contact the Graduate Administrator, Joan White, if you require assistance.
Course Delivery Types
These are the course delivery methods that are used by the History Department. (These will appear in the “Section Information” listing in Carleton Central):
Course Delivery Type | Details |
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In-person section (Campus presence) | In-person section; not for online students. The class is held in a classroom at a scheduled time. Course time and location are available in Carleton Central. |
Mix of In-person and Online (Campus presence) | In-person and online classes/activities. In-person activities may Include meetings, in-term assessment and/or the final exam. Online activities may include live classes at the scheduled time and/or previously recorded lectures. More details are available in the course outline. Computer requirements: high-speed Internet access, webcam, and headset with a microphone. |
Online Scheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | Online classes/activities at a scheduled time. Usually, live classes/activities run every week. If not, specific dates are available in the course outline. Computer requirements: high-speed Internet access, webcam, and headset with a microphone. |
Online Unscheduled Section (Campus presence is not required) | Online classes/activities are not scheduled. Students are expected to remain up to date with deadlines and due dates provided by the instructor. Computer requirements: high-speed Internet access and a computer. |
Disclaimer: this list of courses is drawn up several months in advance and is subject to change.