Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Moore, who was awarded the designation University Finalist for the Governor General's Gold Medal for his dissertation.
History MA student, Megan Hamilton, has been named one of twenty-five finalists in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada's (SSHRC) Storytellers competition.
MA student Megan Hamilton was the winner of the 3-Minute Thesis Competition in Canadian History, run during Heritage Day’s History Symposium on February 27, 2022. Her winning presentation can be viewed here.
Congratulations Megan!
History PhD candidate and curator Heather George represented the museum community (Canadian Museums Association (CMA) and the Provincial and Territorial Museums Association) this week at the Parliamentary Standing Committee Meeting on Culture and Heritage.
Geoff Keelan (MA '10, PhD '15) uncovers his grandfather's story of war in the Fall 2021 issue of the University of Waterloo Magazine
Distinguished Professor Emerita Wendy Mitchinson of the Department of History died on October 23, 2021. A pioneering women’s historian, she joined the University of Waterloo with tenure in 1985 and held the Canada Research Chair in Gender and Medical History from 2006 to 2013.
“Wendy was a trailblazer and valued colleague,” says Professor Dan Gorman, Department of History chair. “Her legacy is apparent in the many graduate students with whom she worked, and who are now pursuing careers both outside and within the academy.”
Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Taylor, the University of Waterloo's newly-appointed Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism. Dr. Taylor is also remaining in our Department of History as an assistant professor.
The Department of History welcomes two new leadership roles today: Professor Dan Gorman is the new Chair, and Professor Andrew Hunt is the new Associate Chair – Undergraduate. Professor Susan Roy continues in her role as the Associate Chair – Graduate.
History students, staff, faculty and instructors have come together to respond to racism on campus and in our world to form the History Anti-Racism Taskforce (HART).
We're highlighting the research of our graduate students on our new Grad Stories page! For our second story, read about Rebecca MacAlpine's research on gender-based violence in seventeenth century Somerset, as well as her contributions to teaching in History.