The study of history promotes better understanding of how societies work, the factors that bring them together and set them apart, and the events that have shaped their development. It helps to explain how different political and legal systems came into being and how economic and geographic conditions have driven the growth of nations. More information »
Information for students
- Finals exams, Summer 2011
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Apply your studies to real world situations, in ways that benefit the community. - Faculty of Arts Students – Undergraduate
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News
- The Faculty of Arts is very proud to announce that three of its professors, Emma Anderson, Peter Bischoff and Lucie Joubert, are among the four finalists selected for the Canada Prize in the Social Sciences (in French). The Canada Prize honours the best scholarly books in Canada.
- Professor Heather Murray has been awarded the Organization of American Historians (OAH) 2011 Lawrence W. Levine Award for her book Not in This Family: Gays and the Meaning of Kinship in Postwar North America. Congratulations.
- Emeritus professor Marcel Trudel dies
The Faculty of Arts is saddened by the passing of Marcel Trudel an eminent historian who specialized in New France and former Department of History professor. The entire Faculty community is united in offering its sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Trudel. - Béatrice Craig's book Homespun Capitalists has been awarded the Prix Lionel Groulx - Fondation Yves Saint-Germain from the Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française, which recognizes it as the best literary work published over the last year on the history of the French in North America.
Research
- Research Perspectives is a journal of discovery and invention from the University of Ottawa.
