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
- Centre for Global and Community Engagement
Apply your studies to real world situations, in ways that benefit the community. - Faculty of Arts Students – Undergraduate
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- Do you have questions? Do you need help? The Student Mentoring Centre is here to help students in the Faculty of Arts adjust to university life and succeed in their studies.
News
- The Department of History is proud to announce its professor, Michael Behiels has been elected as Fellows in the Royal Society of Canada (RSC),the highest academic accolade available to scientists and scholars in Canada.
- 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.
Research
- Research Perspectives is a journal of discovery and invention from the University of Ottawa.
