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 »
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uOttawa's Faculty of arts among the world's best in the subject of Philosophy, Linguistics, History and Communication: QS World University Rankings 2013
- New publication exposes little-known aspects of the Holocaust in Poland
In his new book Hunt for the Jews: Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland, professorJan Grabowski, Department of History, reveals what happened to the Jews who tried to hide in rural Poland after the Nazis invaded the country in 1939. Read Maclean’s article on the subject.
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- Research Perspectives is a journal of discovery and invention from the University of Ottawa.
