King’s offers a wide range of stimulating and challenging History courses at various levels. While you learn more about our history, you’ll develop and hone essential skills for today’s world: intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, evidence-based analysis and interpretation, as well as effective communication skills and research methodologies. You’ll personalize your learning experience with a range of courses and topics, taught by our dedicated, award-winning faculty. You can immerse yourself in your subject, with experiential learning courses in Canada and Europe.

Public History involves understanding the numerous ways in which people engage with the past and learning how to communicate it to larger audiences through a variety of ways. It is a powerful tool for understanding the forces that shape our world, and for making informed decisions as engaged, responsible citizens. This is an interdisciplinary joint program between King’s, Western and Huron.

In both programs, you’ll develop marketable skills and gain invaluable experience and contacts through groupwork, presentations, networking, and collaboration with community partners through projects, workshops, guest speakers, site visits, and experiential learning opportunities. When you graduate, your valuable skills and expertise will help you to excel in a diverse range of exciting, meaningful careers in the private and public sector, and in professional positions that will allow you to change the world around you.

Expand your options with a double major.

Program Options

Area of StudyHonours SpecializationSpecializationMajorMinorCertificate
HISTORY
PUBLIC HISTORY

Sample Courses

1000F/G DISCOVERING HUMAN RIGHTS
2151A/B THE FIRST WORLD WAR: A GLOBAL REVOLUTION
3221E TOPICS IN ONTARIO HISTORY
3309E THE AMERICAN SOUTH
3505F/G POPULAR CULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA
3636F/G STATE AND MARKET IN EARLY MODERN EAST ASIA
4504F/G THE HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA
4860F/G THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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Career paths

Potential Career Paths

History graduates can find careers in the following fields:

  • Law
  • Politics
  • Government
  • Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
  • Education
  • Public history institutions
  • Advocacy
  • Public administration
  • Law enforcement
  • Entrepreneurship

 

 

 

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Meet Our Faculty - History

Dr. Graham Broad

Dr. Graham Broad

Department Chair

Dr. Stephanie Bangarth

Dr. Stephanie Bangarth

Professor

Dr. Adam Bohnet

Dr. Adam Bohnet

Associate Professor

Dr. Alison Meek

Dr. Alison Meek

Associate Professor

Dr. Nicolas Virtue

Dr. Nicolas Virtue

Assistant Professor

Dr. Lawrence Burns

Dr. Lawrence Burns

Lecturer

Dr. Oleksa Drachewych

Dr. Oleksa Drachewych

Lecturer

 Heather Ellis

Heather Ellis

Lecturer

Dr. Pietro Pirani

Dr. Pietro Pirani

Lecturer

Dr. Allen Priest

Dr. Allen Priest

Lecturer

Dr. Mark Sholdice

Dr. Mark Sholdice

Lecturer

Dr. Ruth Compton Brouwer

Dr. Ruth Compton Brouwer

Professor Emerita

Dr. Desmond Dutrizac

Dr. Desmond Dutrizac

Professor Emeritus

Prof. Eric Jarvis

Prof. Eric Jarvis

Dr. Gerald Killan

Dr. Gerald Killan

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Renee Soulodre-La France

Dr. Renee Soulodre-La France

Professor Emerita

Prof. Paul Webb

Prof. Paul Webb

Professor Emeritus