Please Note: Geographic Distribution are for students entering into a History Program (Specialist or Major) in 2021-2022 and onward.
History courses are grouped into three geographic areas as outlined below. Specialist and Majors are required to choose courses from each of the three divisions to fulfill geographic breadth requirements. In order to help students with planning their programs, courses have been listed according to their divisions.
Geographic Area a): Africa, Asia, Middle East
1st Year Course
(N.B. 1st year courses do not fulfil the Geographical requirement of a HIS program.)
| Course Code | Course Title |
| HIS101Y1 | Histories of Violence |
| HIS102Y1 | Empires, Encounters and Exchanges |
| HIS107Y1 | Approaches to East Asian History |
| HIS108Y1 | What is History? |
| HIS110Y1 | History of the Indian Ocean World |
| HIS111H1 | Fake S*** in History: Misinformation, Unreal Authentics, Hidden Figures and the Telling of Histories |
| HIS112H1 | Ten Events that Changed the World |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS295Y1 | History of Africa |
| HIS297Y1 | History of Africa from a Gender Perspective |
| HIS319H1 | Histories of the Horn of Africa |
| HIS322H1 | Topics in African History |
| HIS342H1 | Political and Psychological Liberation in 20th Century Africa |
| HIS352H1 | A History of Women in Pre-colonial East Africa |
| HIS383Y1 | Women in African History |
| HIS392Y1 | Screening Freedom |
| HIS394H1 | 20th and 21st Century African Icons: Media and Biography |
| HIS450H1 | Senior Seminar in African Histories |
| HIS481H1 | Elite Women, Power, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Africa |
| HIS483H1 | Space and Power in Modern Africa |
| HIS486H1 | Writing and Masculinity in Africa |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS280Y1 | History of China |
| HIS282Y1 | History of South Asia |
| HIS283Y1 | History of Southeast Asia: How the Lands Below the Winds Reshaped the World |
| HIS285H1 | History of Chinese Overseas |
| HIS315H1 | Vietnamese Histories |
| HIS316H1 | Competing Colonialism in Northeast China The Harbin Experiment |
| HIS326H1 | Topics in Chinese History |
| HIS328H1 | Modern China |
| HIS333H1 | Catholic Asia in the Early Modern Era, 1500-1800 |
| HIS346H1 | Rice, Sugar and Spice in Southeast Asia: A History of Food in the Region |
| HIS379H1 | Vietnam at War |
| HIS382H1 | China from the Mongols to the Last Emperor |
| JHA384H1 | Japan in the World, mid-16th to mid-20th Century |
| HIS385H1 or Y0 | The History of Hong Kong |
| JHA394H1 | The Asia Pacific War |
| HIS400H1 | The American War in Vietnam |
| HIS467H1 | French Colonial Indochina : History, Culture, Texts, Film |
| HIS470H1 | History, Rights and Difference in South Asia |
| HIS473H1 | The United States and Asia Since 1945 |
| HIS480H1 | Modernity and Its Others: History and Postcolonial Critique |
| HIS485H1 | Topics in Chinese History |
| HIS494H1 | Gandhi’s Global Conversations |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS208Y1 | History of the Jewish People |
| HIS304H1 | Topics in Middle East History |
| HIS339H1 | History of Modern Israel |
| HIS370H1 | Modern Palestine |
| JHM307H1 | Islamic Legal History: Formation and Encounters |
| JMH385H1 | Islamic Law and the Modern State |
Geographic Area b): Canada/United States/Latin America/The Caribbean
1st Year Course
(N.B. 1st year courses do not fulfil the Geographical requirement of a HIS program.)
| Course Code | Course Title |
| HIS100Y1 | History of the Arctic |
| HIS101Y1 | Histories of Violence |
| HIS106Y1 | The African Diaspora in the Americas, 1492-1804 |
| HIS108Y1 | What is History? |
| HIS111H1 | Fake S*** in History: Misinformation, Unreal Authentics, Hidden Figures and the Telling of Histories |
| HIS112H1 | Ten Events that Changed the World |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS264H1 | Critical Issues in Canadian History |
| HIS265Y1 | Black Canadian History |
| HIS266H1 | Asian Canadian History |
| HIS267H1 | Business History |
| HIS300H1 | Energy and Environment in North American History |
| HIS310H1 | Histories of North American Consumer Culture |
| HIS311Y1 | Introduction to Canadian International Relations |
| HIS312H1 | Immigration to Canada |
| HIS314H1 | Language, Empire, and Encounter in Francophone Canada |
| HIS318H1 | The "Wild" West in Canada |
| HIS335H1 | Canadian Legal Histories |
| HIS356H1 | War in Canadian History |
| HIS358H1 | Canadian History in 100 Objects |
| HIS360H1 | Critical Histories of the Black Canadian Experience |
| HIS363H1 | Dynamics of Gender in Canadian History |
| HIS365H1 | History of the Great Lakes Region |
| HIS366H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes from 1815 to the Present |
| HIS369H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, to 1830 |
| HIS371H1 | Canadian Political History |
| HIS402H1 | Canada and Decolonization |
| HIS405Y1 | Canadian Foreign Relations |
| HIS410H1 | Spectacles, Crowds, and Parades in Canada |
| HIS417H1 | The Oldest Profession in Canada: Sex Work Histories in Comparative Contexts |
| HIS418H1 | Themes in Canadian Environmental History |
| HIS419H1 | Canada By Treaty: Alliances, Title Transfers and Land Claims |
| HIS429H1 | Canada and Empire in the Twentieth Century |
| HIS435H1 | Themes in Toronto History |
| HIS466H1 | Topics in Canadian History |
| HIS468H1 | Commemorations and Public History in Canada, 1800-2000 |
| HIS469H1 | Upper Canada: Creating a Settler Society, 1790s-1860s |
| HIS472H1 | Indigenous-Newcomer Relations in Canadian History |
| HIS484H1 | The Car in North American History |
| HIS492H1 | Empire & Colonization in the French Atlantic World |
| JIH366H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, 1815 to the Present |
| JIH369H1 | Great Lakes Indigenous Histories to 1830 |
| JIH460H1 | Indigenous Histories of North America |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS202H1 | Gender, Race and Science |
| HIS221H1 | African American History to 1865 |
| HIS222H1 | African American History from 1865 to the Present |
| HIS271Y1 | American History Since 1607 |
| HIS300H1 | Energy and Environment in North American History |
| HIS310H1 | Histories of North American Consumer Culture |
| HIS362H1 | Topics in Early American History |
| HIS365H1 | History of the Great Lakes Region |
| HIS366H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes from 1815 to the Present |
| HIS369H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, to 1830 |
| HIS372H1 | Topics in U.S. History |
| HIS376H1 | The United States: Now and Then |
| HIS377H1 | 20th-Century American Foreign Relations |
| HIS378H1 | America in the 1960s |
| HIS396H1 | The Progressive Era and Rise of Big Business in America |
| HIS401H1 | The Cold War through its Archives |
| HIS404H1 | Topics in U.S. History |
| HIS411H1 | Great Trials in History |
| HIS465H1 | Gender and International Relations |
| HIS473H1 | The United States and Asia Since 1945 |
| HIS479H1 | US Foreign Policy Since World War II |
| HIS484H1 | The Car in North American History |
| JIH366H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, 1815 to the Present |
| JIH369H1 | Great Lakes Indigenous Histories to 1830 |
| JIH460H1 | Indigenous Histories of North America |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS230H1 | Indigenous and Early Colonial Caribbean History |
| HIS231H1 | Revolution and Emancipation in the Colonial Caribbean |
| HIS291H1 | Latin America: The Colonial Period |
| HIS292H1 | Latin America: The National Period |
| JHN323H1 | Indigeneity in the Caribbean |
| HIS359H1 | Regional Politics and Radical Movements in the 20th Century Caribbean |
| HIS390H1 | Slavery in Latin America |
| HIS397H1 | Political Violence and Human Rights in Latin America |
| HIS413H1 | Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World |
| HIS446H1 | Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World |
| HIS474H1 | Emancipate Yourselves from Mental Slavery? Historical Narratives of Caribbean Decolonisation |
Geographic Area c): Europe
1st Year Course
(N.B. 1st year courses do not fulfil the Geographical requirement of a HIS program.)
| Course Code | Course Title |
| HIS100Y1 | History of the Arctic |
| HIS101Y1 | Histories of Violence |
| HIS103Y1 | Strategy and Statecraft: War and Diplomacy in European History |
| HIS108Y1 | What is History? |
| HIS109Y1 | The Development of European Civilization, 1350-1945 |
| HIS111H1 | Fake S*** in History: Misinformation, Unreal Authentics, Hidden Figures and the Telling of Histories |
| HIS112H1 | Ten Events that Changed the World |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS302H1 | Material Culture in Victoria Britain |
| HIS324H1 | British Imperial Experience, 1600-2000 |
| HIS332H1 | Crime in English Society |
| HIS337H1 | Culture, Politics and Society in18th Century Britain |
| HIS347H1 | The Country House in England 1837-1939 |
| HIS349H1 | History of Britain: Struggle for Power |
| HIS350H1 | Topics in European Histories |
| HIS368H1 | Early Modern Britain, 1485-1660 |
| HIS381H1 | Youth in the Early Modern World |
| HIS422H1 | Early Modern English Popular Culture, 1500-1800 |
| HIS477H1 | Topics in Social and Cultural History of Victorian Britain |
| HIS482H1 | Soccer: The Hisotry of the World's Game |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS202H1 | Gender, Race and Science |
| HIS208Y1 | History of the Jewish People |
| HIS220Y1 | The Shape of Medieval Society |
| HIS240H1 | World War I in Europe |
| HIS241H1 | Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914 |
| HIS242H1 | Europe in the 20th Century |
| HIS243H1 | Early Modern Europe , 1450-1648 |
| HIS244H1 | Early Modern Europe , 1648-1815 |
| HIS245H1 | European Colonialism, 1700- 1965 |
| HIS303H1 | The Mediterranean, 600-1300; Crusade, Colonialism, Diaspora |
| HIS308H1 | The Mediterranean, 1300-1700 |
| HIS309H1 | The European Reformations |
| HIS317H1 | 20th Century Germany |
| HIS320H1 | Barbarian Invasions and the Fall of the Roman Empire |
| HIS321H1 | Dark Age Europe, 7th 10th Centuries |
| HIS323H1 | Rites of Passage and Daily Life in the Middle Ages |
| HIS327H1 | Rome: The City in History |
| HIS329H1 | Central Middle Ages (900-1200) |
| HIS330H1 | Germany from Frederick the Great to the First World War |
| HIS334H1 | World War II France |
| HIS336H1 | Medieval Spain |
| HIS338H1 | The Holocaust, to 1942 |
| HIS341Y1 | Germany Among the Global Empires, 1840-2010 |
| HIS343H1 | History of Modern Intelligence |
| HIS345H1 | History and Film |
| HIS350H1 | Topics in European Histories |
| HIS355H1 | A History of Pre-modern Medicine |
| HIS357Y0 | The Renaissance |
| HIS357Y1 | A Social History of Renaissance Europe |
| HIS361H1 | The Holocaust, from 1942 |
| HIS373H1 | Servants and Masters, 1000-1700 |
| HIS375H1 | Crime and Punishment in the Early Modern World |
| HIS381H1 | Youth in the Early Modern World |
| HIS386H1 | Fascism |
| HIS387H1 | France, 1610-1848 |
| HIS388H1 | France Since 1830 |
| HIS403H1 | Jews and Christians in Medieval and Renaissance Europe |
| HIS407H1 | Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 |
| HIS409H1 | Spas and Water Cures |
| HIS411H1 | Great Trials in History |
| HIS414H1 | Down and Out in Medieval Europe |
| HIS415Y1 | Nationalism and Memory in Modern Europe |
| HIS416H1 | Orientalism and Nationalism in 19th Century Germany |
| HIS423H1 | Social History of Medicine in the 19th & 20th Centuries |
| HIS424H1 | Violence in Medieval Society |
| HIS425H1 | From the Weimar Republic to Nazi Germany: How Do Democracies Die? |
| HIS426H1 | Medieval Italy, 400-1000 |
| HIS427H1 | History and Historiography in the Golden Legend |
| HIS428H1 | Medieval Institutes of Perfection |
| HIS430H1 | The Two Germanies and the Cold War, 1949-1989 |
| HIS432H1 | Topics in Medieval History |
| HIS437H1 | Telling Lies About Hitler: Frauds and Famous Feuds Among German Historians |
| HIS438H1 | Inquisition & Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe |
| HIS440H1 | Maps and History |
| HIS443H1 | Society, Culture and Religion in the Renaissance and Reformation |
| HIS444H1 | Topics in Jewish History |
| HIS445H1 | Nationalism |
| HIS446H1 | Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World |
| HIS457H1 | The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire |
| HIS464H1 | Religion and Violence in Comparative Perspective |
| HIS467H1 | French Colonial Indochina : History, Culture, Texts, Film |
| HIS480H1 | Modernity and Its Others: History and Postcolonial Critique |
| HIS493H1 | Humanity in War: The Modern Evolution of the Law of Armed Conflict |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS200H1 | Drunk History |
| HIS240H1 | World War I in Europe |
| HIS250Y1 | History of Russia |
| HIS251Y1 | History of East Central Europe |
| JSH300H1 | Literature and History in Russia |
| JHP304Y1 | Ukraine: Politics, Economy and Society |
| HIS306H1 | Islam and Muslims in the Balkans |
| HIS325H1 | Imperial Russia |
| HIS331H1 | Modern Baltic History |
| HIS340H1 | The Ottoman Empire, 1800-1922 |
| HIS350H1 | Topics in European Histories |
| HIS351H1 | The Soviet Union and After |
| HIS351Y1 | History of Twentieth-Century Russia |
| HIS353Y1 | Poland: A Crossroads of Europe |
| HIS362H1 | The Hansa: The World of Merchants |
| HIS364H1 | From Revolution to Revolution: Hungary Since 1848 |
| HIS367Y0 | The City in Central Europe - Ideas, Culture, Revolutions and Renewal |
| HIS381H1 | Youth in the Early Modern World |
| HIS384H1 | The Baltic Sea Region from the Vikings to the Age of Nationalisms |
| HIS386H1 | Fascism |
| HIS401H1 | The Cold War through its Archives |
| HIS420H1 | Russia’s Great Patriotic Wars |
| HIS433H1 | Polish Jews Since the Partition of Poland |
| HIS434Y1 | Kievan Rus |
| HIS436H1 | Stalinist Terror |
| HIS439H1 | Russia’s Empire |
| HIS442H1 | Jews and the Holocaust in the Soviet Union |
| HIS449Y1 | Ukrainian National Revival |
| HIS451H1 | World War II in East Central Europe |
| HIS459H1 | Soviet History and Film, 1921-1946 |
| HIS460H1 | Soviet History and Film, 1941-1991 |
| HIS461H1 | Poland in the 20th Century |
| HIS490H1 | Everyday Stalinism |