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
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| AFR290H1 | The Idea of Africa |
| AFR370H1 | Anticolonialism, Radicalism and Revolutions in Africa |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HIS315H1 | Decolonial Vietnamese Histories |
| HIS316H1 | Competing Colonialism in Northeast China The Harbin Experiment |
| HIS326H1 | Topics in Asian Histories |
| HIS328H1 | Modern China |
| HIS333H1 | Catholic Asia in the Early Modern Era, 1500-1800 |
| HIS334H1 | The Great Wall of China |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HIS480H1 | Modernity and Its Others: History and Postcolonial Critique |
| HIS485H1 | Advanced Topics in Asian Histories |
| HIS494H1 | Gandhi’s Global Conversations |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS208Y1 (0.5 credit) | History of the Jewish People |
| HIS219Y1 (0.5 credit) | Medieval Mediterranean History |
| HIS304H1 | Topics in Middle East History |
| HIS339H1 | History of Modern Israel |
| HIS354H1 | Jews of Arab Lands: From the Prophet Muhammad to European Colonialism |
| HIS370H1 | Modern Palestine |
| HIS402H1 | Sephardim: The Jews of Spain and their Diasporas |
| JHM307H1 | Islamic Legal History: Formation and Encounters |
| JMH385H1 | Islamic Law and the Modern State |
| NMC355H1 | Ottoman Empire: The Age of Reform |
| NMC372H1 | Islam and Muslims in the Balkans |
| NMC386H1 | Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Ottoman Empire |
Geographic Area b): Canada/United States/Latin America/The Caribbean
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS264H1 | Critical Issues in Canadian History |
| HIS265Y1 | Black Canadian History |
| HIS266H1 | Asian Canadian History |
| HIS285H1 | History of Chinese Diasporas in the Americas |
| HIS300H1 | Energy and Environment in Canadian History |
| HIS307H1 | Oral Histories of Asian Canadians |
| HIS310H1 | Democracy and Dissent in Postwar Canada |
| HIS311H1 | Canada in the World |
| HIS312H1 | Immigration to Canada |
| HIS314H1 | Twentieth-Century Quebec |
| HIS318H1 | Histories of the "Wild" West |
| 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 |
| JIH366H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, 1815 to the Present (formerly HIS366H1) |
| JIH369H1 | Great Lakes Indigenous Histories to 1830 (formerly HIS369H1) |
| HIS371H1 | Canadian Political History |
| HIS380H1 | Chinese Canadian History |
| HIS405Y1 | Canadian Foreign Relations |
| HIS417H1 | History of Sex Work |
| HIS418H1 | Themes in Canadian Environmental History |
| HIS419H1 | Canada By Treaty: Alliances, Title Transfers and Land Claims |
| HIS435H1 | Themes in Toronto History |
| HIS453H1 | Slavery in North America |
| JIH460H1 | Indigenous Histories of North America |
| HIS466H1 | Advanced Topics in Canadian History |
| HIS468H1 | Commemorations and Public History in Canada, 1800-2000 |
| HIS469H1 | Upper Canada: Creating a Settler Society, 1790s-1860s |
| HIS484H1 | The Car in North American History |
| HIS492H1 | Empire & Colonization in the French Atlantic World |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS221H1 | African American History to 1865 |
| HIS222H1 | African American History from 1865 to the Present |
| HIS271Y1 | American History Since 1607 |
| HIS285H1 | History of the Chinese Diasporas in the Americas |
| HIS305H1 | Death and Life in Plantation America |
| HIS318H1 | Histories of the "Wild" West |
| HIS362H1 | Topics in Early American History |
| HIS365H1 | History of the Great Lakes Region |
| JIH366H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, 1815 to the Present (formerly HIS366H1) |
| JIH369H1 | Great Lakes Indigenous Histories to 1830 (formerly HIS369H1) |
| HIS372H1 | Topics in U.S. History |
| HIS374H1 | Mass Incarceration in the United States |
| HIS377H1 | The United States in the World |
| HIS378H1 | America in the 1960s |
| HIS396H1 | The Progressive Era and Rise of Big Business in America |
| HIS404H1 | Advanced Topics in U.S. History |
| HIS453H1 | Slavery in North America |
| JIH460H1 | Indigenous Histories of North America |
| HIS479H1 | US Foreign Policy Since World War II |
| HIS484H1 | The Car in North American History |
| HIS485H1 | Animal and Human Rights in Anglo-American Culture |
| 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 |
| HIS324H1 | The Criminalization of Protest in Latin American History |
| HIS336H1 | The History of Amazonia |
| 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 |
| HIS431H1 | Historical Memory and Transitional Justice in Latin America |
| HIS474H1 | Emancipate Yourselves from Mental Slavery? Historical Narratives of Caribbean Decolonisation |
| HIS488H1 | Advanced Topics in Latin American Histories |
Geographic Area c): Europe
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS302H1 | Material Culture in Victoria Britain |
| HIS332H1 | Crime and Society in England, 1500-1800 |
| 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 |
| HIS367H1 | The British Home Front: Britain in the Second World War, 1939-45 |
| HIS368H1 | Early Modern Britain, 1485-1660 |
| HIS422H1 | Early Modern English Popular Culture, 1500-1800 |
| HIS477H1 | Topics in Social and Cultural History of Victorian Britain |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS219Y1 (0.5 credit) | Medieval Mediterranean History |
| HIS220Y1 | The Shape of Medieval Society |
| HIS241H1 | Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914 |
| HIS242H1 | Europe in the 20th Century |
| HIS243H1 | Early Modern Europe (15th-17th Centuries) |
| HIS244H1 | Early Modern Europe, 1648-1815 |
| HIS245H1 | European Colonialism, 1700- 1965 |
| HIS301H1 | World War II France |
| 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 |
| HIS338H1 | The Holocaust, to 1942 |
| HIS341Y1 | Germany Among the Global Empires, 1840-2010 |
| HIS350H1 | Topics in European Histories |
| HIS355H1 | A History of Pre-modern Medicine |
| HIS357Y0 | The Renaissance |
| HIS361H1 | The Holocaust, from 1942 |
| HIS373H1 | Servants and Masters, 1000-1700 |
| HIS375H1 | Crime and Punishment 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 |
| HIS414H1 | Down and Out in Medieval Europe |
| HIS415Y1 | Nationalism and Memory in Modern Europe |
| HIS416H1 | Orientalism and Nationalism in 19th Century Germany |
| HIS424H1 | Violence in Medieval Society |
| HIS425H1 | From the Weimar Republic to Nazi Germany: How Do Democracies Die? |
| HIS426H1 | Early Medieval Italy, 300-1000 CE |
| HIS427H1 | History and Historiography in the Golden Legend |
| HIS428H1 | Medieval Institutes of Perfection |
| HIS430H1 | The Two Germanies and the Cold War, 1949-1989 |
| HIS432H1 | Advanced Topics in Medieval History |
| HIS438H1 | Inquisition and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe |
| HIS440H1 | Maps and History |
| HIS445H1 | Nationalism |
| HIS452H1 | Advanced Topics in European History |
| HIS457H1 | The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| HIS250Y1 | History of Russia |
| HIS251Y1 | History of East Central Europe |
| JSH300H1 | Literature and History in Russia |
| HIS325H1 | Imperial Russia |
| HIS331H1 | Modern Baltic History |
| HIS340H1 | The Ottoman Empire, 1800-1922 |
| HIS350H1 | Topics in European Histories |
| HIS351H1 | The Soviet Union and After |
| HIS353Y1 | Poland: A Crossroads of Europe |
| HIS364H1 | From Revolution to Revolution: Hungary Since 1848 |
| JJH370H1 | Soviet Jewish History, Culture, and Diaspora |
| HIS384H1 | The Baltic Sea Region from the Vikings to the Age of Nationalisms |
| HIS386H1 | Fascism |
| 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 |
| HIS452H1 | Advanced Topics in European History |
| HIS459H1 | Soviet History and Film, 1921-1946 |
| HIS460H1 | Soviet History and Film, 1941-1991 |
| HIS461H1 | Poland in the 20th Century |
| HIS490H1 | Everyday Stalinism |