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HISTORY DEPARTMENT
VISUALIZING HISTORY
1000 Level Courses
msvu.ca/history Develop ways of perceiving the world that enable you to think critically and make meaningful connections between past events and present dilemmas. Put into practice the ability to develop arguments and organize evidence to support them.
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A walk through the depth, scope and lasting impact history has made on the development of the modern world. These images are visual representations of some of the course offerings by the History Department at Mount Saint Vincent University for the 2022-2023 Calendar year. Write Up/Introductory Page
Satisfy your Core C Humanities Credits and discover moments in history which have shaped the society you live in today.
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THE WEST AND THE WORLD WITH INSTRUCTOR RONI GECHTMAN
TRAVEL FROM THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Explore Europe’s development since late antiquity and how Europeans interacted with other cultures and civilizations through trade, travel, religious and scholarly exchanges, and conquest. HIST 1102: Explore the period from the fall of the Roman Empire to the eighteenth century. HIST 1103: Examine the modern era up to the twentieth century.
HIST 1102
The West and the World: From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
FALL 2022
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 10:30 - 11:45 AM
HIST 1103
The West and the World: From the French Revolution to the Modern Day
WINTER 2023
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 10:30 - 11:45 AM
Beserker, Lewis Chessmen, British Museum, Photograph by Rob Roy
“The Death of General Wolfe”, B. West, 1770
A HISTORY OF CANADA WITH INSTRUCTOR MARTHA WALLS
FROM CANOES TO CONSOLIDATION Examine the establishment of European settlements in Canada, the imperial rivalry between France and Britain, and the consolidation of the Canadian nation and the construction of a Canadian identity, revealing how these developments impacted First Nations, African Canadians, and women.
HIST 1121
Canoes and Colonialism A History of Canada to Confederation
FALL 2022
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 9:00 - 10:15 AM
Consolidation and Conflict A History of Canada from Confederation
WINTER 2023
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 9:00 - 10:15 AM
Hephaistos Presents Achilles Armor to Thetis By Foundry Painter, Circa 480 BCE, photograph taken by Bibi Saint-Pol, 2008
HISTORY OF GREECE A survey of the history of Greece including the MinoanMycenaean civilizations, the development of political institutions including democracy, the Persian wars, Periclean Athens, the rise of Macedon and the achievement of Alexander the Great.
HIST 2200 History of Greece WINTER 2023
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 3:00 - 4:15 PM
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN WOMEN WITH INSTRUCTOR ADRIANA BENZAQUÉN
SHIFTING UNDERSTANDINGS OF WOMEN’S NATURE AND ROLES Examine the dramatic changes in European women’s lives, identities, opportunities, and political activism from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century. Consider on the one hand, how women from different social classes and geographical regions experienced family life, work, politics, culture, religion, sexuality, and war and on the other, different and shifting understandings of women’s nature, women’s roles in society, women’s rights, and relations between women and men.
HIST 2207
History of European Women from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Day
WINTER 2023
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 10:30-11:45 AM (IN PERSON OR ONLINE)
Women working in a gas mask factory in Geneva, Switzerland, Photograph , by Unknown, c. 1914
EUROPE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH INSTRUCTOR RONI GECHTMAN
OPTIMISM, DESTRUCTION AND REBIRTH In these two independent but related courses, you will become familiar with the variety of peoples and cultures that make up the European continent. We will consider the extent to which many of the dilemmas faced by today’s Western societies were issues of public concern and causes of conflict in many European countries in the twentieth century.
HIST 2208
From Optimism to Destruction Europe 1890-1933
FALL 2022
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 1:30 - 2:45 PM
HIST 2209
Catastrophe and Rebirth Europe 1933-1989
WINTER 2023
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 1:30 - 2:45 PM
Otto Dix “Flanders” 1936
CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY
WITH INSTRUCTOR MAYA EICHLER
CANADA ON THE GLOBAL STAGE Examine Canada’s role in the global order and Canada’s attempt to regulate that order. Topics will include the principal institutions and actors in the foreignpolicy making process, international institutions and organizations through which Canada works, and critical assessment of the contemporary challenges facing Canada’s traditional commitments, including trade and defence policy, peacekeeping and international development.
HIST 2219/POLS 2219 Canadian Foreign Policy FALL 2022 MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 1:30 - 2:45 PM
House of Commons in the Canadian Parliament - panoramio.jpg By Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54959163
Imperial Leduc No. 1 oil well, Leduc, Alberta, 1947, Provincial Archives of Alberta, P2721 https://www.flickr.com/photos/alberta_archives/34748205822
CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY WITH INSTRUCTOR COREY SLUMKOSKI
THE CIVILIZATION OF THE WILDERNESS An introduction to the developing field of Canadian Environmental History. Survey the Canadian environment prior to Native-European encounter and discuss current environmental issues through the topics of the “pristine wilderness,” the Columbian exchange, the “civilization of the wilderness” by European settlers, the foundation of such preservationist institutions, the rise of the environmental movement, the growth of automobile culture, and the commodification of nature.
HIST 2225 Canadian Environmental History WINTER
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 9:00 - 10:15 AM
“Illustrations of Evangeline’s Acadia,” (1893), by F.O. Darley, Illustration, Photograph by NSARM Photo Collection: Miscellaneous: Costumes: Acadian no.3, https://novascotia.ca/archives/deportation/exhibit.asp?ID=19
HISTORY OF ATLANTIC CANADA
WITH INSTRUCTORS COREY SLUMKOSKI & MARTHA WALLS
FROM COLONIES TO PROVINCES Explore how individuals struggled to wrest a living from sea, land and forest and, in the process, established distinctive communities through a study of the formation and growth of colonies in the Atlantic region. Discuss the provincial economies, politics and cultures of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland to the present day.
HIST 2230
History of Atlantic Colonies to Confederation
FALL 2022
HIST 2231 WINTER 2023
History of the Atlantic Provinces
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS HISTORY WITH INSTRUCTOR ARTHUR MCCALLA
FROM COVENANTS TO CULTS An exploration of the massive and complex role of religion in the history of the United States, using primary and secondary sources to trace recurring themes from the colonial period to the present. Themes to be discussed may include immigration, race, women, biblicism, experiential religion, and new religious movements.
HIST 2237/RELS 2237 WINTER 2023
American Religious History From Covenants to Cults
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 3:00 - 4:15 PM
The Peaceable Kingdom (1826), By Edward Hicks - National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=175611
Plague Doctor, Bob Leckridge, flickr.com
PLAGUES AND PEOPLES WITH INSTRUCTOR JONATHAN ROBERTS
A WORLD OF EPIDEMICS Epidemics can cause panic, xenophobia, scapegoating, and violence, revealing deep-seated social divisions within our communities. This course tells the story of several global pandemics, from the bubonic plague to Ebola, demonstrating how fragile societies can become when threatened by the rapid spread of disease.
HIST 2251 Plagues and People: A World of Epidemics FALL 2022
DISTANCE
Aztec feast. Illustration from the Florentine Codex, Late 16th century
FROM GATHERERS TO GOURMANDS WITH INSTRUCTOR JONATHAN ROBERTS
A HISTORY OF FOOD An exploration of the cultural, economic, and political history of food from Paleolithic times to the present. Topics covered may include diet and early human evolution, development of agriculture and pastoralism, food commodities in global trade, colonial cuisines, industrialization of food, food safety and security, and contemporary trends and anxieties.
HIST 2255 A History of Food from Gatherers to Gourmands FALL 2022
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 10:30 - 11:45 AM
A HISTORY OF PIRATES
WITH INSTRUCTOR JONATHAN ROBERTS
AN INTRODUCTION TO PIRATES Examine both real and fictional characters who challenged social mores and economic conventions. During several eras of history, pirates came to represent antisocial behavior and anarchistic thought, which can be understood as an antithesis to the power of the state. This course will investigate the myth and reality of pirates, piracy, and antipiracy, with a special focus on the law of the sea and the golden era of Atlantic piracy. Students will be asked to pick a pirate and write a major research paper on their life.
HIST 2261 History of Pirates WINTER 2023
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 12:00 - 1:15 PM
Ann Bonny and Mary Read convicted of Piracy Novr. 28th. 1720 at a Court of Vice Admiralty held at St. Jago de la Vega in a Island of Jamaica. :a copper engraving, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:General_History_of_the_Pyrates_-_Ann_Bonny_and_Mary_Read.jpg
A HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT A SURVEY OF EGYPTOLOGY Survey the history of Egypt, focusing mainly on the early dynastic period to the eras of Macedonian and Roman rule. The scope of this timeframe is vast, spanning over 3,000 years. As such, we will adopt primarily a thematic approach. After surveying the development of Egyptology as a discipline of study, we will combine overviews of Egyptian history with more in-depth examinations of topics such as: royal government; family life; trade; religion; writing and literature; art and architecture; funerary practices (including mummification); and the ongoing cultural relevance of ancient Egypt.
HIST 2300 A History of Ancient Egypt FALL 2022
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Aegyptischer Hof, Lithografie nach einem Aquarell, By Eduard Gaertner - Das Neue Museum in Berlin, 1862, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=315524
Schoolhouse No. 2, Admaston Township, Carelton County, Ontario.
HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN CANADA WITH INSTRUCTOR MARTHA WALLS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORMAL EDUCATION This lecture- and discussion- centred course considers the history of education in Canada. As it explores the development of formal education in Canada, it considers political, cultural, and philosophical influences on education and the teaching profession. It also adopts a student-centred approach to assess how children’s educational experiences were shaped by such factors as region, gender, ethnicity, class, and ability.
HIST 2391 History of Education in Canada FALL 2022
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 12:00 - 1:15 PM
The Bewitched Groom,” (ca. 1544), by Hans Baldung, Woodcut; first of two states photo by The Met Museum, The Rogers Fund, (1917), https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336238
WITCHES, WITCH-HUNTERS AND SCHOLARS WITH INSTRUCTOR ADRIANA BENZAQUÉN
Examine the tension between different kinds of belief and different forms of knowledge in the early modern period. Study two important historical developments: the witch-hunt that took place across both Catholic and Protestant Europe and the rise of modern science. Why were so many thousands of people, most of them women, persecuted, tried and executed for witchcraft in this period? To what extent did the new scientific thinking contribute to the end of the witch-hunt?
HIST 3314 Witches, Witch-Hunters and Scholars in Early Modern Europe WINTER 2023
MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 1:30 - 2:45 PM
MODERN CANADA
WITH INSTRUCTOR COREY SLUMKOSKI
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MODERN CANADA A survey the Keynesian welfare state era: beginning with the impact of the Great Depression and Second World War on Canadian society; to the changes in that society through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s; ending with a discussion of neoliberalism in the 1980s and 1990s.
HIST 3329 Modern Canada WINTER 2023
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 10:30 - 11:45 AM WEDNESDAY DISTANCE
The Avro CF-105 Arrow RL201 in flight [photograph], 1958, Avro Canada https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/QwGJSN7bMQnXPg
The Sistine Chapel of Soccer, Ceiling photomontage by Santiago Barbeito, photograph by Juano Tesone, - El autor de la foto la cedió para sumar al respectivo artículo., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89302821
HISTORY OF SPORT
WITH INSTRUCTOR RONI GECHTMAN
SPORTS IN MODERN SOCIETY This course will examine the role of sports in modern society, both elite competitive sports and the popular practice of sports by ordinary people from different classes during their leisure time. Closer attention will be given to Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth century.
HIST 3360 Selected Topics in World History: History of Sport WINTER 2023
FRIDAYS 9:00 - 11:45 AM
Sheet 6 out of 12. Detail showing Mansa Musa sitting on a throne and holding a gold coin. By attributed to Abraham Cresques - This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b55002481n, Public Domain, https:// commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107077167
THE STORY OF EARLY AFRICA Investigate the early African past by reconsidering two major components of historical investigation: historical methodologies (the techniques used to gather evidence about the past), and epistemologies (the different ways that we know and understand the past). This approach is intended to encourage comparisons between professional western historiography and the indigenous forms of historical consciousness that have existed in the many different cultures of Africa. Some topics will include the deconstruction of “race,” the diffusion and convergence of cultures, historical linguistics, and the study of oral tradition (epics, songs, stories, myths), and subaltern memories of the slave trade.
HIST 3365 The Story of Early Africa FALL 2022
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 3:00 - 4:15 PM
Set of 3 hand carved and painted African colonial statues from the Ivory Coast, circa 1940s, https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/figurative-sculptures/ set-of-3-hand-carved-african-colonial-statues/id-f_14836472/
MODERN AFRICA THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA Over the winter of 1885-6, the major powers of Europe met in Berlin to carve up the African continent into colonies and spheres of influence, initiating new and oppressive forms of colonialism. This event came to be known as the ‘Scramble for Africa’ and it is now a turning point in Western narratives that emphasize a legacy of European exploitation of the continent. But Africans continued to innovate and change their world, making modernity in their own fashion. In this course, students will be asked to challenge this conventional narrative of modern Africa and conceptualize a history of modernity from an African perspective.
HIST 3366 The Story of Modern Africa WINTER 2023
MONDAYS 4:30 - 7:00 PM
CANADA AT WAR
LEARN TO GENERATE STORIES OF THE PAST A combined lecture-seminar course on a selected topic in twentieth-century history. Course content will vary from year to year, depending on the faculty member who is teaching the course.
HIST 3385 Selected Topics in Twentieth-Century History FALL 2022
TUESDAYS 4:30 - 7:00 PM
Otto Dix “The War” 1936
HISTORIOGRAPHY WITH INSTRUCTOR ARTHUR MCCALLA
AN EXAMINATION OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NATURE AND VALUE OF HISTORICAL INQUIRY AND HISTORICAL WRITING
HIST 3390 Historiography WINTER 2023
WEDNESDAYS 4:30-7:00 PM
Screen shot of Herodotos taken by Arthur McCalla from the video game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey [video game], Ubisoft, 2018
HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY WITH INSTRUCTOR JONATHAN ROBERTS
LEARN TO GENERATE STORIES OF THE PAST An introduction to the wide variety of source materials that can be used to generate stories about the past. Some topics include genetic material as historical evidence, language as a vessel of historical knowledge, oral tradition, cartography as history and myth, and how to mine rumors and gossip for historical evidence. Students will be asked to choose a particular source material and write a research paper about how it contains information about the past.
This course is open to everyone, but required for History Majors.
HIST 3391 Historical Methodology FALL 2022
FRIDAYS 9:00 - 11:45 AM
Helen Creighton with the Gallagher family, Chebucto Head c. 1950. L-R: Edmund, Catherine, Donald and Mac Gallagher; Helen Creighton Fonds, NSARM, https://www.helencreighton.org/helen-creighton-album/
REBELS AGAINST MODERNITY WITH INSTRUCTOR JONATHAN ROBERTS
BREAKING THE FORCES OF MODERNITY AND CAPITALISM A course about social movements that broke with the forces of modernity and capitalism during the modern era in order to form temporary autonomous zones based on radically egalitarian principles. Some topics will include religious havens, pirate utopias, the Paris Commune, anarcho-syndicalist collectives, feminism in post-revolutionary societies, agricultural communes and eco-villages.
HIST 4480 Rebels against Modernity WINTER 2023
THURSDAYS 4:30-7:00 PM
This course requires written permission from the instructor or department chair.
The Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Hand-coloured etching, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luddite.jpg
Frances Gwendolyn Castens in her Noah’s Ark costume, worn when skating, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1890s.jpg, By Notman Studio - Mary K. Sterling NSARM accession no. 1995-122 no. 1 / neg. no.: N-8544 [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25195961
MARITIME WOMEN
WITH INSTRUCTOR MARTHA WALLS
Examine the historical experiences of women in the Maritime Provinces. Drawing on key secondary sources and building on students’ own research projects, this course explores how factors such as ethnicity, religion, class, family, ability, and political ideologies shaped women’s experiences in the Maritime provinces. Special emphasis is placed on women’s participation in cultural, political, social, and economic movements in the region to the 21st century.
HIST 4481 History Seminar: North America - Maritime Women WINTER 2023
THURSDAYS 4:30 - 7:00 PM
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Cover Photo Jason de Caires Taylor, Vessitudes, 2006, Concrete and Steel Rebar https://www.underwatersculpture.com/wp-content/gallery/viccisitudes/ vicissitudes-005-jason-decaires-taylor-sculpture.jpg_backup