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01Apr2019
Professor Michelle Murphy

Michelle Murphy awarded 2019 Fleck Prize

Congratulations to Professor Michelle Murphy, who was awarded the 2019 Ludwik Fleck Prize for The Economization of Life (Duke University Press 2017). This prestigious prize recognizes an outstanding b...

27Feb2019
Julie MacArthur in studio

Julie MacArthur - Destination: Africa

Listen to the interview on Soundcloud On today’s episode of the VIEW to the U podcast we are talking mapping borders and territories and its impact on identities in Africa in the late 19th and early...

28Jan2019
Image of Professor James Retallack in his office

James Retallack has been awarded the Central European History Society's Hans Rosenberg Book Prize

James Retallack, a professor in the University of Toronto's department of history, has been awarded the Central European History Society’s Hans Rosenberg Book Prize for his 2017 book, Red Saxony: ...

21Dec2018

Nhung Tran spills "Secrets from 17th Century Vietnam"

Listen to the CDTS Podcast with Kevin Lewis O'Neill here! The history of the Catholic Church is deeply guarded. But what was it really like to be a Vietnamese Catholic during the 17th and 18th century...

19Dec2018
St Lawrence Market circa 1888

Jeffrey Pilcher and Daniel Bender share what's on the (19th-century) Christmas menu

What was Christmas dinner like in the 19th century? A holiday feast in Victorian Toronto would look different than one today, but many traditions were similar. “If you were sitting at a typical di...

30Oct2018

Jennifer Jenkins speaks on German Chancellor Merkel's retirement

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Modern German History Jennifer Jenkins speaks with CTV's Critical Mention, on Angela Merkel's decision to retire after her current term as German Chanc...

16Oct2018

Heidi Bohaker comments on rare find of 340-year-old map of Toronto

Geographer Rick Laprairie has been studying early maps of the Great Lakes for about 25 years, but he recently came across what he calls "a piece of Toronto history that no one else had really noticed"...

14Sep2018

Sean Mills Named to Royal Society of Canada's College for Emerging Scholars

Democracy is under threat in many places globally, from the suppression of voting rights and influence of money in political campaigns to the collapse of longstanding democratic institutions. For Yas...

10Sep2018
Philip Creighton (1929-2018)

In Memorium - Philip Creighton

The Department of History lost a good friend last month with the passing of Philip Creighton (1929–2018). Together with several historians, donors, and friends, Philip was one of the founders of the...

12Jul2018
Order of Canada medals

Bob Bothwell named to Order of Canada

More than two dozen leading lights associated with the University of Toronto have been recognized by the Order of Canada – one of the country's highest civilian honours. The long list of luminaries...

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