Please Note: Divisions are for students you entered into a History Program (Specialist or Major) in 2020-2021 and prior.
History courses are grouped into three geographic divisions 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.
Division I: Asia, Africa, Middle East
1st Year Course
(N.B. 1st year courses do not fulfil the Division requirement of a HIS program.)
| Course Code | Course Title |
| HIS101Y1 | Histories of Violence |
| HIS102Y1 | Empires, Encounters and Exchanges |
| HIS107Y1 | Approaches to Modern East Asian History |
| HIS108Y1 | What is History? |
| HIS110Y1 | Connected Histories from Dakar to Jakarta |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EAS245H1 | Premodern Japanese History |
| EAS246H1 | Early Modern Japanese History |
| EAS247H1 | History of Capitalism in Modern Japan |
| EAS271H1 | 20th Century Korean History |
| EAS348H1 | Gift, Plunder and Exchange: Japan and World History |
| EAS364H1 | China's Cultural Revolution: History and Memory |
| EAS372H1/Y1 | The Postwar, Cold War and Divided Koreas |
| EAS374H1 | Modern Japan and Colonialism |
| EAS459Y1 | Rethinking the Cold War in East Asia |
| EAS464H1 | The Korean War |
| EAS473H1 | Modern Korean History Seminar |
| EAS475Y1 | Issues in East Asian Historiography |
| EAS484Y1 | The Japanese Empire |
| 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 |
| HIS464H1 | Religion and Violence in Comparative Perspective |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| HIS295Y1 | History of Africa |
| HIS297Y1 | History of Africa from a Gender Perspective |
| HIS313H1 | Animal 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 |
| HIS413H1 | Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World |
| HIS446H1 | Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World |
| HIS464H1 | Religion and Violence in Comparative Perspective |
| HIS481H1 | Elite Women, Power, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Africa |
| HIS486H1 | Writing and Masculinity in Africa |
You can find descriptions of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations history courses in the Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar.
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS208Y1 | History of the Jewish People |
| HIS304H1 | Topics in Middle East History |
| HIS339H1 | History of Modern Israel |
| HIS370H1 | Modern Palestine |
| NMC275H1 | The Mongol Empire and the World it Made |
| NMC278H1 | Introduction to the Modern Middle East |
| NMC355H1 | The Ottoman Empire in the Age of Reform, 1808-1918 |
| NMC373H1 | Iran in the 20th Century |
| NMC376H1 | History of Islamic Spain and North Africa , 640-1492 |
| NMC377Y1 | The Ottoman Empire to 1800 |
| NMC378H1 | Modern Arab History |
| NMC475H1 | Orientalism and Occidentalism |
| NMC477H1 | Modern Turkey |
| NMC479H1 | Nationalism in the Arab World |
Division II: The Americas
1st Year Course
(N.B. 1st year courses do not fulfil the Divisionl requirement of a HIS program.)
| Course Code | Course Title |
| HIS100Y1 | History of the Arctic |
| HIS101Y1 | Histories of Violence |
| HIS106Y1 | Natives, Settlers and Slaves: Colonizing the Americas, 1492-1804 |
| HIS108Y1 | What is History? |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CDN230H1 | Asian Canadian History |
| CDN280H1 | Canadian Jewish History |
| CDN340H1 | The History of Canadian-U.S. Relations |
| CDN390H1 | Chinese Canadian Studies |
| CIN201Y1 | Film Cultures I: Art and Industry |
| HIS264H1 | Critical Issues in Canadian History |
| HIS268H1 | Law and History |
| HIS300H1 | Energy Cultures in North American History |
| HIS310H1 | Histories of North American Consumer Culture |
| HIS311Y1 | Introduction to Canadian International Relations |
| HIS312H1 | Immigration to Canada |
| HIS314H1 | Quebec and French Canada |
| HIS318H1 | The "Wild" West in Canada |
| HIS358H1 | Canadian History in 100 Objects |
| HIS360H1 | Critical Histories of the Black Canadian Experience |
| HIS363H1 | Dynamics of Gender in Canadian History |
| HIS366H1 | Aboriginal Peoples of the Great Lakes from 1815 to the Present |
| HIS369H1 | Aboriginal Peoples of the Great Lakes from 1500 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 in Comparative Historical 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 |
| HIS464H1 | Religion and Violence in Comparative Perspective |
| HIS466H1 | Topics in Canadian History |
| HIS472H1 | Indigenous-Newcomer Relations in Canadian History |
| HIS484H1 | The Car in North American History |
| HIS492H1 | Empire & Colonization in the French Atlantic World |
| INS200H1 | Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience |
| INS201Y1 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics |
| INS205H1 | Indigenous Worldviews, Spiritual and Healing Traditions |
| INS300Y1 | Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition |
| INS301Y1 | Native Language and Culture |
| INS351Y1 | Indigenous Legends & Teaching |
| INS352H1 | Indigenous Leadership, Policy and Practices in Canada |
| INS353H1 | First Nations Politics in Canada |
| INS360Y1 | Politics and Process of Reconciliation in Canada |
| SMC377H1 | The Scots in Cape Breton |
| SMC413H1 | The Irish and the Scots in Canada |
| SMC416H1 | Irish Nationalism in Canada |
| SMC444H1 | The Great Irish Famine in an International Context |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CDN340H1 | The History of Canadian-U.S. Relations |
| 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 Cultures in North American History |
| HIS310H1 | Histories of North American Consumer Culture |
| HIS345H1 | History and Film |
| HIS365H1 | History of the Great Lakes Region |
| HIS366H1 | Aboriginal Peoples of the Great Lakes from 1815 to the Present |
| HIS369H1 | Aboriginal Peoples of the Great Lakes from 1500 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 or Y1 | History of the Cold War |
| HIS404H1 | Topics in U.S. History |
| HIS411H1 | Great Trials in History |
| HIS463H1 | Cloth in American History to 1865 |
| HIS464H1 | Religion and Violence in Comparative Perspective |
| HIS465Y1 | Gender and International Relations |
| HIS473H1 | The United States and Asia Since 1945 |
| HIS479H1 | U.S. Foreign Policy Since WW II |
| HIS484H1 | The Car in North American History |
| HIS487H1 | Animal and Human Rights in Anglo-American Culture |
| HIS497H1 | Animal Politics and Science |
| SMC444H1 | The Great Irish Famine in an International Context |
| WGS481H1 | Gender, Sexuality and Black Liberation from Black Power to #BlackLivesMatter |
| 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 |
| HIS293H1 | The Making of the Atlantic World, 1480-1804 |
| JHN323H1 | Indigeneity in the Caribbean |
| HIS359H1 | Regional Politics and Radical Movements in the 20th Century Caribbean |
| HIS390H1 | Slavery in Latin America |
| HIS391Y1 | Black Freedom in the Atlantic World |
| 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 |
| HIS492H1 | Empire & Colonization in the French Atlantic World |
Division III: Europe
1st Year Course
(N.B. 1st year courses do not fulfil the Division requirement of a HIS program.)
| Course Code | Course Title |
| HIS100Y1 | History of the Arctic |
| HIS101Y1 | Histories of Violence |
| HIS103Y1 | Statecraft and Strategy: Introduction to the History of International Relations |
| HIS108Y1 | What is History? |
| HIS109Y1 | The Development of European Civilization, 1350-1945 |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS302H1 | Material Culture in Victoria Britain |
| HIS324H1 | British Imperial Experience, 1600-2000 |
| HIS337H1 | Culture, Politics and Society in18th Century British |
| HIS347H1 | The Country House in England 1837-1939 |
| HIS349H1 | The British Search for Identity: 1800 to the Present |
| HIS368H1 | Early Modern Britain, 1485-1660 |
| 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 |
| SMC444H1 | The Great Irish Famine in an International Context |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EUR200Y1 | Europe: Nation-State to Supranational Union |
| HIS202H1 | Gender, Race and Science |
| HIS208Y1 | History of the Jewish People |
| HIS220Y1 | The Shape of Medieval Society |
| HIS241H1 | Europe in the 19th Century |
| 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 | Modern Germany 1914 to the Present |
| HIS320H1 | Barbarian Invasions and the Fall of the Roman Empire |
| HIS321H1 | Dark Age Europe c. 600-1000 |
| HIS322H1 | The High Middle Ages |
| 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 |
| HIS336H1 | Medieval Spain |
| HIS338H1 | The Holocaust: Preconditions, Consolidation of Nazi Power, War, and Occupation (to 1942) |
| HIS341Y1 | Germany Among the Global Empires, 1840-2010 |
| HIS343H1 | History of Modern Intelligence |
| HIS344H1 | Conflict and Co-Operation in the International System Since 1945 (formerly HIS 344Y1) |
| HIS345H1 | History and Film |
| HIS354H1 | Men, Gender and Power in Europe from the Renaissance to the French Revolution |
| 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 |
| HIS386H1 | Fascism |
| HIS387H1 | France, 1610-1848 |
| HIS388H1 | France Since 1830 |
| HIS403H1 | Jews and Christians in Medieval and Renaissance Europe |
| HIS407H1 | Imperial Germany , 1871-1918 |
| 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 | The Social History of Medicine in the 19th and 20th Centuries |
| HIS424H1 | Violence in Medieval Society |
| HIS426H1 | Medieval Italy, 400-1000 |
| HIS427H1 | History and Historiography in the Golden Legend |
| HIS428H1 | Medieval Institutes of Perfection |
| 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 |
| HIS489H1 | History of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Illness |
| HIS493H1 | Humanity in War: The Modern Evolution of the Law of Armed Conflict |
| HPS318H1 | History of Medicine I |
| HPS319H1 | History of Medicine II |
| SMC337H1 | Early Celtic History 450-1000 |
| SMC378H1 | Ireland Since the Famine |
| TRN250Y1 | Ordering International Relations in the Age of Empire |
| VIC240Y1 | The Civilization of Renaissance Europe |
| VIC348Y0 | The Renaissance in the Cities |
| VIC441H1 | Michel de Montaigne: A Renaissance Life |
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HIS250Y1 | History of Russia , 860-1991 |
| 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 |
| HIS335H1 | Soviet Cultural History |
| HIS340H1 | The Ottoman Empire, 1800-1922 |
| HIS351Y1 | History of 20th 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 |
| HIS384H1 | The Baltic Sea Region from the Vikings to the Age of Nationalisms |
| HIS386H1 | Fascism |
| HIS401H1 | History of the Cold War |
| 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 |
| JHP451Y1 | The People from Nowhere |
| JHP454Y1 | 20th Century Ukraine |
| HIS459H1 | Soviet History and Film, 1921-1946 |
| HIS460H1 | Soviet History and Film, 1941-1991 |
| HIS461H1 | Poland in the 20th Century |
| HIS490H1 | Everyday Stalinism |