Department of History

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What we do as Dalhousie historians

Navigate our departmental strengths, research profiles, and teaching priorities

Violence and the Past

How has coercion, force, and brutality shaped society?

Images - Still and Moving

Historians exploring visuality and the past

Sectarianism and Society

Understanding the roots of intra-religious conflict in the modern era

The Atlantic World (16-19th c.)

Leading scholars examine the historical intersection of Africa, Europe, and the Americas

Dissent and the State

Why do revolutions happen?

Enslavement and Slavery Institutions

Tracing the impact of humans owning other humans

Lawyers and Comptrollers

Exploring how and why societies regulate themselves

Dalhousie University

Department of History

About

What we do as Dalhousie historians

Navigate our departmental strengths, research profiles, and teaching priorities

Violence and the Past

How has coercion, force, and brutality shaped society?

Read More...

How has coercion, force, and brutality shaped society?

Images - Still and Moving

Historians exploring visuality and the past

Read More...

Historians exploring visuality and the past

Sectarianism and Society

Understanding the roots of intra-religious conflict in the modern era

Read More...

Understanding the roots of intra-religious conflict in the modern era

The Atlantic World (16-19th c.)

Leading scholars examine the historical intersection of Africa, Europe, and the Americas

Read More...

Leading scholars examine the historical intersection of Africa, Europe, and the Americas

Dissent and the State

Why do revolutions happen?

Read More...

Why do revolutions happen?

Enslavement and Slavery Institutions

Tracing the impact of humans owning other humans

Read More...

Tracing the impact of humans owning other humans

Lawyers and Comptrollers

Exploring how and why societies regulate themselves

Read More...

Exploring how and why societies regulate themselves