About the department
Our scholarship and teaching reflect our expertise in several areas: law and society, gender and sexuality, war and peace, science and the environment, public history and memory, media and popular culture, genocide and human rights, and transnationalism and empire. The research of our faculty spans the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Department firsts
- Canada’s first undergraduate program in Public History
- courses in genocide and human rights studies
- a minor in Law & Society
Our facilities
Our modern multimedia facilities bring history to life through images, texts, and sound recordings. Your access to multimedia facilities will support your learning through image and sound, as well as the written word.
Broad selection of courses
Complement your studies with thematic courses such as film in history, gender, the history of peace and war or environmental history.
Commitment to effective and accessible instruction is a hallmark of the department.
Our research centres
Unique in Canada, our department also houses two research centres – COHDS & CaPSL – that treat oral and digital history and the public presentation of history and culture. Together with our undergraduate honours program in public history, these emphasize scholarship, training, and policy development that involve the wider public’s involvement in history.
Our faculty
Our faculty are dedicated to excellence in the classroom and to mentoring a diverse and accomplished group of undergraduate and graduate students. Our emphasis on digital technologies, new methodologies, and broad audiences makes Concordia an ideal place to examine the past while engaging with the present.
