Brock University Department of History

04/18/2026

On April 6 we celebrated the remarkable achievements of our award-winning History majors along with the stellar students who co-edited and contributed to Volume 11 of The General, our undergraduate History journal. Congratulations to them for their passionate commitment to making sense of the past.

You can read the new edition of The General here: https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/bujh/issue/view/274

Read the full story about our celebration here: https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/04/young-historians-make-their-mark-with-impactful-research/

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History students are sharpening their research skills and deepening their world perspectives, all while shedding light on the past to help better understand the present. Their insights are reflected in the Department of History’s recently launched Volume 11 of The ...

04/17/2026

Josh Manitowabi to join panel on settler colonialism.


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04/07/2026

Two of our History MA students are scheduled to present at Food: production, distribution, access and consumption an interdisciplinary virtual symposium hosted by the Brock University Faculty of Social Sciences

Ethan Moncion will present “Provincial Provisioning: The Diet and Food Supplies of the Provincial Marine”

Emma Craib will present “Cooking Up Identity: Israeli Nation Building and Rationing Policy 1949-1959"

Tuesday, April 14
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

All welcome!

Please register here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FRGudvwe8kqlNuKyRDrxoHbLtDGcsRVOqNDWhHWH1y1UME5MTzRMWERQNjFXNUxTWFpFR0FMVVRBMy4u

04/07/2026

On Monday 13 April, Brock students from our MA program, as well as the HUMA PhD program and Honours CANA, are giving Lightning Talks at the Niagara Falls Public Library!

To attend, please register here:

Join members of Brock History for Lightning Talks, 5-minute presentations on exciting research happening across the department. Speakers include members of the Brock MA in History, who will present …

03/07/2026

Want to find out what our young scholars are up to? Check out this virtual session hosted by the Niagara on the Lake Museum. On February 18, six History MA students - along with two Ph.D. students in Brock's Interdisciplinary Humanities Ph.D. program and one postdoctoral fellow in the History Department - presented illuminating snapshots of their research.

Thanks to the museum and to our graduate program director, Dr. Jessica Clark, for making this happen - and now, for making it available to the public. Check it out at your leisure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzQAWDmiqyc

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Watch 'history in the making' as nine history graduate students from Brock University, under the guidance of Associate Professor Jess Clark, each give a 5 mi...

02/27/2026

Our very own Dr. Mark Spencer, renowned scholar of Enlightenment thinking and the American Revolution, will kick off the Niagara Parks Heritage Speaker Series at Old Fort Erie commemorating the Revolution's 250th anniversary.

His talk, "1776: Events and Ideas in the American Revolutionary World," will be on Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m. See below for more information and to reserve your ticket.

https://www.niagaraparks.com/events/event/heritage-speaker-series-at-old-fort-erie

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Travel back to 1776 as Old Fort Erie commemorates the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with a powerful speaker series that brings this pivotal era to life.

02/27/2026

Check out our spring 2026 course offerings!

Unfortunately, HIST 2P76 has been cancelled for Spring 2026.

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02/27/2026

A new book by our Middle East specialist, Behnaz Mirzai, has been nominated for an Association of American Publishers award. Warmest congratulations!

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02/26/2026

Liz Vlossak to offer Swift History course again in Spring 2026!

What do Brock University’s Archives and Special Collections have to do with Taylor Swift? More than most people might think, says Elizabeth Vlossak. The Associate Professor of History will reveal the connections this spring when students in her A ...

02/19/2026

It's not too late to register! See below.

Mark your calendars! Please join us for the annual Charles A. Sankey Lecture in Masonic Studies, presented jointly by Brock University and the Ontario Masons. This year's speaker is the eminent historian Dr. Susan Mitchell Sommers.

She will be speaking on Sunday, March 22, 2026, 3 p.m., in Sean O’Sullivan Theatre on the Brock University campus.

Tickets are free, but please register in advance: https://sankeylectures.ca/tickets/

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