Laurier History Department

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This is the official page for the WLU Department of History. History is the study of the thoughts, actions and achievements of human beings over time. It communicates a profound and practical understanding of how our world came into being by teaching students how to study events in historically-aware ways. History provides a methodology for research and critical thinking which is essential in most

professions and walks of life. It acquaints students with important concepts, events and people, and builds their cultural literacy. History promotes a depth of understanding of ourselves and others by heightening critical thinking, deepening global understanding, and enhancing aesthetic and moral awareness. The skills History provides are invaluable in such varied professions as the law, education, journalism and public and international service. The History Department at Laurier is one of the most comprehensive and dynamic in Canada. The size and diversity of our program allows us to offer students an extensive education in History without imposing on them a package of required courses. It offers 23 full-time faculty with research and teaching expertise across the globe. We have particular geographic strengths in African, Middle-Eastern, Canadian, and American, European and East Asian history along with thematic strengths in military, business, cultural, social, gender and political history. The Department places singular emphasis on smaller class experiences where students get to know their instructors. We believe that this is the basis of a quality education and we think that it helps explain the excellence and high achievements of our students. The Department also promotes interactive and engaged learning by offering a public history practicum and travel course opportunities. History at Laurier is about more than just interesting topics, dynamic teaching and skills acquisition; it is about an approach to learning geared to producing the impressive citizens who will make Canada’s future.

02/05/2025

Check us out on instagram. We are shifting over there!

09/24/2024

We have finally set up an Instagram page! We will be transitioning over there. Lookout for laurierhistory. We got in under the 15 year mark!

A history of what has become a hot button issue: the straw! Plastic straws were only a small part of a 7,000 year histor...
08/27/2024

A history of what has become a hot button issue: the straw! Plastic straws were only a small part of a 7,000 year history!

The journey of how man’s most loyal drinking companion for the last 700 years became 2018’s biggest villain.

08/27/2024

ONE WEEK! Incoming students move into Laurier Residences starting Aug. 30 in Waterloo and Sept. 1 in Brantford. 🏡

Find out what to pack, where to go and how to plan ahead to make your first day GOLDEN! https://ow.ly/bsf050SX4QL

Today people around the globe celebrate Emancipation Day! Read some fascinating local history and context from Stroll he...
08/01/2024

Today people around the globe celebrate Emancipation Day! Read some fascinating local history and context from Stroll here!

Congratulations to Cody and Maglyn!
06/26/2024

Congratulations to Cody and Maglyn!

Did you know your history faculty teach courses to lifelong leaners as well as students? The learning journey can contin...
06/18/2024

Did you know your history faculty teach courses to lifelong leaners as well as students? The learning journey can continue even after graduation.

Is there a subject you love teaching about? Become a Lifelong Learning !

This paid opportunity allows you to teach a 90-minute lecture in the Fall, Winter or Spring to a room full of engaged learners in Waterloo.

Apply today! https://ow.ly/VEEW50SbZxM

06/13/2024

Course registration doesn't just start on the day you register. It's all about the preparation.

• Graduate students: May 15
• Incoming first-year: June 26 at 3 p.m.
• Returning & transfer: July 2 to July 5

Find the course registration guide ➡️ https://ow.ly/RW0X50ROLNH

05/29/2024

Did you know that we have an undergraduate journal? Come check out and read the top fourth-year seminar papers from this year! Congratulations to the authors on their excellent work!

A grim but fascinating history on the history of marital r**e. Countries throughout the British Empire adopted their law...
05/15/2024

A grim but fascinating history on the history of marital r**e. Countries throughout the British Empire adopted their laws of coverture, wherein a wife lost her legal identity upon marriage. This meant she did not have the ability to consent to s*x. Nineteenth-century feminists helped change the law.

At a time when women had limited rights, writers found ways to raise the issues of coercion and control.

"Rent parties reached their peak during the years of the Great Depression, but some were still being thrown after World ...
05/10/2024

"Rent parties reached their peak during the years of the Great Depression, but some were still being thrown after World War II. Billie Holiday continued to perform “Strange Fruit,” a meditation on lynchings. For hundreds of thousands of Black people, rent parties were much more than an exuberant pastime well into the 1950s. They were a gasp of freedom in a country that doubled as a chokehold."

During the Harlem Renaissance, some Black people hosted rent parties, celebrations with an undercurrent of desperation in the face of racism and discrimination.

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