Research

SELECTED RESEARCH CURRENTLY UNDERWAY BY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY FACULTY

Department of History instructors conduct research to expand our understanding of earlier times and their meanings. They engage actively in their studies, not only in the cause of good scholarship, but to serve the broad public interest in the past and in defining its influence on today’s world.

Below are examples of research projects currently underway by the department’s faculty in 2026-27.

 

CARL BENN

Book tentatively titled The Royal Ontario Museum: A History to 1947.

Book tentatively titled Museums: Origins, Diversities, Functions, and Challenges.

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THOMAS H. GRENIER

Chapter on the reception of ancient Egypt across Toronto’s cultural and social landscape for a Global History of the Reception of Ancient Egypt (co-written with Stephen Ficalora)

Working paper on the use and significance of lapis-lazuli in interactions between Egypt and A-Group Nubia during the late fourth millennium BC

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INGRID HEHMEYER

Journal article titled “The Pharmaceutical Profession in Medieval Miniature Painting.”

Book chapter titled “The Story of Bayad and Riyad: On the Role of Water in a Thirteenth-Century Manuscript from al-Andalus”

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RECENT BOOKS BY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY INSTRUCTORS

Recent books published by instructors in the Department of History include the following.

JENNIFER TUNNICLIFFE, ed.

Revisiting Human Rights in Canada

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FARZIN VEJDANI

Private Since, Public Crimes: Policing, Punishment, and Authority in Iran

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DAVID MACKENZIE AND PATRICE DUTIL

Un pays en conflit: la tumultueuse élection canadienne de 1917

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ROSS FAIR

Improving Upper Canada: Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852

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BOOK AND ARTICLE AWARDS

Department of History instructors have enjoyed the benefit of being recognized for their scholarship.

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