Faculty

Name	Area	Contact
Dr. Adebisi Alade Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advisor History	African History, Environmental History, History of Health and Medicine, Climate Change	Office: Cle B231 aladea@uvic.ca
Dr. Sara Beam Professor History	Early Modern European History, Social and Cultural History, Criminal Justice, Gender History	Office: Cle B205 sbeam@uvic.ca
Dr. Perry Biddiscombe Professor History	Modern European History, Political, Social, and Military History	Office: Cle B236 perrybid@uvic.ca
Dr. Neilesh Bose Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair History	Modern South Asia History, Global History, Cultural and Intellectual History	Office: Cle B234 nbose@uvic.ca website
Dr. Paul Bramadat Professor History and Centre for Studies in Religion and Society	Modern Canadian History, Religion, Secularism and Radicalization	On leave Office: Sed B102 bramadat@uvic.ca
Dr. Penny Bryden Professor History	Modern Canadian History, Political and Constitutional History, Scandal	Office: Cle B203 pbryden@uvic.ca
Dr. Martin Bunton Professor History	Modern Middle Eastern History, World History, Colonial Land Policies	Office: CLE B223 mbunton@uvic.ca
Dr. Zhongping Chen (陳忠平) Professor History	History of Late Imperial and Republican China, Chinese Diaspora, Environmental History of China, Climate Change	Office: Cle B209 zhchen@uvic.ca
Dr. Rachel Cleves Professor History	American History, History of Sexuality and LGBTQ2S+ History, Food History	On leave rcleves@uvic.ca
Dr. Jason Colby Professor and Department Chair History	Environmental History, Pacific Coast History, Humans and Climate Change, Modern American History, US International Relations	Office: Cle A203b histchr@uvic.ca 250-721-7383
Dr. Peter Cook Associate Professor History	Early Canadian History, Settler-Indigenous Relations, Immigration and Identity	Office: Cle B228 cookp@uvic.ca
Dr. Beatriz de Alba-Koch Associate Professor History	Colonial and Early National Latin American history, Intellectual History, Global Cultural History	Office: Cle B227 albakoch@uvic.ca
Dr. Simon Devereaux Professor and Undergraduate Advisor History	Early Modern British History, Criminal Justice, Political and Constitutional History	Office: Cle B218 devereau@uvic.ca
Dr. David Dolff Lecturer History	Modern European History, History of Soviet Union (Not available to supervise)	Office: Cle B214 ddolff@uvic.ca
Dr. Norm Fennema Lecturer History	Canadian History, American History, North American Religion (Not available to supervise)	Office: Cle B206 nfennema@uvic.ca
Dr. Mariel Grant Associate Professor History	Modern British History, Social and Cultural History, Mass Media, Propaganda, Tourism	Office: Cle B213 mlgrant@uvic.ca
Dr. Tim Haskett Assistant Professor History	Medieval European History, Legal and Social History, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Created Medieval History, Manuscript Studies	Office: Cle B230 thaskett@uvic.ca
Dr. John Lutz Professor History	British Columbia History, Pacific Northwest History, History of Indigenous-Settler Relations	Office: Cle B221 jlutz@uvic.ca
Dr. Lynne Marks Professor History	Modern Canadian History, Women’s and Gender History, North American Religion	Office: Cle B222 lsmarks@uvic.ca
Dr. Loren McClenachan Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair History and Environmental Studies	Environmental History, Historical Marine Ecology, Fisheries and Marine Conservation, Climate Change	Office: Cle B216 lorenm@uvic.ca website
Dr. Andrea McKenzie Professor History	Early Modern Britain, Crime and Legal History, Conspiratorial Politics, Manuscript Culture	Office: Cle B211 mckenzie@uvic.ca
Dr. Cynthia Milton Professor History	Modern Latin American History, Human Rights and Memory, Truth-Telling and Transitional Justice	Office: CLE B226 cmilton@uvic.ca
Dr. Christine O'Bonsawin Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor History and Indigenous Studies	Indigenous History, Colonialism, Decolonization, Sport and Olympic History	Office: Cle B303 cobonsaw@uvic.ca
Dr. Oliver Schmidtke Professor History and Political Science	Modern European History, Germany History, Migration and Identity	Office: SSM A345 ofs@uvic.ca
Dr. Kristin Semmens Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator History	Modern European History, German History, the Holocaust, Public History, History of Tourism	Office: Cle B204 ksemmens@uvic.ca
Dr. Georgia Sitara Assistant Teaching Professor History and Gender Studies	Modern Canadian History, Racism and Antiracism, History of Sexuality, Identity and Social Justice	On leave Office: Cle B306 gsitara@uvic.ca
Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross Professor, Provost’s Engaged Scholar, 2020-2025 History	Modern Canadian and American History, Urban History, Immigration and Dispossession	Office: Cle B232 jstross@uvic.ca
Dr. Elizabeth Vibert Professor History	African History, World History, Race and Gender, Sustainable Economies and Food Systems, Community Responses to Climate Change	Office: Cle B229 evibert@uvic.ca
Dr. Jill Walshaw Associate Professor and Honours Adviser History	Early Modern European History, French History, Political Culture, Crime and Counterfeiting	Office: Cle B224 jwalshaw@uvic.ca
Dr. Andrew M. Wender Associate Teaching Professor and Director, Religion, Culture and Society Program History and Political Science	Middle Eastern History, World History, Religion and Law	Office: Cle D278 amwender@uvic.ca
Dr. Serhy Yekelchyk Professor History and Germanic & Slavic Studies	Modern European History, History of Ukraine, History of Russia and the Soviet Union	Office: Cle D245 serhy@uvic.ca
Dr. David Zimmerman Professor History	Modern Canadian and European History, War and Technology, Immigration and Academic Refugees	Office: Cle B225 dzimmerm@uvic.ca