Faculty
| Name | Area | Contact |
Assistant Professor History | Africa (especially the Anglophone West), Environment and health in the colonial world, Science and technology, Urban and public health development, Peace and conflict, Nigeria since the precolonial era, Indigenous knowledge. |
Office: Cle B 212 |
Professor History | Thematic interests include the history of human rights, torture, sex crimes, religious freedom, satire and political expression, censorship of the press and entertainment. Geographically, my research mostly focuses on Europe between 1500 and 1750. |
Office: Cle B205 |
Professor History | Modern European Political History, Military History, Social History. |
Office: Cle B236 |
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair History | Modern South Asia History, Global History, Cultural and Intellectual History |
Office: Cle B234 |
Professor History and Centre for Studies in Religion and Society | Intersections between secularism, religious radicalization, securitization, post-colonialism, and religious identity in contemporary Canada. |
Office: Sed B102 |
Professor and Graduate Director History | Canadian. Post-Confederation Canadian political and constitutional history |
Office: Cle B203 |
Professor History | World. Modern Middle Eastern History; World History; Colonial Land Policies |
Office: CLE B223 |
Professor History | Socioeconomic history of late imperial China, sociopolitical history of Republican China, urban history of China, local history of the Lower Yangzi Region, global history of the Chinese diaspora, and Chinese environmental history during the Little Ice Age (1400-1900). |
Office: Cle B209 |
Professor History | American History, History of Sexuality and LGBTQ2S+ History, Food History. |
Office: Cle B202 |
Professor and Department Chair History | Marine Environmental History, Pacific Coast History, Modern American History, US International Relations |
Office: Cle A203c |
Associate Professor History | Pre-Confederation Canadian History. |
Office: Cle B228 |
Associate Professor, History. Director, Latin American Studies History | Colonial and early national Latin American intellectual history, global cultural history. |
Office: Cle B227 |
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor History | British. English legal and institutional history, history of crime, policing and punishment in Western societies |
Office: Cle B218 |
Lecturer History | European History (Not available to supervise). |
Office: Cle B214 |
Lecturer History | Canadian History, American History. Cultural identity and pluralism, with a focus on North American religion (Not available to supervise). |
Office: Cle B206 |
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advisor History | Social, cultural, and political history in 20th century Britain; history of propaganda, publicity, and public relations; mass media; tourism in 20th century Britain. |
Office: Cle B213 |
Assistant Professor History | European. Medieval Legal and Social History; Manuscript Studies |
Office: Cle B230 |
Lecturer History and Hispanic and Italian Studies | European, Early Modern Colonialism, Latin America (Not available to supervise). |
Office: Cle B403 |
Professor History | Canadian History. History of Indigenous Settler relations and more broadly the history of the creation and interaction of different racial groups in the Pacific Northwest. |
Office: Cle B221 |
Professor History | Canadian History, Women’s and Gender History, the Social History of Ethnicity, Religion/Irreligion and Atheism, History of Feminism. |
Office: Cle B222 |
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair History and Environmental Studies | Environmental history, Historical marine ecology, Marine conservation |
Office: Cle B216 |
Associate Professor History | Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England; crime, trial, execution, last dying confessions; early modern print and manuscript culture and shorthand; Stuart conspiracy theories and conspiratorial politics. |
Office: Cle B211 |
Professor Associate Vice-President Research | Inclusive modes of truth-telling, transitional justice, memory, human rights, and cultural interventions in the construction of historical narratives after state violence. | |
Associate Professor History and Indigenous Studies | Indigenous sport history, late-nineteenth century to present, with a focus on Olympic history and Indigenous land rights. |
Office: Cle B303 |
Associate Professor and Honours Adviser History | European. Modern Germany; cinema and society; media and scandal |
Office: Cle B207 |
Professor History and Political Science | European. 20th Century European and German history |
Office: SSM A345 |
Associate Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator History | European History, German History, Holocaust History, Tourism History, Public History |
Office: Cle B204 |
Assistant Teaching Professor History and Gender Studies | Race/racism, antiracism, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, colonialism and decolonization, children, youth, age, animals, social justice. |
Office: Cle B306 |
Professor, Provost’s Engaged Scholar, 2020-2025 History | Canadian and American. Race, immigration, inequality, and urban. |
Office: Cle B232 |
Professor History | Colonial histories of poverty, race and gender; community-engaged research on sustainable economies and food systems. |
Office: Cle B229 |
Associate Professor History | Early modern France and Europe; History of policing, crime and criminal procedure; Money and counterfeiting; the French Revolution, revolt and resistance; Communication and popular political culture. |
Office: Cle B224 |
Associate Teaching Professor and Director, Religion, Culture and Society Program History and Political Science | Historical and contemporary intersections among politics, society, law, and religion; Middle East politics and history; political theory within historical as well as comparative contexts; world history; histories of religious traditions; intellectual and cultural history. |
Office: Cle D278 |
Professor History and Political Science | Asian. Modern and contemporary China from the late 1800s to the present |
Office: SSM A335 |
Professor History and Germanic & Slavic Studies | European History. Russia, Ukraine, Soviet Union History. |
Office: Cle D245 |
Professor History | Canadian and European. History of the Royal Canadian Navy, anti-submarine warfare, science, technology and war, the rescue of refugee academics from Germany in the 1930s |
Office: Cle B225 |
Faces of UVic Research videos
Faces of UVic Research is a series of "elevator pitch" style videos showcasing the passion and commitment of UVic researchers. It's a great way to discover what our faculty are studying, which can help you choose a supervisor who fits your interests.
Faces of UVic Research: Elizabeth Vibert
Dr. Elizabeth Vibert is a Professor with the Department of History at the University of Victoria Faculty of Humanities. In this video, Elizabeth discusses her research on how social inequities have been made historically. Learn more at: Faces of UVic research: https://www.youtube.com/facesofuvicresearch UVic's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/Uvic UVic research: http://www.uvic.ca/research UVic: http://www.uvic.ca/
Faces of UVic Research: Sara Beam
Dr. Sara Beam is an Associate Professor with the Department of History at the University of Victoria Faculty of Humanities. In this video, Sara talks about her research on 16th & 17th century judicial torture and what lessons we can learn from the past. Learn more at: Faces of UVic research: https://www.youtube.com/facesofuvicresearch UVic's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/Uvic UVic research: http://www.uvic.ca/research UVic: http://www.uvic.ca/
Faces of UVic Research: Jordan Stanger Ross
Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross is a Professor with the Department of History at the University of Victoria Faculty of Humanities. In this video, Jordan talks about his research on the history of race and ethnicity. Learn more at: Faces of UVic research: https://www.youtube.com/facesofuvicresearch UVic's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/Uvic UVic research: http://www.uvic.ca/research UVic: http://www.uvic.ca/See more videos from the History playlist on YouTube.