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History

Faculty

Voicemails can be left for the Program Chair or any History faculty member at 250-740-6538

Stephen Davies

Professor
Office: Building 345, Room 122
Email: Stephen.Davies@viu.ca

Kenneth F. Duggan

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Professor
Office: Building 345, Room 119
Email: Kenneth.Duggan@viu.ca

Research Areas: Medieval England and Legal History

Topic Expertise: Criminal Law, Crime and Punishment, Legal and Political Institutions, Living Standards, Policing, Social Control, Statecraft

John Hinde

Program Chair / Professor
Office: Building 345, Room 125
Email: John.Hinde@viu.ca

Chelsea Horton

Instructor
Office: Building 345, Room 121
Email: Chelsea.Horton@viu.ca

Murat Inan

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Professor
Office: Building 345, Room 123
Email: Murat.Inan@viu.ca

Research Areas: medieval and early modern history, world history, Islamic history, history of the Middle East, comparative and transregional history
Topic Expertise: literary, cultural and intellectual history, culture and society, empires and imperial systems, connections and exchanges across Islamic Eurasia, philology, Sufism

Timothy Lewis

Professor
Office: Building 345, Room 128
Email: Timot hy.Lewis@viu.ca

Research Areas: Atlantic Canadian History, Canadian International Relations, Canadian Social History, Canadian Hockey

Topic Expertise: Advertising, Agriculture, Environment, History, Sports

Katharine Rollwagen

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Professor (Currently Acting Dean for Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
Office: Building 345, Room 118
Email: Katharine.Rollwagen@viu.ca

Research Areas: Canadian history, history of childhood, history of consumption, labour, and business, history of education, history of family, history of technology, gender history
Topic Expertise: Advertising, Child Welfare, Children, Education, Families, History, Marketing, Social Movements, Teaching, Women's Issues