History

In the Winter of 2010, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in the History Department, along with a few Political Science graduate students at the University of Guelph, started to hold bi-weekly seminars under the name of the Middle East Scholars Society (MESS), to promote a neutral understanding of the history, culture and politics of Middle Eastern and Northern African (ME-NA) countries.

Our handbooks, guidelines, and templates provide a full description of our MA and PhD programs and their regulations. 

The History Department is home to a community of active scholars with particular strengths in the histories of aboriginal peoples, tourism, environment, food and animals, rural life, Scotland, gender and the medieval world, and more.

Our Research Groups  

Department Chair

Dr. Matthew Hayday

• Office: 2013 MacKinnon Extension
• (519) 824-4120 ex. 56052
• mhayday@uoguelph.ca

Administrative Assistant to the Chair

Kathryn Hughes

• Office: 2014 MacKinnon Extension
• (519) 824-4120 ex. 53888
• histadmin@uoguelph.ca