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Courses at the 400 level (often taught in conjunction with 500/600 level graduate courses) are smaller seminars. They allow students to engage in sustained conversations around more specialized topics and pursue original avenues of research.

Fall 2025

CLASS 400/505 SEM A1 - Topics in Culture & Society of Greco-Roman Antiquity
Medeas: Ancient and Modern
K. MacFarlane // T 14:00 - 16:50

CLASS 463/524 SEM A1 - Topics in Roman History
Dissent & Resistance in the Roman Empire
A Kemezis // W 14:00 - 16:50

GREEK 477/509 LEC A1 - Topics in Greek Prose
Selections from Lucian
J. Harris // MWF 11:00 - 11:50

HIST 403/614 SEM A1 - Topics in Medieval European History
J. Hendrickson // W 9:00 - 11:50

HIST 416 SEM A1 - Topics in Eastern European History
// T 9:30 - 12:20

HIST 428/628 SEM A1 - Topics in the History of Christianity
South Pacific Missionaries 1790-1920
J. Samson// T 9:30 - 12:20

HIST 460/660 SEM A1 - Topics in Canadian History
// M 9:00 - 11:50

HIST 460 SEM A1 - Topics in Canadian History
// W 18:00 - 21:00

HIST 494 SEM A1 - Topics in Comparative History
// W 14:00 - 16:50

HIST 496/696 SEM A1 - Topics in the History of Science
Extraterrestrial Life Debate
R. Smith// W 18:00 - 21:00

LATIN 406/506 LEC A1 - Topics in Latin Poetry
Ovid: Myth & Exile
A Kemezis // MWF 10:00 - 10:50

RELIG 422/520 SEM A1 - Advanced Studies in Islam
J. Hendrickson // W 9:00 - 11:50

RELIG 422/520 SEM A2 - Advanced Studies in Islam
Islam, Imperialism & Decolonization
J. Hill // TR 14:00 - 15:20
Description: This course critically examines how Muslims in various contexts relate to, respond to, and exceed colonial and imperial encounters with “Western Civilization.” Course readings centre Muslim and Global South voices while decentring the Orientalist assumptions that typically underlie academic discussions of Islam. In addition to showing how Muslims accommodate and resist imperial power relations and narratives, we will explore methods and concepts for centring Muslim voices and conceptions when seeking to understand Muslim lives and histories.

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Winter 2025

CLASS 477/ 517 SEM B1 - Topics in Roman Archaeology
Roman Arena Games
J. Rossiter // W 14:00 - 16:50

CLASS 480/516 SEM B1 - Topics in Archaeology of Roman Provinces
Petra and the Nabataeans
C. Harvey // M 14:00 - 16:50

GREEK 482/505 SEM B1 - Topics in Greek Poetry
Hellenistic Poetry
S. Stewart // TR 12:30 - 13:50

HIST 403 SEM B1/614 SEM B2 - Topics in Medieval European History
Medieval Masculinities
J. White // W 14:00 - 16:50

HIST 419/631 SEM B1 - Topics in Soviet History
Soviet Union at War 1939-1945
D. Marples // M 9:30 - 12:20

HIST 420/614 SEM B1 - Topics in Early Modern Europe
Early Modern European Empires
J. Patrouch // M 14:00 - 16:50

HIST 449/649 SEM B1 - Advanced Topics in Middle East History
Israel-Palestine in the Religious Imagination
A Marcus // T 14:00 - 16:50

HIST 450/662 SEM B1 - Indian Residential Schooling
E. Piper // R 13:00 - 15:50

HIST 467/664 SEM B1 - Topics in ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ History
Resource Politics
R. Dunch // M 14:00 - 16:50

HIST 481 SEM B1 - Chinese History
S. Stunden Bower // T 14:00 - 16:50

HIST 450/653 SEM B1 - American History
Sexuality in the 20th Century US
K. Burton // W 13:00 - 15:50

LATIN 410/510 SEM B1 - Topics in Latin Prose
Seneca’s De Brevitate Vitae
C. Mackay // MWF 13:00 - 13:50

RELIG 497 SEM B2/ 510 SEM B1 -Special Topics in Religious Studies
Israel-Palestine in the Religious Imagination
A Marcus // T 14:00 - 16:50
Description: The land from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean to the Jordan River has gone by many names and has been a place of central importance for religious communities for thousands of years. Today, the area known as Israel and Palestine is a site of ongoing turmoil – from systemic inequality to warfare and other forms of violence. This seminar is grounded in the premise that understanding the land’s religious significance is crucial for appreciating the motivations and concerns of different groups, past and present, who have been physically and spiritually connected to it. We examine the role of the “Holy Land” in the art, literature, and historical memory of Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and other communities. We consider how narratives of the past have shaped present realities, and how the stories we tell about the land, its sites, and peoples continue to inform how we envision its many possible futures.