History News

Controversy has become a recurring feature of FIFA World Cups. In conversation with our own Dr. Alan McDougall, the CBC examines FIFA's varied scandals over the years. Although the World Cup remains the world's premier sporting event, McDougall explains how FIFA's leadership and the current political context have combined to undermine fan's trust in new ways.

More news from Dr. Alan McDougall on the publication of his new book with Tony Shaw, Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches, published by Cambridge University Press.

Matthew Edwards, PhD Candidate in the History Department, has won the 2026 Georgina Feldberg Memorial Student Award in the History of Health and Medicine of the Canadian Journal of Health History.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Ismail Noyan has joined the History Department as Assistant Professor in the History of the Middle East.

Our own Dr. Alan McDougall recently spoke to Global News about the cultural and economic impacts of the FIFA World Cup coming to Canada. 

Good News!  Dr. Alan McDougall has just co-authored a new book with Tony Shaw:

Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches (Cambridge University Press, 2026).

Our own Dr. Alan McDougall has recently been a guest on two shows to speak about his new book, Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People's History of Liverpool F. C.

The History Department notes the passing of Professor Emeritus Eric Reiche, colleague and long-time History Chair who died at age 92 after a long illness. Eric got his PhD from the University of Delaware with a concentration on German history from 1870 to the post World War II era, but especially Nazi Germany. He also taught general European history since the French Revolution and Russian history from 1917 to the post World War II era. Eric is survived by his long-time partner Dr. Mary-Anne Cyphers-Reiche and two children.

Our own Dr. Alex Souchen, military and environmental historian of Canada, is UoG faculty point of contact for the 2026 Canadian Battlefields Foundation Study Tour.