History

Visit the largest Scottish archival collection outside of the UK.

The library at the University of Guelph contains one of the largest collections of Scottish material outside of the United Kingdom, including both printed materials on Scottish and Scottish-Canadian topics and a large amount of manuscript source material in the form of letters and business documents.

Dr. Graeme Morton
Scottish Studies Foundation Chair
gmorton@uoguelph.ca

Sessional and Teaching Assistant Positions:

The University of Guelph maintains a central database and application process site for all available Sessional and GTA positions on campus, including those that will be offered by the History Department for the current semester. Visit our sessional job posting page.

The Department of History welcomes postdoctoral researchers, particularly those holding Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) fellowships. We encourage all applicants to consider working with Department faculty members with similar research interests.

The University of Guelph is also Canada’s top ranked comprehensive university, situated in one of the best cities in one of the best countries in the world! We offer:

The regular deadline for applications for History Graduate Studies starting Sept 2024 was Feb 1, 2024. The OUAC portal automatically closed on this date.

         Alert! Graduate Funding for Research in Travel & Tourism w. Prof. Kevin James

Our graduate students receive generous, guaranteed funding packages with their offer of admission.

• MA students receive funding over up to 4 semesters
• PhD students receive funding over 12 semesters

In both cases, they may be made up of:

About the Doctorate

Application Requirements:

• a degree in history, or its equivalent, with at least a high second class or 'B/B+' average
• included with the application, a statement of intent describing proposed area of study and proposed thesis topic
• academic transcripts, minimum two academic references, and other relevant materials required by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.