Current Graduate Students
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PhD Candidates (Jump to MA Candidates or Recent Graduates)

Publications: http://uvic.academia.edu/StephenFielding
Supervisor: Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross.
Comprehensive fields: Canada, Migration and Ethnicity, Gender.
Dissertation: “Sporting Ethnicities: Italian and Portuguese Immigrants, Masculinity, and Urban Space in Postwar Canada.”
My research uses the history of sport to illuminate the formation of ethnic groups, the construction and contestation of gender norms, and the exchanges—both competitive and cooperative—that have characterized cosmopolitanism in Canada.
Megan Harvey: B.A. Honours, Anthropology (McGill University).
Supervisor: Dr. John S. Lutz.
Dissertation: Indigenous-state relations; Narrative, language, and power in social practice; Intersections of Anthropology and History; Community-based research.

Christa Hunfeld: B.A., Honours (Dalhousie University), M.A., History (University of Victoria).
Supervisor: Dr. Andrea McKenzie.
Dissertation: “Half Sciences”: Gendering Ancient Knowledge in Pre-Modern England.

Patricia Kidd: B.A., History in Art (University of Victoria), M.A., History (University of Victoria); Professional Specialization Certificate (CRM) 2007.
Supervisor: Dr. Simon Devereaux.
Dissertation: “The Origins of Marketing: Illustrated Advertising in Late Eighteenth Century London.”

Sarah Lebel Van Vugt: BA Honours, (Double Major) History and French, York University (Glendon College); MA, History, York University.
Comprehensive fields: Canada, Women/Gender, America.
Supervisor: Dr. Lynne S. Marks.
Dissertation: “Beauty and Bombs: Visual Culture and Canada’s Female War Workers, 1939-1945.”

Derek Murray: B.A. (Guelph), M.A. (Guelph).
Website: http://uvic.academia.edu/DerekMurray
Supervisors: Dr. Eric W. Sager and Dr. Peter A. Baskerville.
Comprehensive fields: Canadian History, Cultural History: Race, Gender, and Empire, and Digital History.
Dissertation: “A Colony of Unrequited Dreams”? A History of the Frontier in Canada West / Ontario, 1850-1950 (Working Title).

Lisa Pasolli: M.A. (University of New Brunswick), B.A. (University of Lethbridge).
Supervisor: Dr. Penny Bryden.
Comprehensive fields: Canadian, Women/Gender, American.
Dissertation: Child Care Politics in B.C., 1901-1988.

Maryanne Reed: BA, Honours (University of Regina); MA (University of Regina); PhD Candidate, ABD (University of Victoria).
Supervisor: Dr. Tom Saunders.
Comprehensive fields: Europe 1848-1945, Cultural History, 20th Century Canada.
Dissertation: “A Metropolis in Crisis: Representations of Weimar Berlin, 1929-1933.”
I examine cultural representations of Berlin in works produced between 1929 and 1933, the final years of Germany’s Weimar Republic. I look at novels, films, photomontages and other artwork, in addition to newspapers, to understand how contemporaries constructed and thus understood Berlin. My purpose is to look at the metropolis between 1929 and 1933 on its own terms, rather than interpreting the Weimar Republic from the perspective of its ultimate demise.
Axel Schoeber: B.Ed. (UBC); Master of Divinity, Master of Theology (Regent College); Doctor of Ministry (Faith Lutheran); M.A., Ph.D.
candidate--History (UVic).
Supervisor: Dr. Sara Beam.
Comprehensive fields: Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe, Religious History.
Dissertation: “Gerard Roussel: An Irenic Agent of Religious Change.”

MA Candidates (Jump to PhD Candidates or Recent Graduates)
Jill Ainsley: B.A. (Honours History), 1997.
Supervisor: Dr. Angus McLaren.
Thesis: I'm examining a series of poison trials that took place in Essex, England, in the mid-nineteenth century, in which the accused, all women, allegedly conspired together.
I've been working on my M.A. since 2006. Most of my time is spent with my two young children. Between finishing my B.A. and starting graduate school, I worked in various roles at Hansard Services at the Legislative Assembly of B.C., finishing off as the manager of transcript production. I recently completed a term as Co-Chair of the Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre Society.
Michael Blackwell: B.A., History and Political Science (University of Victoria).
Supervisor: Dr. Richard Rajala.
Thesis: “The Ecology and Culture of the Adams River Watershed: Forest Practices, River Exploitation and Indigenous Culture.”

My thesis focuses on the Adams River watershed of British Columbia’s Secwepemc (Shuswap) region, exploring the impact of deforestation, damming and log transportation on both salmon populations and salmon-based indigenous societies.
Meghan Bowe: B.A., B.F.A. (Simon Fraser University).
Supervisor: Dr. Oliver Schmidtke.

My research interests are Modern European history, particularly 20th century Germany, as well as cultural history. I am particularly interested in the roles of memory and identity in Modern European history.
Patrick Corbeil: B.A. (University of Victoria).
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Wood.
Thesis: "The Godless Fable: Atheism and the Philosophy of Bernard Mandeville."

Adam Hough: B.A., Honours (Trent University).
Supervisor: Dr. Mitchell Lewis Hammond.
Thesis: Understanding popular agency during the Hessian Reformation under Landgraf Phillip.
My historical interests are broad in scope. I have a background in Classics, as well as linguistics. My primary focus in my undergraduate education was 4th and early 5th century Roman history, though I have a soft spot for anything 16th century. Come to UVic! Free oatmeal bars in the GHSU!
Josh Johnston: B.A., History Major, Applied Ethics Minor: Philosophy/Political Science split (University of the Fraser Valley).
Supervisor: Dr. Tom Saunders.
Thesis: “Beyond Postmodernism: Friedrich Nietzsche and the Historiography of the Future.”

Recent Graduates (Jump to PhD Candidates or MA Candidates)
Steve Dove: B.Sc., Pharm (UBC).
Supervisor: Dr. Mitchell Lewis Hammond.
Thesis: “The reconstruction of pharmacist authority in British Columbia, 1965-1968.”

Bailee Erickson: B.A., Honours (Simon Fraser University), M.A. (University of Victoria).
Supervisor: Dr. Tom Saunders.

My current research interests include women's movements, the Cold War world, and 20th-century Germany. My thesis examines how West German women interpreted and applied their ideas of “autonomy” to concrete feminist projects during the 1960s and 1970s.
Crystal Fraser: B.A. (University of Alberta).
Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Vibert.
Thesis: “A Woman's Niche: Camp Life and the Gwich'in People.”

Stephen Harrison: B.A. (University of Victoria), M.A. (University of Victoria).
Supervisor: Dr. Penny Bryden.
Thesis: “The Alternative Vote in British Columbia: Values Debates and Party Politics.”

Samantha Morris: B.A., History and Sociology (University of Victoria).
Supervisor: Dr. Richard Rajala.
Thesis: “Mapping the family road trip: the automobile, the family, and outdoor recreation in postwar British Columbia.”

Margaret Robbins: B.A., Double Honours, History and Native Studies (University of Saskatchewan).
Supervisor: Dr. John Lutz.
Thesis: “Re-imagining S’ólh Téméxw: tunnel narratives in a Stó:lo spiritual geography.”
I am a second year MA student in the two-year program.

Mathieu Robitaille: B.A., Honours (Brock University).
Supervisor: Dr. Robert S. Alexander.

My current research focuses on the political and cultural development of the Monarchiens's five most influential members during the last years of the Ancien Regime to the outbreak of the French Revolution. I'm especially interested in transnational and transatlantic influences and their amalgamation with long-standing French conceptions of politics.
Joyce Wong: Bilingual iBA Hons., Specialization in History (York University, Glendon Campus).
Supervisor: Dr. Tom Saunders.
Thesis: Politics and Architecture in Berlin: 1919-1933.

These are far from exhaustive lists! If you are currently enrolled as a history grad student at UVic, feel free to submit a bio at any time. A complete list of recent graduates is available here.