Graduate studies

The Department of History at Concordia has been offering graduate programs leading both to the MA and PhD degrees for more than forty years. These programs are open to students who want to pursue their studies on either a full-time or part-time basis.

Program Objectives

The Concordia History Department’s mission is both to train historians for careers in teaching and research and to produce articulate and informed graduates who share its commitment to serving the broader community. Our programs attract a stimulating mixture of students who reflect the cultural diversity of Montreal, Quebec, and Canada. In recent years qualified international students from Africa, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and the United States have been drawn to do graduate studies in history at Concordia. Because the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in History enable students to study on a part-time or full-time basis, our student body represents a wide cross-section of individuals, including younger students with recent undergraduate degrees, professionals and other working people who are returning to university from successful careers in the private and public sector. The diversity of our students is a constant reminder that historical scholarship can be enormously enriched by a breadth of background both vocational and geographic.

Graduate Program Director
Professor Nora Jaffary