MA Students

Public History - Lawson Hall 1277

Name

Research Interests

Email

Rylee Brooks As a student in Western’s M.A. Public History Field, she’s looking forward to expanding her archival and curatorial skills through projects with community partners, and networking with the heritage community. rbrooks26@uwo.ca 
Erin Case Erin hopes to expand her knowledge of making museum and heritage spaces inclusive and accessible for all as a public history M.A. student at Western. ecase5@uwo.ca 
Kimberly DelMedico Kim hopes to learn more about the role that museums have on the general public and delve deeper into her understanding of how people experience historical events. kdelmedi@uwo.ca 
Helen Edwards Helen is eager to develop her curatorial skills and visit a variety of Canadian museums and historic sites as a student in Western University’s M.A. Public History Field.

 

hedwar8@uwo.ca 

Haley Hammond She seeks to contribute to the ongoing work of upholding museums and archives as caretakers of stories that foster connections between people across time and space. hhammon3@uwo.ca 
Grace Lazzuri Grace is looking forward to further exploring the depths of public history and learning more about how to preserve history for future generations. glazzuri@uwo.ca 
Claire Pidduck Claire’s work experience largely focuses on collections-based management, inventory, indexing, and research.  cpidduck@uwo.ca 
Beth Zentner Beth hopes to learn more about how public history impacts the world around her every day. Following the completion of her studies, Beth hopes to pursue a career in the museum field where she’ll continue to share her love of history with others. ezentner@uwo.ca 


History (Year One) - Lawson Hall 1265

Name

Research Interests

Email

Bailey Ashton

20th century American social history, religious history, and political history (specifically, the way 20th century American culture has been shaped by colonialism and religious fundamentalism).

bashton3@uwo.ca 
Theo Avgeropoulos tavgerop@uwo.ca 
Ridwan Bashir

Refugee and immigration history; Canadian women’s refugee and immigration experiences in the 20th century; gender and queer histories of the body, with particular attention to activism and transnational campaigns around women’s health and rights.

rbashir@uwo.ca 
Hannah Brett

Indigenous history, treaty law, colonial and postcolonial legal history, and Crown–Indigenous relations (through the legal, political, and social histories of treaty-making and its legacies).

hbrett@uwo.ca 
Nina Harle nharle@uwo.ca 
Brock Lanctot

Maritime History, European History, Fascist Movements of the 20th Century, and Early European Colonialism. 

blanctot@uwo.ca 
Emily Liashko

Nationalist movements in Central/Eastern Europe in the 20th century (Poland and Ukraine), the United States post 1865 (Reconstructive Era, 1865-1877), and United States expansionist/imperialist policies in the 19th century. 

eliashko@uwo.ca 
Klaus Rerup krerup@uwo.ca 
David Seston dseston2@uwo.ca 
Reza Taki rtaki2@uwo.ca 
Yi Wan Chinese intellectual studies and contemporary China ywan6382@uwo.ca 


History (Thesis)
 - Lawson Hall 2221

Name

Thesis/Research Interest

Email 

Max Bennett Disorient/ed/ing Bodies: Racialization, Disabilities and Archival Silence in the Detroit River Region

mbenn9@uwo.ca 

James Caldwell "Something in the water": Aquatic Pharmaceutical Pollution in the United States

jcaldw9@uwo.ca 

Dryden Choban Red Canucks and the Warsaw Pact: Reactions of Canadian Communists to the Hungarian Revolution and Prague Spring

dchoban@uwo.ca 

Thomas Dumoulin London Residents' Responses to Nazi Antisemitism tdumouli@uwo.ca
Alexander Fitch Examining Scouts Canada's role in Residential Schools and Indian Day Schools in Ontario afitch@uwo.ca 
Samra Khan Anti-Western Narratives in South Asia: Historical Origins and Geopolitical Implications in Shaping a New Global Order skha272@uwo.ca 
Huanyu Li Legal and Moral Studies of Using Civilian Passenger Ships for Military Purposes During Two World Wars hli943@uwo.ca 
Scott MacGregor Everywhere and Nowhere All At Once: Revisiting ‘The Scots [Identity] in Canada’ Through Cultural Associations, 1830-1900

scott.macgregor@schulich.uwo.ca

Apeksha Pawanikar Enslaved Black Women in the Southern Ontario Borderlands apawanik@uwo.ca