Chairs and research groups
The research bodies associated with the Department of History bring prestige and recognition to the Université de Montréal.
The concept of time is central to the research done by these chairs and groups whose members' work fosters a renewed dialogue between the present and the past.
Chairs
J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Chair in American Studies
Co-Chairholder: Meagan Wierda, Department of History
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Chair in American Studies is dedicated to research and training on and the dissemination and promotion of the international history of the United States of America.
It works to create links between scholars and students examining the internationalization of US history in broad terms. The Chair collaborates with many groups of scholars and historians, including the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'UdeM (CÉRIUM) and the French Atlantic History Group.
It also brings together the four Montréal universities and the Réseau pour le développement européen de l'histoire de la jeune Amérique, 1605-1865 (ReDEHJA). The latter organization, located in Paris, comprises scholars from several French universities.
The Chair establishes the Université de Montréal as one of the world's leading centres for the study of the international history of the United States, in particular in the French-speaking world.
Groups
Groupement interuniversitaire pour l'histoire des relations internationales contemporaines (GIHRIC)
The GIHRIC is a forum for reflection and discussions, a liaison centre and a common framework for developing and promoting the history of international relations (HIR). It invites speakers and organizes meetings on HIR at its members' affiliated universities.
It does all this in association with the university departments, faculties, institutes, centres and groups likely to help it reach its goals.
About HIR
The history of international relations is a specific theme focusing on the historical and international dimensions of both phenomena, be they collective or individual, bilateral or multilateral, brief or long-term.
As a discipline, HIR goes back a long way. Diplomatic history, dealing with treaties and discussions between heads of state, was long the main focus in the study of history. Since the early 20th century there has been a transformation, introducing a broader and deeper view that has led to the history of international relations.
HIR encompasses the history of all forms of international relations among individuals, groups, states and societies. It examines and explains them from the angle of their multiple relationships and their presence in the community, from political, economic, social, cultural, ideological, intellectual, scientific, religious, military, institutional and other viewpoints.
As a field of historical study, HIR remains attuned to relevant developments in other disciplines, and is well suited to collaboration with other fields.
GIHRIC Co-ordinator: Samir Saul
GIHRIC members
Université de Montréal
Collège militaire royal de Kingston
Magali Deleuze
Benoît Lemay
École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
Stéphane Paquin
Université Concordia
Norman Ingram
Université de Montréal
Simplice Ayangma Bonoho
Michael Jabara Carley
Paul Létourneau
David Meren
Yakov Rabkin
Samir Saul
Université de Sherbrooke
Patrick Dramé
Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
Martin Laberge
Université Laval
Talbot Imlay
Renéo Lukic
Université McGill
Lorentz Lüthi
UQÀM
Andrew Barros
Christopher Goscha
See the list of GIHRIC activities since it was founded in 2004.