This fonds contains documents produced by the Department of History commencing in 1967. Grouped into 4 distinct series (Administrative and Internal Records, Lecture Series and Guest Seminars, Posters and Graphic Material, and Photographs), the fonds contains a wide array of textual records, posters and a small collection of photographs. Documents regarding internal memorandums and correspondence, guest lectures, speeches, job postings, posters for lecture series, and photographs of some of the department faculty can be found within this fonds.

This series contains documents and records related to the administration and internal communications of the Department of History during the years of 1967-2012. The series has been divided into four files - course syllabi, correspondence, curriculum vitae, and job postings

This file contains 5 course syllabuses from the Department of History from the 1975-76 academic year. 3 of the courses are based on Canadian history, while 1 is based on Chinese history and the final one is focused around the "Third World".

This file contains correspondence and internal memos concerning the Department of History's faculty.

This file contains job postings for the Department of History.

File contains curriculum vitae for Ralph Dye, Frank Abbott, Thomas Barcsay, Terry Byram, and Colin Thorne.

This series contains documents and records created by the history department which pertain to specific lecture series and guest lecturers and seminars. The two primary sub-series are Ryerson Lectures in the History of Technology, and the International Issues Discussion series. Documents range from the 1970's to 2010.

Subseries contains posters, invitations and announcements in relation to the "History of Technology" lecture series. The lecture series frequently hosted guest lecturers from around the world to give talks about how technology impacted certain aspects of our lives or events in history.
Subseries has been divided into 2 files:
RG 92.02.01.01 Textual records
RG 92.02.01.02 Posters

File contains announcement and invitations for Ryerson Lectures in the History of Technology hosted by the Department of History.
Included are records for:
Lecture 1 February 7, 1980: "Technology's the Answer...but That's Not the Question" - Dr. Melvin Kranzberg, Georgia Institute of Technology and editor of "Technology and Culture"
Lecture 2 February 12, 1981: "Machine Civilization on Stage and on Trial" - Dr. Bruce Sinclair, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto
Lecture 4 January 26, 1983: "The Chineseness of Chinese Technology - the Ancient Roots" - Dr. Ursula Franklin, professor of Metallurgy, University of Toronto
Lecture 6 January 24, 1985: "The Courtly Pleasures of Engineering in the Renaissance" - Dr. Bert Hall, University of Toronto
Lecture 11 January 25, 1989: "From ENIAC to EDSAC: Who really invented the computer?" - Dr. Michael R. Williams, University of Calgary

File contains posters for the Ryerson Lectures in the History of Technology hosted by the Department of History.
Included are records for:
Lecture 1 February 7, 1980: "Technology's the Answer...but that's not question" - Dr. Melvin Kranzberg, Georgia Institute of Technology and editor or "Technology and Culture"
Lecture 2 February 12, 1981: "Machine Civilization on Stage and on Trial" - Dr. Bruce Sinclair, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto
Lecture 8 January 22, 1987: "Cryptology in Modern War and Diplomacy" - Dr. David Kahn
Lecture 9 January 28, 1988: "Science in the Canadian Arctic 1818-1918 from Ross to Stefansson" - Dr. Trevor Levere, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto
Lecture 11 January 25, 1989: "From ENIAC to EDSAC Who really invented computers" - Dr. Michael Williams, University of Calgary

The International Issues Discussion (IID) series is a student-led forum designed to engage all members of the university community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. It is a strictly non-partisan, unaffiliated, and apolitical group that welcomes all students to get involved and further their understanding of the world today.The IID was founded in 2005 by two Ryerson students and two faculty members, Dr. Arne Kislenko (History) and Dr. Dale Carl (Business). File includes published materials, brochures, emails, and posters and has been divided into 2 sub-series: Textual records and Posters

File contains email and media advisory announcements for various events held as part of the International Issues Discussion series. Included is information about:
March 16, 2009: OIL! Energy and the International Economy - Joe Barnes
September 23, 2009: Palestinian Statelessness at the Heart of the Mideast Crisis - Dr. Juan Cole
October 8, 2009: The Role of Identity in the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute - Michael Bell
October 14, 2009: Why are Israelis Skeptical about Peace? - Yossi Alpher
January 25, 2010: Obama - A Year Later - Dr. Robert Teigrob, Dr. Arne Kislenko
November 1, 2010: Post-Communist Russia: Lurching between Success and Failure - Jeremy Kinsman
December 1, 2010: Hope for a Nuclear Free North Korea in face of Rising Tension - Michael O'Hanlon

File contains posters created to advertise the International Issues Discussion series. Posters have been divided into folders by school year. Included are:

2009-2010
September 23, 2009: Palestinian Statelessness at the Heart of the Mideast Crisis - Dr. Juan Cole, as part of the Prospects for Peace: a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
October 8, 2009: The Role of Identity in the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute - Dr. Michael Bell, as part of the Prospects for Peace: a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
October 14, 2009: Why are Israelis Skeptical about Peace? - Yossi Alpher, as part of the Prospects for Peace: a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
November 19, 2009: Will there ever be Peace between Israelis and Palestinians? - Dr. Yoram Peri, as part of the Prospects for Peace: a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
November 25, 2009: Human Rights in Palestine-Israel: Who's Accountable? - Nadia Hijab, as part of the Prospects for Peace: a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
December 2, 2009: The US and the Search for Israeli-Palestinian Peace - Dr. Robert Malley, as part of the Prospects for Peace: a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
January 25, 2010: Obama a Year later... - Dr. Arne Kislenko and Dr. Rob Teigrob
March 10, 2010: The Crisis of Legitimacy in Iran - Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo

2010-2011
October 28, 2010: The Rise of China: Global Implications, Canadian Reflections - Jeremy Paltiel
November 1, 2010: Post-Communist Russia: Lurching between success and failure - Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman, first lecture with the Department of History Distinguished Visiting Diplomat
November 4, 2010: Afghanistan and the evolving terrorist threat - Rick Nelson
December 1, 2010: A North Korean with nukes: Is there any hope? - Michael O'Hanlon
January 19, 2011: India, Pakistan and the Kashmir Issue - Amitabh Mattoo, as part of the Into the Divide - a forum on Indian and Pakistan in the World Today series
February 16, 2011: A Special Session on the Europe Union - Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman, lecture with the Department of History Distinguished Visiting Diplomat
March 2, 2011: Is the Golden Age of Canada's Foreign Policy Behind Us? - lessons from the life of John W. Holmes - Adam Chapnick
March 10, 2011: Six Faces of Intelligence: my career experiences with the "dark side" and their lessons - Tony Campbell
March 11, 2011: Human Rights and Democratic Development in Pakistan - Hina Jilani, as part of the Into the Divide - a forum on Indian and Pakistan in the World Today series
March 14, 2011: The Struggle for Democracy - a round table discussion - Dr. Christopher Gore, Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman, Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo, and Dr. Arne Kislenko
March 17, 2010: Descent into Chaos: US Policy and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia - Ahmed Rashid, as part of the Into the Divide - a forum on Indian and Pakistan in the World Today series
March 23, 2010: Muslim Zion: Religion and the making of Pakistan - Faisal Devji, as part of the Into the Divide - a forum on Indian and Pakistan in the World Today series
April 6, 2011: Weak States and South Asia's Perennial Insecurity - Dr. T. V. Paul, as part of the Into the Divide - a forum on Indian and Pakistan in the World Today series

2011-2012
September 28, 2011: Security Since 9/11: a Decade in Review - Michel Juneau-Katsuya
October 11, 2011: The Libyan Rebellion: its wider meaning for the Middle East - Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman
October 26, 2011: The Pirates of Puntland: Inside the world of Somalia's modern day buccaneers - Jay Bahadur
November 2, 2011: Canada's National Security: reflections on strategy, priorities and goals - Dr. Linda Goldthorp
November 16, 2011: Organized Crime in Latin America: more than drugs, blood, and bullets - Luis Horacio Najera
November 30, 2011: Yes We Can? a review of US foreign relations and domestic affairs - Dr. Arne Kislenko and Dr. Rob Teigrob
January 18, 2012: News over Noise in the Age of Al Jazeera - Tony Burman, as part of the Following the Current - a forum on global affairs and news media today
February 1, 2012: Hard news, Hard times for the media: will the news get better? - John Owen, as part of the Following the Current - a forum on global affairs and news media today
February 15, 2012: The Struggle for Democracy Pt. II - a round table discussion - Ferry de Kerckhove, Dr. Arne Kislenko, Jeremy Kinsman and Ben Rowswell
February 29, 2012: Hope out of the Ruins: Stories of Optimism, Altruism and Courage from Around the World - Brian Stewart, as part of the Following the Current - a forum on global affairs and news media today
March 21, 2012: Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism's Grey Zone - Michelle Shephard, as part of the Following the Current - a forum on global affairs and news media today
April 4, 2012: Forty days? How long it takes a foreign correspondant to get it - Nahlah Ayed, as part of the Following the Current - a forum on global affairs and news media today

2012-2013
September 26, 2012: 1812 The Big Picture 200 years on - Dr. Carl Benn
October 10, 2012: US Elections a Republican Party in Ruins - Geoffrey Kabaservice
October 24, 2012: Building with BRICS the rise of South Africa - Anver Saloojee
November 7, 2012: The Next Four Years, the elections, the United States, and the world - Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman, Dr. Arne Kislenko and Dr. Rob Teigrob
November 21, 2012: Nation Building under Fire: Lessons of the Last Decade in the War on Terror - Murray Brewster
December 5, 2012: From Organized to Cyber: the changing nature of cross border crime - Misha Glenny
January 30, 2013: Congo - Africa's Broken Heart - Tim Butcher
February 6, 2013: The Torture Report: the Bush administration's torture policy - Larry Siems
February 12, 2013: Ryerson Conference on Preventing Atrocities - Jeremy Kinsman, Michael Abramowitz, Jill Sinclair, Stefanie Frease, Clint Curle, Robert LaGamma, Frank Chalk, Kyle Matthews.
March 6, 2013: When Does Military Intervention Make Sense? - David Wright
March 20, 2013: Screening National Security - Brigadier General Jim Cox, Linda Goldthorp, and Tony Campbell
April 17, 2013: Gender Equality: the most important struggle on the planet - Stephen Lewis

2013-2014
September 9, 2013: Trafficking and Torture in the Sinai - rights denial and the Eritrean exodus - Dan Connell
October 2, 2013: International Perspectives on Health, Hope and Peace - Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish
October 23, 2013: Arctic Sovereignty & Security - Historical Contexts to Contemporary Canadian Debates - P. Whitney Lackenbauer
November 6, 2013: Is Democracy Rising? the global landscape for democracy development has darkened
November 7, 2013: Afghanistan: a commander's view - Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley
November 20, 2013: Writing the Wor[l]d - Canada and the International News System - Gene Allen
January 15, 2014: The Internet after Snowden - surveillance, privacy, and the future of global communications - Ron Delbert
January 29, 2014: Preventing Stupid Deaths - poverty, tuberculosis and global health - Joy Fitzgibbon
February 12, 2014: Putin and Sochi - the quest for Russian greatness - Jeremy Kinsman and Dr. Arne Kislenko
March 12, 2014: The United Nation - irrelevant or indispensible? - Paul Heinbecker
March 19, 2014: Covering Crazy Town - the big smoke, Ford nation, and the international media - Robyn Doolittle
March 25, 2014: Mass Protests: from Kiev to Tahrir - the square, the street, and the world stage - Chrystia Freeland, Maria Stephan, Dr. Arne Kislenko, Ferry de Kerchhove, Jeremy Kinsman, Maciej Bartkowski and John Marks
March 25, 2014: Under the Sun film screening with introduction by John Marks and hosted by Jeremy Kinsman
April 2, 2014: What is Happening to our Food? - Wayne Roberts
April 9, 2014: Guns, Drugs, and Security fighting for freedom in Latin America - Luis Horacio Najera

2014-2015
September 7, 2014: Who is Watching the Watchers? - the oversight and review of Canadian intelligence - Michael Doucet
October 1, 2014: Is a Gay Rights Movement Possible in the Arab World? - Kamal Al-Soyaylee
October 15, 2014: War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning - Chris Hedges
October 29, 2014: Behind the Veil of Democracy - Burma's struggle for Freedom - Nay Phone Latt, Khin Mya Zin and Dr. Ma Thida
November 5, 2014: Sizing up the Superpowers - Russia, the United States, and the mid-term elections - David Wright, Jeremy Kinsman
November 12, 2014: Science and Diplomacy - Urs Obrist
November 26, 2014: Fighting Terrorism from the Front Line - Patrick L. Connolly
January 21, 2015: The War that Ended Peace - Remembering the First World War - Margaret MacMillan
January 28, 2015: The Future of First Nations People in Canada - Phil Fontaine
February 4, 2015: Vietnam to Boko Haram: covering a world in conflict - Don North
February 11, 2015: Putin's New Russia - Jeremy Kinsman
February 25, 2015: Prosecuting War Crimes - Ron Levi
March 11, 2015: War Stories - Documentary Field Notes - Patrick Reed
March 18, 2015: Radicalized Canadians Abroad - Amarnath Amarasingam
March 25, 2015: Tragedy, Terror and Truth in the Middle East - Jeremy Kinsman, Ferry de Kerckhove, Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo, Dr. Bessma Momani, and Michael Bell

2015-2016
September 30, 2015 - The Future of North America - Jeremy Kinsman, Colin Robertson
November 4, 2015 - The Leash and the Lens - the oversight and review of Canadian intelligence - Michael Doucet
December 9, 2015 - Women in Security and Peacekeeping: panel discussion - Colonel Jennie Carignan, Commander Michelaine Lahaie, Staff Sergeant Kimberley O'Toole
January 20, 2016 - In Conversation with Michel Chikwanine - a former child soldier
January 27, 2016 - Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World - Dr. Kevin Bales
February 3, 2016 - When will we see Real Change in Iran? - Marina Nemat
February 10, 2016 - The Syrian Knot - War, Terrorism, and Conflict - Jeremy Kinsman, David Wright, Kyle Matthews
March 9, 2016 - The International Space Station - Dr. Robert Thirsk
March 16, 2016 - Canada - U.S. relations - Where are they going and how soon will they get there? - Jeremy Kinsman, Patrice Dutil, Robert Bothwell
March 23, 2016 - Predicting the Next Threat: analysis, security, and the future of intelligence - Dr. Linda Goldthorp
March 30, 2016 - Kurdistan in the Shadow of History - Susan Meiselas
April 6, 2016 - Arab Dawn - Arab Youth and the Demographic Dividend they will Bring - Dr. Bessma Momani
April 13, 2016 - Living on the Edge - Turkey, Russia, and the Syrian War - Dr. Soner Cagaptay

2016-2017
September 14, 2016 - Trafficked - a film and a conversation about students, drugs, and deception in the Caribbean - Garth and Natasha Nunez-St. Clair
October 5, 2016 - Chavismo's Last Stand - what next for Venezuela's broken revolution? - Daniel Lansberg-Rodriquez
October 19, 2016 - Texting Syria - how smartphones reframe the narrative - Liam Maloney
October 26, 2016 - Lives Lived Dangerously - the emotional health of war journalists - Dr. Anthony Feinstein
November 9, 2016 - America is Getting a New President - now what? - Jeremy Kinsman, David Shribman, David Wright
November 22, 2016 - The Middle East and Israel - war, peace and everything in between - Yonah Jeremy Bob
November 30, 2016 - Intelligence Accountability - recent developments in Canada - Michael Doucet
December 14, 2016 - Is Russia a Threat? - what should we do? - Eva Salinas, Jeremy Kinsman, Chris Alexander
January 25, 2017 - The Brazilian Indigenous Nations - a brief history of genocide and the fight for survival - Flavio de Leao Bastos Pereira
February 8, 2017 - Nigeria - from South to the North and back again - Glenna Gordan
February 15, 2017 - Europe on the brink - populism, nationalism, and brexit - Jeremy Kinsman, Eric Reguly, Eva Salinas, Jason Langrish
March 1, 2017 - The Enduring Political Impact of Racist Hate Groups - Facing the KKK - David Cunningham
March 29, 2017 - From Far and Wide: Refugee resettlement in Canada - Leyland Cecco
April 5, 2017 - War is only half the Story - Sara Terry

2017-2018
September 13, 2017 - Investigative Journalism in a dangerous country - Adela Navarro
September 27, 2017 - The U. S. Government's Secret Doomsday Plans - Garrett M. Graff
October 18, 2017 - Taming the Wild West on Online Politics - Tales from "Who Targets Me?" - Sam Jeffers
October 25, 2017 - Because I Say So: Authenticity in the Age of Fake News - Greg Kelly
November 8, 2017 - 100 Years Since Russia's Revolution - what does it mean today and where is Russia heading - Jeremy Kinsman
November 29, 2017 - Democracy in the Age of Trump - trials, tribulations and resilience - Michael Singer
January 24, 2018 - South Sudan - uncovering human rights abuses through media - Grant McDonald
February 7, 2018 - Intelligence: the necessity and perils of prediction - Greg Fyffe
February 14, 2018 - Neighbourhood Watch: NAFTA and the future of North America - Jeremy Kinsman, Lawrence L. Herman, Eva Salinas
February 28, 2018 - Iraqi Kurds: from fighting for survival to seeking statehood - Ayub Nuri
March 14, 2018 - Counter-terrorism from Canada to ISIS - an insiders discussion of all things jihadist - Mubin Shaikh
April 4, 2018 - Towards a Feminist Foreign Policy - Elmira Bayrasli, Lauren Dobson-Hughes, Lamia Naji, Eva Salinas
April 10, 2018 - Accommodation or Confrontation? U.S. Policy and Iran - Mark Dubowitz

This file contains records and documents about various guest lectures and seminars hosted by the Ryerson History Department. Included are:

Film as Propaganda - a festival of film, February 10 - March 17, 1975
Department of History presents a series of films on issues in South Africa, Chile, and the Middle East, 1977
The Atlantic Council of Canada - NATO Today - problems and prospects, May 8, 1978
Public Lecture - "Art and Revolution" by Dr. Alexander Potts, September 29, 1980
Conference on Canada, the U. S. and NATO, May 20-23, 1987
Lecture - Mitteleuropa from the Hapsburgs to Gorbachev - Dr. Thomas Barcsay, March 6, 1989
Seminar - The Role of the Red Cross in Armed Conflicts - Pierre-Andre Conod, November 10, 1994
Seminar - Germany and European Security: Present dilemmas and past legacies - Gustav Schmidt, September 29, 1995

This series contains 5 photographs of 3 professors from the History Department - Ralph Dye, Ron Stagg, and Al Wargo.