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PROF. HELEN VREUGDENHIL


Assistant Professor of History
Phone: 905.648.2139 Ext 4268
Fax: 905.648.2134
Office: 241E
Email: hvreugdenhil@redeemer.ca


Courses taught 2011/2012:
HIS105  Development of Western Civilizations
HIS270  Special Topics
HIS311  Classical History
HIS343  Tudor-Stuart England
HIS242  Western Europe: 1789 - Present
HIS314   Empires, Independence & the Post-Colonial World
HIS449   Social Justice - 19th Century Britain

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Candidate, History, University of Toronto
Dissertation: "British Women Missionaries of the Church of England in East Africa, 1880-1920."

M.A., History, University of Toronto
Thesis: "The Church Missionary Society in Buganda, 1875-1905."

B.A., History & English, Redeemer University College


RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Religious identity in England
  • European colonialism
  • Religious history in Africa
  • The First World War in Africa
  • The post-colonial world
 
RESEARCH FUNDING

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Scholarship
Ontario Graduate Fellowship
University of Toronto Open Fellowship
 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

North American Conference for British Studies Canadian Association of African Studies American Association of African Studies

 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Previous appointments at Trent University and the University of Toronto

 
 
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