The History of the

Trinity College History Department    

    This page was created for 2000 Spring semester Historiography (H300) class, taught by Professor Luis Figueroa.  Five groups were created for the class and looked at different aspects of History.  Our group looked at the History Department, here at Trinity College, and tracked its evolution, since WWII.   

    1945-1946:  The History Department was still combined with Political Science to form one major, not two.  This was just after WWII and many soldiers were coming home and attending college. 

    1954-1955:  The History Department and Political Science separate and become two different majors.  A few non-Western courses were taught, including a Latin American course.

    1962-1963:  The exotic history of Canada is offered, as well as, Latin American History.  The Department is expanding.

    1969-1970:  The college implements a new "open" curriculum.   Professor H. McKim Steele was a new addition to the faculty and brought African History with him.

    1990-1991: With the addition of Professor Dario Euraque, the department now offers 17 non-Western oriented classes. 

    1999-2000:  The college now offers many classes covering areas all over the globe, as well as, courses on other aspects of History, like women.  Trinity prepares for another History Professor the next year, bringing more global knowledge to the Department.

Special thanks to the Watkinson Library staff, especially Peter Knapp, for their help in gathering the information on Trinity College.

Sources:

Text: Each school's class listing was the origin of all information of this site.  They can be found in each school's archives.

Photos:  Most of the photos were taken from Trinity College's course listings for the years studied.  All others are of Trinity College, 2000.  

James Cabot - Tamar Kipper - Alden Maddocks - Duncan Pearson - Rafe Quinn - Noah Wimmer