About History

History at Canterbury is a research-led programme where courses are taught by committed teachers, researchers and book authors.

History at Canterbury offers a wide range of undergraduate courses from four main geographical groupings: Asia; America; New Zealand and Australia; Britain and Europe. However, some thematic courses range widely across geographical boundaries, most notably world history, revolutions, emancipations, and advanced courses in health history, social history, medieval history and feminist history.

Though History at Canterbury has a strong New Zealand research emphasis, opportunities for postgraduate research are not confined to New Zealand. Indeed, history at Canterbury has produced a creditable succession of MA and PhD theses on non-New Zealand topics, utilising a range of specialised primary sources.

In 2006, Luke Fenwick won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University with a Master's thesis on an aspect of post-war Germany. His research was partly funded by the Canterbury History Foundation.

The History Programme endorses the university's mission statement and its objective of maintaining its position as a leading research university.

A short history of History at Canterbury

Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings damaged by the Earthquake 22 February 2011