Hesketh, Ian -

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Ian
Last Name: 
Hesketh
Department / Program: 
History
University Affiliation: 
Queen's University
Phone: 
613-533-6000
Extension: 
75164
Email Address: 
ian.hesketh@queensu.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Biology
Education
Geographical Region: 
Great Britain
Time Period: 
19th and 20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
Victorian Britain; the relationship between the sciences and the humanities; the attempt to make history a science; the reception of Darwinism; the relationship between science and religion
Academics
PHD Program: 
History
PHD University: 
York University
PHD Date: 
2006
Major Publications: 
Of Apes and Ancestors: Evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford Debate (University of Toronto Press The Science of History in Victorian Britain: Making the Past Speak (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2011). http://www.pickeringchatto.com/monographs/science_of_history_in_victorian_britain_the
Membership in Academic Societies: 
- Canadian Historical Association - Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science - History of Science Society - Canadian Society of Church History
Courses Taught: 
History 334: Europe in the Nineteenth Century; History 402: Problems in International Relations: Diplomacy and the Origins of World War One and World War Two; History 116: Western Civilization, 1450-1789; Modern Europe; Modern Britain; International Relations in the 19th and 20th centuries; Philosophy of History and Historiography; History of Science