Dr. C. Brad Faught

Title & Contact Info

Professor of History and Global Studies
Chair, Department of History and Global Studies

 Email: bfaught [at] tyndale.ca
 Phone: 416.226.6620 ext. 6759

Academic Credentials

PhD, University of Toronto, 1996
MA, Queen's University, 1990
MSt, University of Oxford, 1987
BA, University of Calgary, 1985

Areas of Specialization

Modern British imperial, political, military, and religious history; Modern European and Global history

Biography

Dr. Faught teaches in the areas of British, European, African, and Indian history. Prior to arriving at Tyndale in 2003, he taught mainly at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and at the Universities of Windsor and Toronto. He is the author of nine books. He has written also a large number of both scholarly and feature articles, one of the latter of which was nominated for a National Magazine Award, as well as many reviews. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and a Senior Fellow of Massey College in the University of Toronto. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Wycliffe College, Toronto. In 2012, Dr. Faught was awarded The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for services to History. In 2023, he spent six months as a Visiting Scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Popular Courses

  • Winston Churchill
  • Modern Africa: From Empire to Independence
  • The Crusades in World History

Favourite Place on Campus

Back campus, because of its beautiful greensward running down to the river.

Favourite Place in Toronto

Eglinton Park. Big and green and near to where I live, it is a place that holds a lot of family memories.

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