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Dr. Ken MacMillan

PhD, FRHistS, 3MNTF

Positions

Professor

Faculty of Arts, Department of History

Honours Program Coordinator

Faculty of Arts, Department of History

Contact information

Email

macmillk@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Google Scholar

Location

Office: Social Sciences628

Background

Credentials

3M National Teaching Fellow, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2016

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Historical Society, 2007

Educational Background

PhD History, McMaster University, 2002

MA History, Queen's University, 1997

BA (Hons) History, Nipissing University, 1996

BA (Hons) English, Nipissing University, 1994

Biography

Dr. Ken MacMillan is a specialist in early modern English legal, social, and Atlantic history. Current research focuses on English crime, particularly crime reporting in the seventeenth century. He is a 3M National Teaching Fellow, Canada's most prestigious postsecondary teaching recognition.

Research

Areas of Research

Early modern England, 1500-1700, English legal history, English Atlantic World, Crime in Early Modern England

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
HTST 330 Death and Disorder in Early Modern England Winter 2025
HTST 425 History of the Atlantic World Winter 2025
HTST 300 The Practice of History Spring 2025

Projects

Bloody News: Tales of True Crime in Early Modern England, 1550-1700

This book offers an analysis of numerous true crimes that occurred in early modern England, as reported in contemporary news sources. These include pamphlets, ballads, and other works produced in print for a popular audience.

Awards

  • 3M National Teaching Fellow, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 2016
  • University of Calgary Teaching Award (Educational Leadership), University of Calgary. 2015
  • University of Calgary Teaching Award (Full Time Faculty - Professor), University of Calgary. 2014
  • SSHRC Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 2013
  • Killam Teaching Award (now the McCaig-Killam Teaching Award), Killam Foundation. 2011
  • Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award (HM), University of Calgary Students' Union. 2010
  • Distinguished Teacher Award, Faculty of Social Sciences. 2008
  • SSHRC Standard Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 2007
  • Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary Students' Union. 2004

Publications

  • Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England (second edition). Ken MacMillan (ed.). Routledge. (2023)
  • Death and Disorder: A History of Early Modern England, 1485-1690. Ken MacMillan. University of Toronto Press. (2020)
  • Stories of True Crime in Tudor and Stuart England. Ken MacMillan (ed.). Routledge. (2015)
  • The Atlantic Imperial Constitution: Center and Periphery in the English Atlantic World. Ken MacMillan. Palgrave. (2011)
  • Sovereignty and Possession in the English New World: The Legal Foundations of Empire, 1576-1640. Ken MacMillan. Cambridge University Press. (2006)
  • John Dee: The Limits of the British Empire. Ken MacMillan (ed.). ABC Clio. (2004)
  • 30+ articles and book chapters published 1999 to present. (2024)

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