The Peter Cundill Fellowships in History were established in 2007 by F. Peter Cundill, B. Com. (1960). Valued at at least $30,000 per year, the fellowships are awarded to outstanding graduate students entering a Doctoral Program in the Department of History at º«¹úÂãÎè.
Peter Cundill Fellow (2020-2022)
After completing a BSc in Neuroscience at Bishop's University Briar received an MA in Classics & Archaeology from Queen's University, where her research focused on the imperial use of early Christian graphic symbols in Roman Britain. During her doctoral program in History at º«¹úÂãÎè she will concentrate on her interests in ancient Mediterranean religion with a focus on early Christianity. Briar's doctoral research intends to compare the inter-community relationships between pagans and Christians in the context of pre and post-Roman Britain, examining their development as the island transitions out of imperial Roman rule into pre-Medieval England.
M.A. Classics and Archaeology, Queen's University.
B.Sc. Neuroscience & Bishop's University.
Peter Cundill Fellow (2021-2023)
Azizul Rasel is a doctoral student at the Department of History and Classical Studies at º«¹úÂãÎè. He is working under the supervision of Professor Subho Basu. His Ph.D. research focuses on the history of working classes of East Pakistan (erstwhile known as East Bengal and presently Bangladesh). He explores both the social structures and forms of consciousness of urban working classes with particular emphasis on the 1960s, globally a turbulent and insurgent period. His research is generously funded by the Peter Cundill Fellowship (2021-2023).
He completed his BA and MA from Dhaka University, Bangladesh and Leiden University, the Netherlands with Encompass Scholarship. Apart from his primary research project he is interested in African History, Marxism and Postcolonial Theory.
Prior to joining at º«¹úÂãÎè, he lived in Dhaka and taught at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka. He was also a research fellow and coordinator at the Center for Advanced Theory, ULAB, Dhaka.
Peter Cundill Fellow (2022-2024)
Peter Cundill Fellow (2021-2023)
Cian received his BA from New York University Abu Dhabi and completed his MA at the University of Chicago. His research as a doctoral candidate considers the intersections between erotic attraction, financial relationships, and ideologies of civilization in the British Empire. Specifically, Cian studies British involvement in the natural rubber industry, which drove exploitation and mass violence in the Amazon and Congo basins through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He has worked as an editor, publicist, and cook, and was a 2020-21 Global Writing Fellow at New York University Shanghai.
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Peter Cundill Fellow (2024-2025)
Luke Jandrain became a doctoral student at º«¹úÂãÎè in 2024. He received a BA in History from Trinity University and an MA in European History, Politics and Society from the European Institute at Columbia University. His master’s thesis examined the presence of Huguenot refugees in broader political and religious discussions in late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century Britain. His interests include seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain and France, with a focus on the intersection of religious and cultural identities. Before joining the History and Classical Studies department at º«¹úÂãÎè, he taught at Austin Community College in his hometown of Austin, Texas.
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