Ken MacMillan, PhD, FRHistS, 3M National Teaching Fellow

PhD in History, McMaster University, Canada
MA in History, Queen's University, Canada
BA (Hons) in History and English Literature, Nipissing University, Canada

Areas of Research

Early Modern England, circa 1500-1700
Social, political, intellectual, and economic developments
English Empire and Atlantic World, circa 1575-1750
Legal and constitutional developments, discourses of sovereignty, colonization, and conquest
Crime and Criminal Justice in Early Modern England
Criminal procedure, punishment, and reporting
Early Modern International Law and Diplomacy
Diplomatic relations among Atlantic empires, laws of nature and nations, and laws of war and peace

Supervising degrees

History - Doctoral: Unavailable
History - Masters: Accepting Inquiries

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Working with this supervisor

Prospective MA students should be interested in some aspect of early modern England or its empire, circa 1500-1700; any sustainable project will be considered. Former students have examined early modern English coroners, Tudor humanism, heresy and treason laws, criminal procedure, the Elizabethan empire, Atlantic slavery, early American settlement and diplomacy, and imperial ideologies. Not accepting PhD inquiries at this time.

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