Jerry Bannister
Director of the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance
Email: jerry.bannister@dal.ca
Fax: 902-494-3349
Mailing Address:
Department of History
6135 University Avenue
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Office Location: 3170
Research Topics:- Canadian history
- Modern Atlantic Canada
- Early modern Atlantic world
Education
- BA Honours (Memorial)
- MA (Toronto)
- PhD (Toronto)
Fall 2025 Office Hours
Office: MacEachen Institute,ÌýMacdonald Building, 2nd Floor,Ìý6257 Alumni Crescent
- Tuesdays, 12:00-1:30 pm, via Teams or by appointment for in-person meetings
Teaching 2025-2026
- HIST 4250 F - Pop. Culture in the Atlantic World 1650-1850
- HIST 4710 F - Heritage Studies Capstone
Books and Edited Collections
- Elizabeth Mancke, Jerry Bannister, Denis McKim, and Scott See, eds., Violence, Order, and Unrest: A History of British North America, 1749-1876. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.
- Melvin Baker, Jerry Bannister, and Christopher Curran, eds., Essays on the Legal History of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John’s: Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2019.
- Jerry Bannister and Liam Riordan, eds.,ÌýThe Loyal Atlantic:ÌýRemaking the British Atlantic in the Revolutionary Era. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012
- William R. Keylor and Jerry Bannister, The Twentieth-Century World: An International History. First Canadian Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Jerry Bannister, The Rule of the Admirals: Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.