David Leeson

"Northrop Frye and the Story Structure of the Single-Player Shooter." ESC: English Studies in Canada (forthcoming).
“The British Army’s Percussion Hand Grenades, 1914-16.” First World War Studies 1, no. 2 (October 2010): 81-102.
“Barthes and the ‘Act of Uttering’ in Historical Discourse.” Storia della Storiografia 56 (2009): 105-28.
“Playing at War: The British Military Manoeuvres of 1898.” War in History 15 (2008): 432-461.
“Simulating Murder in Manhunt.” NMEDIAC: The Journal of New Media and Culture, 3, no. 2 (Summer 2005).
“Cutting through History: Hayden White, William S. Burroughs, and Surrealistic Battle Narratives.” Left History 10, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2004): 13-43.
“Death in the Afternoon: The Croke Park Massacre, 21 November 1920." Canadian Journal of History 38, no. 1 (April 2003): 43-67.
"'The Scum of London's Underworld'? British Recruits for the Royal Irish Constabulary, 1920-21." Contemporary British History 17, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 1-38.

Other Works:

"How Histories Begin: A Note on the Writing of Openings." The History Teacher 45, no. 1 (November 2011): 81-9.
"Black and Tans," "Easter Rising of 1916," and "Emergency Powers Acts (1920, 1926, 1939-40, 1964)," in Encyclopedia of War (Wiley Blackwell, 2011)
"Ypres: Inexperienced Canadians Hold the Line," (Featured Article) in The Canadian Encylopedia.
“Who Shall Decide, When Doctors Disagree? David Leeson Responds in Turn.” Left History 10, no.1 (Fall/Winter 2004): 50-53.

Dr. David Leeson, Assistant Professor of History

Dr. D.M. Leeson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (McMaster)
Office: A-252

Phone: 675-1151 ext 4299
e-mail: DLeeson@laurentian.ca

Courses Taught in 2010-11:

HIST 2426 – Modern British History from 1700 to 1850

HIST 2427 – Modern British History from 1850 to the Present

HIST 4727 – The Philosophical Enlightenment

HIST 4606 – The French Revolution: From Origins to Thermidor

HIST 5557 – Topics in European History

Other Courses Taught:

HIST 1106 – Introduction to the Twentieth Century

HIST 1107 – Contemporary Issues in Historical Perspective

HIST 1207 – Western Civilization: From the French Revolution to the Present

HIST 2006 – Approaches to European History

HIST 2266 – Revolutions in the Twentieth Century

HIST 2407 – Modern British History (replaced by HIST 2426 and HIST 2427)

HIST 2446 – War and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain

HIST 2507 – France from the Revolution to the Present

HIST 4495 – Modern Britain

HIST 4745 – Europe in the Nineteenth Century

HIST 5556 – Nineteenth-Century European History

Research Interests:

Modern British and Irish History

Modern Military History

Intellectual History

Philosophy of History

Dissertation:

“The Black and Tans: British Police in the First Irish War, 1920-21.” McMaster University, 2003.

Books:

The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1 (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Articles in Refereed Journals:

“The British Army’s Percussion Hand Grenades, 1914-16.” First World War Studies 1, no. 2 (October 2010): 81-102.
“Barthes and the ‘Act of Uttering’ in Historical Discourse.” Storia della Storiografia 56 (2009): 105-28.
“Playing at War: The British Military Manoeuvres of 1898.” War in History 15 (2008): 432-461.
“Simulating Murder in Manhunt.” NMEDIAC: The Journal of New Media and Culture, 3, no. 2 (Summer 2005).
“Who Shall Decide, When Doctors Disagree? David Leeson Responds in Turn.” Left History 10, no.1 (Fall/Winter 2004): 50-53.
“Cutting through History: Hayden White, William S. Burroughs, and Surrealistic Battle Narratives.” Left History 10, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2004): 13-43.
“Death in the Afternoon: The Croke Park Massacre, 21 November 1920." Canadian Journal of History 38, no. 1 (April 2003): 43-67.
"'The Scum of London's Underworld'? British Recruits for the Royal Irish Constabulary, 1920-21." Contemporary British History 17, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 1-38.

Encyclopedia Articles:

"Black and Tans," "Easter Rising of 1916," and "Emergency Powers Acts (1920, 1926, 1939-40, 1964)," in Encyclopedia of War (Blackwell, 2011)
"Ypres: Inexperienced Canadians Hold the Line," (Featured Article) in The Canadian Encylopedia.