Faculty Bio

Dr. Adam Hill

Assistant Professor, History

I was born in Edmonton, but Calgary was home for my first 23 years. After completing my MA degree at the University of Calgary, my wife and I spent the next several years happily pursuing different teaching opportunities in various parts of the world: Vancouver, Singapore, Germany, Russia, back to Germany, back to Vancouver, and then back to Germany. In 2021 we finally returned home to Calgary, and I was delighted to find an opportunity to teach here at St. Mary’s University. While our twins are now off at university in BC, we’ve enjoyed the chance to finally come back home!

Specialization/Research Interest:

History of Ideas, History of the Senses, Reformation History, Early Modern European History, Art History.

Education

BA, University of Calgary
MA, University of Calgary
PhD, Simon Fraser University

  • University of York. “Superstitious Ringing: Reforming the Bells of the Henrician and Edwardian Church” Sound Faith: Religion and the Acoustic World, 1400-1800. June 2024
  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. “The Pedagogical Power of Art in the History Classroom: Introducing the Medieval World with Gislebertus”. The Canadian Society of Education through Art National Conference. June 2024.
  • “Sensing the Transcendent: The Value of Teaching Religious Sensory History”. Fides et Historia 54, No. 1 (Winter/Spring 2022): 71-77.
  • St. Chad’s College (Durham). Presented “Bells and Bell-ringing in English Parishes, 1538-1642” at the Music, Liturgy & Music Conference, September 8-9, 2008.
  • University of Bristol. Presented “Bells and Bell-ringing in English Parishes, 1538-1642” at the European Reformation Research Group Conference, September 10-12, 2008.