Alan Gordon

Who is Alan Gordon?

Alan Gordon is a Scottish-born Canadian historian and author at the University of Guelph. He studied at the University of Toronto, and at Queen’s University, where he completed his PhD under the supervision of Ian McKay. He has taught at a number of universities in Ontario before joining the University of Guelph in 2003. His research has focused on history, historiography, and collective memory, currently working on living history museums. He is active in the Tri-University graduate program, combining MA and PhD studies at the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Waterloo.

He was the founding editor of H-Canada, part of the H-Net network of academic discussion groups. Under his editorship, H-Canada grew to become the premiere forum for academic historians to discuss Canadian history. He resigned as editor in 2004. Since 2007, he has been the English language editor of the Urban History Review, a bilingual academic journal devoted to urban history.