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About Jason Dyck

Jason Dyck is a Teaching and Learning Librarian at the University of Western Ontario and a Sessional Instructor at Carleton University and Wilfrid Laurier University. His research focuses on colonial religion, missionary work, and sacred history in the early modern Spanish world. He is currently working on a book manuscript on the life and writings of Francisco de Florencia and a transcription project on the missionary histories of Juan de Albizuri.

Positions

2020 - Present Assistant Librarian, Western University ‐ Western Libraries
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2020 - 2021 Sessional Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University ‐ History
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2019 - 2021 Sessional Lecturer, Carleton University ‐ History
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2019 - 2020 Sessional Lecturer, Western University ‐ History
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2018 - 2018 Sessional Lecturer, Trent University ‐ History
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2015 - 2017 Assistant Professor (LTA), University of Toronto ‐ History
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2013 - 2015 Assistant Professor (LTA), Trent University ‐ History
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2009 - 2013 Sessional Lecturer, Brock University ‐ History
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2012 - 2012 Sessional Lecturer, Western University ‐ History
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Disciplines

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2019 - Present Member, American Library Association
2019 - Present Member, Ontario Library Association
2018 - Present Member, Renaissance Society of America
2009 - Present Member, American Historical Association
2009 - Present Member, Conference on Latin American History
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Honors and Awards

  • Maureen Ahern Doctoral Dissertation Award in Colonial Latin American Studies, Latin American Studies Association
  • Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar Award, Latin American & Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico
  • Vatican Film Library Mellon Fellowship, Saint Louis University Libraries
  • Archibald Hanna Fellowship, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
  • Short-Term Fellowship, Newberry Library
  • Msgr. Francis J. Weber Fellowship, Huntington Library
  • Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies Fellowship, Victoria University in the University of Toronto
  • Center for New World Comparative Studies Fellowship, John Carter Brown Library

Courses

  • Medieval Europe
  • Early Modern Europe, 1350-1650
  • The Lives of the Explorers
  • Introduction to Latin American Studies
  • World History to 1800
  • World History from 1800 to the Present
  • Colonial Latin America
  • Modern Latin America
  • Natives, Settlers, and Slaves: Colonizing the Americas, 1492-1804
  • Revolutions in Latin America
  • Multiethnic Identities in Latin America
  • Historiography
  • Mexican Popular Culture
  • Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Spanish Pacific
  • Ideas and Culture before 1850
  • Renaissance Ethnography

Education

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2018 - 2020 MLIS, Western University ‐ Faculty of Media and Information Studies
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2004 - 2012 PhD, University of Toronto ‐ History
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2002 - 2003 MA, Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario ‐ History
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1998 - 2002 BA, Brock University ‐ History and Philosophy
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Links

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