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Professor Jonathan F. Vance specializes in military history, Canadian history, and social memory. He has a distinguished academic career, serving as the J.B. Smallman Chair and Distinguished University Professor at Western University. His research focuses on themes of World War remembrance, commemoration, and the societal impacts of war. Among his significant projects is the Ley Lois Smith War, Memory, and Popular Culture Research Collection, which houses extensive materials related to military history and cultural studies. Vance has authored several notable publications, including titles on the memory of the Great Escape during WWII and the cultural dimensions of war. He has received numerous awards for his work, such as the Floyd S. Chalmers Award in 2019 and the Charles P. Stacey Prize. His contributions to scholarship are recognized through his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Vance continues to supervise Master’s and Doctoral students, shaping the next generation of historians in these critical fields.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.