Daniel Woolf | |
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20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University | |
In office 1 September 2009 [2] – 30 June 2019 [3] [4] | |
Preceded by | Thomas R. Williams [5] |
Succeeded by | Patrick Deane [6] |
Personal details | |
Born | Daniel Robert Woolf
[7] 5 December 1958 [8] London, England [8] |
Spouse | Julie Gordon-Woolf [9] |
Children | Sarah, Samuel and David [7] |
Education |
Queen's University at Kingston (
BA) University of Oxford ( DPhil) |
Daniel Robert Woolf FRHistS FSA FRSC (born 5 December 1958) is a British-Canadian historian and former university administrator. He served as the 20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a position to which he was appointed in January 2009 and took up on 1 September 2009. [10] He was previously a professor of history and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. He was reappointed to a second 5-year term in 2013. [11] [12] In late 2017, Woolf announced his intention not to serve a third term and to retire from university administration at the end of his second term in 2019. [13] [14] [15] He was succeeded by Patrick Deane, [16] and became Principal Emeritus. [17]
Woolf was born in London, England, on 5 December 1958 to a Jewish family. [8] [18] His mother, Margaret Mary Woolf (1929–2014), [19] was an English instructor at a university, [7] and his father, Cyril Isaac Woolf (1930–2012), was an otolaryngologist, a Royal College of Surgeons of England Fellow [18] and an adjunct faculty member at a medical school. [7] His uncle is the late historian Stuart Woolf (1936–2021), [20] [21] and his brother is the Vancouver-based architect Jeremy Woolf. [8] [22] [23]
In 1961, his family emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, [18] where Woolf graduated from St. Paul's High School in 1976. [17] He obtained his BA in History from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1980, and then a DPhil in Modern History from St Peter's College, [24] University of Oxford, in 1983. [25] He was supervised by Gerald E. Aylmer, a distinguished historian of 17th-century England and then- Master of St Peter's. Along with historians John Morrill and Paul Slack, Woolf would eventually co-edit a 1993 festschrift honouring Aylmer. [26] Among Woolf's contemporaries at St Peter's was David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham since 2009. [24]
Woolf returned to Canada in 1984 and taught at Queen's University as a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council postdoctoral fellow in history until 1986, when he moved to Quebec and became an assistant professor of history at Bishop's University. After a 1-year appointment he joined the Department of History at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, as an assistant professor. [25] Woolf was tenured in 1990, when he was also promoted to associate professor; 4 years later, he became a full professor. [7] [25]
In 1999, McMaster University appointed Woolf as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, serving as a professor of history in parallel. [25] He relocated to University of Alberta in 2002, starting a 5-year term as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, a position to which he was re-appointed in 2007, [7] as well as a professor in the Department of History and Classics. [25] In 2009, he was appointed by Queen's University as its 20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor. [27] He took up the role on 1 September that year, [7] serving until June 2019. [3]
Academically, Woolf's research interests are in Tudor and Stuart British history and the global history of historiography. [9] [28] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Royal Historical Society. [1] Between 1996 and 1997 he was a member of the School of Historical Studies under the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. [29]
Since 2012, Woolf has been on the board of directors of Historica Canada (formerly the Historica-Dominion Institute). [25] [30] Having completed one term on the board of directors of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, he is currently serving his second term (2021–2023). [31] He is a member of the board of directors of Lakefield College School since 2020. [32] He is also a member of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography (ICHTH), currently serving as its Secretary-General (2022–2026). [33]
Previously, he was the chair of the executive committee of the Council of Ontario Universities (2017–2019), [25] [34] a member of the board of directors of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (2016–2017), a member of the Executive Committee and Council of the Royal Society of Canada (2012–2016), [25] and chair of the Standing Advisory Committee on International Relation of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (renamed to Universities Canada in 2015) [35] [36] (2011–2014). [25] [37]
Woolf is married to Julie Anne Gordon-Woolf, [9] a health administrator and part-time professional harpist. [38] He has three children from a previous marriage to political scientist Jane Arscott, Sarah, Samuel and David. [8] [39] [40]
During his tenure as principal, Woolf is famous for handing out cookies with his wife at Queen's University’s libraries during exam season. [9] He started this "cookie drop" in 2010. [41]
In 2023, to honour Woolf's decade of service as Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University established the Principal Emeritus Daniel R. Woolf Professorship in the Humanities; [46] and renamed the first floor of Stauffer Library as the Daniel R. Woolf Gallery. [47]
Books
Selected articles and chapters
Daniel Woolf | |
---|---|
20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University | |
In office 1 September 2009 [2] – 30 June 2019 [3] [4] | |
Preceded by | Thomas R. Williams [5] |
Succeeded by | Patrick Deane [6] |
Personal details | |
Born | Daniel Robert Woolf
[7] 5 December 1958 [8] London, England [8] |
Spouse | Julie Gordon-Woolf [9] |
Children | Sarah, Samuel and David [7] |
Education |
Queen's University at Kingston (
BA) University of Oxford ( DPhil) |
Daniel Robert Woolf FRHistS FSA FRSC (born 5 December 1958) is a British-Canadian historian and former university administrator. He served as the 20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a position to which he was appointed in January 2009 and took up on 1 September 2009. [10] He was previously a professor of history and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. He was reappointed to a second 5-year term in 2013. [11] [12] In late 2017, Woolf announced his intention not to serve a third term and to retire from university administration at the end of his second term in 2019. [13] [14] [15] He was succeeded by Patrick Deane, [16] and became Principal Emeritus. [17]
Woolf was born in London, England, on 5 December 1958 to a Jewish family. [8] [18] His mother, Margaret Mary Woolf (1929–2014), [19] was an English instructor at a university, [7] and his father, Cyril Isaac Woolf (1930–2012), was an otolaryngologist, a Royal College of Surgeons of England Fellow [18] and an adjunct faculty member at a medical school. [7] His uncle is the late historian Stuart Woolf (1936–2021), [20] [21] and his brother is the Vancouver-based architect Jeremy Woolf. [8] [22] [23]
In 1961, his family emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, [18] where Woolf graduated from St. Paul's High School in 1976. [17] He obtained his BA in History from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1980, and then a DPhil in Modern History from St Peter's College, [24] University of Oxford, in 1983. [25] He was supervised by Gerald E. Aylmer, a distinguished historian of 17th-century England and then- Master of St Peter's. Along with historians John Morrill and Paul Slack, Woolf would eventually co-edit a 1993 festschrift honouring Aylmer. [26] Among Woolf's contemporaries at St Peter's was David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham since 2009. [24]
Woolf returned to Canada in 1984 and taught at Queen's University as a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council postdoctoral fellow in history until 1986, when he moved to Quebec and became an assistant professor of history at Bishop's University. After a 1-year appointment he joined the Department of History at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, as an assistant professor. [25] Woolf was tenured in 1990, when he was also promoted to associate professor; 4 years later, he became a full professor. [7] [25]
In 1999, McMaster University appointed Woolf as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, serving as a professor of history in parallel. [25] He relocated to University of Alberta in 2002, starting a 5-year term as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, a position to which he was re-appointed in 2007, [7] as well as a professor in the Department of History and Classics. [25] In 2009, he was appointed by Queen's University as its 20th Principal and Vice-Chancellor. [27] He took up the role on 1 September that year, [7] serving until June 2019. [3]
Academically, Woolf's research interests are in Tudor and Stuart British history and the global history of historiography. [9] [28] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Royal Historical Society. [1] Between 1996 and 1997 he was a member of the School of Historical Studies under the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. [29]
Since 2012, Woolf has been on the board of directors of Historica Canada (formerly the Historica-Dominion Institute). [25] [30] Having completed one term on the board of directors of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, he is currently serving his second term (2021–2023). [31] He is a member of the board of directors of Lakefield College School since 2020. [32] He is also a member of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography (ICHTH), currently serving as its Secretary-General (2022–2026). [33]
Previously, he was the chair of the executive committee of the Council of Ontario Universities (2017–2019), [25] [34] a member of the board of directors of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (2016–2017), a member of the Executive Committee and Council of the Royal Society of Canada (2012–2016), [25] and chair of the Standing Advisory Committee on International Relation of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (renamed to Universities Canada in 2015) [35] [36] (2011–2014). [25] [37]
Woolf is married to Julie Anne Gordon-Woolf, [9] a health administrator and part-time professional harpist. [38] He has three children from a previous marriage to political scientist Jane Arscott, Sarah, Samuel and David. [8] [39] [40]
During his tenure as principal, Woolf is famous for handing out cookies with his wife at Queen's University’s libraries during exam season. [9] He started this "cookie drop" in 2010. [41]
In 2023, to honour Woolf's decade of service as Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University established the Principal Emeritus Daniel R. Woolf Professorship in the Humanities; [46] and renamed the first floor of Stauffer Library as the Daniel R. Woolf Gallery. [47]
Books
Selected articles and chapters