Nicholas Terpstra | |
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16th Provost of Trinity College, Toronto | |
Assumed office July 1, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mayo Moran |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | McMaster University (BA) University of Toronto (MA, PhD) |
Occupation | Professor Historian Administrator |
Website | Nicholas Terpstra |
Nicholas Terpstra is a Canadian historian and academic.[1] He is the 16th and current provost and vice- chancellor of Trinity College, Toronto, having succeeded Mayo Moran in 2024.[2] He has been the president of the Renaissance Society of America (2022-2024),[3] editor of Renaissance Quarterly (2012-2017; 2021-2022)[4], and is an internationally respected scholar of the Renaissance period.[5] As a professor of history at the University of Toronto, his research is multidisciplinary, interacting with gender, religion, economics, and more.[6]