Nicholas Terpstra
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. He is the 16th and current provost and vice-chancellor of Trinity College, Toronto, having succeeded Mayo Moran in 2024. He has been the president of the Renaissance Society of America (2022-2024), editor of Renaissance Quarterly (2012-2017; 2021-2022), and is an internationally respected scholar of the Renaissance period. As a professor of history at the University of Toronto, his research is multidisciplinary, interacting with gender, religion, economics, and more.