Pamela E. Swett is a Canadian-American historian of 20th-century Germany and professor in the History department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
[4] Swett's research is focused on the social and cultural history of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.
She is the author of several books and articles and is a coeditor of Reshaping Capitalism in Weimar and Nazi Germany with Moritz Föllmer (2022); Pleasure and Power in Nazi Germany (2011) with Fabrice d'Almeida and Corey Ross; and Selling Modernity: advertising in twentieth-century Germany (2007) with Jonathan Wiesen and Jonathan Zatlin.
[1] As dean, Swett has played a key role in the establishment of the Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement.
The gift will establish a new multi-disciplinary college at McMaster; the Wilson College will be offering degrees in leadership and civic studies and will be the only program of its kind in Canada at the undergraduate level.