Graduate History Society


GHS Activities:

 

Faculty meeting representatives -- (GHS sends two reps, one studying U.S. History and one studying a non-U.S. field to the monthly faculty meetings. The reps send a report of discussion at the meeting to GHS members via the listserv.)

Graduate Student Senate representatives -- (GHS has two senators, one from a U.S. field of study and one from a non-U.S. field of study. If enrollment increases, there might be an additional senator names as "at-large.")

Representatives to Faculty Search Committees -- (All hiring search committees include one graduate student.)

 




 

Graduate History Society
Department of History
University of Iowa
280 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City IA 52242-1409

GHS Colloquium -- (Each semester GHS holds a number of workshops; recent ones have included "Grants and Fellowships: Finding Funding for Research" and "Comprehensive Exams Roundtable Discussion.")

Lecture series -- (Once a year the GHS brings a prominent historian to campus to give a presentation and meet with graduate students.)

Meetings -- (GHS holds about four meetings a year to conduct business and discuss issues of concern to members.)

Picnics -- (Early fall GHS members get together for a barbecue and possibly a game softball, soccer, or football.)