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History Graduate Student Association


Read Hall 1901 construction plans from MU in Brick and Mortar. Banner image of the 1915 Kleio Club [women student's history organization] from the 1915 Savitar.
Who We Are

The History Graduate Student Association is the governing body of graduate students in the Department of History. As an academic organization, HGSA's priority is to support graduate student research through various means, including, but not limited to, sponsoring academic lecturers and conferences, promoting the general scholarly welfare and advancement of its members, providing a forum for social interaction in the field of history, and promoting their interdisciplinary scholastic aspirations both within and outside of the University of Missouri community.

MUHGSA Sixth Graduate Student Conference — 11-12 April 2008

Every other year, the MUHGSA sponsors a national graduate conference in history. The theme for 2008 is "This Land is Whose Land? Civil Identity and Civil Conflict" and the keynote speakers include Dr. Victoria E. Bynum, professor of history at Texas State University San Marcos and the author of The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War. Please contact us for more information at:

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Department of History, 101 Read Hall
University of Missouri–Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211-7500
E-mail: umcashistorygrad@missouri.edu