montage of historical images including US Constitution, portraits of African-American Civil War soldier, early modern world map

History Graduate Student Association 

Welcome!

The History Graduate Student Association at Louisiana State University (HGSA) exists to foster an academic, professional, and social community among the graduate students in the Department of History.  In order to meet this goal, we work with the Department of History to provide graduate students with opportunities for academic and professional development in the form of meetings, seminars, conferences, and social gatherings.  

All graduate students registered with the Department of History are automatically considered members of the HGSA.  We hope this website will answer most of your questions about life as a graduate student at LSU, and if you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

2023 Graduate History Conference

Audience at a lecture during the 2017 Graduate History Conference

The History Graduate Student Association's annual conference took place on LSU's campus March 2-4, 2023. The keynote speaker was Prof.  Frank Garmon (Christopher Newport University), speaking on "Microhistory and the Malleability of Identity in Nineteenth-Century America." 

Full Program

Officers

President

Alex Whitley

awhi179@lsu.edu


Vice-President 

John Herrington

jherr28@lsu.edu


Secretary-treasurer

Sidney Gahagan

sgahag2@lsu.edu

Full roster of officers

See also:

HGSA Blogspot Page