Current Students

The GHSA is the Graduate History Student Association, an organization that supports the educational needs and provides social activities for graduate history students. The membership of the GHSA consists of all part-time and full-time students registered in programs leading to graduate degrees in History at York.

The GHSA holds monthly meetings to address students’ interests and concerns. Members elect an executive and appoint representatives to various department, union and university committees.

The GHSA hosts Historian’s Crafts, orientation events, a book sale and New Frontiers, a graduate student history conference.

We welcome new and returning students to get involved by participating in GHSA sponsored events, holding elected positions and volunteering to help on committees and at events.

“The Historian’s Craft”

The Historian’s Craft is a series of talks conducted under the auspices of the Graduate History Students’ Association (GHSA). Held monthly, the Historian’s Craft primarily is an opportunity for intellectuals from outside of York’s History Department to share their research and ideas with York historians and graduate students. Presentations can range from straight-forward history papers, to interactive discussions on methodology, to explorations of new and novel ways of ‘doing history.’ Recent Historian’s Crafts have focused on such topics as the history of the salad, writing historical fiction and oral history. Historian’s Craft presentations typically are 45-50 minutes and length, and are followed by a brief Question-and-Answer period, and an informal reception.