2025 GAH Annual Meeting
February 7-9, 2025
Georgia College and State University
Milledgeville, Georgia
The call for papers is open!
Registration will be available by Nov. 1
John C. Inscoe Professorship in History Fund
Please consider donating to this fund, established in honor of Dr. John Inscoe, professor emeritus in the Department of History,
former officer, and long-time member and supporter of the GAH.
It supports a professor in the Department that is engaged in teaching history of the American South and similar topics.
Please consider donating to this fund, established in honor of Dr. John Inscoe, professor emeritus in the Department of History,
former officer, and long-time member and supporter of the GAH.
It supports a professor in the Department that is engaged in teaching history of the American South and similar topics.
The Georgia Association of Historians (GAH) was organized in 1973 as a statewide professional organization for the study of history. The purpose of the organization, according to the Constitution, is “to strengthen the historical profession and to enhance the professional lives of historians in Georgia by any of all of the following:
Holding meetings, conferences, seminars, or symposia concerned with historical topics.
Members of the GAH are not required to live in the state of Georgia, nor are they topically limited to the study of the history of Georgia. Members of the society currently pursue a variety of historical interests, including the United States history, public history, European history, Middle Eastern history, Latin American history, to name a few. Annual meetings, held since 1974, are the primary venue of face to face communication between members.
In 1980, the GAH began publication of Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of Historians as a venue to place in print the scholarship of the organizations members. In 1994, the name of the publication changed to the Journal of the Georgia Association of Historians, which is currently a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published annually.
Holding meetings, conferences, seminars, or symposia concerned with historical topics.
- Encouraging and promoting historical research, preservation, record keeping, and publication.
- Publishing journals or magazines devoted to history.
- Encouraging and promoting high standards in the teaching of history.
- Sponsoring the appearance in Georgia of outstanding historians.
- Recognizing excellence in historical research and publication, in service to the profession, and in teaching of history by appropriate awards or prizes.
- Encouraging and promoting public history.
- Fostering professional and social communication among historians.
- Encouraging and promoting historians in training.
- Engaging in other appropriate activities which are in keeping with the purpose of the association.”
Members of the GAH are not required to live in the state of Georgia, nor are they topically limited to the study of the history of Georgia. Members of the society currently pursue a variety of historical interests, including the United States history, public history, European history, Middle Eastern history, Latin American history, to name a few. Annual meetings, held since 1974, are the primary venue of face to face communication between members.
In 1980, the GAH began publication of Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of Historians as a venue to place in print the scholarship of the organizations members. In 1994, the name of the publication changed to the Journal of the Georgia Association of Historians, which is currently a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published annually.