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History Society

We invite anyone with even just a passing interest in history to come and share their passion with us. Our mission is to foster a love of history on campus through our academic and social events.

 

The University of Melbourne History Society aims to provide support to all students studying or interested in history. Whether you’re a first-year considering history as a major, a weathered historian on your 3rd PhD, or if you watched one episode of Horrible Histories one time, the History Society is the club for you. We hope to provide academic resources and faculty connections to students studying history, as well as history-related social events like trivia nights, moving screenings and casual catch-ups. We also support Chariot magazine, a student-led history publication.

Club Aims

  1. To provide students studying or interested in history with connections and a sense of community on campus.
  2. To provide academic support for history students.
  3. To offer history students information related to career opportunities and volunteering positions.
  4. To promote history as an area of interest and an academic discipline throughout the university.

History Society
C/- Arts Faculty Office
The University of Melbourne 3010

Events
Annual General Meeting
26th August 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Forum Theatre, Arts West
Want to have your say in the next History Society committee? Or even be IN the next History Society committee? Join us for our Annual General Meeting!!
Student Led Lecture Night
3rd September 5:30pm - 7pm
JH Michell Theatre (PAR-160-G-G01)
Whether you want to give a lecture on your favourite niche historical topic, or listen to someone else's, we'd love if you would join us for our semesterly Student-Led Lecture Night in Week 9. See you there!
The Past is Your Future: Careers in History
11th September 2pm - 4pm
Public Records Office
The HCV is putting on their Careers Panel titled Careers in History: The Past of Your Future. Panelists will be experts from various areas of the history sector and will share how they apply their tertiary studies to what they do now.
End of Semester Pub Night
22nd October 6pm - 9pm
The Clyde Hotel, 385 Cardigan St, Carlton VIC 3053
We hate to say goodbye, but we’d love to celebrate the year in style! Join us at the Clyde for our End of Semester Pub Night from 6:00-9:00PM. We’ll be providing free drink tokens to our members as our parting gift. Come by for one last hurrah!