The Graduate History Society of the Department of History at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the Sixth Annual Graduate History Symposium (AGHS), to be held February 5-6, 2010. This year's theme is "Crossing the Line: Boundaries & Borders in History" - In short, “Crossing the line” asks what has it meant to break boundaries and what is at stake in their drawing, crossing, and redrawing. It is the scholar’s responsibility to identify not only when and where lines have been crossed, but how crossing them was significant. For more information and a list of suggested topics please see the Call for Papers.

The conference is fast approaching and we are very excited to be in the final stages of planning and preparation. The 2010 AGHS Organizing Committee would like to thank all of those who submitted papers and panels for this year's conference. The response to our CFP was as enthusiastic and promising as we had hoped and we look forward to greeting you all here on February 5th.

Updates:

- Please find a draft of this year's program here

- We are pleased to announce that on the morning of Saturday, 6 February, we will be holding a Roundtable discussion entitled "Beyond the Archive: Crossing the Line with Historical Sources" and featuring three outstanding faculty members of the Department of History at the University of Toronto.

- The AGHS Organizing Committee is also pleased to announce that two awards for the best presentation (one to a member of the department and one to a visitor) will be presented at the close of our conference on Saturday, 6 February. The awards carry a cash prize of $250.

- Dr. Michael Gauvreau of McMaster University will be presenting a keynote address entitled "Writing the History of Two Normal Societies: Negotiating the Boundaries between English Canada and Quebec" on Friday evening, 5 February. The address will take place at a reception hosted by the AGHS Organizing Committee and the Graduate History Society, and will be located in the University College Arts Center.

Please check the website for more updates and direct all inquiries to aghs@utoronto.ca