About HSGAbout HSG
The Society
The Historical Society of Ghana was founded in 1951 under the auspices of leading scholars and nationalists such as John D. Fage, A. A. Kwapong, Albert Adu Boahen, J. B. Danquah, Kobina Sekyi, Nana Kobina Nketsia and others. Membership of the society is drawn from historians, archaeologists, linguists and ancillary disciplines, and includes university lecturers and Students from the five public Universities- University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Cape Coast, University of Education , Winneba, the University of Development Studies , Tamale and teachers in Secondary Schools and Training Colleges . The society ran a journal, Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, which was the leading journal on Ghanaian history. It also published the Ghana Notes and Queries and Teachers Journal, which also served as a scholarly forum for secondary school history teachers. The society became defunct in 1983 in the general decline of scholarship due to economic decay. It was only revived in 2001. The revived Historical Society of Ghana has since then resumed publication of the Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana.
Vision
To deepen national appreciation of the relevance of history to understanding Ghana ’s past and present; to highlight the centrality of history to the production of knowledge in general; and to reveal history’s influence in everyday life.
Mission
To strengthen the discipline of history at the university, secondary and basic levels and to inculcate an interest in history in the wider Ghanaian public. To this end, the Historical Society of Ghana sponsors research, assists in the training of historians in universities and secondary schools, offers scholarships, runs an annual conference open to the general public, and publishes journals, books, theses and documentaries.
To strengthen the discipline of history at the university, secondary and basic levels and to inculcate an interest in history in the wider Ghanaian public. To this end, the Historical Society of Ghana sponsors research, assists in the training of historians in universities and secondary schools, offers scholarships, runs an annual conference open to the general public, and publishes journals, books, theses and documentaries.
Future of the society
Members of the society will continue to conduct research and publish their findings on various aspects of Ghanaian history. The society intends to whip up students’ interests in history in the first and second cycle institutions and at the tertiary level. The society intends to establish a history village where academics and the general public could interact on a regular basis and share ideas on Ghana’s history. The importance of our history cannot be underestimated and we shall continue to forge ahead and encourage new ideas into the preservation of our heritage. Paramount to this endeavor is the stimulation of young and/or would-be scholars to the pursuance of history as a field of expertise. Funding is another area that we hope to address in our ongoing research analysis and to secure the academic excellence of the society without compromising itself in its quest for resource support.