Workshop- From Colonial Modernity to Decolonisation: The British Empire and Beyond 15-16 September

From Colonial Modernity to Decolonisation: The British Empire and Beyond”, 15-16 September 2023, The University of Auckland Keynote Speaker: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, and Special Invited Expert Addresses by Jim McAloon, Ned Bertz and Miranda Johnson Long ago, the rhetoric of the colonial civilising mission had established colonial modernity as a reference point.Ensured in the privileging of … More Workshop- From Colonial Modernity to Decolonisation: The British Empire and Beyond 15-16 September

NZHA Call for Nominations & Submissions

New Zealand Historical Association Prizes ­­Call for Nominations & Submissions The New Zealand Historical Association currently offers four prizes, each awarded biennially. These prizes will next be awarded at the NZHA Conference Dinner on 23 November 2023, Prizes for Published Books and Articles The three prizes offered for published works are: The NZHA Executive now … More NZHA Call for Nominations & Submissions

NZHA CFP Reminder

Practice history in the real world 21-24 November 2023, University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch The Liberal Arts have been under attack for many years, but interest in history has begun to recover some of its allure. One of the key reasons for the revival of history has been the public’s perception of the benefits arising … More NZHA CFP Reminder

New Book ‘A Bloody Difficult Subject’: Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Making of History by Professor Bain Attwood.

This month Auckland University Press is pleased to publishing ‘A Bloody Difficult Subject’: Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Making of History by Professor Bain Attwood. This book is a sophisticated, multi-faceted history of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its place in New Zealand society. It traces the landmark work … More New Book ‘A Bloody Difficult Subject’: Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Making of History by Professor Bain Attwood.

New Historians Conference 2023 call for papers now open

The annual New Historians Conference, organised and hosted by Te Herenga Waka’s postgraduate History students is now extending a call for papers.12 May 2023 Historians in Social Movements Historians have always been involved in any great movement for change. Whether the cause has been for women’s liberation, queer rights, freedom from colonisation and racial oppression, … More New Historians Conference 2023 call for papers now open

Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar May 17

You are warmly invited to the next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar. Wednesday Rāapa 17 May, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoomRegister here Sucharita Sen, Gendered Spaces: Memsahibs and their Ayahs in the Anglo-Indian Household, c. 1800-c.1915 Kate Stevens, Gendered violence and medico-legal expertise in the colonial Pacific Sucharita Sen is a 2023 History … More Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar May 17

Exciting withdrawals: Reviewing restrictions in the Turnbull’s manuscript collection

Next Tuesday (18 April) at 12:00pm, Jared Davidson (ATL Research Librarian Manuscripts) will discuss the ongoing work to review Chief Librarian restrictions that have been applied to Turnbull manuscript collections. He will highlight several collections that are now open access and the human stories this work has revealed. This online only talk is part of … More Exciting withdrawals: Reviewing restrictions in the Turnbull’s manuscript collection

Aotearoa Gender History Network Seminar 5 April

You are warmly invited to the next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar. Wednesday Rāapa 5 April, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoomRegister here Speakers: Randolph Hollingsworth, Annie Jane Allen Schnackenberg (1835-1905): A Political Life Marianne Schultz, Music, Dance, and the Archive: Princess Iwa and Bathie Stuart Randolph Hollingsworth is an independent scholar working on … More Aotearoa Gender History Network Seminar 5 April

Symposium- Scarred Nations: Intrastate conflicts, legacies, and reconciliation

A multi-disciplinary symposium on intrastate conflict is to be held at Auckland War Memorial Museum on the 20th-21st April 2023, convened by the War History Heritage Art and Memory Network Research Group. The programme examines our understanding of the New Zealand Wars, as Aotearoa’s own intrastate conflict (Day 1) and leads onto NZ’s experience of … More Symposium- Scarred Nations: Intrastate conflicts, legacies, and reconciliation

The 25th Pacific History Association Biennial Conference – CFP

Deakin University Warrnambool Campus 31 October 2023 – 4 November 2023 Tracking the Kooyang: Truth Telling in the History of Oceania For tens of thousands of years, First Nations people in south eastern Australia have harvested shortfinned eels – kooyang, in the language of the Gunditjmara people. Through complex systems of canals, dams, ponds and … More The 25th Pacific History Association Biennial Conference – CFP

NZHA Prizes – Call for Nominations

New Zealand Historical Association Prizes ­­Call for Nominations & Submissions The New Zealand Historical Association currently offers four prizes, each awarded biennially. These prizes will next be awarded at the NZHA Conference Dinner on 23 November 2023, Prizes for Published Books and Articles The three prizes offered for published works are: The NZHA Executive now … More NZHA Prizes – Call for Nominations

CHRISTIANITY, THE MĀORI WORLD AND COLONIALISM IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Wānanga Symposium

16-18 Nov 2023 BAY OF ISLANDS This symposium, featuring leading international and New Zealand scholars, will consider the interactions between Christianity, te ao Māori and colonization in Aotearoa New Zealand. Current public conversations on the nature of our history, the Treaty of Waitangi, and issues of Crown governance and Māori authority, call for fresh research … More CHRISTIANITY, THE MĀORI WORLD AND COLONIALISM IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Wānanga Symposium

NZHA Newsletter

November 2022 Tēnā koutou, The NZHA Executive and Council have met regularly throughout the year to kōrero on all things NZHA. Our AGM is on Friday, December 2 at 9 am (via zoom) – so please join us if you are available. (Zoom link is included at the bottom of this newsletter). We are in … More NZHA Newsletter

Aotearoa Gender History Network Workshop – 21-22 February 2023

Women’s and gender histories in 2020s Aotearoa, Te Wai Pounamu and Moana Nui a Kiwa Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland  21–22 Hui-tanguru February 2023 general registration $80 / ECR and unwaged $25  Register here The programme features 25 research presentations by emerging and established historians working across Aotearoa. Over two days we will discuss topics … More Aotearoa Gender History Network Workshop – 21-22 February 2023

NZHA AGM 2 DEC 2022

Tēnā koutou katoa, The New Zealand Historical Association’s Annual General Meeting will be held on at 9am 2 December 2022, via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out along with the Agenda later this month. We are also in the process of collating a newsletter – if you have anything you would like included … More NZHA AGM 2 DEC 2022

Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar 30 Nov

 Wednesday Rāapa 30 November, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoomRegister here Jessica Parr, Unravelling the history of Obesity in Aotearoa: Examining the scientific roots presented in social epidemiology Helen Morten, The ‘Cult of the Expert’: Dietary Advice and Gender in New Zealand, 1930-1960 Jessica Parr is a research fellow at Waipapa Taumata Rau The … More Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar 30 Nov

UOA History Innovation Fund Post Doctoral Fellow Applications

The School of Humanities: Te Puna Aronui invites applications for the 2023 History Innovation Fund Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. This fellowship offers early career support for an outstanding recent PhD graduate in history, enabling them to undertake research and writing for publication, whilst also providing some teaching experience. The successful applicant will be accommodated within the … More UOA History Innovation Fund Post Doctoral Fellow Applications

Women’s and gender histories in 2020s Aotearoa Te Wai Pounamu and Moana Nui a Kiwa

Women’s and gender histories in 2020s Aotearoa, Te Wai Pounamu and Moana Nui a Kiwa With support from the University of Auckland History Innovation Fund, the Aotearoa Gender History Network is convening an in-person meeting to bring together researchers on women’s and gender histories to share their work. A further goal of the workshop is … More Women’s and gender histories in 2020s Aotearoa Te Wai Pounamu and Moana Nui a Kiwa

Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar

Aotearoa Gender History Network seminarWednesday Rāapa 7 September, 12 pm – 1 pm NZT, via zoomRegister here Speakers: Ereni Putere, Rau mōrehu ki te ao, rau mahara i te pō: Navigating history and the lives of Kāi Tahu Ahinata Kaitai-Mullane, Power, Positionality, Perspective: Unpacking colonialism in contemporary pornography Ereni Pūtere (nō Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, … More Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar

EXTENDED Call for Papers – Scarred Nations: Intrastate Conflict, Legacies and Reconciliation ­– Titiro Whakamuri ki anga Whakamua Symposium

Scarred Nations: Intrastate Conflict, Legacies and Reconciliation ­– Titiro Whakamuri ki anga Whakamua Symposium 16–21 April 2023, Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Aotearoa New Zealand The organising partners for Scarred Nations would like to announce an extension to the call for papers for this international, multidisciplinary symposium showcasing academic and creative work on … More EXTENDED Call for Papers – Scarred Nations: Intrastate Conflict, Legacies and Reconciliation ­– Titiro Whakamuri ki anga Whakamua Symposium

Call for Papers: The New Historians Conference 2022

In the context of the pandemic and the immediate period that follows, there is a requirementto take a pause and understand the change, recalibrate, and prepare for what comes next. Atthe same time there are some things that remain constant, continuities that run strongthrough the before and after. The New Historians Conference 2022 is focused … More Call for Papers: The New Historians Conference 2022

Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Network – July Seminar

Wednesday Rāapa 27 July, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom (Register here) Sam Iti Prendergast, ‘Dreaming Sovereign Futures in Aotearoa and Hawai’i: Rihi Puhiwahine and Haunani-Kay Trask’ Sam Iti Prendergast (Ngāti Maniapoto) is lecturer in history at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. Her work examines the tensions between the aspirations of white nationhood and … More Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Network – July Seminar

Family History Network – June meeting

Please join us online on Wednesday 1 June, 12-1pm, via zoom: https://massey.zoom.us/j/89615956171 Rebecca Ream and Esther Fitzpatrick will present their research, followed by group discussion.  Ethics and the ‘critical’ in critical family history  The ‘critical’ in critical family history (CFH) attends to the ethics of writing family history stories by drawing on critical theory. Even … More Family History Network – June meeting

Aotearoa Gender History Network – June Seminar

Wednesday Rāapa 15 June, 12pm – 1pm NZT, via zoomRegister here Speakers: Rebecca Rice, ‘Getting their boots dirty: Women’s botanical publications in 19th-century Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific’ Matt Basso, ‘Family or Empire? Settler Masculinity and the Question of Protection During World War One’ Biographies: Rebecca Rice is Curator Historical New Zealand Art at Te … More Aotearoa Gender History Network – June Seminar

Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference – Save the Date

ASHA is pleased to announce that this year’s annual conference will be held in Russell, in the beautiful Bay of Islands in northern New Zealand. The conference will commence with a welcome function on the evening of 26 September 2022 and finish with a gala dinner on 30 September 2022. The conference venue is the … More Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Conference – Save the Date

Obituary for Frances Ann Porter (Fyfe), 1925-2022

Frances Ann Porter (Fyfe) 2 May 1925 – 3 April 2022 Frances Porter (Fyfe), BA, MA (Hons), D.Litt, author of the prize winning biography of Jane Maria Atkinson, Born to New Zealand (1989) and a large number of works on nineteenth-century Aotearoa New Zealand, has died, aged 96. Frances Porter’s prize winning biography of Jane … More Obituary for Frances Ann Porter (Fyfe), 1925-2022

Call for Papers – Scarred Nations: Intrastate Conflict, Legacies and Reconciliation ­– Titiro Whakamuri ki anga Whakamua Symposium

16–21 April 2023, Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Aotearoa New Zealand Kia ora koutou, The organising partners for Scarred Nations are delighted to invite paper submissions to this international, multidisciplinary symposium showcasing academic and creative work on intrastate conflict, its legacies, and processes of reconciliation  The goals of the symposium include creating a … More Call for Papers – Scarred Nations: Intrastate Conflict, Legacies and Reconciliation ­– Titiro Whakamuri ki anga Whakamua Symposium

Massey University Research Seminar – Professor Maartje Abbenhuis

Massey University’s School of Humanities, Media & Creative Communication invites you to a research seminar: ‘Mired in controversy: The history of the dum-dum bullet’. By Professor Maartje Abbenhuis 12:30pm, Wednesday 27 April (Zoom Link: https://massey.zoom.us/j/3240170162) Abstract: In 1899, the delegates gathered at The Hague Peace Conference agreed to prohibit the military use of a particular … More Massey University Research Seminar – Professor Maartje Abbenhuis

Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Network – May Seminar

You are warmly invited to the next Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar. Please note that we are now requiring a quick, online registration to attend. Wednesday Rāapa 4 May, 12 pm – 1 pm NZT, via zoomRegister here Hayley Goldthorpe, The Three Graces against the Taranaki War, 1860-61 Hayley Goldthorpe is a Sociology Master’s student at … More Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Network – May Seminar

Invitation to a First Meeting of the Family History Network

Following interest from the NZHA conference in November, a group of people with interests in Family History research is being formed, and we invite all those interested to join us for our first online event on Thursday 10 March, from 12 – 1pm.  The event will start with a presentation by Bettina Bradbury, entitled: “Tracing family … More Invitation to a First Meeting of the Family History Network

Aotearoa Gender History Seminar – March & May

MARCH SEMINAR Wednesday Rāapa 16 March, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/97078105588) Speakers: Amelia Barker – PhD Candidate, Massey University Constance de Rabastens (d. c.1386): a woman who fought to be heardConstance de Rabastens was a lay female visionary during the Great Western Schism (1378-1417), a period in which Western Christendom was divided … More Aotearoa Gender History Seminar – March & May

Executive Award for Outstanding Contribution to Māori History

Kia ora koutou, At the Prize Giving session during the recent NZHA Conference, the Executive announced it was making a special award for an Outstanding Contribution to Māori History. This award was presented to Aroha Harris (Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi) of the University of Auckland. The citation given by the NZHA’s President, Michael Belgrave, is … More Executive Award for Outstanding Contribution to Māori History

NZHA 2021 Prize Winners

Kia ora koutou Following the Prize Giving session on Friday, the outgoing NZHA Executive are delighted to confirm the winners of the 2021 NZHA Prizes: The W.H. Oliver Prize for the Best Book on Any Aspect of New Zealand History Joint Winner: Bain Attwood, Empire and the Making of Native Title: Sovereignty, Property and Indigenous … More NZHA 2021 Prize Winners

Lectureship in History at the University of Waikato

The University of Waikato is seeking a continuing Lecturer in History. Applications are especially welcome from historians early in their academic careers and with expertise in America, Europe, Africa or Asia, that complements and adds to the Programmes current areas of expertise (particularly Indigenous Histories, Oral History, Pacific History, Historical Theory and Method). Applications are due … More Lectureship in History at the University of Waikato

Aotearoa Gender History Seminar – Final Session for 2021

You are warmly invited to the final session of the 2021 Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar. Wednesday 8 December, 12pm – 1pm (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/82421107647) Speakers Elizabeth Bowyer, The Contractual Engagements of Colonial Women: The Case of Elizabeth Ellen Hadfield Branka Bogdan and Tatjana Buklijas, The Fetus and the Lamb: The Auckland Antenatal Corticosteroid Trial and … More Aotearoa Gender History Seminar – Final Session for 2021

NZHA Newsletter re Conference & Constitutional Amendments

We will be meeting again at the Association’s conference in less than a month. The programme has been finalised, if subject to the inevitable tweaking as we get closer to the day. We are delighted with the range and depth of submissions and look forward to an extremely worthwhile conference that will recognise the wealth … More NZHA Newsletter re Conference & Constitutional Amendments

FRIDAY 26 MAY SEMINAR Dr Arini Loader – ‘E pā tō hau: Māori history and the New Zealand wars’

The History Programme of the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations is pleased to invite you to a seminar with Dr Arini Loader Presented in OK406 and via ZOOM—please register for the Zoom by clicking this link:https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtfu6trT8pHtQlpDmZLG47-P27PjlhH0Kg Close reading and contextualisation of Rangiamoa’s waiata ‘E pā tō hau’ offers an utterly Māori way in to making some … More FRIDAY 26 MAY SEMINAR Dr Arini Loader – ‘E pā tō hau: Māori history and the New Zealand wars’

NOHANZ Postgraduate Travel Support Fund 2023

NOHANZ is pleased to offer two grants of up to $300 to contribute to members’ travel costs to presentat the New Zealand Historical Association Conference in November 2023. The NOHANZ PostgraduateTravel Support Fund is open to all NOHANZ members enrolled in postgraduate study. Please see the NOHANZ website for the application form: https://www.oralhistory.org.nz/index.php/event/21-24-nov-2023-history-conference-christchurch/ Applications close … More NOHANZ Postgraduate Travel Support Fund 2023