The Force of Nature Masters Scholarship is a one-off scholarship to give a graduate student an opportunity to contribute to the centennial history of Forest & Bird. The student will enrol for a research-only Masters in The Centre for Science in Society, Victoria University of Wellington, working under Associate Professor James Beattie. Please see here for application … More Masters Scholarship for the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society’s Force of Nature Centennial History Project (2020)

Congratulations to Dr Charlotte Greenhalgh (University of Waikato and NZHA Council Member) whose Aging in Twentieth-Century Britain (University of California Press) has been shortlisted for the Australian Historical Association’s W.K. Hancock Prize. This award recognises an Australian scholar who has published a first book in any field of history during 2018 or 2019.

Dear all,  We are happy to invite you to attend a forthcoming (June 1-5) Online Public History Summer School (free). The Institute of History of the University of Wrocław, Poland, Depot History Centre, and the International Federation for Public History invite all interested persons to take part in the Public Summer School, to be held online … More Online Public History Summer School

The Religious History Association of Aotearoa NZ recently published its Religious History Newsletter. Founded in 1987, the Newsletter aims to connect all with interests in the field, providing various updates, including notably a comprehensive bibliography of recent publications related to any aspect of religion in NZ history. This 31st edition covers publications from 2018-2019. The … More Religious History Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ) Newsletter

Call for Papers “One Empire, Many Colonies, Similar or Different Histories?” Abstracts are invited from scholars bringing historical perspective on law who wish to gather at The University of Auckland and AUT University – there to listen to and discuss papers and panels on aspects of law in history. The 2020 theme invites a comparative … More 39th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society, Auckland, 9th-12th December 2020

Kia ora koutou katoa. At 12.30pm on Tuesday 25 Feb, in the Programme Rooms at the National Library, Douglas Roberts will be giving a one-hour presentation about his heritage and archives-based education work and recent projects, along with some discussion and sharing of ideas about outreach and education work using archives, objects and historic places. … More Douglas Roberts, Archives Education talk, 25 Feb