Registration for Dragon Tails 2019 is now open. Theme: Translation and TransformationLocation: Hunter Building, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New ZealandDate: Wed 20 – Sat 23 November 2019  Wednesday will be pre-conference tours and eventsConvenors: Grace Gassin, Karen Schamberger See Draft programme for conference details. Following on from the success of the Dragon Tails conferences…

The Judith Binney Fellowship is available for an established scholar to undertake or complete significant research. The Writing Award is for an emerging scholar, or for the beginning or completion of a project. The Fellowships and Writing Awards support research and writing on New Zealand history or associated topics. This might include: social history; women’s…

The Stage 2 Report on the National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources Claims – Pre-publication Version This seminar introduces a part of a collaborative project with Benoît Trépied (CNRS, IRIS, Paris), examining the history of a “mixed-race” family in New Caledonia over three generations from the 1890s to the 1970s. My focus is a member of…

29 Aug 2019 5:30 pm to 29 Aug 2019 6:30 pm Victoria University Wellington, Rutherford House RH105 The Bible is read many ways by many people. In this lecture, Dr Meredith Lake explores the cultural significance of the Bible in Australia and New Zealand. The Bible arrived down under at a time when Europeans were…

The New Zealand History Research Trust Fund offers financial assistance to people carrying out projects that will significantly enhance the understanding of New Zealand’s past. The funding can be used for a variety of purposes: to enable historians to work full-time on a project; to pay for research and writing costs; and to pay for…

The XXI IOHA Conference: Harmony and Disharmony: Bringing Together Many Voices Singapore, 22–26 Jun 2020 CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS The International Oral History Association (IOHA) is pleased to announce the call for papers and workshop proposals for the next conference to be held in Singapore from 22 to 26 June 2020. The conference…

In 2016, to mark the occasion of its 25th anniversary, the Friends of the Hocken Collections offered an award of NZ$10,000 to support a research project on some aspect of the historical development of culture and society in Aotearoa/New Zealand, primarily using the resources of the Hocken Collections.  Joint winners of the anniversary Award (for…