New Zealand Historical Association

Author: NZHeh

  • ‘History After Empire: Nation and History-Writing in Crisis in Southern Settlers States’.

    Today (1 May), 3.30pm: Zoom Link Presented by NZHA President, Associate Professor Miranda Johnson In Australia and New Zealand, a complex politics of indigeneity and belonging after empire has generated distinctive claims about the past and the practice of history. Epistemological, political, and moral challenges to the nation as an imagined, progressive, community have fragmented…

  • Archives New Zealand Access Services Review Survey

    Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga has extended the deadline for their Access Services Review survey. The new deadline is Friday, 26th April 2024. Click here to participate in the survey. (20 questions, just a few minutes!)

  • ICHST Call for Symposium Proposals

    Announcing the 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology 2025. The Congress will take place 29 June – 5 July 2025 at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. The Call for Symposium Proposals is currently open, and these proposals are due by 1 April 2024. The Call for Standalone Papers opens…

  • Opening the Archives Conference: 2024 Call for Contributions

    Join ASA, ARANZ and PARBICA in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa this October to share your experiences & strategies for Opening the Archives through access, engagement or other innovative avenues. The Call for Contributions is now open and will close on: For full details: https://www.archivists.org.au/conference/2024-opening-the-archives-access-engagement-innovation/2024-call-for-contributions

  • Notes from Future of History discussion

    Find attached below notes from the Future of History discussion held at the NZHA conference on 24 November 2023. Drafted and circulated by Charlotte Macdonald, charlotte.macdonald@vuw.ac.nz Download the notes here.

  • Charlotte Badger MA Scholarship in History, THW-VUW

    As a parting gift to the History programme at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Professor Charlotte Macdonald has created a History Master’s scholarship in the name of a woman with a colourful life story. Charlotte has pledged $15,000 to launch the Charlotte Badger MA Scholarship in History. The scholarship will be named…

  • Open Letter to Save the Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University

    An open letter to oppose the proposed cuts to 30% of academic staff in the Humanities and Social Science Schools at Massey University can be found here. If you would like to sign this, the authors ask that you sign before 19 December 2023. This letter will be delivered to Professor Cynthia White, the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the…