Category: Research

Waikato History Research Seminar – A double-faced history of the New Zealand state between colony and empire. By Miranda Johnson, University of Otago

August 24, 2020

Thursday 3 September, 1 pm – 2 pm via zoom https://waikato.zoom.us/j/91715166294 This talk presents some of my preliminary research about how we might write a history of the New Zealand state that is outward as well as inward-looking, and that takes this liminality seriously as a matter of historical construction. Rather than assuming that “New … More Waikato History Research Seminar – A double-faced history of the New Zealand state between colony and empire. By Miranda Johnson, University of Otago

Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar

July 14, 2020

You are warmly invited to attend this regular, online seminar. Each session (held via zoom) features 3 x 10-minute research presentations on current research in Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History, followed by discussion. Please get in touch with us if you would like to present your own research. Charlotte Greenhalgh (charlotte.greenhalgh@waikato.ac.nz) and Charlotte Macdonald Wednesday … More Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar

Public engagement guidelines for researchers, scholars, and scientists

July 21, 2016

The Royal Society of New Zealand has published guidelines to “support the inclusive engagement of stakeholders in research, scholarship and science”. You can read about them and download them here. Stakeholders are broadly defined to include: researchers, scholars and scientists; the public and communities they serve; the media; and the various organisations for which researchers … More Public engagement guidelines for researchers, scholars, and scientists

Publishing Opportunity

April 5, 2016

PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY: Are you interested in publishing a 5000 word article in History Compass, a quality and highly accessed international Wiley journal offering rapid, on-line, peer reviewed publication? Articles offer succinct historiographical pieces, and examples of new research. They also offer examples of best teaching practice.  Please contact section co-editor for Australasia and the Pacific … More Publishing Opportunity

Measuring the ANZACs: Collaborating to build a rich database of NZ’s WWI soldiers and nurses

April 4, 2016

Evan Roberts is pleased to announce the launch of Measuring the ANZACs: a project to crowd-source the complete transcription of New Zealand’s South African war and World War I personnel files. The project is a collaboration of the Zooniverse, Archives NZ and the Auckland Museum along with a research team from the universities of Guelph, … More Measuring the ANZACs: Collaborating to build a rich database of NZ’s WWI soldiers and nurses

The New Zealand Journal of Public History Call for Papers

March 17, 2016

The New Zealand Journal of Public History is soliciting articles, short critiques and commentaries for NZJPH4: Ethics in Public History. Contributions concerning ethical considerations around collecting, preservation and display, or the ethical tensions variously linking historians, stakeholders and commissioning bodies, would be particularly welcome. Submissions are invited from public historians working within a range of … More The New Zealand Journal of Public History Call for Papers