New Zealand Historical Association

Category: Research

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

    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,…

  • The New Zealand Journal of Public History Call for Papers

    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…

  • RE: Mary Boyd Prize winner announcement

    Good news everyone! The judges for the Mary Boyd Prize for the best article in New Zealand History published between 2 April 2013 and 1 April 2015, Emeritus Professor Margaret Tennant, Massey University and Professor Tony Ballantyne, University of Otago, have awarded Dr Felicity Barnes, University of Auckland, the prize for her article ‘Pictorialism, Photography…

  • RE: Australian Women’s History Network Call for Papers

    Intersections in History: Australian Women’s History Network Conference Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Melbourne 31 Mar-1 April 2016. This conference** will explore past and present ‘intersections’ in women’s, feminist and gender history, broadly conceived. Its title gestures towards the theoretical framework of ‘intersectionality’, more usually seen in sociology and gender/cultural studies where it has recently emerged…

  • RE: News from Te Whare Wananga o Te Upoko o Te Ika a Maui, VUW, Wellington

    News from Te Whare Wananga o Te Upoko o Te Ika a Maui – the head of the fish – Victoria University of Wellington. In 2015 we have said farewell to Tim Beaglehole (28.4.1933-18.7.2015), W. H. (Bill) Oliver (14.5.1925 – 16.9.2015) and Beryl Hughes (18.11.1920-7.12.2015). All three have left strong legacies in the minds and…

  • RE: call for expressions of interest

    The Government Superannuitants Association (GSA) are welcoming expressions of interest and seeking advice on the best way to present their centenary history. Please contact Alan Peck, Executive Officer of the GSA directly on 04 472 7006 or gensec@gsa.org.nz

  • RE: Real Modern, special NZHA offer

    Te Papa Press have a special offer for NZHA folks – a 20% discount on Bronwyn Labrum’s latest gem Real Modern: Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s. Don’t miss out on this fabulously rich history told through material objects, compelling images and lively text. Real Modern NZHA special offer