New Zealand Historical Association

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  • Press release on the cuts to the Marsden fund

    Tēnā koutou, Please find attached a press release on the cuts to the Marsden fund, announced yesterday by the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology. These cuts to the humanities and social sciences funding will have a devastating impact on our research. The Minister claims that what makes a ‘real impact’ on our economy is…

  • Early-bird oral history conference registration closes soon

    This is a friendly reminder that early-bird registration for the NOHANZ Biennial Conference will end in less than two weeks. If you are planning to attend, we encourage you to register as soon as possible to secure the early bird discount. You can register via the online portal: https://events.humanitix.com/nohanz-biennial-conference More information about the conference, including the…

  • NZ Book Awards win for NZHA member

    Join us in congratulating NZHA member Ryan Bodman on his win at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards this week. Ryan’s book Rugby League in New Zealand: A People’s History won the Judith Binney prize for illustrated non-fiction. For a full list of the winners see the NZ Book Awards website.

  • Closure of Archives New Zealand digitisation programme – PSA protest 14 May

    Archives New Zealand has announced it will be closing its digitisation programme and on-demand digitisation service on 30 June 2024. Read the announcement here.Radio New Zealand piece here. This announcement comes on top of another recent decision, not to proceed with the planned archival storage facility near Levin. It also follows reductions in opening hours…

  • ‘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…

  • 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.

  • 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…