From Colonial Modernity to Decolonisation: The British Empire and Beyond”, 15-16 September 2023, The University of Auckland Keynote Speaker: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, and Special Invited Expert Addresses by Jim McAloon, Ned Bertz and Miranda Johnson Long ago, the rhetoric of the colonial civilising mission had established colonial modernity as a reference point.Ensured in the privileging of…

The History Programme of the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations is pleased to invite you to a seminar with Dr Arini Loader Presented in OK406 and via ZOOM—please register for the Zoom by clicking this link:https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtfu6trT8pHtQlpDmZLG47-P27PjlhH0Kg Close reading and contextualisation of Rangiamoa’s waiata ‘E pā tō hau’ offers an utterly Māori way in to making some…

NOHANZ is pleased to offer two grants of up to $300 to contribute to members’ travel costs to presentat the New Zealand Historical Association Conference in November 2023. The NOHANZ PostgraduateTravel Support Fund is open to all NOHANZ members enrolled in postgraduate study. Please see the NOHANZ website for the application form: https://www.oralhistory.org.nz/index.php/event/21-24-nov-2023-history-conference-christchurch/ Applications close…

New Zealand Historical Association Prizes ­­Call for Nominations & Submissions The New Zealand Historical Association currently offers four prizes, each awarded biennially. These prizes will next be awarded at the NZHA Conference Dinner on 23 November 2023, Prizes for Published Books and Articles The three prizes offered for published works are: The NZHA Executive now…

Practice history in the real world 21-24 November 2023, University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch The Liberal Arts have been under attack for many years, but interest in history has begun to recover some of its allure. One of the key reasons for the revival of history has been the public’s perception of the benefits arising…

This month Auckland University Press is pleased to publishing ‘A Bloody Difficult Subject’: Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Making of History by Professor Bain Attwood. This book is a sophisticated, multi-faceted history of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi and its place in New Zealand society. It traces the landmark work…

The annual New Historians Conference, organised and hosted by Te Herenga Waka’s postgraduate History students is now extending a call for papers.12 May 2023 Historians in Social Movements Historians have always been involved in any great movement for change. Whether the cause has been for women’s liberation, queer rights, freedom from colonisation and racial oppression,…