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Posted on August 21 2023
PHANZA members are invited to the PHANZA AGM on Thursday 21 September 2023. Time: The meeting will start at 5.30pm. Venue: George’s Room at the Thistle Inn, Wellington, 3 Mulgrave Street, or on Zoom. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. A Zoom link will be provided closer to the time. A copy of the AGM’s agenda can be found here.
Posted on August 19 2023
We are very pleased to announce the publication of Leanne Croon Hickman’s article ‘Making New Men: Zenith Artificial Appliances and Artificial Limb-making in New Zealand Since the First World War’ in the 2023 issue of the New Zealand Journal of Public History. Leanne is a Palmerston North-based historian with special interests in military, medical and women’s history. She completed an MA
Posted on August 19 2023
In the lead up to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the New Zealand host cities wanted 500 photos of the history of women’s football. Unfortunately there are barely any photos! Alida Shanks is on a mission to connect with people who have been involved in women’s football in New Zealand. She is looking for stories and photos of those
Posted on August 15 2023
Wednesday 6 September 2023, 5-7 pm Hunter Council Chamber, Gate 1, Kelburn Parade Public Lecture followed by refreshments. Public Lecture hosted by Professor Nikki Hessell, and funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund, where Kathryn Walkiewicz, Assistant Professor of Literature at UC San Diego and an enrolled citizen of Cherokee Nation/ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ, will speak about their newly
Posted on August 15 2023
The next conference of the International Federation for Research in Women’s History will be held at Tsuda University, Tokyo, Japan 7 – 10 August 2024. The theme is: Reflections on major issues in women’s history. Call for papers is out and closes 1 September 2023. More information can be found here
Posted on August 11 2023
Queer Kinship in Twentieth-century AotearoaPhD scholarship, University of Waikato Supervisors: Dr Charlotte Greenhalgh, Dr Sam Iti Prendergast, Dr Johanna Schmidt.Value Up to $NZ 27,500 pa + domestic tuition fees and Student Services LevyApplications due: 30 September 2023 Queer Kinship in Twentieth-century Aotearoa Are you interested to research the histories of sexuality, queerness, families, and the state in Aotearoa? Our supervision
Posted on August 11 2023
The National Oral History Association of New Zealand is delighted to share past editions of the journal, Oral History in New Zealand, which have been digitised and are now available on the website: https://www.oralhistory.org.nz/index.php/home/publications/journals/ Members will still have early access to the latest edition, which will become available to the public after six months.
Posted on August 9 2023
The next meeting of the Family History Network will take place on 17 August 2023 12pm-1pm. https://massey.zoom.us/j/82668478832 This session will be an informal catch up with discussion about what the network is experiencing through the different events of Family History month. For information on different events happening through this month, see the NZSG page: https://genealogy.org.nz/Family-History-Month/11216/
Posted on August 9 2023
The International Federation for Public History aims to: -create an international network of public history programs, scholars, and practitioners facilitate the international exchange of information on teaching and research in and the practice of public history; -share recommended professional and academic best practices, including standards for evaluating public history scholarship; -foster participation of public historians and their organizations in international congresses
Posted on August 9 2023
Exercising Legal Personhood: Examining the Impact of Married Women’s Property Act 1884 Presented by Elizabeth Bowyer Friday 18 August | 12.00–1.30pm | History Programme Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, OK406 & Online In October 1884 New Zealand followed wider trends of legislative reform addressing women’s legal position across the common law world by passing its version of
Posted on August 7 2023
2024 Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards Applications are open Applications close 25 August 2023 A reminder that applications for the 2024 Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards close in 3 week’s time at 5pm on Friday 25 August 2023. The purpose of the Judith Binney Trust is to support rigorous and imaginative scholarship of the kind that characterised Judith Binney’s historical
Posted on July 31 2023
Monday 28 August 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, (lower ground) National Library Wellington. Entrance on Aitken Street or on Zoom. In this public history talk, the authors of two recently published books, including PHANZA member Anne Else, discuss the profound impact of closed stranger adoption and the drive for change in New Zealand. The conversation will be
Posted on July 22 2023
Postgraduate students are invited to submit abstracts (150–250 words) for the 2024issue for the New Zealand Journal Of Public History by 31 December 2023. The New Zealand Journal of Public History (NZJPH) is a quality-assured electronicjournal that publishes research articles of 5000–8000 words and opinion pieces of2000–3000 words on the theory and practice of public history in Aotearoa NewZealand.The journal
Posted on July 19 2023
Margaret Lovell-Smith’s new book, ‘I Don’t Believe in Murder’: Standing up for peace in World War I Canterbury is now available! Ōtautahi Christchurch in the early 20th century is generally portrayed as a conservative bastion of empire – not a centre for radical activism. Margaret Lovell-Smith’s new book gives us both versions. She revisits a period in which Christchurch, and the wider
Posted on July 19 2023
PHANZA is pleased to announce the full publication of the 2022 issue of the New Zealand Journal of Public History. It features a stunning cover by Whanganui printmaker Catherine Macdonald, a short editorial by Fiona McKergow and David Green, and broad-ranging articles by Louisa Hormann, Katie Pickles, Sarah Gallagher, Emma-Jean Kelly, Evan Roberts and Malcolm McKinnon. The full issue can be found
Posted on July 17 2023
The launch of Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand, a new book by Jared Davidson is taking place on Wednesday 2 August 2023. 5.30pm – 7.30pm City Gallery WellingtonTe Ngākau Civic Square, Wellington Speakers include: Māmari Stephens and Jared Davidson. Blood and Dirt will be available to purchase thanks to Unity BooksMore information can be found here