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Posted on December 7 2022
Appointment of the 2023 J D Stout Fellow:The Stout Research Centre has announced the appointment of Dr Michael Brown as the 2023 J D StoutFellow; a fellowship that is so generously sponsored by the Stout Trust and administered byPerpetual Guardians. Michael’s research project ‘From Lilburn to Vaporwave’ will investigatecontemporary electronic music and related topics, including the history of the New
Posted on December 7 2022
Paul Diamond, Curator Māori, Alexander Turnbull Library, led a series of three panel discussions to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Papers Past. PHANZA members Reuben Daubé, Robyn Burgess and David Verran report here.
Posted on December 7 2022
We are delighted to share that two new New Zealand Journal of Public History articles for the 2022 issue are now available to read on the PHANZA website here. Malcolm McKinnon is a Wellington historian. He is the author of Independence and Foreign Policy:New Zealand and the World Since 1935 (1993); New Zealand and ASEAN: A History (2016); and ‘Lineson
Posted on December 7 2022
The New Zealand Memory of the World Programme is one of over 60 Memory of the World programmes worldwide. It was established in 2010 by the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. The New Zealand Committee’s members have a broad knowledge of New Zealand’s heritage institutions and communities. UNESCO recognition draws attention to the significance of documentary heritage and the
Posted on November 27 2022
This symposium, featuring leading international and New Zealand scholars, will consider the interactions between Christianity, te ao Māori and colonization in Aotearoa New Zealand. Current public conversations on the nature of our history, the Treaty of Waitangi, and issues of Crown governance and Māori authority, call for fresh research and perspectives on multi-faceted relationships and processes. The wānanga-symposium will canvass
Posted on November 21 2022
An Auckland PHANZA Christmas! It’s been a couple of years now, but at last we can get together and celebrate our historical connections – with each other and with the ground with live and work on. Lucy MacKintosh’s book Shifting grounds, deep histories of Tāmaki Makaurau has been widely lauded. Lucy has kindly agreed to take PHANZA members on a walking tour
Posted on November 21 2022
Women’s and gender histories in 2020s Aotearoa, Te Wai Pounamu and Moana Nui a Kiwa Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland 21–22 Hui-tanguru February 2023 general registration $80 / ECR and unwaged $25 Register here The programme features 25 research presentations by emerging and established historians working across Aotearoa. Over two days we will discuss topics ranging from histories of whānau and
Posted on November 17 2022
Members will no doubt be aware of yesterday’s announcement of a security breach in Archives’ new Collections Search system and the decision taken to remove the system from public view. PHANZA’s members, particularly those whose work or livelihoods depend on access to that system, will be dismayed and disappointed with this turn of events. We will be contacting the Chief
Posted on November 15 2022
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading bicultural heritage agency. This 24 hour per week role sits within the Central Region/Te Takiwā o Te Pūtahi a Māui, a team charged with championing heritage and making it relevant for current and future generations. You will be part of a team of heritage professionals that works across the southern
Posted on November 14 2022
Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand has published the Records of the Canterbury Museum since 1907, irregularly at first but annually since 1997. The reputation of the Records the Canterbury Museum is a source of pride, with its regular production and high-quality open access articles adding considerably to the Museum’s prestige as a research institution. They are now calling for
Posted on November 14 2022
We are delighted to share that the fourth – but not the final – New Zealand Journal of Public History article for the 2022 issue is now available to read on the PHANZA website. Emma-Jean Kelly’s ‘The Disappearance of James O’Grady: Mental Health in Aotearoa in the Early Twentieth Century’ can also be found here. Emma-Jean Kelly is the Senior
Posted on November 10 2022
At last, an Auckland PHANZA Christmas! It’s been a couple of years now, but at last we can get together and celebrate our historical connections – with each other and with the ground with live and work on. Lucy MacKintosh’s book Shifting grounds, deep histories of Tāmaki Makaurau has been widely lauded. Lucy has kindly agreed to take PHANZA members on a
Posted on November 9 2022
Professor Te Maire Tau Friday 18 November 2022 Can we add to the work of Jan Vansina? Auditorium National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Lower Ground Floor, Aitken Street Entrance, Wellington 5.00pm Welcome – Mihi Whakatau 5.10pm – 6.10pm Keynote Address 6.10m – 7.00pm Refreshments Professor Tau is the Pou Whakarae of the Ngāi Tahu Centre at
Posted on November 9 2022
Conference 7-9 July 2023 Pipitea Campus, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington CALL FOR PAPERS One hundred years on from Katherine Mansfield’s death in 1923, a conference will be held in the city of her birth that reflects on her final years and her legacy. Papers, presentations, and panel talks from scholars, historians and creative artists on the following
Posted on November 9 2022
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) Workplace Services and Ministerial Services groups have developed a draft disposal authority for Ministers’ records for approval by the Chief Archivist. The scope of this authority includes records, in all formats, of members of the Executive branch of the Government of New Zealand, including the Prime Minister, Ministers of the Crown (inside and outside of
Posted on November 1 2022
The final session of the Aotearoa Gender History Network seminar for 2022 is on Wednesday Rāapa 30 November, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom Register here Jessica Parr, Unravelling the history of Obesity in Aotearoa: Examining the scientific roots presented in social epidemiology Helen Morten, The ‘Cult of the Expert’: Dietary Advice and Gender in New Zealand, 1930-1960 Jessica Parr is