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Posted on October 2 2021
Dr Hirini Kaa will present the second 2021 Ernest Scott Lecture. Christianity, Colonisation and the Challenge of Māori History 13 October 2021, 6.15pm – 7.30pm Dr Hirini Kaa will explore the tension of telling the histories of Māori and Christianity. As monuments fall, as school curriculums are overhauled, as “national identity” is reassessed and as the dream of indigenous sovereignty
Posted on October 2 2021
Join a research seminar presentation from Selwyn Katene on the “First 100 Years of Mormonism in New Zealand”. Selwyn is a former Director of Global Centre Indigenous Leadership, and Assistant Vice-Chancellor, at Massey University. Prior to that he was a senior manager in the public service and pharmaceutical industry. Selwyn has a doctorate from Massey University and a MA and MPM
Posted on September 25 2021
This event was due for early October but due to Alert Level 2 has been postponed until 10 November. The event will only be held if we are at Level 1. Nick Bollinger Revolutions per minute: The rise and fall of the counterculture in New Zealand In the 2021 J.D. Stout Annual Stout Lecture, writer and cultural critic Nick Bollinger
Posted on September 24 2021
A message from the NZHA Executive on the 2021 NZHA Conference: Kia ora koutou, Over the last few months, the NZHA Executive have been continually reviewing the format of the 2021 NZHA Conference in light of the Covid-19 outbreak. We have now concluded that the conference should proceed on the planned dates (Tuesday 23 November to Friday 26 November), but
Posted on September 17 2021
Regrettably, Covid’s unwelcome presence means that we will not be able to hold next Thursday’s AGM (23 September) at our chosen venue, Heritage New Zealand’s headquarters at Antrim House in Wellington. It also means that key committee members will not be able to travel to Wellington. As a consequence, the PHANZA committee has decided to hold the AGM on-line. The
Posted on September 17 2021
A message from the NZHA regarding the upcoming November 2021 conference: Kia ora koutou, Thank you to all those who have submitted papers, panels, and roundtables for the 2021 Conference. We were delighted to receive so many proposals, and hugely impressed by their diversity and richness. Unfortunately, the latest Covid outbreak and its associated restrictions has brought the date and
Posted on September 17 2021
You are warmly invited to the October session of the Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar. Wednesday 13 October, 12 pm – 1 pm, via zoom (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/82421107647) Speakers: Katie Pickles, Approaching a new biography of Kate Sheppard Phoebe Fordyce, Interactions Between Māori and Pākehā Women of the WCTU (1892-1918) Katie Pickles is Professor of Women’s/Feminist History at the University of Canterbury.
Posted on August 7 2021
Sunday 12th September, 2021 Join us for a tour of The Treasury Research Centre and Archive in Thames with The Treasury’s manager (and Phanza Committee member) Danielle Campbell, to learn about the history of both the Carnegie Free Library building and its purpose-built adjoining archive. You will also get a sneak peek at some of the most significant documentary heritage
Posted on August 7 2021
You are warmly invited to the September session of the Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar. Wednesday 1 September, 12pm–1pm, via zoom (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/82421107647) Speakers: Julia Laite, Glimpses and Scales: Global microhistory, global trafficking and the exceptional normal life of Lydia Harvey Cheryl Ware, Exploring Histories of Sex Work in Aotearoa, 1978–2008 Julia Laite is a Reader in Modern History and Director of
Posted on July 23 2021
Oral History Australia is delighted to announce that its biennial national conference is scheduled for the 14-16 October in Launceston. The conference theme is “Oral History in Troubling Times: Opportunities and Challenges”. With an eye on the Covid situation, currently early bird registration closes on 12 September with the possibility to move the conference online if necessary. More information can
Posted on July 22 2021
Members are advised that the PHANZA AGM will be held at Antrim House (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga head office), 63 Boulcott Street, Wellington on Thursday 23 September 2020. The meeting will begin at 5.30pm. Refreshments will be offered and you are encouraged to stay and socialise at the conclusion of the meeting.
Posted on July 10 2021
The 2021 NZHA Conference registrations are now open. A discounted early-bird rate is available until 1 October, and there are also discounted rates for NZHA members and students. As part of your registration, please indicate whether you plan to attend the Postgraduate Day on Tuesday 23 November and the Conference Dinner on Thursday 25 November. All conference attendees are strongly
Posted on June 30 2021
You are warmly invited to the fourth session of the 2021 Aotearoa New Zealand Gender History Seminar series. Wednesday 21 July, 12pm – 1pm, via zoom (https://waikato.zoom.us/j/82421107647) Speakers:Charlotte Macdonald, ‘Standing on the threshold: Mary Anne at the door of the Sydney Refuge 1867, the historian at her keyboard, 2021. The tricky business of fragments and interpretation.’ Randolph Hollingwood, ‘A Tale of 29
Posted on June 19 2021
The NZHA Executive are continuing to plan for the Association’s 2021 Conference, and they hope to open the registration portal very soon. In the meantime, this is just a short notice detailing an extension to the paper submission deadline and a reminder that nominations for the 2021 NZHA Prizes need to be made soon. Conference Paper Submissions The NZHA have
Posted on June 12 2021
PRESENTING HISTORY 23-24 August 2021 at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. History is all around us. It tells the story of where we have been, how we got here, and where we are going. The 2021 New Historians Conference aims to investigate how the way we present history shapes our very understandings of our lives. The postgraduate
Posted on May 21 2021
University of Otago’s Centre for the Book Research Symposium, 18-19 November 2021, invites papers about publications related to natural history, examining how those publications achieved their effects, how they exploited the print affordances available to them, and how we might expect to see natural history publications evolve in future. Proposals due 1 September 2021. https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/cfb/2021-centre-for-the-book-symposium-natural-history-call-for-papers/