Notices

PHANZA AGM, Thursday 21 September 2023

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.

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New NZJPH Article – Leanne Croon Hickman, ‘Making New Men: Zenith Artificial Appliances and Artificial Limb-making in New Zealand Since the First World War’

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

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Public Lecture – Poetic Printscapes: The State of Sequoyah Movement and Indigenous Literary Politics, 6 September 2023

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

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Queer Kinship in Twentieth-century Aotearoa PhD scholarship, University of Waikato

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

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Past issues of Oral History in New Zealand are now online

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.

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Family History Network – August Meeting, 17 August 2023

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/

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Consider Joining the International Federation for Public History

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

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Seminar – Exercising Legal Personhood: Examining the Impact of Married Women’s Property Act 1884, 18 August 2023

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

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Deadline Reminder: Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards

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

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Public History Talk – Adoption: From severance and secrecy to connection and openness, 28 August 2023

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

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Call for papers from postgraduate students for the 2024 issue of NZJPH

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

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New Book: ‘”I Don’t Believe in Murder”: Standing up for peace in World War I Canterbury’ by Margaret Lovell-Smith

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

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New Zealand Journal of Public History 2022 Issue

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

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Book Launch – Jared Davidson’s ‘Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand’, Wednesday 2 August 2023

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

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