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Posted on February 7 2023
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 calls for nominations for these three
Posted on February 7 2023
Applications for the National Library’s 2023-2024 Collaborative Newspaper Digitisation Programme and the Collaborative Magazines and Journals Programme Pilot are now open. More information and to apply using the online application form can be found here. If you have any questions please feel free to email collaborative.digitisation@dia.govt.nz. The closing date for applications will be Friday 17th March 2023
Posted on February 7 2023
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 from practical uses of history.
Posted on February 1 2023
Congratulations to PHANZA members, Paul Diamond, John E. Martin and Jock Phillips whose books have been longlisted for the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards! Details of their books are as follows: Paul Diamond Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay John E. Martin, Empire City: Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand Jock Phillips, A History of New Zealand in
Posted on January 26 2023
PHANZA only became aware late last week that changes had been proposed to the Privacy Act 2020 that would have a direct effect on how historians gather and use information from oral sources. We were kindly alerted to this by our colleagues at NOHANZ, who made an urgent submission on the proposed changes. We followed suit. Both of those submissions
Posted on January 26 2023
The first release, of updates from the vendor Axiell to improve Collections search has gone live. This follows testing by Archives kaimahi. Users will now see updates in Advanced Search that make accessing items easier. This includes having the digitised file viewer opening in a separate tab. This release has included investigating and remedying recent data synching issues. You can
Posted on January 24 2023
The New Zealand Military Historical Society website now contains valuable research information, in particular: As well as this you will find information on the Society, membership, and publications. The website can be found here.
Posted on January 16 2023
In the last issue of Phanzine for 2022, Reuben Daubé, Robyn Burgess, and David Verran share their impressions of the three panel discussions held to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Papers Past; Barry Rigby details recent dialogue with Archives New Zealand; Philippa Werry considers the joys and challenges of writing histories for young people; Karin Speedy writes about her new
Posted on January 13 2023
Applications for the 2023-2024 Collaborative Newspaper Programme will be open Tuesday 7th of February 2023. This is a programme that the National Library runs every year to invite community groups and heritage organisations to collaborate with us to add more newspapers to Papers Past. The 2023-24 programme is limited to 40,000 pages due to existing commitments. The National Library will split
Posted on January 1 2023
The Japan Institute of International Affairs is working with researchers who plan to visit National Archives in Wellington in March to collect and research historical materials. They are looking for a temporary research assistant who lives in Wellington and would be able to help them photograph materials. Dates: From March 13 to 17 2023 (Except weekends) Hours: From the
Posted on January 1 2023
Earlier this year a symposium was held to mark to 200th birthday of Julius von Haast, one of New Zealand’s leading 19th century geoscientists. Selected papers from this symposium have just been published online as a special Canterbury Museum bulletin that can be found here. You can download and view individual papers by clicking on the appropriate button – and there is
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