May 2021
AMaGA National Conference: Creating the Future
Canberra 2021 will invite new perspectives on the museum and gallery sector’s role in creating the future. It will be an ambitious, imaginative and outward-looking program that questions assumptions. It will address our sector’s impact on communities, ecologies and economies. Further information
Find out more »June 2021
SHCY 2021 (partly online)
The Society for the History of Children and Youth is holding a conference themed “Challenges, Interruptions and Opportunities” at the National University of Ireland Galway. There are options for virtual participation. Call for papers
Find out more »July 2021
ESEH 2021: Same planet, different worlds: environmental histories imagining anew (online possibilities)
The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH)'s conference is to be held for a post-plague world. Nothing could be worse than a return to normality. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. The conference will offer some online possibilities for those delegates who cannot make it in person, including keynote and plenary livestreams, poster sessions, and opportunities to connect with each other online. Call for papers
Find out more »October 2021
OHA 2021 (online options)
The Oral History Australia Biennial Conference will be held in Launceston, Tasmania from 14-16 October 2021. While the plan is to meet in solidarity and optimism for the biennial conference in Tasmania in 2021, if that proves to be impossible due to COVID-19 restrictions the conference will run online. Call for papers
Find out more »November 2021
AHA 2021
The Australian Historical Association is delighted to be holding the 39th AHA Conference at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. The AHA 2021 Conference will bring together scholars from across the disciplines with a shared interest in history. The conference is open to academics, students and community members wishing to share their research and hear about the latest developments in history studies. The conference will be held at and sponsored by UNSW Sydney and the State Library of NSW,…
Find out more »December 2021
Rethinking tobacco history: Commodities, empire and agency in global perspective, 1780-1960
This conference asks to what extent the history of tobacco allows new insights into the tension between the imperial integration of a metropole and its colonies, and the global entanglement of places and peoples within and beyond empires. The conference will be held at the University of Cologne, 1-4 December 2021. Call for papers
Find out more »Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine (ANZSHM) Biennial Conference 2021 (please note changed dates)
The Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine (ANZSHM) have released a Call for Papers for the 2021 Biennial Conference, themed ‘Innovation in Health and Medicine’. The conference will be held at the University of Newcastle, Australia from 1-4 December 2021. Financial assistance is available for some postgraduates. Proposals for papers and panels are due 28 February 2021. Further information
Find out more »17th Biennial Conference of ASSLH
The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH) has released a Call for Papers for its Seventeenth Biennial Conference, with the conference theme “Fighting For Life: Class, Community and Care in Labour History”. The conference will be held 5-8 December 2021, at Bendigo, Victoria. Abstracts of 200 words or less are due by 15 February 2021. Please note that this conference date has been changed from the original date so as to avoid clashes with other conferences.…
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