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Congratulations to Danielle Boaz, University of North Carolina Charlotte campus, who has been awarded the 2016 Sir Francis Forbes Prize for Australian legal history for a paper delivered at our Perth conference last December. For more information on the prize … Continue reading →

A new edition of law&history is in press. The contents page is available under the ‘Journal’ tab.

There is an opportunity to showcase the wonderful interdisciplinary work many of our members do at the Australian Historical Association conference which is to be held in Newcastle 3-7 July 2017.  The conference theme is Entangled Histories and we are keen … Continue reading →

This new work may be of interest to members. Granville Sharp’s Cases on Slavery Andrew Lyall The purpose of Granville Sharpe’s Cases on Slavery is twofold: first, to publish previously unpublished legal materials principally in three important cases in the … Continue reading →

We note a CFP for the XXIIIrd Annual Forum of the Association of Young Legal Historians, to be held in Naples, 30 May-1 June 2017.  The theme is “History of Law and Other Humanities: Views of the Legal Culture across the … Continue reading →

For those so minded, a reminder… Nominations for the History Council of NSW awards and prizes close Friday 31 March 2017. Full details. Nominations for the 2017 Maritime History Prizes offered by the Australian Association for Maritime History and the Australian National Maritime Museum close on Friday 28 April 2017. Full … Continue reading →

This may be of interest to some of our post-grad members: Applicants with a background in historical research are sought to work on a legal-historical project based at Melbourne Law School. Professor Ian Ramsay and Associate Professor Paul Ali are … Continue reading →

We note the following opportunity for early career scholars. The Centre for Law and History at Stanford is calling for applications for a 2 year Fellowship. Further details are available via Stanford.

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship attached to the Australian Research Council Discovery Project, ‘Breaking down tradition: women in male-dominated work, 1840-2000’ (DP 160102764). Through examining the origins and circulation of ideas about women’s and men’s paid work in … Continue reading →

We have the following call for papers. Note the key dates: Conference July 16-18 University of Calgary. CFP close February 1. ‘From July 16 to 18, 2017, the Faculties of Law and Arts at the University of Calgary will jointly … Continue reading →