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A Student Research Colloquium is being held before the main ASLH conference this year. There is a CFP for participation in this event. Some partial funding may be available. Deadline for applications is July 15.

The call for papers for the 2017 BLHC conference is now out. The theme is ‘Networks and Connections’ which is a nicely broad theme and will work well for many of our members. The conference dates are 5-8 July 2017 and … Continue reading →

Along with the CFP for the annual conference, we should remind members of the ANZLHS prize and the Kercher scholarships. The ANZLHS prize is awarded annually for the best work in Australasian legal history. The Kercher scholarships are to assist … Continue reading →

The call for papers for the annual ANZLHS conference is out. This year it is being held at Curtin, Perth, between 5-7 December. It has been some time since we were in the West and it will be fun to … Continue reading →

Volume 2 of law&history has now been published. The contents can be found under the journal tab on this page. The editor, Diane Kirkby, is now seeking submissions for vol 3, to publish late 2016.

The call for papers is out for the 2016 meeting of the ASLH. It is being held in Toronto this year, and hosted by friends of the ANZLHS Jim Phillips and Phillip Girard. Although we did not send an official … Continue reading →

From Libby Connors. Thanks to Wilf Prest, Matthew Stubbs and the committee at University of Adelaide for another successful conference. We enjoyed a fine series of keynote addresses by international scholars. The society also offers special thanks to our outgoing … Continue reading →

Recently two of our members, Diane Kirkby and John McLaren, were made Honorary Fellows of the American Society for Legal History. This is a significant honour. Diane is only the second Australasian recipient. Three people are honoured each year and … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Libby Connors, whose book Warrior: A Legendary Leader’s Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier, took out the Premier’s Award for a Book of State Significance at the Queensland Book Awards (for a sneak preview see a review … Continue reading →

Noting a very interesting call for papers for “Ocean of Law:  Intermixed Legal Systems across the Indian Ocean World, 1550-1950”, although its dates 7-9 December (in Leiden) are a little awkward for our stalwart members who attend the ANZLHS conference every … Continue reading →