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Volume 2 for 2017 of law&history has been published. This is our first special issue – on Gender, Intimacy and Colonial Violence. It features some fantastic historians – Lyndall Ryan, Penelope Edmonds, Angela Wanhalla, Anna Johnston, Amanda Nettelbeck and Victoria Haskins, … Continue reading →

The Annual General Meeting, including elections for the executive committee of the Society, will be held at the 2nd floor lounge of the Business and Law Building, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 5.15pm 14 December Nominations will be called for at … Continue reading →

The University of the West Indies, July 11-13, 2018, Keynote Speaker Maya Jasanoff.   CFP deadline: 15 January 2018 – send to Shaunnagh.Dorsett@uts.edu.au   This conference follows the successful conference on the Legal Histories of the British Empire held at … Continue reading →

Owing to continuing problems with credit card payments for this year’s conference, the period for early bird registration has been extended until 24 November 2017. We are now also offering payment of registration through our Australian account so Australian members … Continue reading →

This first draft of this year’s conference program is available here: Conference draft timetable. Please let our conference convener, Professor Jeremy Finn, know of any clashes or problems by email: jeremy.finn@canterbury.ac.nz

Conference registration is now open.  There have been unfortunate delays in getting the registration process through Canterbury University up and running, so the Committee has decided to open registration with payment going through the Society’s New Zealand account. NOTE :  … Continue reading →

University accommodation A low-cost option is accommodation in Bishop Julius Hall, 90 Waimairi Road. The Hall is a pleasant 8-10 minute walk from the Law School. Single rooms (shared facilities) are available  at $69 ($60NZ+GST) per night  for room and … Continue reading →

It is with deep sorrow and an overwhelming sense of loss that we record the death of our highly-esteemed  and much loved colleague Tracey Banivanua-Mar. Tracey will be known to many members of ANZLHS. She first attended our Law and … Continue reading →

Condolences to our Canadian law and history colleagues and to the family of Professor Emeritus J.M. Beattie whose death from cancer was announced on Thursday.  Many of us working in this field were influenced by John Beattie’s Crime and the … Continue reading →

The ANZLHS now has its own Facebook page. We will be using that page, in conjunction with this site, for keeping members up to date. Please search ‘Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society’ on Facebook and join us! … Continue reading →