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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 →

There is a CFP out for “Reflections on Magna Carta in Australasia”, to be held at the University of Canterbury, NZ, 2-4 December 2015. Deadline for abstracts is 15 June, and the Magna Carta CFP has further details.

Members may not have seen the call for EOIs to write a history of responsible government in NSW. Closing date is soon – Monday May 25 – and info can be found here:

Just a reminder, that its this Monday at UTS, Building 5B (Quay Street), Rm 3.18 at 6 pm. Please do try to come!

As noted in the first post on this blog, we hope to use this site to draw attention to the fabulous histories written by our members. So to kick off we have a new book and a chapter. Congrats to … Continue reading →

A couple of updates from the organisers of the December conference. The draft program is soon to be released. As well, unfortunately Wes Pue will be unable to join us as a keynote as advertised, but excitingly Lyndsay Campbell from … Continue reading →