Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society

The Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES) is a scholarly membership organisation dedicated to the creation and sharing of research in the history of education. Established in 1971, it has served for more than half a century as what its own history describes as a vital umbrella for educational history research in Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Its membership brings together historians of education, higher-education scholars, teacher educators and postgraduate researchers working on the educational past of the two countries and the wider region. The Society's core activities are its annual conference and its publishing programme. ANZHES has held annual conferences since 1971, hosted by universities and research institutions across Australia and New Zealand; recent meetings have taken place at the University of Auckland and the University of Melbourne, and conference proceedings were published mainly in the 1980s and 1990s. The Society sponsors the History of Education Review (HERV), described by ANZHES as a Q1 academic journal in the history of education and closely related fields. In 2013 ANZHES established the Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand (DEHANZ), an online reference work intended as a comprehensive and reliable guide to all areas of educational history in Australia and New Zealand. ANZHES is part of an international network of history-of-education bodies, with links to the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE), the History of Education Society in the United Kingdom, the History of Education Society in the United States and the Canadian History of Education Association. It also points members toward related resources such as DEHANZ and the Australian Curriculum Policy Archives. The Society publishes news and calls for papers through its website, including the ANZHES Conference 2026 call for papers on the theme 'Education and Democracy: Past, Present and Future' and the 2025 ANZHES Symposium, 'Education Histories Now', held at the University of Melbourne. As a scholarly society rather than a commercial enterprise, ANZHES operates through member subscriptions, volunteer office-holders and an executive committee, and it acknowledges and pays respect to the First Nations and First Peoples of the lands where its members reside, work, learn and live. Its institutional memory is documented in articles such as John McMahon's 'ANZHES: The first twenty-five years' in the History of Education Review and Craig Campbell and Geoffrey Sherington's 'History of education: The possibility of survival'.

ANZHES was established in 1971 and has provided a vital umbrella for the creation and sharing of research in the field of educational history in Australia, New Zealand and beyond. From its foundation the Society has held annual conferences, which became the central recurring event of the organisation and a meeting point for historians of education across the two countries. Conference proceedings were published mainly in the 1980s and 1990s, with Craig Campbell and Lynne Trethewey identified as the main compilers of the conference list. The Society's institutional history has itself become a subject of scholarship. John McMahon's article 'ANZHES: The first twenty-five years', published in the History of Education Review (vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1-22), reviewed the Society's development through its first quarter-century. Craig Campbell and Geoffrey Sherington's 'History of education: The possibility of survival' (Change: Transformations in Education, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 46-64) reflected on the position of the field that ANZHES represents. ANZHES sponsors the History of Education Review (HERV), described by the Society as a Q1 academic journal in the history of education and closely related fields. In 2013 the Society established the Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand (DEHANZ) as a comprehensive and reliable guide to all areas of educational history in Australia and New Zealand. The Society maintains links with sister bodies internationally, including the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE), the History of Education Society in the United Kingdom, the History of Education Society in the United States and the Canadian History of Education Association, and it directs members to resources such as DEHANZ and the Australian Curriculum Policy Archives. In recent years the annual conference has continued to rotate between Australian and New Zealand institutions. The 2023 conference was held at Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland under the theme 'Education in states of exception'; the 2024 conference was announced for the University of Melbourne; the 2025 ANZHES Symposium, 'Education Histories Now', was held at the University of Melbourne; and the 2026 conference call for papers was issued under the theme 'Education and Democracy: Past, Present and Future'. The Society also acknowledges and pays respect to the First Nations and First Peoples of the lands where its members reside, work, learn and live.

• 2026

  ANZHES Conference 2026 call for papers issued on the theme 'Education and Democracy: Past, Present and Future'.

• 2025

  ANZHES Symposium 'Education Histories Now' held at the University of Melbourne, 11-12 December.

• 2024

  ANZHES Conference announced for the University of Melbourne.

• 2023

  ANZHES Conference held 3-6 December at Waipapa Taumata Rau / University of Auckland on 'Education in states of exception'.

• 2013

  ANZHES establishes the Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand (DEHANZ).

• 1996

  John McMahon's 'ANZHES: The first twenty-five years' appears in History of Education Review, vol. 25, no. 1.

• 1980

  Conference proceedings are published mainly during the 1980s and 1990s.

• 1971

  ANZHES is established and begins holding annual conferences.

A scholarly membership society and umbrella body for history-of-education research in Australia, New Zealand and beyond.

• History of Education Review (HERV)

  Academic journal sponsored by ANZHES, described as a Q1 journal in the history of education and closely related fields.

• Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand (DEHANZ)

  Established by ANZHES in 2013 as a comprehensive and reliable guide to all areas of educational history in Australia and New Zealand.

• Annual conference

  Held annually since 1971, hosted by institutions in Australia and New Zealand.

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2. 2History - ANZHES | Australian & New Zealand History of Education Societyanzhes.com
3. 3ANZHES Conference 2023 Call For Papers - ANZHES | Australian & New Zealand History of Education Societyanzhes.com
4. 4Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society - Wikidatawikidata.org