The Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) promotes standards of excellence in the field of architectural history research with a focus on Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.
SAHANZ acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands on which our members practice.
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6th PhD Colloquium
We welcome you to join us for the 2023 SAHANZ PhD Colloquium on Thursday, 2 November 2023. There will be two parallel sessions, both starting at 9 AM AWST (12 noon AEST). The schedule of presentations can be accessed by clicking the Program PDF button on the left. Participants are welcome …

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Special General Meeting – Agenda
A Special General Meeting of the Society will take place on Friday 7 July from 12pm-2pm AEST, 2pm-4pm Auckland. Held online, this meeting will be devoted to the election of a new SAHANZ Committee, an expression of thanks to those who are stepping down from positions on the Committee and Editorial …
June 1, 2023
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Calls for papers
Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand—current calls for papers.
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2022 SAHANZ Conference Proceedings – now available
The proceedings of the 2022 SAHANZ Conference ‘Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings’ (held jointly with the Australasian Urban History Planning History Group) are now available through the Publications pages of this website (here). Consisting of 40 papers, they can be accessed in the form of an entire 665-page document or, alternatively, the papers …
The Auckland waterfront, showing the Auckland Harbour Board Downtown Scheme. Whites Aviation Ltd Photograph. Ref: WA-66196-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23236356

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Fabrications (Latest issue)
32.3 (2022)

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CfP: New Voices in Expo Research – ISIE’s 2024 Online Emerging Scholars Symposium
22 March 2024ISIE invites abstracts for its 2024 online symposium New Voices in Expo Research Submission deadline: 13 December 2023 The 2024 symposium will bring emerging scholars and established experts together to generate new ideas about the history and legacy of international expositions. We seek to emphasize new and developing strategies for research, …
November 22, 2023

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CfP: Real Estate Agency: Land, Housing and Finance in Urban and Planning History
Call for Papers: “Real Estate Agency: Land Housing and Finance in Urban and Planning History” to be held at the University of Sydney, July 11-13, 2024. In the cities of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand, real estate seems to be almost a second nature. It is a pervasive fact in daily …
November 14, 2023

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Call for Papers: Designing for First Nations Communities Call for Papers:
Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand invites papers for a special issue (Vol. 34, No. 3) on the theme of Designing for First Nations Communities, edited by Kelly Greenop and Isabel Rousset. The deadline is 1st May 2024. Histories of architecture for First Nations …
November 3, 2023
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CfP UPDATE: What is “shared”? Architectural Heritage in Conflict:
Fabrications invites papers for a special issue (Vol. 34, No. 2) guest edited by Savia Palate and Panayiota Pyla (University of Cyprus) on the theme of ‘What is “shared”? Architectural Heritage in Conflict’. Papers are due on February 16, 2024. Scholars typically describe heritage as intrinsically dissonant or difficult, particularly in …
October 4, 2023
