Past Conferences
5th SAHANZ PhD COLLOQUIUM
July 7,2022
The 2022 SAHANZ PhD Colloquium was held on 7 July and hosted by UNSW Sydney. Thanks to all the presenters and respondents for an enjoyable and informative day. Thanks also to Dijana Alic and Raffaele Pernice for organising and chairing the event. The program can be viewed here.
Ultra: Positions and Polarities beyond Crisis
November 10 to November 13, 2021
The 38th SAHANZ Conference will be held 10-13 November 2021 in Adelaide, Australia, and online.
4th PhD Colloquium
July 8,2021
The 2021 SAHANZ PhD Colloquium was held online on 8 July and hosted by the University of Canberra. Thanks to all the presenters and respondents for an enjoyable and informative day. Thanks also to Gevork Hartoonian, John Ting and Rahmatollah Amirjani for organising the event.
What if? What next? Speculations on History’s Futures
November 18 to November 25, 2020
The 37th SAHANZ Conference was held 18-25 November 2020 in Perth, Australia, and online. Keynote speaker: Tim Winter.
3rd PhD Colloquium
July 6,2020
The 2020 SAHANZ PhD Colloquium was held online on 6 July and hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and ACAHUCH at the University of Melbourne. Thanks to all the presenters and other participants. Thanks also to Hannah Lewi and other members of ACAHUCH for organising the event.
Distance Looks Back
July 10 to July 13, 2019
The 36th SAHANZ Conference was held 10-13 July 2019 in Sydney, Australia.
Historiographies of Technology and Architecture
July 4 to July 7, 2018
The 35th SAHANZ Conference was held 4-7 July 2018 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Quotation, Quotation: What Does History Have in Store for Architecture Today?
July 5 to July 7, 2017
The 34th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
Keynote speakers: Jean-Louis Cohen & Julie Willis.
2nd PhD Colloquium on Architectural History
July 3 to July 4, 2017
The event was co-hosted by the University of Adelaide and the University of Western Australia, and aimed to connect advanced PhD candidates, as emerging researchers, with established scholars in architectural history. Thanks to all the participants who made this event so worthwhile and special thanks to Amit Srivastava, Nigel Westbrook and Peter Scriver for their organisation of the symposium.
Asia focused initiatives at the Melbourne School of Design
July 4 to July 6, 2016
Spaces in transition: globalisation, transnationalism and urban change in the Asia-Pacific, 4-5 July, 2016.
Rethinking Modern Asia-Pacific Architectures, postgraduate student plenary, 6 July, 2016.
These two events are organised preceding and with a view to increasing regional participation in the SAHANZ 2016 Conference.
Inaugural PhD Colloquium on Architectural History
November 27,2015
Papers by current research higher degree students were presented at the inaugural PhD Symposium on Architectural History at The University of Queensland. The symposium offered students expert commentary on research was well as roundtable discussions on academic networking and publishing.
Architecture, Institutions and Change
July 7 to July 10, 2015
The 32nd Annual SAHANZ Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Keynote speakers: Geoffrey London and Dell Upton.
Translation
July 2 to July 5, 2014
The 31st Annual SAHANZ Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Keynote speakers: Barry Bergdoll, Branko Mitrović and Tom Avermaete.
Fabulation: Myth, Nature, Heritage
July 5 to July 8, 2012
The 29th Annual SAHANZ Conference, Launceston, Tasmania.
Keynote speakers: Karen Burns and Alex Bremner.
Cultural Crossroads
July 2 to July 5, 2009
The 26th Annual SAHANZ Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
Keynote speakers: Roberto Segre, Paul Walker and Riken Yamamoto.
History in Practice
July 3 to July 6, 2008
The 25th Annual SAHANZ Conference, Geelong, Victoria.
Keynote speakers: Des Smith and Don Watson.
Panorama to Paradise
September 21 to September 24, 2007
The 24th Annual SAHANZ Conference, Adelaide, South Australia.
Keynote speakers: Mark Crinson, Keith Eggener and Paulette Singley.
Contested Terrains
September 29 to October 2, 2006
The 23rd Annual SAHANZ Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Keynote speakers: Andrew Ballantyne, Zeynip Çelik and Helen Mallinson.
Celebration
September 24 to September 27, 2005
The 22nd Annual SAHANZ Conference, Napier, New Zealand.
Keynote speakers: John Macarthur and Jonathan Woodham.
Additions to Architectural History
October 4 to October 7, 2002
The 19th annual conference of SAHANZ, Brisbane.
Keynotes: Andrew Benjamin, Hilde Heynen, Esa Laaksonen and Jane Rendell.
In the making: Architecture’s past
September 30 to October 3, 2001
The 18th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Darwin, Australia.
Keynote speaker: Philip Goad.
Formulation Fabrication: The Architecture of History
November 1,2000
The 17th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Wellington, New Zealand.
Keynote speakers: Roemer van Toorn, Sarah Whiting and Mark Wigley.
Thresholds
July 1,1999
The 16th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Launceston, Australia, 1999. Keynote speakers: Mark Cousins, Neil Leach and Barrie Shelton.
Firm(ness) commodity De-light?: questioning the canons
September 1,1998
The 15th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Melbourne, Australia, September 1998.
Keynote speakers: Anthony Alofsin and Harry Francis Mallgrave.
On what Grounds?
July 17 to July 20, 1997
The 14th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Adelaide, Australia.
Keynote speakers: Augustin Berque, Bernard Cache and Paul Fox.
Loyalty and Disloyalty in the Architecture of the British Empire and Commonwealth
October 1,1996
The 13th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Auckland, New Zealand, October 1996.
Keynote speakers: Richard Engelhardt, Robert Grant Irving and Paul Oliver.
Plenary lectures by Peter Bossley and Sir Miles Warren. Public Lecture by John Stacpoole.
50 Years of Modernity in Australasia, 1920-1970
July 14 to July 16, 1995
The 12th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Sydney, Australia.
Keynote speaker: Harry Seidler.
From Sarsaparilla to Muckadilla
September 30 to October 2, 1994
The 11th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Brisbane, Australia.
Nuts and bolts, or berries: Early Modernism in Australasia
September 25 to September 27, 1993
The 10th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Perth, Australia.
Keynote speaker: Judith Brine.
Asia / Australasia
July 4 to July 7, 1992
The 9th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Geelong, Australia.
Keynote speaker: Helen Ibbitson Jessup.
Regional Responses
July 6 to July 8, 1991
The 8th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Keynote speaker: Miles Lewis.
Colonial Connections
July 1,1990
The 7th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Melbourne, Australia, 1990.
Keynote speaker: Jonathan Mané-Wheoki.
Landscape and 20th Century Urban Design in Australasia
April 21 to April 23, 1989
The 6th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Canberra, Australia.
Keynote Speaker: James Weirick.
Australian Studies in Architectural History
May 13,1988
The 5th Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Sydney, Australia.
Classicism and Romanticism in Australasian Architecture
May 16 to May 18, 1986
The 3rd Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Melbourne, Australia.
Keynote Speaker: James Broadbent.
The 2nd Annual Conference
June 15 to June 16, 1985
The 2nd Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Sydney, Australia.
Architectural Historians in Australia: Australian Questions to Face
August 11 to August 13, 1984
The 1st Annual Conference of SAHANZ, Adelaide, Australia.
Keynote speaker: Dennis Sharp.