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AAHANZBS Annual Conference

An annual event with sessions on research and teaching
Bringing together historians of business, labour, economic, accounting, mining, transport and other areas in business to promote historical research and teaching.

About AAHANZBS

The Academic Association of Historians in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools (AAHANZBS) was launched in 2009 with the support of the Business and Labour History Group, and the University of Sydney Business School.

It aims to bring together historians of business, labour, economic, accounting, mining, transport and other areas in business and management schools in Australia and New Zealand together to promote historical research and teaching. 

We hold an annual conference with sessions on research and teaching and a postgraduate forum. We also seek research grants and publication in highly regarded journals.

2023 Conference: Learning from the Past

30 November & 1 December 2023

The Business and Labour History Group (BLHG), The University of Sydney of Business School, Australia, will be hosting the 14th Annual Conference of AAHANZBS on the 30 November and 1 December 2023. The conference will be presented in person and not Zoom.

See the 2023 AAHANZBS Conference page for full details, including registration, program and accomodation.

Previous conferences

Explore our previous AAHANZBS conferences.

  • Theme: Challenging Historical Amnesia
  • Host: The University of Sydney Business School
  • Plenary speaker: Professor Hans Pols The University of Sydney.

Download the full program (pdf, 630KB)

  • Theme: The Historical Dimension
  • Host: The University of Sydney Business School
  • Plenary speaker: Professor Martin Shanahan, University of South Australia

Download the full program (pdf, 630KB)

  • Theme: Institutions and Change
  • Host: Auckland University of Technology
  • Plenary speaker: Professor John Singleton, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Download the full program (pdf, 843KB)

  • Theme: Frontiers of historical research
  • Host: The University of Sydney Business School
  • Plenary speaker: Professor Michael Quinlan, University of NSW

Download the full program (pdf, 105KB)

  • Theme: Why history?
  • Host: The University of Sydney Business School
  • Plenary speaker: Professor Chris Howell, Oberlin College, Ohio, US

Download the full program (pdf, 51KB).

  • Theme: Alternative business histories
  • Host: Macquarie University
  • Plenary speaker: Professor Cheryl S McWatters, The University of Ottawa, Canada

Download the full program (pdf, 561KB).

  • Theme: Global business practices in historical perspective
  • Host: Auckland University of Technology Business School, NZ
  • Plenary speaker: Professor Raymond Markey, Macquarie University

Download the full program (pdf, 866KB).