Dear All,
Please find below the latest news, opportunities, and publications in Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies 🙂
News:
ACNZSN is very excited to share that Dr. Emily Cornish has kindly agreed to join the editorial board of its Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies (JACANZS)! Some of you might recall that Emily was formerly the inaugural Book Reviews Editor of the journal. Emily’s expertise will be a wonderful addition to what is already an amazing editorial board.
ACNZSN is also pleased to announce the publication of Brigid Magner’s fantastic book Transtasman Literary Imaginaries: Stories from a Cross-Border Region (Peter Lang Publishing, 2026) in the ‘Studies in Transnationalism’ book series that is published under the auspices of ACNZSN.
ACNZSN would also like to remind everyone of the Call for Proposals for an edited collection on Migration and the British World: Peoples, Flows, and Connections. The collection is anticipated to also be published in the ‘Studies in Transnationalism’ book series with Peter Lang Publishing. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 30 April 2026.
The Book Reviews Editor of JACANZS, Dr. Jatinder Mann is also looking for reviewers of the following books for the journal. If you are interested in reviewing any of the titles please contact him via the email address provided on the list.
Public Talk on ‘Keeping the Peace of the Realm’ by Samuel White, 17 March 2026, 12.30—1.30pm (AEDT), National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia and Online.
Public Talk on ‘The Irish in 19th Century North Melbourne’ by Fiona Gatt, 17 March 2026, 6—7pm (AEDT), City of Melbourne, North Melbourne Library, 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, Victoria (Vic.), Australia
‘Securing Our Future: A ready and resilient Australia’ Conference, Tuesday 24 March – Wednesday 25 March 2026, Lowitja O’Donoghue Cultural Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Public Talk on ‘Making a Biography of Place: the History of Old North Melbourne’ by Fiona Gatt, 14 April 2026, 6.30—7.30pm (AEST), PMI Victorian History Library, 39 Saint Edmonds Road, Prahran, Vic., Australia
‘Kia Tika, Kia Pono—For A Just Society’ Conference, 16-18 April 2026, 2.00pm – 5.00pm (NZST), Lecture Theatre 1, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, 33 Bunny Street, Pipitea, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
Opportunities:
Funding
John Mulvaney Fellowship, Australian Academy of the Humanities
Deadline: 29 March 2026
Publication Subsidy Scheme, Australian Academy of the Humanities
Deadline: 29 March 2026
Humanities Travelling Fellowships, Australian Academy of the Humanities
Deadline: 29 March 2026
Fellowships
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Deadline: 15 March 2026
National Library of Australia Fellowships
Deadline: 7 April 2026
Jobs
Assistant Professor in Canadian History – 2-year term at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario (ON), Canada
Deadline: 19 March 2026
Dean, Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Deadline: 20 March 2026
Assistant Professor in Political Science and North American Studies (Political Theory) at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Deadline: 20 March 2026
Assistant Professor in First Nations Studies (Women’s Studies Cross-Appointment) at the University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Deadline: 27 March 2026
2 Faculty Positions in Native Studies at Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Deadline: 3 April 2026
Lecturer or Assistant Professor in Indigenous Studies, Law, and Social Justice – 2-year Term at Wilfrid Laurier University – Brantford Campus, Brantford, ON, Canada
Deadline: 6 April 2026
Deadline: 13 April 2026
Scholarships
Deadline: 20 April 2026
Ph.D. Scholarship on ‘A Social History of Polio Vaccination in Australia, 1950s to 1970s’ at the University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Prizes
Max Crawford Medal, Australian Academy of the Humanities
Deadline: 29 March 2026
Publications:
Rob Kristofferson and Stephanie Ross (Editors), The Art of Solidarity: Labour Arts and Heritage in Canada (Between the Lines, 2025)
Shannon Kyles, The Story of Ontario Architecture: What We Built and Why We Built It (Ontario Architecture, 2025)
Joy McCann, Heart of Ice: A journey into Antarctica’s frozen realm (UNSW Press, 2025)
Dame Fiona Kidman, The Midnight Plane: Selected and New Poems (Otago University Press, 2025)
Diana Morrow, Ruth Dallis: A Writer’s Life (Otago University Press, 2025)
Brigid Magner, Transtasman Literary Imaginaries: Stories from a Cross-Border region (Peter Lang Publishing, 2026)
Paula Jane Byrne, Law in the New Democracy (ANU Press, 2026)
Zachary Gorman (Editor), The Menzies Legacy: Ideals, change, procession, 1960s and beyond (Melbourne University Press, 2026)
Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements from the Sixties to Today (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
Lynn Jenner, The Gum Trees of Kerikeri (Otago University Press, 2026)
James Norcliffe, A Day Like No Other: Selected poems (Otago University Press, 2026)
Shelisa Klassen, Imprinting Empire: Land and Settler Colonialism in Manitoba Newspapers (University of Manitoba Press, 2026)
Isabella Huberman and Élise Couture-Grondin (Editors), James Bay Memoirs and Other Stories By Margaret Sam-Cromarty (University of Manitoba Press, 2026)
Miriam Edelson (Editor), Confronting the Resurgent Right (University of Manitoba Press, 2026)
Adam Dodek, Constitutional Challengers: The Heroes, Villains, and Crusaders Behind Canada’s Biggest Cases (Dundern Press, 2026)
Christina Szurlej (Editor), Human Rights: Principles and Practice in Canada and Internationally (Emond Publishing, 2026)
Ariana Tikao, Pepeha | Portal (Otago University Press, 2026)
Frank Bongiorno, Carolyn Holbrook, and Joshua Black (Editors), Gold Standard: Remembering the Hawke government (UNSW Press, 2026)
Raymond B. Blake and Jeff Keshen, A History of Canada in 15 Moments: Making and Remaking a Nation since 1867 (Bloomsbury, 2026)
David B. A. MacDonald, Myths, History Wars, and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada and Other Settler States (Cambridge University Press, 2026)
Rosalind Dixon and William Partlett, The People’s Guide to the Australian Constitution (UNSW Press, 2026)
Martina Horáková, Pursuits of Settler Belonging in Contemporary Australian Memoirs (Anthem Press, 2026)
Sarah Carter, Cropped: First Nations Agriculture in Manitoba, 1871-1971 (University of Manitoba Press, 2026)
Please let me know of any future news, opportunities, and recent publications via email at acnzsn@gmail.com, which I can then include in the bi-monthly newsletter. For ACNZSN to work as well as it can, it will be great to receive contributions from its supporters 🙂 I would also encourage you to subscribe to its blog (so you are able to receive this newsletter directly into your inbox) and follow/or like its social media platforms on Bluesky and Facebook.
Best Wishes,
Creator and Manager of ACNZSN
Editor-in-chief, JACANZS
Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand Studies Network (ACNZSN) 