Dear All,
Please find below the latest news, opportunities, and publications in Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies 🙂
News:
ACNZSN is very pleased to announce the publication of its public supporter and member of the editorial board of its Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies (JACANZS), Dr. Effie Karageorgos’ fantastic new book, Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism During the Vietnam War (UNSW Press, 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.
Book Launch of Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, Saturday 9 May 2026 at 5pm (AEST)
‘Seminar Series: Between the Lines: Recent Books in New Zealand Studies’, Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, Wednesday 13, 20, and 27 May 2026 at 4.10pm (NZST)
2026 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Lecture on ‘Direct action and democracy: a controversial present, a contentious history’ by Sean Scalmer, Forum Theatre, L1, Arts West Building (Building 148), North Wing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Wednesday 13 May 2026, 6.30- 7.30pm (AEST)
Seminar on ‘Australian Legacies of British Slavery’ by Zoë Laidlaw and Jane Lydon, History Council of Victoria, Thursday 14 May 2026 at 5pm (AEST) – Online (Zoom)
‘History, Country, and Community: A Celebration of Ann McGrath’, Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia, Friday 15 May 2026, 9am-5pm (AEST)
Opportunities:
Call for Papers
Deadline: 11 May 2026
National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ) Conference on ‘Tūranga | Places we belong’, Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, 18-20 September 2026.
Deadline: 25 May 2026
Robert Menzies Institute Early Career Network
Deadline: 31 May 2026
‘To Fight and Win at Sea:125 Years of Australian Naval History Conference’, Sea Power Centre–Australia and the Australian Naval Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 19 – 20 November 2026
Deadline: 1 June 2026
Funding
National Library of Australia Community Heritage Grants – 2026 Round
Deadline: 7 May 2026
2027 Judith Binney Fellowships and Writing Awards, Judith Binney Trust
Deadline: 3 July 2026
Jobs
Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 in Indigenous Knowledge, Youth and Digital Technology at Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Deadline: 7 May 2026
Two Postdoctoral Scholars under Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership at Trent University – Symons Campus, Peterborough, Ontario (ON), Canada
Deadline: 8 May 2026
Indigenous Studies Librarian at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Deadline: 14 May 2026
Assistant Professor in Indigenous Studies, 1-year term at Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Deadline: 15 May 2026
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
Deadline: 15 May 2026
Lecturer in Australian Political Studies at the University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia
Deadline: 17 May 2026
Professor of Canadian and Indigenous Literatures and Culture at the University of Toronto (St. George Campus), Toronto, ON, Canada
Deadline: 20 May 2026
Assistant Professor in Sociology (Equity, Diversity, and Human Rights) at Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
Deadline: 21 May 2026
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Publications:
Effie Karageorgos, Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism During the Vietnam War (UNSW Press, 2026)
Marian Sawyer et al. (Editors), Landslide: The 2025 Australian Federal Election (ANU Press, 2026)
Rowan Cahill, Cold War Kid: Resisting the Vietnam War (Kembla Books, 2026)
Dan Tout, Emma-Jaye Gavin, and Julia Hurst (Editors), Barriers to Truth and Justice in Settler-Colonial Australia: Why Won’t Settlers Listen? (Springer, 2026)
Zoë Laidlow and Jane Lydon, Legacies of British slavery in Australia and New Zealand (Manchester University Press, 2026)
Martina Horáková, Pursuits of Settler Belonging in Contemporary Australian Memoirs (Anthem Press, 2026)
Emily Grafton and David B. A. MacDonald (Editors), On Settler Colonialism in Canada: Relations and Resistances (University of Regina Press, 2026)
Siobhan Harvey, What We Remember, What We Forget (University of Otago Press, 2026)
James Bennett and David Betts, Marriage Equality and Resurgent Prejudice in Australia (Generis Publications, 2026)
Grace Gassin (Editor), Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa (Te Papa Press, 2026)
Crystal Gail Fraser and Sara Komarnisky, Talk Treaty to Me: Understanding the Basics of Treaties and Land in Canada (HarperCollins Canada, 2026)
Allan Greer, Canada in the Age of Rum (McGill-Queen’s University 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) 