Academic Association of Historians in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools (AAHANZBS) 14th Annual Conference, 30 November – 1 December 2023. The Women’s College, The University of Sydney, Australia.

Learning from the Past

Academic Association of Historians in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools (AAHANZBS) 14^th Annual Conference, 30 November – 1 December 2023. The Women’s College, The University of Sydney, Australia.

Call for Papers

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.

You are invited to submit papers addressing the conference theme, including papers relating to accounting history, business history, economic history, labour history, management history, marketing history, tourism history, transport history and other areas of interest relating to historical research in business schools. We also invite papers / panel suggestions around teaching and pedagogy relating to business and labour history. We welcome papers from researchers outside business schools who have an interest in these fields of study.

Abstracts will be published in online conference proceedings.

The Inaugural Ray Markey Plenary speaker will be Professor Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney. For further details about our speaker see https://www.sydney.edu.au/business/about/our-people/academic-staff/bradon-ellem.html

Please submit a 1000 word abstract for refereeing by Friday 7 July 2023 to Greg Patmore at greg.patmore@sydney.edu.au

The abstract will provide: -

1. A summary of the argument of the paper
2. A summary of the findings of the paper
3. A selected list of references for the paper 

Abstracts and papers should follow the Labour History style guide - https://www.labourhistory.org.au/journal/style-guide/

All authors of the abstracts will be generally notified by Friday 25 August 2023 at the latest whether their abstracts have been accepted for the conference.

Registration: The registration charge for two days, which includes morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch, will be $Au190 (Full) and $Au150 (Concessional). There is an additional charge if you wish to attend the conference dinner. All postgraduate research students who have their abstracts accepted will have free registration (does not include conference dinner). Full registration details will follow at http://sydney.edu.au/business/research/blhg