Conferences
ANZSHM conferences are biennial, held over 3-5 days, in locations around Australia and New Zealand. Programs feature: keynote addresses, concurrent sessions, cultural activities, social events, and Witness Seminars periodically.
Join us for the 20th Biennial Conference of ANZSHM:
“Making sense of the past”
20-23 July 2027
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
ANZSHM members have access to reduced conference registration fees. Not a member of ANZSHM? Join now
The Call for Papers will open later in 2026
Papers may reflect any aspect of medical history including (but not limited to): • Women in medicine • Disability and health care • Alternative therapies in health • Prison medicine • Health professionals and biographies of note • Incorporating Indigenous health practices • The costing ecologies of health • Planetary health and environmental impacts • Rural health and healthcare
Conference Grants
On a competitive basis, ANZSHM offers eligible higher-degree research-students and early career researchers financial support to attend the biennial conferences and give a paper.
Ben Haneman Memorial Conference Grants - Eligibility Criteria and more information