Conferences
An ANZSHM conference is held on a biennial basis. The conference usually spans 3-5 days at venues around Australia and New Zealand. The program includes keynote addresses, a varied program of research papers and other intellectual and social activities. The ANZSHM also participates in other historical conferences from time to time.
2025 Conference:
The 19th Biennial Conference of the ANZSHM will be held in Sydney, Australia, from 8 to 12 July. To participate in the conference, as an attendee or presenter, please visit the 2025 conference website.
Financial assistance in the form of Ben Haneman Memorial Conference Grants for Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers is available on a competitive basis for students and ECRs to attend the conference. Click here for more information.
The ANZSHM offers Ben Haneman Memorial Conference Grants for Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers, a competitive scheme to assist students and ECRs to present a paper at the conference. Click on the link for more information and to access an application form.
Previous Biennial Conferences
New Perspectives on the History of Medicine, Sydney, 1989
Impact of the Past upon the Present, Perth, 1991
Outpost Medicine - Australian Studies on the History of Medicine, Hobart, 1993
History, Heritage and Health, Norfolk Island, 1995
Migration to Mining, Darwin, 1997
Individuals & Institutions in the History of Medicine, Sydney, 1999
Now and Then, Adelaide, 2001
Exploring the Boundaries of Medicine, Melbourne, 2003
Health and History: International Perspectives, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005
Medicine in Context, Canberra, 2007
Health and History at the Frontier, Perth, 2009
Public Health, Private Healers, Brisbane, 2011
Antipodean Health: People, Places, Perceptions, Darwin, 2013
Missions, Methods and Management, Sydney, 2015
Health, Medicine and Society: Challenge and Change, Melbourne, 2017
Beyond Borders: Health and Medicine in Historical Context, Auckland, 2019
Innovation and Health in Medicine, Newcastle, 2021
Second Opinions, Adelaide, 2023
Other conferences involving the ANZSHM
Launceston Bicentenary Conference, 2006
