Dr James Lesh has published a government research report called “Place Name: “Moreland”, prepared for the City of Moreland, a municipal authority in the inner north of Melbourne. Adopting a historical archival approach, the report explores the links between the “Moreland” name and British Caribbean Slavery.… Continue reading...
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Joint SAHANZ and UHPHG 2022 Conference
Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings:
A Joint Conference of SAHANZ and the Australasian UHPH Group
The 39th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
The 16th conference of the Australasian Urban History / Planning History Group
For additional information, see https://www.hthub.ac.nz/sahanz-uhph-nov-2022/.… Continue reading...
Urban History Journal 50th Anniversary Conference
The State of Urban History: Past, Present, Future
University of Leicester, 11-13 July 2023
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Urban History journal invites participants to a conference assessing the State of Urban History: Past, Present, Future.… Continue reading...
Call for Papers: 19th IPHS Conference 4-6 July 2022
CITY SPACE TRANSFORMATION: RESILIENT URBAN ENVIRONMENTSThe 19th biennial International Planning History Society (IPHS) conference will take place 4–6 July 2022. It will be convened by Professor Alexey Krasheninnikov and hosted by the Moscow Architectural Institute, Russia.… Continue reading...
17 June 2021, 9pm Central European Time, or 5am Australian Eastern Standard Time, marks the official launch of the Cambridge Elements in Global Urban History, with a Zoom event featuring authors Alexia Yates and Richard Harris, discussants Sheetal Chhabria, and editors Tracy Neumann, Joseph Ben Prestel, and Michael Goebel.… Continue reading...
Our urban history friends in the UK are hosting a number of exciting events over the coming few weeks.

What lies beneath: tunnels for trafficking, or just a subterranean service? Time to rescue these spaces from the conspiracists
Victoria Kolankiewicz, University of Melbourne
Feature Image: A tidal drain at South Yarra, Melbourne, in 2008. The installation of litter-trapping equipment now prevents access. Photo: Victoria Kolankiewicz, Author provided
Digital communications have spread conspiracy theories more widely than ever before, particularly in this uncertain and tumultuous year.… Continue reading...

A brief history of Australian residential tenancies law reform: from the nineteenth century to COVID-19
By Chris Martin.
Originally published in Parity, the journal of the Council to Homeless Persons.
Australia is currently going through a period of unusual activity in residential tenancies law reform. New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT have recently concluded reviews and amended their legislation, and Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are currently in the midst of reviews.… Continue reading...
Camden History Notes, a blog, has posted a review of the AUHPHG 2018 conference at RMIT in Melbourne:
‘Remaking Cities’, a conference with a heady mix of urban delights