- 1998 – Victoria University of Wellington
- 2000 – The University of Sydney
- 2001 – The University of Western Australia
- 2003 – The University of Melbourne
- 2005 – The University of Auckland
- 2007 – The University of Adelaide
- 2008 – The University of Tasmania
- 2011 – The University of Otago
- 2013 – Monash University
- 2015 – The University of Queensland
- 2017 – Victoria University, Wellington
- 2019 – The University of Sydney
- 2020 – The University of Adelaide
- 2022 – The University of Western Australia
1998 – Victoria University of Wellington
The First Conference of ANZAMEMS was held at the Victoria University of Wellington in 1998. The conference was held from 2-5 February 1998, and the theme was “Borderlines: Crossings and Conflicts”.
Conference convenor: Kim Walker (English Department, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand).
Keynote speakers: TBC
Conference program: Coming soon!
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2000 – The University of Sydney
The Second Conference of ANZAMEMS was held at the The University of Sydney in 2000. The conference was held from 1-4 February 2000, and the topic was “Constructing Identity: Republics, Nations and Cultures”.
Conference convenor: Nerida Newbigin (Department of Italian, The University of Sydney).
Keynote speakers: TBC
Conference program: Coming soon!
Conference website: The Call for Papers can be found online here.
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2001 – The University of Western Australia
The Third ANZAMEMS Conference, ‘Metamorphoses — Peoples, Places, Times’, was held at The University of Western Australia in Perth from 5-8 July 2001.
Conference convenors: Andrew Lynch (English Department, The University of Western Australia) and Philippa Maddern (History Department, The University of Western Australia).
Keynote speakers: Associate Professor Sarah Beckwith (English, Duke University); Professor Lyndal Roper (History, University of London); Greg Warburton (University of Newcastle); and R. S White (English, The University of Western Australia).
Conference Program: Download a copy of the conference programme as a PDF file (366KB)
A closely related conference, Cultural Encounters in the Indian Pacific Region, 1200-1800 was also held in Perth on 10-13 July 2001 under the aegis of Parergon.
Conference convenors: Pamela Sharpe (History, The University of Western Australia) and Chris Wortham (English, The University of Western Australia).
Keynote speakers: George Seddon (The University of Western Australia); Evelyn Edson (Piedmont Virginia Community College); and Ian Campbell (University of Canterbury, New Zealand).
Conference Program: Download a copy of the conference programme as a PDF file (193KB).
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2003 – The University of Melbourne
‘Memory and Commemoration’: the Fourth Conference of ANZAMEMS was held at The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 5-8 February, 2003.
Conference convenor: Megan Cassidy Welch (History, The University of Melbourne).
Keynote speakers: Patrick Geary is professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles; Dale Kent, professor of history at the University of California, Riverside; Judith Richards, who teaches History at La Trobe University; and Paul Strohm, who holds the J.R.R. Tolkien Chair of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford (since 1998).
Conference program: Download a copy of the program (in PDF format) HERE.
Conference website: The Conference Website has been archived by the Internet Archive.
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2005 – The University of Auckland
Old Worlds, New Worlds: the Fifth Conference of ANZAMEMS was held at The University of Auckland from 2-5 February 2005.
Conference convenors: Kim Phillips, with assistance from Lisa Bailey and Lindsay Diggelmann (all The University of Auckland)
Conference Keynotes: Robert Bartlett, Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland and a Fellow of the British Academy; Felicity Riddy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of York; Pam Sharpe, Principal Research Fellow and ARC/QEII Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia; Valarie Traub, Professor of English and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan.
Conference events: Events included a public lecture by Alan Cameron, and a public session on medieval manuscripts in New Zealand, ‘Is it Gold? Medieval Books 1150-1510’, which was held at the Auckland Central City Library.
The conference also hosted the first full meeting of the Network for Early Europen History (NEER).
The conference theme of ‘Old Worlds, New Worlds’ gave rise to an edited collection with Brepols: https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503531328-1
Conference program: Coming soon!
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2007 – University of Adelaide
The Sixth Conference of ANZAMEMS as held at The University of Adelaide, 7-10 February 2007. There was no conference theme, and all topics in medieval and early modern studies were welcome.
Conference convenors: Heather Kerr and Lawrence Warner (both English, The University of Adelaide).
Keynote speakers: Professor Jaynie Anderson, University of Melbourne, author of Tiepolo’s Cleopatra (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); Judith (Éditions du Regard, 1997) Giorgione: The Painter of Poetic Brevity (Flammarion, 1997); Professor John Ganim, University of California-Riverside, author of Medievalism and Orientalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), Chaucerian Theatricality (Princeton UP, 1990), and Style and Consciousness in Middle English Literature (Princeton UP, 1983); Dr Vanessa Harding, Birkbeck College London, author of A Short History of Early Modern London (Cambridge UP, 2005); The Dead and the Living in London and Paris, 1500-1670 (Cambridge UP, 2002); Professor David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania, author of Premodern Places (Blackwell, 2005); The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature (ed.; Cambridge UP, 1999); and Chaucerian Polity: Absolutist Lineages, Associational Forms in England and Italy (Stanford UP, 1997).
Conference program: Coming soon!
Conference events: The Conference Dinner was held at Chris Jarmer @ Air.
Conference website: The Conference website has been archived by the Internet Archive.
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2008 – The University of Tasmania
The 7th Biennial International Conference was held at The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2-6 December 2008. The theme was ‘Alter Orbis’.
Conference convenors: Elizabeth Freeman and Jenna Mead (both The University of Tasmania)
Keynote speakers: Mary Carruthers; Remarque Professor of Literature at New York University and also Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; Conal Condren, Emeritus Scientia Professor at UNSW and currently Hon. Professor Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland; Ruth Evans, Professor of English in the Department of English Studies at the University of Stirling in Scotland; Edward James, Professor of Medieval History at University College Dublin; Rod Thomson, Professor of Medieval History and Senior Research Fellow in the University of Tasmania’s School of History and Classics.
Conference program: The conference program can be downloaded HERE as a PDF document (28 Nov 2008).
The conference abstracts can be downloaded HERE as a PDF document (28 Nov 2008).
The conference poster can be downloaded HERE as a PDF document.
Conference events: Receptions were held at Government House and at Morris Miller Library, a walking tour of Battery Point was organised, and a conference dinner was held at University Club, with a post-prandial talk by Dr John O. Ward (University of Sydney).
Conference website: The Conference website has been archived on the Internet Archive.
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2011 – The University of Otago
ANZAMEMS Eighth Biennial International Conference, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2-5 February 2011.
Conference Convenors: Simone Celine Marshall (University of Otago); Judith Collard (University of Otago) and Peter Anstey (University of Otago)
Keynote speakers: Professor Alastair Minnis (Yale University); Professor Michael Hunter (Birkbeck College); Emeritus Professor Peter Matheson (University of Otago); Professor Dauvit Broun (Glasgow University).
A PATS on the topic of “Editing Medieval and Early Modern Texts: Principles and Practice” was held after the conference (at the University of Otago from 7–8 February 2011). The PATS was convened by Prof Peter Anstey, and the expert instructors were:
- Prof. Eva Schlotheuber, University of Münster: Medieval Latin and German texts
- Prof. Michael Hunter, Birkbeck College, London: Early Modern texts
- Dr Greg Waite, University of Otago: Old and Middle English texts
Conference program: Coming soon!
Conference events: A conference dinner was held at the Savoy Function Centre, in Dunedin’s city centre. A welcome reception was held at the De Beer Gallery in the University of Otago’s Central Library. A second reception was held at Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Two half-day excursions were organised so delegates could visit either Cargill’s Castle and/or Larnach Castle. Finally, an exhibition on the topic of ‘Faces and Authorship: Constructing the Author in Medieval and Early Modern Books’ was held in the Special Collections, in the De Beer Gallery in the University of Otago’s Central Library. A poster for this exhibition can be found below:
Conference website: The Conference Website has been archived by the Internet Archive.
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2013 – Monash University
ANZAMEMS Ninth Biennial International Conference, ‘Cultures in Translation‘.
Caulfield Campus, Monash University, Melbourne, 12-16 February 2013
Conference convenors: Carolyn James and Clare Monagle (both Monash University)
Keynote speakers: Chris Baswell (Columbia University); Anne Dunlop (Tulane University); John Najemy (Cornell University); Charles Zika (The University of Melbourne)
Conference website: Conference Website (the link is no longer working. A screen capture of website included below)
Conference program: Stephanie Downes has written a short blog post about the conference program on the CHE blog: https://historiesofemotion.com/2013/01/30/cultures-of-translation/.
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2015 – The University of Queensland
ANZAMEMS Tenth Biennial International Conference. The University of Queensland, 14–18 July, 2015. The conference was followed by a PATS on the 20 July, 2015.
Conference Convenor: Dolly MacKinnon (The University of Queensland)
Keynote speakers: Professor Alexandra Walsham (The University of Cambridge); Professor Laura Knoppers (Notre Dame University); Professor Jessie Ann Owens (UC Davis).
Conference program: Download a PDF copy of the draft full program HERE
Download a PDF file of the booklet containing abstracts HERE
Conference events: Dr Dolly MacKinnon, Chair of the Conference, and Dr Campbell Gray, Director of the UQ Art Museum, and the UQ Art Museum staff curated an exhibition entitled “Wunderkammer” of Medieval and Early Modern (c600-1800) objects, and objects inspired by earlier models that are held in the various UQ museums and private hands.
Conference website: The Conference website has been archived on the Internet Archive.
Twitter Hashtag: #ANZAMEMS2015
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2017 – Victoria University, New Zealand
ANZAMEMS Eleventh Biennial International Conference, ‘Mobility and Exchange’. Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, February 7–10, 2017. The conference was followed by a PATS on the 11 February, 2017.
Conference Convenor: A/Prof Sarah Ross (Victoria University, Wellington).
Keynote speakers: Associate Professor Erin Griffey (University of Auckland) [Sponsored by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Europe 1100-1800 (CE110001011)]; Professor Martha Howell (Columbia University) [Sponsored by the W.H. Oliver Humanities Research Academy, Massey University]; Professor Lorna Hutson (Oxford University) [Sponsored by the Early Modern Women’s Research Network, University of Newcastle, with support from the British Council of New Zealand]; Professor Cary Nederman (Texas A&M University) [Sponsored by the Department of History and Art History, University of Otago, and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington].
Conference program: Download a copy of the Conference program (in PDF file format) HERE.
Download a copy of the Conference abstracts (in PDF file format) HERE.
Conference website: Conference Website
Twitter Hashtag: #anza17
Photos from the first day of the Conference (Click on a thumbnail to enlarge the photo):
Copyright © Image Services, Victoria University of Wellington. All rights reserved.
A review of the conference, written by attendee and presenter Matthew Firth, can be read online here.
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2019 – The University of Sydney
ANZAMEMS Twelfth Biennial International Conference, ‘Categories, Boundaries, Horizons’. The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia February 5-8, 2019. The conference was preceded by a PATS on the 4–5 February, 2019.
Conference convenors: Daniel Anlezark (University of Sydney) [Chair], Louise D’Arcens (Macquarie University) [PATS], and Peter Anstey (University of Sydney) [Registration]
Keynote speakers: Assoc. Prof. Seeta Chaganti (English, University of California – Davis); Prof. Jane Davidson (Music, Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne); Assoc. Prof. Yuen-Gen Liang (History, National Taiwan University); Prof. C.H. Lüthy (Philosophy, Radboud University); Prof. Elaine Treharne (English, Stanford University).
Conference Program: Conference program can be downloaded HERE (in PDF file format).
Conference abstracts can be downloaded in the following three PDFS: One, Two, Three.
Conference website: Conference Website
Twitter Hashtag: #anza19
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2020 – The University of Adelaide
The Western Civilisation in the Twenty-First Century’ Symposium was held on 20–21 February 2020 at The University of Adelaide, and was supported by ANZAMEMS.
Symposium Organising Committee: Associate Professor Katie Barclay (University of Adelaide); Professor Louise D’Arcens (Macquarie University); Emeritus Professor Clem MacIntyre (University of Adelaide); Lachlan McCarron (University of Adelaide); Dr Amanda McVitty (Massey University); Emeritus Professor Wilf Prest (University of Adelaide); Professor Peter Sherlock (University of Divinity); Stephanie Thompson (University of Adelaide); Dr Claire Walker (University of Adelaide).
Symposium Keynote: Professor Louise D’Arcens (Macquarie University).
Symposium website: Symposium Website
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2022 – The University of Western Australia
ANZAMEMS Thirteenth Biennial ANZAMEMS Conference, ‘Reception and Emotion’. The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 27–30 June 2022. The conference was held online via Zoom.
Conference convenors: Kirk Essay and Marina Gerzić (both The University of Western Australia).
Keynote speakers: Professor Holly Crocker (University of South Carolina); Professor Brian Cummings (University of York); Associate Professor Shino Konishi (Australian Catholic University)
Conference program: Coming soon!
Conference website: The Conference website has been archived on the Internet Archive.
Twitter hashtag: #anza22
