CFP - Australasian Urban History Planning History Group Symposium

[Matthew Heins]

There's a CFP for an online symposium organized by the Australasian Urban History Planning History Group, for doctoral and other postgraduate students, which will take place in September. Abstracts are due July 21. The theme is "Grounded Histories," but it seems open to any topics relating to urban history or planning history in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Their description is copied below or can be found at https://antipodes.city/2025/06/11/grounded-histories/

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Grounded Histories / AUHPH Postgraduate Research Symposium

22^nd September 2025 (Online event) hosted by the University of Technology Sydney

Call for Papers

We invite postgraduate researchers exploring topics related to urban and planning history in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific nations to participate in a one-day, online symposium to present and discuss their work. The symposium will provide a supportive and collegiate environment for students to receive thesis feedback and advice from academics working in the field. We aim to foster connections, constructively critical discourse and build relationships among scholars working on the urban histories of our region.

Topics

Grounded Histories invites students to present work grounded in a variety of methods, materials and lands. We encourage submissions on a broad range of topics from students working in urban, planning and architectural history, heritage and conservation and other aligned fields. We welcome contributions that extend the themes of the 2024 UHPH conference “Real Estate Agency: Land, Housing and Finance in Urban and Planning History” as well but not limited topics such as:

• Indigenous histories of city spaces and places
• studies of planning and the built and natural environments
• architecture and design
• institutions, governance and participation
• infrastructure
• property
• extraction
• digital and virtual history
• critical heritage and conservation studies
• regional urbanism

PhD (and also MPhil and MRes) students are invited to submit an abstract for a proposed presentation at the symposium. Please don’t hesitate to contact the convenors if you are unsure whether your proposed topic suits the aims of the symposium. We encourage the submission of work from students at all stages of their candidature.

Format

Presenters will be placed into thematic sessions and will present on their proposed topic for a total of 15 minutes. This will be followed by 15 minutes of feedback and discussion from invited scholars and your peers. In keeping with the aims of the AUHPH Group, registration and participation is free. The symposium will also have a keynote speaker (TBA).

Abstract Submission Guidelines

1. Submit your 300-word abstract to nathan.et...@uts.edu.au by 21^st of July 2025. Include your full name, institutional and departmental affiliations, current topic, and year of candidature
2. Notifications of acceptance will be advised from 4^th of August 2025
3. An extended final abstract of 600 words is required by 8^th September 2025