ANZHES Symposium 2025
The 2025 ANZHES Symposium – Education Histories Now – will be held at the University of Melbourne, from 11-12 December 2025.
Symposium Details
1.5 Day Symposium, 11-12 December 2025
University of Melbourne, Faculty of Education
Convened by Professor Julie McLeod, Dr Beth Marsden, Dr Julian Kusabs, Dr Matthew Keynes
Registration and Pricing
ANZHES members – $35
Non-ANZHES members – $40
Graduate Students – free
ANZHES membership ranges from $75 (unwaged) to $90 (waged) per year
Please click here to register (link directs to EventBrite website for ticket purchase)
Program (detailed program download here)
Thursday 11 December
10.00am-12.00pm – Tour of Public Records Office Victoria (opt-in)
12.00pm-12.30pm – Registration
12.30-1.00pm – Welcome to Country and Introduction
1.00pm-2.00pm – Keynote: Seeking Partial Connections in/across Educational Spaces: Histories of Education Beyond the Classroom, Professor Inés Dussel, CINVESTAV Mexico
2.00-2.30pm – Afternoon Tea
2.30pm-4.00pm – Working with Historical Methods and Sources in Education, with Jo May, Beth Marsden, Tamson Pietsch
6.00pm – Conference Dinner (self-funded)
Friday 12 December
9.00am-10.30am – Queer Histories in Education with Matt Keynes, Sam Stiegler, Mary Lou Rasmussen and Jessica Gerrard
10.30am-11.00am – Histories of Education in the Asia-Pacific with Liz McKinley, Alex Frost, David Oakeshott, Anna Kent, Frances Kelly
12.30pm-1.30pm – Lunch
1.30pm-3.00pm – Landmarks in the History of Education, Chair: Julie McLeod
- Alison McKinnon, ‘Love and freedom: Professional women and the reshaping of personal life’ Kay Whitehead, and Jo May
- Marjorie Theobald and R.J.W. Selleck, Family, School and State in Australian History (1990) Helen Proctor and Lyn Yates
- Judith Simon and Linda Tuhiwai Smith, A Civilising Mission? Perceptions and Representations of the Native Schools System. Frances Kelly and Julian Rawiri Kusabs
3.15pm-4.00pm – Launch of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School Teachers and Australian Settler Colonialism: A History (Routledge: 2026), by Emeritus Prof Kay Whitehead (UniSA), launched by Beth Marsden
Contact
beth.marsden [at] unimelb.edu.au