The 2023 Conference will cover many themes in modern European history. The conference will host an ANU Gender Institute event on Gender, Sexuality and Assaults on Rights in Modern Europe and an ARC-funded symposium on political violence. Papers are welcome on these or any aspecct of modern European history. Proposals for both individual papers and group panels will be accepted.

The 2023 conference will have some capacity for Zoom delivery of papers. Priority for delivery of Zoom papers will be given on the basis of need and to ongoing members of the AAEH unable to return to Australia. Please indicate if your abstract if you would prefer a zoom presentation.

Abstracts of up to 300 words per presenter should be sent to aaeh2023.soh@anu.edu.au together with a 100-word profile of each speaker giving name, professional title and affiliation. The deadline for abstracts is Wednesday 15 February 7, 2023. General inquiries can be made to the same address.

The AAEH gratefully acknowledges the support of the School of History at ANU, the College of Arts and Social Sciences, the ANU Humanities Research Centre, the ANU Centre for European Studies and the Australian Research Council.

Book Prize in Modern European History

The AAEH announces the AAEH Prize for the best book in modern European History published by an author normally resident in Australasia. The 2023 prize will recognise a book published in 2021 or 2022. Please send a notification of intent to apply (with title of publication) to aaeh2023.soh@anu.edu.au by 9 January 2023. Please also indicate if this is a first book.

Organising Committee of the AAEH Conference

Dr Alexander Cook
Dr Kasia Williams
Dr Ben Mercer (President)