AAHBS Annual Conference
About AAHBS
The Academic Association of Historians in Business Schools (AAHBS), formerly The聽Academic Association of Historians in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools (AAHANZBS), was launched in 2009 with the support of the聽Business and Labour History Group, and the聽University of Sydney Business School.
It aims to bring together historians of business, labour, economic, accounting, mining, transport and other areas in business and management schools in Australia and New Zealand together to promote historical research and teaching.聽
We hold an annual conference with sessions on research and teaching and a postgraduate forum. We also seek research grants and publication in highly regarded journals.
Academic Association of Historians in Business Schools (AAHBS) 16th Annual Conference - Call for papers
Monday, 9 February - Tuesday, 10 February 2026
9:00am - 5:00pm
Michael Spence Building Function Room 501, The University of Sydney
History in Business Schools?
The Business and Labour History Group (BLHG), The University of Sydney Business School, Australia, will be hosting the 16th Annual Conference of AAHBS on the 9-10 February 2026 at the Michael Spence Building Function Room 501, The University of Sydney.
The highlights include the Ray Markey Memorial Address from Dr.聽Claire Wright (University of Technology, Sydney) and a forum on the conference theme with Professor Cheryl McWatters (University of Ottawa) and Associate Professor Nikola Balnave (Macquarie University). There are also papers on a range of areas including co-operative history, labour history, economic history, business history, intellectual history and the digital age.
Registration rate
- Full Rate - $250 incl GST
- Concession Rate (Students, Social Service聽Recipients, Retired) - $180 incl. GST
- Complimentary Registration聽(Research聽Students with聽Accepted聽Abstracts, Plenary Speakers) - No charge
- Full Daily Rate - $130 incl. GST (Choose either Monday or Tuesday)
- Concession Daily Rate - $95聽incl. GST (Choose either Monday or Tuesday)
- Conference dinner at Missony Restaurant, 111 King St, Newtown, Monday, 9 February 2026, 6pm - $75聽incl.聽GST, is BYO. Dinner registrations close for catering purposes on 2 February 2026.
There is a registration charge for either one or two days, which covers the administration and venue. For eating options the venue is located near coffee and dining facilities. There is an additional charge if you wish to attend the conference dinner.
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Previous conferences
Explore our previous AAHANZBS conferences.
- Theme: Why History?
- Host: The University of Sydney Business School
- Plenary Speaker: Professor Greg Patmore, The University of Sydney
- Theme: Learning from the Past
- Host: The University of Sydney Business School
- Plenary Speaker: Professors Bradon Ellem The University of Sydney
- Theme: Challenging Historical Amnesia
- Host:聽The University of Sydney Business School
- Plenary speaker:聽Professor Hans Pols The University of Sydney.
- Theme: The Historical Dimension
- Host:聽The University of Sydney Business School
- Plenary speaker:聽Professor Martin Shanahan, University of South Australia
- Theme: Institutions and Change
- Host:聽Auckland University of Technology
- Plenary speaker:聽Professor John Singleton, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
- Theme: Frontiers of historical research
- Host: The University of Sydney Business School
- Plenary speaker:聽Professor Michael Quinlan, University of NSW
- Theme: Why history?
- Host: The University of Sydney Business School
- Plenary speaker: Professor , Oberlin College, Ohio, US
- Theme: Alternative business histories
- Host: Macquarie University
- Plenary speaker: Professor , The University of Ottawa, Canada
- Theme: Global business practices in historical perspective
- Host: Auckland University of Technology Business School, NZ
- Plenary speaker: Professor , Macquarie University