AAHBS Annual Conference

About AAHBS

The Academic Association of Historians in Business Schools (AAHBS), formerly The Academic Association of Historians in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools (AAHANZBS), was launched in 2009 with the support of the Business and Labour History Group, and the 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.

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

9-10 February 2026

Michael Spence Building, 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. To foster our tradition of conversation and collaboration, the conference will be presented in person and not virtually via Zoom.

You are invited to submit abstracts addressing the conference theme, but also abstracts relating to accounting history, business history, economic history, intellectual history, labour history, management history, marketing history, tourism history, transport history and other areas of interest relating to historical research in business schools. We also invite panel suggestions relating to business and labour history. We welcome abstracts from researchers outside business schools who have an interest in these fields of study.

The Ray Markey Memorial Plenary speaker will be Dr. Claire Wright, University of Technology Sydney.

Submissions

Abstracts will be published in online conference proceedings.

Please submit a 500 word abstract for review by Friday 12 September 2025 to Greg Patmore at greg.patmore@sydney.edu.au

The abstract will provide: -

A summary of the argument of the paper
A summary of the findings of the paper
A selected list of references for the paper

Abstracts should follow the Harvard style.

Registration

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. All postgraduate research students who have their abstracts accepted will have free registration (does not include conference dinner). Full registration details will follow later once the conference program is finalized at
Business and Labour History Group - The University of Sydney Business School