Finding Common Ground: 2026 ASHA Conference, Brisbane

Save the Date and Call for Papers

More than ever, historical archaeology must bring together diverse practitioners, methods and perspectives. For 2026 the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology presents our friendliest conference yet, to give us all space to find our common ground. Join ASHA in sunny Brisbane on Friday and Saturday 21-22 August 2026 to explore what we share across our varied approaches and experience. This conference celebrates the discipline’s inclusivity while asking how we find shared purpose and understanding across different research traditions, community partnerships, theoretical frameworks, and practical applications. ASHA conferences are well known for having a supportive atmosphere. We therefore particularly welcome early career archaeologists, students and ‘HA-curious’ archaeologists to experience this for themselves!

Paper submissions are now open. This year, we are calling for conference paper submissions without sessions. We aim to provide space for papers on any topic relevant to ASHA, from which papers will be aligned to create sessions. We hope to open up more genuinely cohesive session themes through this process and establish new common ground!

Please email conference@asha.org.au with your paper submission. Paper abstracts are due by 1 June 2026.

When submitting an abstract (up to 150 words) you will need to:

Provide a title, author(s) and affiliation(s) and the lead presenter’s name;
Confirm whether authors are students;
Provide a preference for presenting on the Friday or Saturday (if you have one);
Indicate paper length (7-minutes or 20-minutes); and
Confirm that at least one presenter of the paper is a current member of ASHA and will register to attend the conference.