Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies (Journal)

ISSN 20504039 , ONLINE ISSN 20504047

The Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies is a trans-disciplinary publication focusing on the range of issues and subjects which are relevant to New Zealand and Pacific studies, with a priority for the latter given to Polynesia and the South Pacific.

The Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies is sponsored by the New Zealand Studies Association (NZSA). 

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Category: Cultural Studies


Principal Editors

Ian Conrich
Stockholm University, Sweden
ian.conrich@ims.su.se

Heather Waldroup
Appalachian State University, USA
waldrouphl@appstate.edu

Assistant Editor

Felix Hockey
waylander37@hotmail.co.uk

Reviews Editors

Angela Kölling
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Cornelia Kaufmann
SAS, University of London, UK
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Notes for Contributors Download


Aims & Scope

The Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies covers disciplines including the humanities and social sciences, and subjects such as cultural studies, history, literature, film, anthropology, politics and sociology. Each issue of this publication aims to establish a balance between papers on New Zealand and papers on the South Pacific, with a reports and book reviews section included. 

The journal is sponsored by the New Zealand Studies Association and hosted by the University of Vienna. It has replaced the key publication NZSA Bulletin of New Zealand Studies.

Submissions

To submit an article, please follow the 'Submit' button on the left of this page.
 
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All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
 
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.

Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

Ethical Guidelines

The journal follows the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Read our Ethical Guidelines for more on the journal's standards.

Principal Editors

Ian Conrich
Stockholm University, Sweden
ian.conrich@ims.su.se

Heather Waldroup
Appalachian State University, USA
waldrouphl@appstate.edu

Assistant Editor

Felix Hockey
waylander37@hotmail.co.uk

Reviews Editors

Angela Kölling
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Cornelia Kaufmann
SAS, University of London, UK
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Principal Editors

Ian Conrich
Stockholm University, Sweden
ian.conrich@ims.su.se

Heather Waldroup
Appalachian State University, USA
waldrouphl@appstate.edu

Assistant Editor

Felix Hockey
waylander37@hotmail.co.uk

Reviews Editors

Angela Kölling
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Cornelia Kaufmann
SAS, University of London, UK
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Principal Editors

Ian Conrich
Stockholm University, Sweden
ian.conrich@ims.su.se

Heather Waldroup
Appalachian State University, USA
waldrouphl@appstate.edu

Assistant Editor

Felix Hockey
waylander37@hotmail.co.uk

Reviews Editors

Angela Kölling
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Cornelia Kaufmann
SAS, University of London, UK
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me


General Call for Papers

Contributions are encouraged from disciplines including the humanities and the social sciences, and from subjects such as cultural studies, history, literature, film, anthropology, politics and sociology.
 
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.  

Special Issue Call for Papers

'Libraries, Archives and Museums in Oceania'

Guest Edited by Joshua Bell, Cristela Garcia-Spitz and Halena Kapuni-Reynolds

Though shaped by their colonial legacies and postcolonial presents, libraries, archives and museums can also be spaces of hope, healing and collective reimagining. These institutions and their staff steward various media formats (audiovisual objects and texts), giving presence to the many pasts of Oceania, and must reckon with Indigenous interventions that reconfigure these collections as familial legacies, belongings and ancestors. Collaborative work with Indigenous communities have also helped open these institutions and their collections to new possibilities, resulting in richer understandings about activating belongings to nurture and uplift source and descendant communities and returning belongings and ancestors through legal and ethical means. Simultaneously, Indigenous communities continue creating their own cultural centres, blurring distinctions between libraries, archives and museums to serve the needs of their respective communities.

While these projects and trends are in dialogue with global practices, they are also distinctly local and heterogeneous within Oceania. How are these projects in and around libraries, archives and museums transforming these institutions and their collections? How are Indigenous epistemologies helping to challenge the colonial legacies of these institutions? What new collaborative practices are emerging, which help to recentre the relations that may have otherwise been dormant? What lessons for institutions outside of Oceania can be taken from these engagements?

The Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies invites contributions that offer new insights into library, archive and museum practice in and about Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific, and associated collections from the region that may be housed outside of Oceania. Papers might address the following issues:

  • Indigenizing and decolonizing strategies for curatorial practice, exhibition design, collection development and management
  • community-based programming and research
  • repatriation and ethical returns
  • rematriation initiatives
  • conservation/preservation
  • digitizing collections and ethical and inclusive metadata practices
  • digital scholarship and pedagogy
  • emerging technologies and their impact on research
  • evolving roles, education/mentoring the next generation of museum/archive professionals

We are particularly interested in case studies highlighting lesser-known libraries, archives and museums in or of the Pacific.

The Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies is a double-blind refereed journal. Articles, accompanied by a short biography, abstract and keywords, must be between 5000 and 8000 words, including notes and references, and must be formatted according to the journal style guide (https://www.intellectbooks.com/asset/2243/house-style-guide-6th-edition.pdf).

Original interviews (for example, with an artist, curator, librarian or archivist), research reports, review essays and exhibition reviews, between 1500 and 4000 words, are also welcome.

Deadline for submissions is 14 April 2025. All article submissions will be subject to peer review. If accepted for publication, articles will be published in vol. 13, no. 2, December 2025. Please submit complete articles for consideration to Heather Waldroup at waldrouphl@appstate.edu.

Principal Editors

Ian Conrich
Stockholm University, Sweden
ian.conrich@ims.su.se

Heather Waldroup
Appalachian State University, USA
waldrouphl@appstate.edu

Assistant Editor

Felix Hockey
waylander37@hotmail.co.uk

Reviews Editors

Angela Kölling
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Cornelia Kaufmann
SAS, University of London, UK
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

International Advisory Board

Michael Belgrave
Massey University, New Zealand

Rudy Bessard
National University of Vanuatu, Vanuatu

Yifen Beus
Brigham Young University, Hawai‘i, USA

André Brett
Curtin University, Australia

Rainer Buschmann
California State University Channel Islands, USA

Paola Della Valle
University of Turin, Italy

Vincent Dropsy
University of French Polynesia, French Polynesia

Anna Ďurfina
University College Prague, Czech Republic

Oona Frawley
National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Jeffrey Geiger
University of Essex, UK

Patrice Godin
University of New Caledonia, New Caledonia

Hilary Halba
University of Otago, New Zealand

Angela Kölling
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany

Sei Kosugi
University of Osaka, Japan

Richard Lansdown
James Cook University, Australia

David Lea
University of Papua New Guinea

Javier Leyva Ortiz
Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, Mexico

Lamont Lindstrom
University of Tulsa, USA

Martin Lodge
University of Waikato, New Zealand

David Lowe
University of Waikato, New Zealand

Malcolm MacLean
University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK

Anne Magnan-Park
Indiana University South Bend, USA

Jessica Maufort
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Sonja Mausen
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Conal McCarthy
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Brian McDonnell
Massey University, New Zealand

Daniel McKay
New Mexico Military Institute, USA

Paula Morris
University of Auckland, New Zealand

Michaela Moura-Koçoğlu
Florida International University, USA

Adrian Muckle
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Hermann Mückler
University of Vienna, Austria

Susan Najita
University of Michigan, USA

Eric Pawson
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Max Quanchi
University of Queensland, Australia

Gerardo Rodríguez-Salas
University of Granada, Spain

Eva Rueschmann
Hampshire College, USA

Noriyuki Sagawa
Kindai University, Japan

Bernadette Samau
National University of Samoa

Jane Samson
University of Alberta, Canada

Roy Smith
Nottingham Trent University, UK

Marc Tabani
CREDO, Aix-Marseille University, France

Hilke Thode-Arora
Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich, Germany

Kirsten Moana Thompson
Seattle University, USA

Tatiana Tokolyova
University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia

Susanna Trnka
University of Auckland, New Zealand

Toon van Meijl
Radboud University, The Netherlands

Wonu Veys
National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands

Andrea Wright
Edge Hill University, UK

Principal Editors

Ian Conrich
Stockholm University, Sweden
ian.conrich@ims.su.se

Heather Waldroup
Appalachian State University, USA
waldrouphl@appstate.edu

Assistant Editor

Felix Hockey
waylander37@hotmail.co.uk

Reviews Editors

Angela Kölling
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Cornelia Kaufmann
SAS, University of London, UK
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

 
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Contents

  • Volume (12): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2024


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  • Volume (11): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2023


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  • Volume (11): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2023


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  • Volume (10): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2022


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  • Volume (10): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2022


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  • Volume (9): Issue (1)
  • Cover date: 2021


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  • Volume (9): Issue (2)
  • Cover date: 2021


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  • Volume (8): Issue (1)
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  • Cover date: 2020


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  • Volume (7): Issue (1)
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  • Volume (1): Issue (1)
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  • Volume (1): Issue (2)
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Principal Editors

Ian Conrich
Stockholm University, Sweden
ian.conrich@ims.su.se

Heather Waldroup
Appalachian State University, USA
waldrouphl@appstate.edu

Assistant Editor

Felix Hockey
waylander37@hotmail.co.uk

Reviews Editors

Angela Kölling
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

Cornelia Kaufmann
SAS, University of London, UK
bookreviewsJNZPS@proton.me

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