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War, myths and fairy tales
19 January 2017The latest book by Dr Sara Buttsworth and Associate Professor Maartje Abbenhuis is their third co-edited publication to expand the boundaries of war studies. -
What I'm working on over summer: Rosemary Erlam
16 January 2017Dr Rosemary Erlam will be spending the summer working with a summer scholar to investigate how knowledge of a language other than English affects employability. -
New book critiques the business of mental health
11 January 2017A new book by Dr Bruce Cohen offers a comprehensive Marxist critique of the business of mental health. -
What I'm working on over summer: Chris Wilson
09 January 2017Dr Chris Wilson will be hunkering down for the summer to write a book on migration and violent conflict in the Asia-Pacific, based on 15 years of fieldwork. -
Time travel and tattoos in winning manuscript
05 December 2016A murder in a cemetery, a time travel drug and a tattoo artist all feature in a speculative novel set in contemporary Auckland by Creative Writing student Angelique Kasmara. -
The historical emergence of legal graffiti
01 December 2016A new book by Ronald Kramer analyses the historical emergence of legal graffiti and how it has led to a new ethos among writers. -
Journal recognises undergraduate writing
14 November 2016Have you ever written an impassioned essay and wished it could have a wider audience than just your tutor and lecturer? -
Impressionist works recreated by Kiwi artists
11 November 2016Hand-painted replicas of famous paintings by Degas, Monet, Renoir and others will soon be in the same room again, inspired by their first controversial showing in Paris. -
Sharing science with Auckland families
10 November 2016In her spare time Ashleigh Fox works on an ambitious project: to raise science capital in New Zealand families by empowering adults to talk about science with their children. -
Student of the year a communal effort
09 November 2016Marco de Jong has been named the Arts Student of the Year by the Auckland University Arts Students’ Association. -
Media in the public interest
08 November 2016After years of frustration with the limited coverage of arts, science and humanities in the media, Maria Armoudian and Luke Goode have taken matters into their own hands. -
Learn from the eyes of experts
07 November 2016Ever wondered what historians, sociologists, architects, economists, doctors and artists are looking for when they study plans, graphs, tables, x-rays or works of art? -
From early Māori society to youth justice
04 November 2016The Faculty of Arts is celebrating the success of six research projects which have been awarded $3.2 million in the latest Marsden Fund round. -
Balancing study with high-level sport
02 November 2016Tia Tuiburelevu keeps things busy studying towards her Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws conjoint while also training in karate. -
Art crime symposium runs for second year
01 November 2016A recent symposium brought together academics, researchers, lawyers and students to discuss art crime in New Zealand and beyond. -
Students successful in Korean speech competition
28 October 2016Five students studying Korean in the Faculty of Arts placed highly in a recent speech competition organised as part of the Korea Festival in Auckland. -
We need art. But for what?
27 October 2016Brian Boyd is one of four curators of an upcoming exhibition at MONA in Hobart that asks why humans create and appreciate art. -
Arts livestreams presidential debate
25 October 2016On Thursday afternoon the Faculty of Arts hosted a live viewing of the final presidential debate in collaboration with the US Consulate General Auckland. -
Initiative questions foundations of life
21 October 2016Emily Parke is a member of the Foundational Questions Initiative, which plans to ask big questions about the origins of life in the universe. -
Arts students named sportspeople of the year
20 October 2016Arts students took out both Sportsman of the Year and Sportswoman of the Year at the recent Blues Awards for their achievements in martial arts.