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Marti Friedlander receives honorary doctorate
19 October 2016Esteemed photographer Marti Friedlander has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Auckland. -
Fellowship breathes new life into Shakespeare
13 October 2016The study of Shakespeare at the University of Auckland has been enlivened for over a decade thanks to the Dr Alice Griffin Shakespeare Fellowship. -
Can we change the future together?
12 October 2016The University recently launched the fundraising campaign For All Our Futures to provide enhanced resources and strengthened capacity to ask audacious questions. -
Anthropology gets muddy at excavation workshop
11 October 2016Last month Anthropology hosted a weekend workshop on a best practice approach to the excavation of human remains. -
Acknowledgement as important as financial aid
10 October 2016It is difficult for Gala Morris to put into words the blessing that receiving the Grace Kay Award has been for her. -
History student wins Woolf Fisher Scholarship
06 October 2016Tessa Morgan is heading to the University of Cambridge to undertake doctoral study thanks to a Woolf Fisher Scholarship. -
Scholarship a symbol of encouragement
05 October 2016Michelle Chen says that receiving a scholarship was a symbol of encouragement at a time when she really needed it. -
Speech contest is ticket to Japan
04 October 2016Nathaniel Carter has won a return ticket to Japan as first prize in the 2016 Tertiary Japanese Language Speech Contest run by JSANZ. -
Taking Pacific poetry to the world
03 October 2016Fijian poet and MCW student Daren Kamali is heading to Norwich to perform his poetry at the opening of the Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific exhibition. -
Watch: Beyond Disney's Moana
29 September 2016Students from the Faculty of Arts have joined the global discussions about culture, identity and media representation in Disney’s upcoming film Moana. -
Watch: Neutrality and international relations
28 September 2016Maartje Abbenhuis presents on neutrality and nineteenth-century international relations at the 2016 Research Excellence Forum. -
Arts celebrates outstanding achievements
27 September 2016The Faculty of Arts recently gathered to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our staff and students at our annual Best of Arts event. -
Arts in the field: Studying kākahu in Europe
22 September 2016Honours student Justine Treadwell recently undertook a research trip to the United Kingdom and Europe to study kākahu (Māori cloaks). -
Castiglione, painter to imperial China
21 September 2016An exhibition of reproductions of the work of one of imperial China’s most eminent and prolific painters is coming to the George Fraser Gallery at the end of September. -
Short stories that will leave you pleasantly chilled
20 September 2016Fijian writer and Master of Creative Writing graduate Gina Cole has just released her first collection of short stories, Black Ice Matter. -
From the Arizona desert to Auckland
19 September 2016Linguist Tyler Peterson has just joined the Faculty of Arts, fresh from the University of Arizona. -
Drama students work with Jonathan Heron
16 September 2016Our undergraduate Drama students have been working with Dr Jonathan Heron of the University of Warwick on their annual production. -
Is our media as free as we think?
15 September 2016In his new book, Gavin Ellis argues that New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. -
Lucky generations squandered benefits of post-war social mobility
13 September 2016Neal Curtis argues that from the perspective of today's young people, previous generations have created potentially unlivable social and environmental conditions. -
University to host inaugural writers' forum
08 September 2016Top local and international writers, publishers and industry experts are coming together for a two-day forum at the University of Auckland on 17 and 18 September.