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The dialectics of cross dressing
02 August 2017In 2015 Colin Cremin dressed up as woman and arrived on campus ready to give a lecture to 100 students. -
Symposium on the life and works of Allen Curnow
01 August 2017The life and work of one of New Zealand's greatest poets will be celebrated at a special symposium on Saturday 30 September. -
Facing nuclear danger in the modern world
31 July 2017We're hosting leading French nuclear policy researcher Benoît Pelopidas for the annual Chapman Lecture on Tuesday 15 August. -
Kim Dotcom documentary at NZIFF
26 July 2017Annie Goldson’s documentary about Kim Dotcom will screen at the New Zealand International Film Festival. -
Minister to launch book on trade negotiations
18 July 2017The Minister of Trade will launch the first academic survey of New Zealand's trade negotiations from the 1970s to the present in Wellington on Thursday 20 July. -
Disaster preparedness in Auckland
02 June 2017Jesse Grayman and Andreas Neef have been awarded funding to study disaster preparedness and resilience among Auckland's Southeast Asian communities. -
Head of Oxfam to visit Faculty of Arts
30 May 2017The global head of Oxfam International, Winnie Byanyima, will be a special guest of the Faculty of Arts on Monday 12 June. -
Students install work in Window Gallery
29 May 2017Students in English are currently displaying an installation in the Window Gallery in the foyer of the General Library. -
In memoriam: Nicholas Tarling, 1931–2017
19 May 2017One of the University of Auckland's most tireless servants and well-known figures passed away suddenly on Saturday 13 May. -
Study of carving tradition picks up award
18 May 2017Ngarino Ellis's study of Ngāti Porou carving won the Judith Binney Best First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction at the recent Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. -
Lighting up our medical history
18 May 2017Arts student Erna Battenhaussen is shining a fresh light on some of New Zealand's most important medical artefacts. -
Māori representative on haemophilia foundation graduates
05 May 2017"Having excuses was never going to allow me to progress," says 33-year-old haemophiliac, Te Whainoa Te Wiata. -
An academic family
04 May 2017One of the top Law graduates at May Graduation was Dennis Bryder Dow, son of Professor Linda Bryder and Dr Derek Dow. -
What’s up with Brazil? Beyond the headlines
27 April 2017Professor Idelber Avelar of Tulane University will shed light on the remarkable transformations recently undergone by Brazil in two public lectures in May. -
Scholarship funds development research in Nepal
10 April 2017With her masters year getting underway and her financial situation uncertain, it was looking like Devon Hanna was going to have to curtail her research plans. -
Authoritative overview of pragmatics published
06 April 2017Professor Yan Huang has brought together the world’s most distinguished scholars in pragmatics in his latest publication, the Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics. -
Best thesis explores time in contemporary art
04 April 2017Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers’ doctoral thesis on the aesthetics of time in contemporary art has been awarded a Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis. -
Innovative research in language teaching recognised
31 March 2017Professor Gary Barkhuizen has been awarded the 2017 Award for Distinguished Research from the TESOL International Association. -
The origins of Hit and Run
27 March 2017In her latest book, Dr Maria Armoudian details the risks that Jon Stephenson took to uncover the information revealed in Hit and Run. -
A short grammar of Urama
24 March 2017Dr Jason Brown has just published a short grammar of the Urama language with three of his students and graduates.