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Bringing the Arts out of the closet
22 March 2017Jo Henderson-Merrygold was with us for a month as a visiting scholar from the University of Sheffield to support the launch of Hidden Perspectives. -
Best self-funded short at the Moas
13 March 2017When Screen Production graduate Hash Perambalam won the Best Self-Funded Short Film award at the Rialto Channel NZ Film Awards she got a selfie with Sam Neill to celebrate. -
Archaeology top in long line of firsts
08 March 2017The Faculty of Arts has scooped the bulk of the top rankings in New Zealand in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. -
Dotcom documentary to screen at SXSW
06 March 2017Professor Annie Goldson's new documentary about Kim Dotcom will premiere at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas next week. -
Carol Hirschfeld honoured as distinguished alumna
03 March 2017Broadcaster Carol Hirschfeld loved completing a Bachelor of Arts with us so much she would do another one "in a heartbeat". -
Diary of a summer scholar: Kahn Tasker
02 March 2017Kahn completed a Summer Research Scholarship on legal highs, moral panics and vigilantism with Dr Claire Meehan. -
Refugees and immigrants resilient to disasters
28 February 2017Sociological research has suggested that immigrants and refugees were resilient to the Canterbury earthquakes due to their previous experiences of disasters and war. -
What I'm working on over summer: Joanne Wilkes
20 February 2017With the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death approaching, Professor Joanne Wilkes is focusing on Austen’s writing that was not published during her lifetime. -
Diary of a summer scholar: Sam Woolley
15 February 2017Sam completed a Summer Research Scholarship on definitions of life with Dr Emily Parke. -
New research could ease second language learning
14 February 2017Research by Shaofeng Li could bring major changes to second language teaching and improve chances of success for those who fail in traditional classes. -
What I'm working on over summer: Emily Parke
13 February 2017There are two threads to Dr Emily Parke’s research this summer: the definition of life, and the way that experiments and models function in science. -
New major focuses on top job employability
09 February 2017The emphasis of our new Communication major is on employability in a wide range of roles and industries. -
Diary of a summer scholar: Sam Jaffe
08 February 2017Sam completed a Summer Research Scholarship on the first age of industrial globalisation with Associate Professor Maartje Abbenhuis. -
What I'm working on over summer: Lisa Bailey
07 February 2017Associate Professor Lisa Bailey will be spending the summer researching slavery and the church in the late antique world. -
Diary of a summer scholar: Danielle Newton
02 February 2017Danielle completed a Summer Research Scholarship on energy and infrastructures with Dr Steve Matthewman. -
University takes on issues of global conflict
01 February 2017We've introduced a new postgraduate programme with a focus on political violence and practical and ethical approaches to its prevention. -
What I'm working on over summer: Steve Hoadley
30 January 2017New Zealand’s trade officials will be keeping an eye on trade negotiations this summer, and so will Associate Professor Stephen Hoadley. -
Land grabbing in Southeast Asia
25 January 2017Professor Andreas Neef has been in Cambodia sharing his work on legal frameworks for containing land grabbing in Southeast Asia. -
Language students studying in Korea
24 January 2017Three of our language students are spending the summer semester studying in Korea, thanks to the Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia. -
What I'm working on over summer: Genaro Oliveira
23 January 2017Dr Genaro Oliveira and a group of students from across the Faculty will be spending the summer in Brazil, studying the visual arts of the largest nation in Latin America.