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Welcome to the Faculty of Arts, the home of the humanities, social sciences, languages and theology at The University of Auckland. We are one of the world's top 50 arts faculties according to the 2009 Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, with social sciences ranked number 37 and arts and humanities 42.
News
New postgraduate programmes in Criminology
29 July 2010
The Faculty is pleased to announce that Criminology will be available for postgraduate study in 2011.
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Mirabile Dictu announced as Best Non-illustrated Book
28 July 2010
A collection of poems by inaugural New Zealand Poet Laureate and Professor of English at The University of Auckland, Michele Leggott, was announced as the Best Non-illustrated Book at the 2010 PANZ Book Design Awards.
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Art History staff among this year's New Zealand Post Book Awards finalists
28 July 2010
Three books by present and recent staff members of the Art History Department are among the finalists in this year's New Zealand Post Book Awards.
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2010 Writer-in-Residence selected
21 July 2010
William (Bill) Direen has been selected for a six-month residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport from July this year.
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Faculty of Arts Emeritus Professor wins one of the top awards at the Amsterdam Film Festival
12 July 2010
The film “Art that Moves”, directed by Roger Horrocks, has been awarded the 2010 Van Gogh Award at the Amsterdam Film Festival.
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Student successes on the silver screen
5 July 2010
On the eve of its tenth anniversary, the Department of Film,Television and Media Studies at The University of Auckland continues to launch its successful stars.
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Events
2010 Winter Lecture Series: A Question of Balance
(Maori)
In order to maintain balance in television programmes, the Broadcasting Act 1989 requires television broadcasters “to present significant points of view either in the same programme or in other programmes within the period of current interest”.
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Art History Research Seminar Series: Lions and Lambs - Animals in Children's Court Portraits
(Art History)
This seminar highlights this area of study, focusing on animals present in children’s court portraiture from various European regions, ranging from royalty to Burghers, from single portraits to group portraits.
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Applied Language Studies and Linguistics seminar: Complexities of Mother Tongue policy implementation in multilingual and multiethnic Kenyan schools: The case of the Sabaot
This paper presents the findings of an ethnographic study which investigated the implementation of the Kenyan language-in-education policy in the Sabaot language group.
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Department of Classics and Ancient History: When History Failed the Romans
(Classics and Ancient History)
This paper proposes answer to the vexing question “Why oh why did Cestius build that pyramid anyway?”
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