Linguistics student through to inter-university 3MT final
Linguistics Master of Arts student Shannon Couper will be representing Victoria University of Wellington at the 2019 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) New Zealand Inter-University Master’s Final.
2019 news
Read news items from our 2019 archives.
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Look after your wairua
Nohorua Hawaikirangi Parata (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Toa, Te Ātiawa) is motivated by his whānau, his iwi, his ahurea (culture), and our taiao (natural world) to succeed in the workforce.
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MFA(CP) graduate to receive awards at Asia Pacific film festival
Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) (MFA(CP)) graduate Miya Wang’s short film The Other Side of the World has won at least eight awards at the Asia Pacific International Filmmaker Festival in Indonesia, including awards for scriptwriting, directing, and editing.
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Collaboration creates Bloom 2019: A botanical soundscape
Next weekend 27–29 September, the Begonia House in the Wellington Botanic Garden will be transformed into a multimedia event, Bloom, created by students from the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī, the School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies, and the School of Design.
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Mark Williams appointed to Emeritus Professor
Congratulations to Professor Mark Williams who has been awarded the status of Emeritus Professor at the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies.
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New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī presents a double bill of one-act masterpieces
Internationally acclaimed opera singers Dr Margaret Medlyn and Robert Tucker join Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī (NZSM) voice students for their performances of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi.
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Public lecture by top expert marks 10 years of leadership in China discussions
One of the world’s top China experts is giving a public lecture to help Victoria University of Wellington celebrate the 10th anniversary of its New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre (NZCCRC), the country’s leading forum for discussion of China.
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Mind Over STEM
With universities around the world cutting liberal-arts programs and even eliminating entire majors such as history, there is every reason to worry about the fate of the humanities. In an era of deepening technological determinism, we are going to need these disciplines now more than ever, writes Professor Nicholas Agar (School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations).
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Music and the environment in the Pacific: New US podcast programme released
The US-based Society for Ethnomusicology features Dr Brian Diettrich of the New Zealand School of Music in a new podcast programme talking about his research into the relationships between music, dance and the environment in the western Pacific.
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NZHA conference: Encountering history
The History programme hosted the New Zealand Historical Association’s (NZHA) biennial conference, Kanohi ki te kanohi: Histories for our Time, from 28–30 November 2019.