MA students in History
View a list of students currently working on a Master of Arts in History, as well as their topics and supervisors.
Current Master’s students
Students are listed alphabetically.
- Maggie Blackburn
- Tommy Boyd
- Sophie Burke
- Karly Garnock-Jones
- Lizzie Gibbons
- David Hannah
- Femke Jager
- Liam Perkins
- Steven Spence
- Beth Swanson
- Lydia Whiting
Maggie Blackburn
Thesis title
‘Entertaining Prospects: Garrison and Gold Field Theatre in 19th-Century New Zealand circa 1850–1870’
Supervisor
Tommy Boyd
Thesis title
‘Crime, Sensation, and Empire: A Case Study of Two 19th-Century British Criminal Trials and Their Popular Impact in Australia and New Zealand’
Supervisor
Sophie Burke
Thesis title
TBA
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TBA
Karly Garnock-Jones
Thesis title
‘Constructing a Society: The Fortunes of Amelia Thompson Passengers in the Settlement of New Plymouth, 1841–1860’
Supervisors
Charlotte Macdonald and Jim McAloon
Lizzie Gibbons
Thesis title
‘American Occupation and the “Hunger Years” of Post-War Germany’
Supervisor
David Hannah
Thesis title
TBA
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TBA
Femke Jager
Thesis title
TBA
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Liam Perkins
Thesis title
TBA
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Steven Spence
Thesis title
TBA
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Beth Swanson
Thesis title
‘Anglican Girls’ Schools and the Role of Class in New Zealand, 1880–1975’
Supervisors
Charlotte Macdonald and Jim McAloon
Lydia Whiting
Thesis title
‘Memory, Obsolescence, and New Histories at the Turn of the 20th Century: James Cavan, Edith Stratham, Horatio G. Robley, and the Cultural Creation of a New Zealand Nation’