18 ways to make a better world
The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals should make more room for culture, writes Victoria University’s Marco Sonzogni for Newsroom.
2017 News
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Victoria students off to Latin America
Students from Victoria University have received five of the 11 individual Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Latin America awarded in the latest round.
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Hea-Jin Park shares her work on exiled prisoners of war
Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Studies, Hea-Jin Park, wrote the following piece on North Korean prisoners of war exiled in South America, for The Conversation.
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Creating student engagement through activity
On Friday 9 June, the School of Languages and Cultures’ Japanese department hosted its first karuta taikai (card tournament) for students to test their knowledge and celebrate the end of the trimester.
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CAPE update from the Provost
An update on the Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence from Provost Professor Wendy Larner.
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SLC vacancies for Trimester 2, 2017
The School of Languages and Cultures is hiring now for Trimester 2—could it be you? Apply now!
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Kiwi poetry on Italian stage
Victoria University’s Wai-te-ata Press and the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation (NZCLT) have launched Florilegio di Poesia Neozelandese Contemporanea—Best New Zealand Poems (2015) Italian edition, translated by Francesca Benocci.
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PhD student contributes to Anzac Day commemorations
Anzac Day 2017 commemorations on RNZ National included an interview with School of Languages and Cultures' PhD student, Roger Smith, talking about the MA project he completed last year—a study of the reception in German and English of the 1914 poem by Ernst Lissauer "A Chant of Hate Against England."
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From cosplay champ to guest judge
Dr Emerald King from the School of Languages and Cultures is the current Madman National Cosplay Champion and was recently a guest judge at the Madman National Cosplay Championship, held at AICon 2017 in Tasmania.
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The translation business
The School of Languages and Cultures and Viclink are working together to transform language skills into a business that could generate jobs for students and add real value for Victoria University.