Inaugural Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Scholarship awarded
Alilia Tupou is the inaugural recipient of the Victoria University of Wellington Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship in Pacific Studies.
2019 News
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Languages and Law student selected for prestigious conference in Paris
Congratulations to Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) student Jessica Sutton who has been selected by the French Embassy to represent New Zealand at LabCitoyen in Paris in July.
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From Dannevirke to Bogotá and back: the first collection of James K Baxter Poems in Spanish is launched at Victoria University
Published by Colombian publisher Lobo Blanco Editores, and translated by Caleb Harris, El Jesús maorí y otros poemas was launched last Thursday at Vic Books. The event, co-hosted by the School of Languages and Cultures, the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation/ Te Tumu Whakawhiti Tuhinga o Aotearoa, NEKE, The New Zealand Journal of Translation Studies, and Vic Books was attended by distinguished guests, their Excellencies the Argentine Ambassador Fausto Lopez Crozet, the Cuban Ambassador Mario Alzugaray, the Honorary Colombian Consul in New Zealand, Peter Cullen, along with colleagues, friends and whanau.
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Creative collaboration opens doors to Latin America and Southeast Asia
The Latin America Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence (Latin America CAPE) and the Southeast Asia Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence (SEA CAPE) are delighted to announce an innovative collaboration with Toitoi Media and the School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington to produce two special publications.
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International award for contribution to Japanese studies
Senior Lecturer in Japanese Dr Dennitza Gabrakova has received a prestigious international award for her book The Unnamable Archipelago: Wounds of the Postcolonial in Postwar Japanese Literature and Thought.
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Pacific Orientation Night 2019
Monday 25th Feb marked the start of Pasifika Orientation week 2019 (#PO19). SLC staff helps to meet and welcome the new pasifika students present.
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Professor of Classics Arthur Pomeroy retires
“The world began a very long time ago. Rome began rather later.” Professor Arthur (Art) Pomeroy’s attention-grabbing approach to teaching the Classics was celebrated last Wednesday evening as he marked his retirement from Victoria University of Wellington.
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Scholarship Opportunity: Alumni Appeal Scholarship 2019
1st and 2nd year students - don't miss out on this opportunity valued at $5,000!!!
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VASA Present Session at 2019 ASAO Annual Conference
Va'aomanū Pasifika staff, alumni and PG Students participated in the annual ASAO (Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania) Conference which was held at the University of Auckland, 13th - 16th Feb.