Read news items from our 2019 archives.
How to Live, the fifth book from Victoria University of Wellington alumna Helen Rickerby, explores life, and the biographical and essay poetic forms, while drawing on her past studies in English literature.
Victoria University Press (VUP) titles dominate the list of finalists for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, with International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) staff and alumni strongly represented.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences staff and alumni have been recognised at the 2019 Wellington Theatre Awards at the ceremony on Sunday 8 December. The Wellington Theatre Awards annually celebrate the innovation, originality, and collaboration in the Wellington theatre community.
Dr Gill Greer, English Literature alumna and international leader in the field of women’s rights and gender equality, will receive an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington during next week’s graduation ceremonies.
Alilia Tupou is the inaugural recipient of the Victoria University of Wellington Teresia Teaiwa Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship in Pacific 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".
Political Science and International Relations student Luke White’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences’ (FHSS) Internship placement at the Council for International Development (CID) began as an opportunity to gain a point of difference and practical experience to set him apart from other graduates—but it brought him much more than he anticipated.
"We are right to feel outraged at the idea that a majority of New Zealanders don't know how many millions of Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, but outrage alone will not suffice," writes Associate Professor Giacomo Lichtner.
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.
Professor James Belich, one of New Zealand’s most distinguished historians, will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington at a graduation ceremony this month.
