Winter Lectures at the University of Auckland

WINTER LECTURES 2009 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
"Writing New Zealand history in the twenty-first century"

The publication of Keith Sinclair’s History of New Zealand (1959) was a key event in the articulation of New Zealand’s national identity. In the early twenty-first century, though, a number of historians are questioning the nation’s identity and culture, and wondering to what extent the cultural nationalism of the twentieth century was a construct. This series of lectures explores the ways the country’s history has been written and understood, and suggests a number of ways that we might rewrite New Zealand in the twenty-first century.

• Tuesday 21 July - Associate-Professor Caroline Daley, Department of History, University of Auckland: "Taking off the black singlet"

• Tuesday 28 July - Dr Felicity Barnes, Department of History, University of Auckland: "The empire comes home: Reconsidering New Zealand culture and the role of empire"

• Tuesday 4 August - Dr Tony Ballantyne, University of Otago: "What happens if we take Gore seriously?"

• Tuesday 11 August - Dr Aroha Harris, Department of History, University of Auckland: "This is not a renaissance"

• Tuesday 18 August - Dr Bronwyn Dalley, Acting Chief Executive, Ministry for Culture and Heritage: "Some old stuff: Engaging a public past and present for the future"

• Tuesday 25 August - Dr Deborah Montgomery, Department of History, University of Auckland: "Anzac anthems: New Zealand history and the two World Wars"

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