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Our people in the department of history and art history...

Head of Department

Professor Tony Ballantyne FRSNZ

South Asian and Colonial history


Academic Staff

Professor Judith A Bennett

Pacific history, Environmental history, Australia's and New Zealand's relations with the Pacific Islands
Pacific Island Students' Liaison Officer

Professor Barbara Brookes

New Zealand history, women's history and the history of medicine
Seminar Coordinator

Professor Tom Brooking

New Zealand, American, Australian and Celtic history, environmental history

Dr Judith Collard

Gender Issues in Contemporary and Twentieth-Century Art; Medieval English Art; Medieval Manuscripts
Programme Coordinator of Art History & Theory

Dr Russell Johnson

U.S. social, cultural, and political history
Undergraduate Advisor of Studies

Dr Peter Leech

Theory and philosophy of art, Italian and French painting

Professor Angela McCarthy

Scottish and Irish History
Postgraduate Coordinator (MA & PhD)

Professor Hilary Radner

Film and Media Studies
Programme Coordinator of Visual Culture

Dr Mark Seymour

European history (19th-20th C), modern Italy, gender and emotions
Coordinator of Tutors. Chair Assessment Committee

Associate Professor Takashi Shogimen

Medieval and early modern European history, history of political thought (European and East Asian)
Associate Dean of Research (Humanities) and  Chair of the Research Committee

Associate Professor John Stenhouse

Intellectual history, religious history, and New Zealand history

Dr Michael Stevens

Māori history, New Zealand history, Maritime history
Māori Students' Liaison Officer

Associate Professor Mark Stocker

Western sculpture, New Zealand art, numismatics (coin and medal design), 19th and 20th century British art and design

Associate Professor Alex Trapeznik

Russian history, world history and public history
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (Humanities)

Dr Angela Wanhalla

New Zealand, Māori and Comparative indigenous history, colonial history, gender and sexuality
Chair of Publicity and External Relations Committee. Ethics Officer

Dr Vanessa Ward

East Asian History, Japanese History and Publishing History
Exchange Students, History and Art History & Theory Students Association

Associate Professor Erika Wolf

Modern & contemporary art, visual culture, photography, and Russian culture


Teaching Associates

Dr David Bell

Japanese Art

Professor Michael Reilly - (Te Tumu - School of Maori Studies)

Representations of Indigenous Histories in New Zealand and the Pacific

 
Postgraduate Students

Postgraduate  Students
 

Visitors

Associate Professor Craig Robertson

Northeastern University, Boston
Visiting February-June 2013
Room 2C11A
 

Emeritus Professors

Professor Erik Olssen


Research Fellow

Dr Ali Clarke

University of Otago 150th Anniversary History
 

General Staff

Mr Peter Cadogan

Administrative Assistant

Mrs Sue Lang

Department Administrator

Mrs Nicola Elliott

Administrative Assistant
Disabled Students Liaison