Head of Department

Professor Barbara L Brookes
New Zealand history, women's history and the history of medicine.
Room 2C13
Tel 64 3 479 8608
Email barbara.brookes@otago.ac.nz

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Lecturers in History

Associate Professor Tony Ballantyne
South Asian and Colonial history
Room 2S7
Tel 64 3 479 8061
Email tony.ballantyne@otago.ac.nz

Professor Judy A Bennett
Pacific history, Environmental history, Australia's and New Zealand's relations with the Pacific Islands
Pacific Island Students' Liaison Officer.
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (Humanities)
Room 2C10
Tel 64 3 479 8607
Email judy.bennett@otago.ac.nz

Professor Tom Brooking
New Zealand, American, Australian and Celtic history, environmental history
Schools' Liaison Officer.
Room 2C9
Tel 64 3 479 8628
Email tom.brooking@otago.ac.nz

Dr Russell Johnson
U.S. social, cultural, and political history
Room 2S9
Tel 64 3 479 8621
Email russell.johnson@otago.ac.nz

Dr Rani Kerin
Australian indigenous history
Room 2S12
Tel 64 3 479 8604
Email rani.kerin@otago.ac.nz

Professor Angela McCarthy
Professor of Scottish and Irish History
History and Art History Students Association
Room 2S1
Tel 64 3 479 8622
Email angela.mccarthy@otago.ac.nz

Dr Mark Seymour
European history (19th-20th C), modern Italy, gender history.
Room 2S11
Tel 64 3 479 8605
Email mark.seymour@otago.ac.nz

Dr Takashi Shogimen
Medieval and early modern European history, history of political thought (European and East Asian)
Library Liaison Officer
Room 2S8
Tel 64 3 479 4164
Email takashi.shogimen@otago.ac.nz

Associate Professor John Stenhouse
Intellectual history, religious history, and New Zealand history
Room 2S10
Tel 64 3 479 8609
Email john.stenhouse@otago.ac.nz

Dr Rory Sweetman
Irish History
Room 2N5
Tel 64 3 479 8797
Email rory.sweetman@otago.ac.nz

Associate Professor Alexander Trapeznik
Russian history, world history and public history
Coordinator of Tutors
Room 2N4
Tel 64 3 479 8641
Email alexander.trapeznik@otago.ac.nz

Dr Angela Wanhalla
New Zealand indigenous history
Maori Students' Liaison Officer
Room 2S4a
Tel 64 3 479 8462
Email angela.wanhalla@otago.ac.nz

Dr Vanessa Ward
Japanese History
Seminar Coordinator
Room 2S5
Tel 64 3 479 8787
Email vanessa.ward@otago.ac.nz

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Lecturers in Art History & Theory

Dr Judith Collard
Gender Issues in Contemporary and Twentieth-Century Art; Medieval English Art; Medieval Manuscripts; Queer Theory
Postgraduate Committee Chair
Room 2N1
Tel 64 3 479 8334
Email judith.collard@otago.ac.nz

Dr Peter Leech
Theory and philosophy of art, fifteenth-century Italian painting, modern European and American art, Contemporary New Zealand Art
Room 2N2
Tel 64 3 479 8684
Email peter.leech@otago.ac.nz

Associate Professor Mark Stocker
Programme Coordinator
Western sculpture, New Zealand art, numismatics (coin and medal design), 19th and 20th century British art and design
Room 2N10
Tel 64 3 479 8479
Email mark.stocker@otago.ac.nz

Dr Erika Wolf
Contemporary & modern art; Russian visual culture, history and theories of photography
Room 2N11
Tel 64 3 479 9012
Email erika.wolf@otago.ac.nz

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Teaching Fellows

Dr Austin Gee
European History
Room 2S4
Tel 64 3 479 5761
Email austin.gee@otago.ac.nz

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Teaching Associates

Dr David Bell (College of Education)
Japanese Art
Tel 64 3 479 3774
Email david.bell@otago.ac.nz

Professor Michael Reilly (Te Tumu - School of Maori Studies)
Representations of Indigenous Histories in New Zealand and the Pacific
Tel 64 3 479 8676
Email michael.reilly@otago.ac.nz

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Emeritus Professors

Emeritus Professor Erik N Olssen
Room 2S1
Tel 64 3 479 8622
Email erik.olssen@otago.ac.nz

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General Staff

Mrs Frances Couch
Student and Academic Support Administrator
Disabled Students Liaison
Room 2C11
Tel 64 3 479 8606
Email frances.couch@otago.ac.nz

Mrs Sue Lang
Departmental Administrator
Room 2C12
Tel 64 3 479 8602
Email sue.lang@otago.ac.nz

Mr Kyle Matthews
Information Technology and Research Support Administrator
Room 2C11
Tel 64 3 479 5065
Email kyle.matthews@otago.ac.nz