John Stenhouse

Contact Details

Room 2S10, Arts 1 (Burns) Building
Tel 64 3 479 8609
Email john.stenhouse@otago.ac.nz
Office Hours: Tuesday 4.00 - 5.00, Friday 4.00 - 5.00
Teaching: HIST 108, HIST 207, HIST 308, HIST 401, HIST 410.

Academic Qualifications

1980: BA(Hons) Massey University
1986: PhD Massey University

Research Interests

My research interests centre on nineteenth century science, religion, race, politics and gender, and their interconnections. I am currently working on 3 projects: humanitarian Christianity in nineteenth-century New Zealand; the Christian missionary movement and modern Western science; and southern Dunedin's religions 1890s-1940s.

Select Publications

• James Beattie and John Stenhouse, 'Empire, Environment and Religion: God and the Natural World in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand,' Environment and History 13 (2007), pp. 413-446.
• J. Stenhouse and B. Knowles, eds., Christianity in the Post-Secular West, (Adelaide: ATF Press, 2007).
• Stenhouse, J., 'Christianity, Gender and the Working Class in Southern Dunedin, 1880-1940', Journal of Religious History, 30:1 (2006), pp. 18-44.
• Stenhouse, J., 'Imperialism, Atheism and Race: Charles Southwell, Old Corruption, and the Maori', Journal of British Studies, 44:4 (2005), pp. 754-774.
• J. Stenhouse, ed, Christianity, Modernity and Culture: New Perspectives on New Zealand History, Adelaide: ATF Press, (2005).
• Stenhouse, J., 'God's Own Silence: Secular Nationalism, Christianity and the Writing of New Zealand History'. New Zealand Journal of History, 38:1 (2004), pp. 52-71.
• Stenhouse, J and L. Paterson. 'Nga Poropiti me nga Hahi—Prophets and the Churches'. In Tania M. Ka’ai, John C. Moorfield, Michael P.J. Reilly, and Sharon Mosley, eds., Ki te Whaio: An Introduction to Maori Culture and Society, Auckland: Pearson, (2004), 171-180, [0582545722]
• John Stenhouse and Jane Thomson, eds., Building God's Own Country: Historical Essays on Religions in New Zealand, Dunedin: University of Otago Press, (2004).
• Editing, with Ronald L. Numbers, Disseminating Darwinism: The Roles of Place, Race, Religion, and Gender (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999).

Recent and Upcoming Conference Papers and Presentations

• J. Stenhouse, 'Selwyn Through Settler Eyes,' Selwyn Symposium, St. Johns College, Auckland, 3-5 April 2009.
• J. Stenhouse, 'Secular New Zealand or God's Own Country? Reflections on the Meaning of Religion in New Zealand History and Historiography,' Margaret Avery Memorial Lecture, University of Waikato, 20 September 2008.
• 'Spreading Science: Christian Missions and the dissemination of Western science, 1790-1940,' History of Science Society, Vancouver, Canada, 1-3 December 2006.
• 'Church, class and gender: southern Dunedin, 1880-1940' NZ Historical Association, December 2005.

Other Interests

John is a member of the New Zealand Historical Association, the Religious History Association, the History of Science Society, the Pacific Circle Commission of the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science, the Royal Society Historical Branch and a board member of the Otago Theological Foundation.

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