We have built an exciting programme including keynote addresses supported by oral and poster presentations from delegates.
The conference is a combination of a traditional academic programme with a range of public heritage festival events, special forums and social engagements.
We are building an exciting programme, including keynote addresses that will be supported by oral and poster presentations from delegates.
In addition to the conference, the 1869 committee will, throughout the week, be offering optional add-ons:
- Dunedin and surrounds site visits
- Professional development workshops
- Collaboration meetings
- Social/networking events
1869 public events
Backstory: Heritage in Words, Pictures and Threads
Wednesday 25 September 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Venue: Castle 1
We bring four individuals together to talk about an expansive and inclusive concept of cultural heritage through the lenses of literature, literary criticism, film and textiles:
- Tina Makereti grew her latest novel, The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, from an 1846 article in the London Times
- Lisa Chatfield is charged with bringing 1860s’ Dunedin and the West Coast to life as producer of the BBC-adaptation of The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton's Booker Prize-winning novel
- Dr Catherine Smith’s current research focus is the interdisciplinary analysis of Māori textiles based on a background in archaeology and conservation of cultural materials
- Dr Madeleine Seys is an expert in the narrative and sartorial threads of Victorian popular literature. Chaired by Kirby-Jane Hallum and supported by Dunedin City of Literature
150 years of Nature: the past, present and future of a leading science journal
Thursday 26 September 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Venue: St David Lecture Theatre
Dr Helen Pearson public keynote
2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Nature, the most authoritative scientific journal in the world. The history of Nature mirrors how science and its role in society have changed over that time. Helen Pearson, Nature’s Chief Magazine Editor, will talk about the journal’s rich legacy and its continued mission to serve the global research community and communicate the results of science worldwide.
Gala Dinner
Friday 27 September 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: Larnach Castle
$150 (includes transport, self-guided tour, canapes and beverage on arrival, three-course meal)
Situated on the picturesque Otago Peninsula, Larnach Castle is one of New Zealand’s premier visitor attractions. Lovingly restored by the Barker Family, the Castle and surrounding grounds are at the heart of the Dunedin visitor experience. Larnach Castle has received numerous national and international accolades.
Our dinner speaker, Professor Liam McIlvanney, Otago’s inaugural Stuart Professor of Scottish Studies, will comment on early predominantly Scottish early Otago’s lead in education in New Zealand. MC’d by William McKee, Toitu.
Programme
Wednesday 25 September
| 4:00–5:00pm | University of Otago Heritage Buildings Walk |
| 5:30–6:00pm | Registration |
| 6:00–7:00pm | Back-Story: Heritage through words, pictures and threadsPanel speakers:Tina Makereti, Lisa Chatfield, Catherine Smith and Madeleine C. Seys Chair: Kirby-Jane Hallum |
| 7:00-8:00pm | Opening reception for conference delegatesVenue: Te Tumu, University fo Otago |
Thursday 26 September
| 8:30–9:00am | RegistrationVenue: Huton Theatre, Otago Museum |
| 9:00–10:30am | Mihi Whakatau/Formal openingKeynote address: Megan Pōtiki, "The Beginning of an End: The Demise of Te Reo Māori at Ōtakou" Venue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum Chair: Tony Ballantyne |
| 10:30–11:00am | Morning tea |
| 11:00am–12:30pm | The Dynamics of Commercial PhotographyVenue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum Jonathan Howard, Developing confidence – Willliam Meluish and 1860s Dunedin Christine Whybrew, Country: Alfred Burton’s first photographic tour of ‘Otagan scenery’ Jill Haley, The piggyback princess: popularity, power and the photographic portrait Chair: Angela Wanhalla | Race, Eugenics and MedicineVenue: Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum Menglu Gao, “A Strange Likeness of the Chinaman”: Physiognomy and Dickens’s “Visualization” of Opium Addiction in The Mystery of Edwin Drood Heidi Logan, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the idea of Hereditary Genius (1869) David Ellison, ‘This may sting’: Consenting to pain in the Victorian era Chair: Barbara Brookes |
| 12:30–1:30pm | Lunch Venue: Atrium Level 1, Otago Museum | |
| 1:30–3:00pm | Flora and FaunaVenue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum Paul Guy, Botanical Heresies circa 1869 Wendy Parkins, The Mystery of the Matoaka; or, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (with apologies to Wallace Stevens) Chair: Rosi Crane | Musical and Performance CulturesVenue: Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum Kirstine Moffat, ‘O joy unbounded’: The Cultural Legacy of Gilbert and Sullivan in Australia and New Zealand Chair: Kirby-Jane Hallum |
| 3:00–3:30pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3:30–4:30pm | Realism, Character, EmotionVenue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum Julia Kuehn, He Knew He Was Right: Trollope's Mixed Characters Elise Silson, ‘You are a Poem’: Poetry, Revolution and the Knowledge of Self in George Eliot’s Middlemarch Chair: Wendy Parkins | Faith and TheologyVenue: Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum Anaru Eketone, The murder of John Whiteley Chair: Lachy Paterson |
| 4:45–5:30pm | Australasian Victorian Studies Association AGM Venue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum | |
| 6:00–7:00pm | Keynote Address: Helen Pearson150 years of Nature: the past, present and future of a leading science journal Chair: Lisa Matisoo-Smith Venue: St David Lecture Theatre, University of Otago | |
Friday 27 September
| 8:30–9:00am | RegistrationVenue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum | |
| 9:00–10:00am | Keynote Address: Marion Thain Venue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum Chair: Mandy Treagus | |
| 10–10:30am | Morning teaVenue: Atrium Level 1, Otago Museum | |
| 10:30–12:30pm | Art, Exhibitions and CollectionsVenue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum Pamela Gerrish Nunn, Frances Hodgkins and the class of ‘69 Lara Nicholls, The other October revolution: art, enlightenment and reformist women in mid-century Victorian Britain and its colonial legacy Justine Olsen, Mr Gisborne’s vase: the growth of decorative arts and the national collection Chair: Kirstine Moffat | Marriage, Materiality and InheritanceVenue: Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum Fiona McKergow, “She wore her wedding-dress still”: Marriage and Silk Culture in Aotearoa New Zealand Chair: Angela Wanhalla |
| 12:30–1:30pm | LunchVenue: Atrium Level 1, Otago Museum | |
| 1:30–3:00pm | Class, Gender and TasteVenue: Hugton Theatre, Otago Museum Angela Lassig, The Waste of Winter: A Wellington Draper, 1869 Chair: Christine Whybrew | Imperial Connections, Colonial ImaginationsVenue: Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum Charlotte Macdonald, A year of appeal: to the men of New Zealand, to the imperial government Chair: Grace Moore |
| 3:00–3:30pm | Afternoon teaVenue: Atrium Level 1, Otago Museum | |
| 3:30–5:00pm | Making colonial connections: technology and mobility in an industrial ageVenue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum André Brett, “The stagnation into which the Colony has at present fallen”: 1869 and the Great Public Works Policy Chair: Jane McCabe | Criticism, Sensation and Science FictionVenue: Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum Yi-Ching Teng, Recreating Criticism: Oscar Wilde’s Critical/Artistic Reading of Matthew Arnold Chair: David Ellison | Readers, Writers, PublishersVenue: Kakapo Theatre, Otago Museum Susann Liebich, Maritime mobility and texts in transit Chair: Hugh Morrison |
| 6:00pm | Buses depart for conference dinner at Larnach Castle Location: Albany Street bus stop in front of Otago Museum reserve |
| 7:00–10:00pm | Conference dinnerDinner speaker: Liam McIlvanney |
Saturday 28 September
| 8:15–9:00am | Tea, coffee, and light refreshments Location: St David Foyer, University of Otago | |||
| 9:00–11:00am | LandscapesVenue: St David Seminar Room C, Univesity of Otago Jonathan West, 'You see the blank on the map? I wish you to fill it up:: James McKerrow's exploration of the souther lakes in the 1860s James Beattie and Warwick Brunton, ‘The Place and Power of Natural History in Colonization’: William Lauder Lindsay and the scientific development of Otago’s human and natural resources, 1860-80 Chair: Craig Lee | Intellectual NetworksVenue: St David Seminar Room D, University of Otago Peter Clayworth, Sketchy Histories: What were the 1860s Pākehā views of Māori migration to New Zealand Chair: Richard Walter | Dunedin People, Places and InstitutionsVenue: St David Seminar Room E, University of Otago Lyall Hanton, Joseph Mellor: the man who described the Periodic Table in 16 Million words Chair: Paul Guy | Reformers and CampaignersVenue: St David Seminar Room F, University of Otago Anna Clark, Josephine Butler’s Women’s Work and Women’s Culture (1869): The Paradoxes of Individualism in Britain and New Zealand Joanne Wilkes, Middlemarch and Reform: Looking Back from 1869 Chair: Barbara Brookes |
| 11:00–11:30am | Morning teaVenue: St David Ground Floor foyer, University of Otago | |||
| 11:30–12:30pm | Closing addressSpeaker: Tilly Boelyn, "The Evolution of Engagement" Chair: Angela Wanhalla | |||
| 1:30–2:30pm | University of Otago Heritage Buildings Walk | |||
Sunday 29 September
| 10:00–11:00am | Walking Tours of Dunedin's Shoreline in 1865 | 09:30–11:00am | W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum Guided Tour |
| 11:30–12.30pm | University of Otago Heritage Buildings Walk | 11:30–1pm | W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum Guided Tour |
| 1:00–2:00pm | Walking Tour of Dunedin's Shoreline in 1865 | 1:30–3:00pm | W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum Guided Tour |
| 2:00–4:00pm | Archaeology Programme Open day | 3:30–4:30pm | University of Otago Heritage Buildings Walk |
