Inaugural Professorial Lectures, public lectures and events from the Division of Humanities.
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Faculty of Law: F.W. Guest Lecture 2010 - Lady Hale
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Lady Hale presents the 2010 F.W. Guest Memorial Lecture for the University of Otago Faculty of Law, 'Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration' Lady Hale became the United Kingdom’s first woman Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in January 2004, after a varied career as an academic lawyer, law reformer, and judge. She is now the first woman Justice of The Supreme Court. Justice for the Jains: Remedies for Bad Administration. Wednesday 5 May, 2010
Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy: Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Professor Terry Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada, has an incredible knowledge of online learning, and his work on the uses of technology in support of open and distance education is at the forefront of research in this area. He will address the challenges of expanding access to high quality distance learning and the growing opportunities to create and sustain learning connections using both old and new approaches to distance education. Held 30 April, 2010.
IPL: Musical Democracy: World Music Encounters
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Professor Henry Johnson, Professor of Music, Department of Music. Inaugural Professorial Lecture, given August 6, 2009
Abbey College Prestige Lecture 2010: Stan Taylor
Friday, 23 April 2010
Professor Stan Taylor, Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah presents the 2010 Abbey College Prestige Lecture - The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight: the CIA and Fidel Castro Professor Taylor has enjoyed a distinguished career in both academics and public policy. As a former Senior Staff member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee he brings to the Otago audience unique insights into little-known aspects of US-Cuban relations. Abbey College is celebrating its first two years as the University's residential college for postgraduate students.
Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 11
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Barry Coates, Oxfam, New Zealand presents "Need and greed: Food security, trade and global supply chains". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.
Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 10
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Jules Pretty, Department of Environmental Studies, Essex University presents "Sustainability and the State of the World Food System". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.
Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 5
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Caroline Saunders, Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, Lincoln University presents "Feed the world: the role of New Zealand's food exports". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.
Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 4
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Geoff Lawrence, Head of School of Social Science, University of Queensland presents "Emerging Pressures on First World Food Exporters: From Climate Change to Supermarkets". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.
Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 3
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK presents "Identifying appropriate agricultural production systems in the context of the contemporary 'food crisis'". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.
Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 2
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Associate Professor Bill Pritchard, Department of Geography, University of Sydney presents "'Rewriting the global food equation', but to what script? Priorities and strategic choices in addressing food insecurity within vulnerable population". 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.
Dimensions of the Global Food Crisis: Session 1
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Claire Mahon presents "The right to food: putting food security in context" for Jean Ziegler, Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, (Geneva). 44th Otago Foreign Policy School - Salmond Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June 2009.
Two Burns Fellows Read Their Poems
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
2009 Burns Fellow Michael Harlow and previous Burns Fellow Bernadette Hall read their poems, October 30, 2009.
A Conversation with Meg Munn
Friday, 22 January 2010
A conversation with Meg Munn MP, former Minister in the Blair and Brown governments. Hear an 'insider's' take on the UK political scene - a crucial general election due within six months, the 'expenses scandal' entangling Westminster MPs, an unpopular Labour leader, and the UK’s relationship with Europe being questioned again. Held 7 December, 2009.
A Conversation with Meg Munn
Friday, 22 January 2010
A conversation with Meg Munn MP, former Minister in the Blair and Brown governments. Hear an 'insider's' take on the UK political scene - a crucial general election due within six months, the 'expenses scandal' entangling Westminster MPs, an unpopular Labour leader, and the UK’s relationship with Europe being questioned again. Held 7 December, 2009.
Margaret Dalziel Lecture 2009: Jam Tarts for the Mind
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Professor Lydia Wevers, Director, Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies, Victoria University, presents the 2009 Margaret Dalziel lecture, given September 17, 2009. "Jam Tarts for the Mind," an exploration of the webs of intersection between nineteenth-century New Zealand rural readers and popular fiction a hundred years ago.
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