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A
Festival of History 4-6 April 2004
Speakers' Biographies
The
following speakers have been confirmed at the Symposium at this time.
James
Belich
Professor of History at the University of Auckland, former Rhodes Scholar and
James Cook Fellow, James Belich is the award-winning author of both books and
television series
Garry
Clayton
Dr Garry Clayton, currently at the
University of Auckland Business School, is a specialist military historian with
a doctorate in nineteenth century military developments in New Zealand. A former
Director of the Army Museum, he has lectured on the Northern Wars and strategy
in the army and for the University of Waikato.
Edward Clisby FMS
Archivist-historian of the New Zealand province of the Marist Brothers, Edward
Clisby is the translator and presenter of 'Letters from Oceania', letters
of the early Marist missionaries in Oceania 1836-1870, and author of 'Marist
Brothers and Maori 1838-1988' (2000).
Fergus
Clunie
Previously Director of the Fiji Museum
and currently overseeing the conservation and development of the Kerikeri Mission
Station, Fergus Clunie directed the 1990-93 award-winning Conservation Project
at Pompallier.
Manuka
Henare
Of Te Rarawa & Te Aupouri iwi, &
previously a lecturer in Maori Studies, Manuka Henare is now a senior lecturer
at the Auckland University Business School
Ian
Hunter
Ian Hunter is a business historian at
the University of Auckland where he lectures in the Department of Management &
Employment Relations. His particular interest is in entrepreneurship & economic
development
Giselle
Larcombe
A PhD student at the University of
Canterbury, Giselle Larcombe is undertaking research on the history of the French
Catholic mission in New Zealand, and intends to write a biography of Father Antoine
Garin S.M. (1810-1889).
Peter
Lineham
Peter
Lineham is Associate Professor of History at Massey University's Albany Campus,
having previously taught at that University's Palmerston North Campus. He has
written extensively on aspects of British and New Zealand religious history. His
book, Bible and Society discusses the impact of the publications and work
of the Bible Society in New Zealand.
Peter
Low
Dr Peter Low, who directs the French programme
at the University of Canterbury is a South Island pakeha, a translator, and a
musician. His scholarly writings concern French literature and music, translation
theory, and two topics in New Zealand history: Waitangi and Parihaka
Lisa
Matisoo-Smith
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology,
University of Auckland, and a Principal Investigator at the Allan Wilson Centre
for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Lisa Matisoo-Smith focuses research on the
prehistoric and early historic Pacific settlement specifically using evidence
of DNA variation in animals transported by humans.
Paul
Morris
Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria
University of Wellington, Paul Morris' current research is focused on the morality
of economic reforms in New Zealand, and on the history and role of religion in
New Zealand
Jessie
Munro
Award-winning author of The Story of
Suzanne Aubert and former Commonwealth scholar, Jessie Munro has recently
been working with Pompallier/NZ Historic Places Trust, investigating more of the
French Catholic Mission history in New Zealand, including archival research in
France and Rome
Michael
O'Meeghan SM
Michael O'Meeghan is historian
at the Marist Centre in Wellington and was Marist consultant to the Historic Places
Trust for the Pompallier Conservation Project 1990-93
Geoff
Park
Geoff Park is a New Zealand ecologist and
writer. His major book, Nga Uruora, The Groves of Life: Ecology and History
in a New Zealand Landscape has just had its fourth printing. He is currently
participating in a cross-cultural analysis of ecological change in the landscape
in which European influences first entered New Zealand.
Philip
Parkinson
A Curator at the Alexander Turnbull
Library since 1975, Dr. Parkinson has recently been working on Early Maori
Imprints, and researching Maori literacy, history and printing before 1840.
Hazel
Petrie
Hazel Petrie is currently completing a
PhD concerning Maori shipping & flour milling enterprises in the mid-19th
century, with wider research into Maori economic history
Dame
Anne Salmond
Distinguished Professor and Pro-Vice
Chancellor at the University of Auckland, one of New Zealand's most prominent
anthropologists and historians, Dame Anne Salmond is the award-winning author
of many major historical works.
Jeremy
Salmond
A leading conservation architect Jeremy
Salmond was employed to undertake the award-winning 1990-93 Pompallier Conservation
Project.
Helene
Serabian
Enrolled as a doctoral student jointly
at the Universite de Paris 8 and the University of Canterbury, Helen Serabian
is preparing a critical edition of Father Garin's diary for the period 1844-46
when he was living amonst the Maori of Mangakahia.
Henare
Tate
Of the Ngati Tamatea hapu of Motuti, Ngati
Manawa of the northern Hokianga and the iwi of Te Rarawa, Henare Tate is Vicar
for Maori of the Auckland Catholic Diocese, historian, genealogist and lecturer
in Maori theology at Auckland University.
Peter
Tremewan
The
author of French Akaroa and other works on French relations with New Zealand in
the nineteenth century, Peter Tremewan is currently working on French missionaries,
whalers and novelists.
Dominique
Varry
Dominique
Varry is maître de conférences (Senior Lecturer), habilité
à diriger des recherches, at ENSSIB (Ecole nationale supérieure
des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques, Lyons) which trains
all French head librarians. He teaches the history of the book, and library history.
Editor of volume 3 of Histoire des bibliothèques françaises
(1991), he is currently working on the Lyons book trade especially in the 18th
century.