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15 November 2011
History in Perspective: Dr Apirana Mahuika, a Waikato University honorary doctorate and council member, will speak at the inaugural Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke Memorial Lecture, as part of the NZHA conference.
Fresh interpretations of tensions in the past is the focus of a three-day conference being hosted by the University of Waikato this week.
Researchers, public historians, history teachers, archivists and iwi-based researchers from across the country will gather for the annual New Zealand Historical Association conference being held on November 16-18.
The conference will include discussions on biculturalism and multiculturalism, histories of the colonising process, environmental histories, and the gendering and ‘racing’ of the past.
Two public lectures will also be held during the conference.
The first public lecture on November 16 is the inaugural Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke Memorial Lecture, which recognises the work of Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke, one of New Zealand’s most outstanding Māori scholars and historians.
Presented by Dr Apirana Mahuika, a University of Waikato honorary doctorate recipient and university council member, the lecture will look into contemporary issues as they relate to Māori and iwi history.
On November 17, Professor Charlotte Macdonald of Victoria University will present the annual Beaglehole Lecture, titled The King’s Speech and Sensible Flesh: The pains and pleasures of twentieth-century history making.
The 2011 New Zealand Historical Association conference aims to encourage dialogue about history and historical writing among fellow historians. For information on the conference visit the NZHA website.
