Staff Members

Dr Kirstine Moffat

Role: Lecturer Qualifications: BA, MA Waikato, PhD Victoria University of Wellington Email: kirstine@waikato.ac.nz Location: I3.24 Contact: +64 7 838 4466 ext. 8555

Research Interests:

Kirstine was born in Scotland and arrived in New Zealand at the age of 7. She was educated at the University of Waikato and Victoria University of Wellington. To date her publications have drawn on her doctoral research, focusing primarily on New Zealand settlement and provincial writing and the way in which this writing helps to broaden understanding of New Zealand social history and culture A developing research area is nineteenth and early twentieth century feminist writing, in particular the motif of music and what it conveys about femininity. She is currently engaged in research examining the cultural significance of the piano in nineteenth century New Zealand. Kirstine is a co-editor of the Journal of New Zealand Literature.

Selected Publications
Graduate Supervision

Research Publications:

You may like to view publications from 1997 onwards for Dr Kirstine Moffat