Lectures & Seminars

Recent length change at Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers

Date: Monday 27 May 2013
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The Department of Geography will host a seminar by Dr Heather Purdie Entitled:Recent length change at Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers Abstract: Compilation of modern and historical length change...
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Research seminars on Chinese film and culture

Date: Monday 27 May 2013
Time: 12:00 p.m.

The School of Languages and Cultures is hosting a research seminar hour that will be shared by two PhD students in the Chinese programme, both working on Chinese film and culture. Jiye Liu: The...
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Early Social Communication Skills in Toddlers Pre-Natally Exposed to Methadone

Date: Monday 27 May 2013
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.

Dr Alison Davey-Gray and Dr Mairin Taylor Dr Alison Davey-Gray is a clinical psychologist with experience mostly in the child and family field and has worked predominantly in the UK. Before...
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Why Are We Here? Competing Conceptions of Tertiary Education

Date: Monday 27 May 2013
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Presenter: Professor Peter Roberts For more than two decades, tertiary education policy in New Zealand, as in many other parts of the world, has been dominated by the logic of performativity: the...
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The Delusions of Quick Thinking (or why it is better to be a fox than a hedgehog)

Date: Tuesday 28 May 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

A Philosophy research seminar presented by Dr Andy Pratt (Chemistry, University of Canterbury). Abstract: In 2011, the Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman published a best selling book, Thinking Fast...
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Scoping the Present to Realize the Future for Ngāti Waewae - Teena Henderson

Date: Tuesday 28 May 2013
Time: 12:01 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Historically the education system in New Zealand has failed Māori learners, whānau (family), hapū (sub-tribe). Unfortunately this systemic failure continues and has resulted in Ngāi Tahu and all...
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First Among Equals: Combat Officer-Men Relations in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces of the First and Second World Wars

Date: Wednesday 29 May 2013
Time: 12:30 p.m.

History Department Seminar First Among Equals: Combat Officer-Men Relations in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces of the First and Second World Wars Military participation in the First and...
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Where Are My Keys? Effective Strategies for Persons with Memory Loss Concerns

Date: Thursday 30 May 2013
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Effective strategies for persons with memory loss concerns Free Public lecture by visiting Erskine Fellow Professor Michelle Bourgeois There is increasing concern among people in their 40’s,...
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Aerodynamics of Blunt-Base Vehicles

Date: Friday 31 May 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Associate Professor Scott L. Post, Mechanical Engineering Bradley University hilltop.bradley.edu/~spost Aerodynamics of Blunt-Base Vehicles Vehicles with blunt or bluff bases create a unique...
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Chemical and Process Engineering Prestige Seminar Series

Date: Wednesday 5 June 2013
Time: 4:00 p.m.

Professor Emeritus James Flynn Department of Politics, University of Otago We are what we think: Intelligence and morality In 1900, only 3 per cent of Americans did professional or...
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