Tauhere | UC Connect - free thinking
Sharing knowledge and spreading ideas – Tauhere | UC Connect is here to grow your mind.
The University of Canterbury has been connecting local people with global thinking and expanding minds since 1873. We believe in the value of ideas that make a difference.
UC’s popular free public lecture series, Tauhere | UC Connect offers topical, educational public lectures by experts in their fields and leading thinkers from Christchurch, Canterbury and beyond. Offered both online and in person throughout the year, we’ve got a free talk for you – ranging from arts, politics and culture to science, business and law.
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Upcoming UC Connect | Tauhere lectures
We bring a fresh series of free Tauhere | UC Connect public lectures each year.
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We aim to make all UC public lectures available online subject to permission from the speaker/s and other considerations. Videos of UC Connect talks are usually available about a week after the live event.
To watch more than 150 UC public talks from the last decade, visit our YouTube channel or click below to watch one of our recent talks:
In this free public lecture – titled Bullshitologically speaking … really? – the University of Canterbury’s Te Amorangi | Pro-Vice-Chancellor Pacific, Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva introduced us to Bullshitology including the work of some bullshitologists (“not to be confused with bullshitters,” he says), including his forthcoming work on ‘bullshit knowledge’.
In this free Tauhere UC Connect public lecture, Associate Professor Karen Pollard, University of Canterbury, will focus on reviving a 114-year tradition and University of Canterbury astronomers bringing stargazing back to the centre of Ōtautahi Christchurch.
In this free Tauhere UC Connect public lecture, Dr Nick Maitland, Sports Management and Marketing, Faculty of Health, University of Canterbury, will focuses on a study into the experiences of 12 men and women over the age of 40 who are dedicated surfers, skaters and/or snowboarders.
In this free Tauhere UC Connect public lecture, UC Erskine Fellow Professor Stacy Wood from North Carolina State University and Professor Ekant Veer, UC Business School, University of Canterbury, will discuss wellbeing and social marketing amid Covid-19,
In this free Tauhere UC Connect public lecture, Professor Ray Jayawardhana, Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, Hans A. Bethe Professor and Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University and current University of Canterbury Erskine Fellow, will discuss The Quest for Alien Worlds and Life Beyond Earth
In this free Tauhere UC Connect public lecture, Senior Lecturer Dr Phil Borell (Ngāti Ranginui, Pirirākau) will discuss views of Polynesian masculinity and enduring stereotypes of the Polynesian male.
In this free Tauhere UC Connect public lecture, Global experts on water policy and management in the Pacific gather to discuss a Path to a Sustainable Future.
In this free Tauhere UC Connect public lecture, Animal Behaviour expert Professor Ximena Nelson, from the School of Biological Sciences, will explore the topic based on her research.
In this free Tauhere UC Connect public lecture, Dr Madi Williams (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Kōata), explores notions of identity and connection in Aotearoa history. In Reframing History in Aotearoa & Polynesia, Dr Williams will take a longer view of the history of these islands and place them in their Pacific, Polynesian context.
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