Exhibitions

Lectures

Winter lecture series 2009: Writing New Zealand history in the twenty-first century

21 July 2009 - 25 August 2009
Maidment Theatre
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Details of the lectures will be posted on this site when they become available. >>

Sir Douglas Robb Lecture: Our inner ape - Culture: A social, political and cultural brain: What primates know about and learn from each other

31 March 2009
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7:00pm

Sir Douglas Robb Lecture 2009 by Frans B.M. de Waal, C. H. Candler Professor, Psychology Department, Emory University. Director, Living Links Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, USA. >>

Sir Douglas Robb Lecture: Our inner ape - Empathy: On the possibility of animal empathy

26 March 2009
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7:00pm

Sir Douglas Robb Lecture 2009 by Frans B.M. de Waal, C. H. Candler Professor, Psychology Department, Emory University. Director, Living Links Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, USA. >>

Sir Douglas Robb Lecture: Our inner ape - Morality: A Darwinian view of the moral emotions in man and animals

24 March 2009
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7:00pm

Sir Douglas Robb Lecture 2009 by Frans B.M. de Waal, C. H. Candler Professor, Psychology Department, Emory University. Director, Living Links Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, USA. >>

Other University Events

Doctoral morning tea

19 February 2009
iSpace, 4th Floor, Kate Edger Information Commons
10:00am to 11:00am

A chance for all doctoral students to mingle, talk and share common issues. >>

Exhibition talk

24 January 2009
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
1:00pm

Richard McWhannell talks about the process of producing an official portrait, including working with Hugh Fletcher, Chancellor of The University of Auckland, and Don McKinnon ONZ, the results of which appear in the exhibition. >>

Seminars

Violence against women: A human rights issue

15 December 2008
Stone Lecture Theatre, Third Floor, School of Law, 9 Eden Crescent
6:00pm

Faculty of Law/International Law Association (NZ branch) seminar by Ineke Boerefijn, Associate-Professor, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), School of Law, Utrecht University.  >>

Other University Events

Exhibition talk

13 December 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
1:00pm

A discussion on commissioned portraiture with sitters including Sir Paul Reeves, Emeritus Professor Philippa Black (The University of Auckland Faculty of Science), and Dr Don Brash, chaired by Brad Jackson and Erin Griffey. >>

Seminars

Open educational resources and scholarship in the 21st century

12 December 2008
Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street, City Campus
10:00am to 11:30am

Public seminar by Joseph Hardin. >>

Conferences/Symposia

Critical psychology research symposium on gender based violence

11 December 2008
HSB 2, 10 Symonds Street
10:00am to 1:00pm

This symposium will showcase research from New Zealand and South Africa, providing opportunity for debate about contemporary issues relating to gender and violence against women. >>

Seminars

The ‘gender’ of violence: Challenges to understanding and combating gender-based violence in the South African context

11 December 2008
HSB 2, 10 Symonds Street
10:00am

Department of Psychology seminar by Dr Floretta Boonzaier, Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, South Africa. >>

Lectures

Natural chemistry: Reactions with air, mineral water and orange juice

09 December 2008
Large Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Science Building 301, 23 Symonds Street
12:30pm

Public lecture by Professor F. Ekkehardt Hahn, University of Munster.  >>

Seminars

Closed-loop spatial multiplexing architectures for high rate data transmission

09 December 2008
Room 257, Building 303, Science Centre
2:00pm to 3:00pm

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering research seminar by Dr Thomas Hunziker, University of Kassel, Germany. >>

Lectures

Sharing, stealing and borrowing simultaneously

08 December 2008
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Business School, 12 Grafton Road
5:30pm

By Hood Fellow Dame Professor Marilyn Strathern. >>

Conferences/Symposia

Ownership and Appropriation

08 December 2008 - 12 December 2008
Business School, University of Auckland, Grafton Road, Auckland

A joint international conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and the Commonwealth, the Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand, and the Australian Anthropological Society. Hosted by the Department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland. >>

Seminars

Medical education research seminars

08 December 2008
Room 503-305, Level 3, ECom House
12:30pm to 2:30pm

By Mark Barrow, Jennifer Weller, Andy Wearn, Judy McKimm and Boaz Shulruf. >>

Conferences/Symposia

6th Global Conference on Buddhism: Opening Hearts and Connecting Minds

06 December 2008 - 07 December 2008
Owen G Glenn Building, Business School, University of Auckland, 12 Grafton Road

Hosted by The University of Auckland Buddhist Society. >>

Other University Events

Exhibition talk

06 December 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
1:00pm

Curator Dr Erin Griffey, Senior Lecturer in Art History in conversation with Professor Brad Jackson, The Fletcher Building Education Trust Chair in Leadership (The University of Auckland Business School), and Dr Paul Tapsell, Senior Research Fellow (James Henare Maori Research Centre), contributors to the Power of Portraiture catalogue discuss aspects of the portrayal of leadership.  >>

Women Returning to Work Network meeting

04 December 2008
Federation of Graduate Women Room, Upstairs, Old Government House
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Please feel free to bring your lunch. >>

Conferences/Symposia

Dangerous Consumptions Colloquium

04 December 2008 - 05 December 2008
Art and Design Lecture Theatre, Symonds St, City Campus

The sixth international two-day colloquium Dangerous Consumptions, has the theme of “manufacturing consumptions”, and will focus on papers that explore the importance of industrial relationships across the areas of gambling, alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, body enhancements, fast foods, illegal drug use and other areas where consumption of pleasurable commodities creates harm.  >>

Other University Events

Is there a tort of refusing to contract?

03 December 2008
Small Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor, Bldg 803, Law School, Eden Crescent
6:00pm

Auckland Branch of Society for Legal and Social Philosophy talk by Professor Peter Watts. >>

Seminars

Why are they treated alike? Systematic interrelations of discriminatory behaviour against different societal groups

03 December 2008
HSB 604, 10 Symonds Street
1:00pm

Department of Psychology seminar by Dr Frank Asbrock, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany. >>

Other University Events

Behavioural finance: Choice overload in retirement savings. The paradox of plenty

02 December 2008
Decima Glenn Room 310, Owen G. Glenn Building, University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road
7:15am to 8:45am

Retirement Policy and Research Centre Breakfast Briefing by Hazel Bateman, Associate-Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Pensions and Superannuation, The University of New South Wales. >>

Seminars

Risk taking, learning, and strategy choice: Experiments with humans, bees, and sparrows

01 December 2008
106 Mac1, Old Biology Building, 5 Symonds Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

School of Biological Sciences seminar by Arnon Lotem, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University.  >>

Other University Events

Exhibition talk

29 November 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
1:00pm

Richard Wolfe, author of the newly published book New Zealand Portraits discusses works by key artists in the exhibition The Power of Portraiture.  >>

Going Green 2008: Green "how tos" for everday living

29 November 2008
School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
9:30am to 4:30pm

Going Green is a day of free interactive seminars by leading environmental experts for green conscious but slightly confused consumers! The event is designed to educate and promote green living practises and provide environmental insights for the way we work, play and live. >>

Seminars

The adolescent as subject

29 November 2008
AFCP, 33 Owens Road, Epsom
9:00am to 12noon

Centre for Lacanian Analysis seminar by Sonia Alberti, Professor of the Institute for Psychology, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). >>

Other University Events

Research Information Management System training/refresher workshop

28 November 2008
Room 420, Kate Edgar Information Commons
10:30am to 11:30am

This workshop will cover the new functionality, the APR through RIMS, entering information and getting it back out. >>

Exhibitions

The Power of Portraiture

28 November 2008 - 24 January 2009
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street

This landmark exhibition features portraits painted between 1847 and 2006 of some of this country’s most important and influential leaders.  >>

Conferences/Symposia

Conference: Doing religious history in New Zealand

28 November 2008 - 29 November 2008
Room 260-051, Owen G. Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road

By the Religious History Association of Aotearoa New Zealand. >>

Seminars

ECE research seminars

27 November 2008
Briefing Room 257, Science Centre, Building 303
11:00am to 12:30pm

By a delegation of three Professors and two PhD students from Southern Federal University, Russia. >>

Other University Events

Punctuation Festival

26 November 2008 - 28 November 2008
Student Learning Centre, Level 3, Information Commons
10:00am to 1:00pm

The annual three-day pre-Christmas Punctuation Festival, designed to demystify English punctuation, is open to all staff and students.  >>

Seminars

Design: Shaping in the wild

26 November 2008
Decima Glenn Room 310, Owen G. Glenn Building, University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road
12noon to 1:00pm

University of Auckland Business School/Department of Information Systems and Operations Management seminar by Professor Kalle Lyytinen, Iris S. Wolstein Professor, Case Western Reserve University, USA. >>

Scalability and sustainability: Issues in ICT for development research

26 November 2008
Case Room 4, (Room 260-009), Owen G. Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road
3:00pm to 4:00pm

University of Auckland Business School/Department of Information Systems and Operations Management seminar by Dr Laura Hosman, Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. >>

Other University Events

Farewell for Mike Taggart

25 November 2008
Main Lounge, Old Government House, corner Waterloo Quadrant and Princes Street
5.00pm to 7.00pm

Farewell for Mike Taggart  >>

Seminars

The evolution of control and control centres for the smart transmission grid

24 November 2008
Room 303.257, Science Centre
1:00pm to 4:00pm

IEEE distinguished lecturer workshop by Professor Anjan Bose, Washington State University. >>

Lectures

21st Century New Zealand science

24 November 2008
Lecture Theatre B15, Library Building, 5 Alfred Street
1:00pm

Stratus lecture by Professor Paul Callaghan, Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Physical Sciences, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington.  >>

Seminars

Pattern recognition and computational intelligence in bioinformatics

24 November 2008
Briefing Room 257, Science Centre, Building 303
11:00am to 12noon

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar by Professor Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Machine Intelligence Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.  >>

Exhibitions

Run!

23 November 2008 - 28 January 2009
Foyer, General Library, University of Auckland, 5 Alfred Street

Window presents an exhibition by Tahi Moore and Kate Newby.  >>

Other University Events

Fulbright New Zealand 60th Anniversary Symposium

22 November 2008
Owen G Glenn Building, Business School, University of Auckland, 12 Grafton Road
1.30pm to 5:00pm

Under the theme of “Creative Partnerships” the symposium will reflect on the success and achievements of six decades of educational and cultural exchange between graduate students, research scholars, teachers, artists and professionals from New Zealand and the United States of America. >>

Elam open days 2008

22 November 2008 - 23 November 2008
Elam School of Fine Arts, 20 Whitaker Place & 5 Symonds Street (Elam B)
10:00am to 6:00pm

The chance to see exciting new work by emerging artists and designers. >>

Exhibition talk

22 November 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
1:00pm

Dr Alex Monteith, artist and lecturer at Elam School of Fine Arts, discusses with Fiona Amundsen her portrayal of public spaces. >>

Conferences/Symposia

Cultural Crossings Conference

21 November 2008 - 22 November 2008
School of European Languages and Literatures, Level 6, Arts 1, 14a Symonds Street
9:00am to 4:00pm

Negotiating identities in Francophone and Anglophone Pacific literatures. >>

Web 3D and Virtual Worlds symposium

21 November 2008
Room IC 420, Kate Edger Information Commons
1:00pm to 4:00pm

Invited speakers will present projects they have been working on in this field, and engage in panel discussion to explore potentials and pitfalls. >>

Other University Events

Cartooning, political comment and lively debate

20 November 2008
OGGB3, Owen G Glenn Building, Business School, University of Auckland, 12 Grafton Road
6:00pm

Alliance Française and the Department of Political Studies invites you to an entertaining evening of cartooning, political comment and lively debate, hosted by two great editorial cartoonists Pierre Wiazemsky (Wiaz) of Le Nouvel Observateur and Rod Emmerson from the New Zealand Herald. >>

Lectures

Rutherford in the 21st century

20 November 2008
Auditorium, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckand Domain, Grafton
6:30pm

2008 Royal Society of New Zealand Distinguished Speaker lecture by Professor C Mary Rutherford Fowler, Royal Holloway, University of London. >>

Seminars

Distilling the Anzac spirit: Merchandising and consumption of war images in New Zealand

20 November 2008
Room 59, Department of History, 7 Wynyard Street
4:00pm

Department of History seminar by Gabrielle Fortune, University of Auckland. >>

Other University Events

Doctoral information evening

19 November 2008
Room U102, U Block, Gate 4, Faculty of Education Epsom Campus, Epsom Ave
4:30pm to 6:30pm

Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Education, is holding an information evening for people interested in enrolling in doctoral study at the Faculty of Education in 2009. >>

Exhibition talk

19 November 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
6:00pm

Renowned German photographer Frank Breuer and Fiona Amundsen discuss his work and their joint exhibition at McNamara Gallery, Wanganui. >>

Research Information Management System training/refresher workshop

18 November 2008
Room 420, Kate Edgar Information Commons
1:30pm to 2:30pm

This workshop will cover the new functionality, the APR through RIMS, entering information and getting it back out. >>

Seminars

Seminars by candidates for Professorial and Assistant Professorial positions in the Faculty of Education

18 November 2008
J2 Lecture Theatre, 74 Epsom Avenue (parking gate 2), Epsom Campus
10:45am to 6:30pm

All University staff are welcome to hear the presentations given by the candidates on their research activities. >>

Hokianga whakapau karakia – Hokianga exhausts prayers

18 November 2008
Room 101, Department of Maori Studies, 16 Wynyard Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Department of Maori Studies seminar by Te Aroha Rountree, PhD candidate. >>

Other University Events

Exhibition talk

15 November 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
1:00pm

Director of the Centre for NZ Art Research and Discovery, Linda Tyler will discuss the modernist designs of Austrian émigré, architect Ernst Plischke. >>

Lectures

Appropriating the language of the other: Performativity in autonomous and unified markets

14 November 2008
Room WT1103, WT Tower, AUT, Corner of Wakefield and Rutland Street
1:30pm to 3:00pm

Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication (ICDC), AUT, lecture by Visiting Fellow Lionel Wee, Associate-Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore.  >>

Conferences/Symposia

On Adam’s House in the Pacific: Symposium in honour of Joseph Rykwert

14 November 2008 - 15 November 2008
Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street, City Campus

The Friday will consist of presentations on domestic works by three leading Auckland practices, followed on the Saturday by papers by academics from throughout New Zealand largely on theoretical matters addressing the following theme. >>

Seminars

Dyscalculia: Causes and consequences

14 November 2008
HSB 604, 10 Symonds Street
1:00pm

Department of Psychology seminar by Brian Butterworth, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology, University College, London. >>

Lectures

Studying kids growing up: What can be learned from longitudinal studies/trajectories in children’s health and development?

13 November 2008
Lecture Theatre OGGB4, Owen G. Glenn Building, University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road
7:00pm

Public lecture by Professor Emond, ASB Visiting Fellow to The University of Auckland. >>

On analysing language policy and planning

13 November 2008
Room WT1103, WT Tower, AUT, Corner of Wakefield and Rutland Street
1:30pm to 3:30pm

Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication (ICDC), AUT, research associates workshop by Visiting Fellow Lionel Wee, Associate-Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore.  >>

Conferences/Symposia

Functional Foods 2008: Functional foods and edible oils: The future

12 November 2008 - 13 November 2008
Heritage Hotel

The focus of this year’s two day symposium is on lipids, antioxidants, specialist functional ingredients, their scientific understanding, nutritional significance and economic success. >>

Lectures

The technologisation of discourse and authenticity in English language teaching

11 November 2008
Room WT904, WT Tower, AUT, Corner of Wakefield and Rutland Street
1:30pm to 3:00pm

Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication (ICDC), AUT, lecture by Visiting Fellow Lionel Wee, Associate-Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore.  >>

Seminars

Spatiotemproal environmental variation and the evolution of complex breeding systems in African starlings

11 November 2008
Mac1, Old Biology Building, 5 Symonds Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

School of Biological Sciences seminar by Dustin Rubenstein, Department of Intergrative Biology and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.  >>

The recursive mind

11 November 2008
2nd Floor Common Room, Department of Engineering Science, 70 Symonds Street
4:00pm to 5:00pm

A Bioengineering research seminar by Professor Michael Corballis, Department of Psychology. >>

Other University Events

Walking tour

08 November 2008
1:00pm

Professor Errol Haarhoff, Associate Dean-Research in the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, conducts a walking tour of the modernist buildings around The University of Auckland's city campus. >>

Seminars

Theory is important but dangerous

07 November 2008
Computer Science Seminar Room 279
4:00pm

Computer Science seminar by Professor Hermann Maurer. >>

Computer vision at the limits: Camera-based driver assistance

07 November 2008
Lecture Theatre 731.201, Tamaki Campus
3:00pm

Communication and Information Technology Research seminar by Dr Stefan Gehrig, Daimler AG, Germany. >>

Other University Events

Search

06 November 2008 - 07 November 2008
TAPAC, Motions Road, western Springs
7:30pm

You are warmly invited to Search: Choreographies and improvisation by graduates of Master of Creative and Performing Arts - Dance Studies. >>

Tephra trouble: Volcanic hazards road show

06 November 2008
Te Korowai Room, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckand Domain, Grafton
7:30pm to 8:30pm

This travelling road show summarises 15 years of research on the potential impacts of volcanic eruptions on New Zealand. >>

National Institutes of Health funding workshop

05 November 2008
Research Office, Level 2, 76 Symonds Street.
10:00am to 12noon

Professor Michael Heymann will deliver a presentation on applying for National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. >>

Parenteral nutrition: What, when and how

05 November 2008
Seminar Room, School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland
8:30am to 2:30pm

Parenteral Nutrition Workshop organised by the Compounding Nutrition and Oncology Group of the NZHPA. >>

Seminars

Kiriwhero, kiripango, kirimangu ranei? Changing connotations of skin colour in the 19th century

04 November 2008
Room 101, Department of Maori Studies, 16 Wynyard Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Department of Maori Studies seminar by Hazel Petrie, History Department. >>

Other University Events

Auckland Jazzfest 08

04 November 2008 - 06 November 2008
Studio One, Kenneth Myers Centre, 74 Shortland Street
8:00pm

Following on from last year’s success, The University of Auckland’s School of Music will host Auckland JazzFest 08. This year’s festival, which comprises performances and workshops features internationally acclaimed American jazz pianist Jim McNeely.  >>

Lectures

What a small nation can achieve with science

04 November 2008
Federation of Graduate Women Room, Upstairs, Old Government House
4:00pm

Public lecture by Professor Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland. >>

Seminars

Biophysically based skeletal muscle modelling

04 November 2008
Department of Engineering Science Common Room, 2nd Floor, 70 Symonds Street
4:00pm to 5:00pm

A Bioengineering research seminar by John Davidson, Auckland Bioengineering Institute. >>

Doctor of Education confirmation seminars

03 November 2008 - 04 November 2008
Room U102, U Block, Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Gate 4, 60 Epsom Ave, Epsom, Auckland
9:00am to 5:00pm

For each seminar there will be a 25-30 minute presentation by the candidate, followed by 15-20 minutes for questions and discussion.  >>

Other University Events

Research Information Management System training/refresher workshop

03 November 2008
Room 420, Kate Edgar Information Commons
10:00am to 11:00am

This workshop will cover the new functionality, the APR through RIMS, entering information and getting it back out. >>

Lectures

Keeping culture free: The choices law and technology force us to make about the future of the Internet and the progress of cultures

03 November 2008
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Owen G Glenn Building, Business School, 12 Grafton Road
6:30pm to 8:00pm

Public lecture by Professor Lawrence Lessig. >>

Other University Events

Melanesia: Conversations workshop

03 November 2008 - 04 November 2008
Room 104, Centre for Pacific Studies, Wynyard Street

This workshop is an exciting opportunity to hear about research pertaining to Melanesia. The workshop is shaped by a desire to share multi-disciplinary perspectives, issues and research on research in or ‘on’ Melanesia. >>

Walking tour

01 November 2008
1:00pm

Curator Julia Gatley leads a free walking tour of the central city's modernist masterpieces. >>

Consent and non-therapeutic uses of the bodies of the unconscious and dead

30 October 2008
Small lecture theatre, Bldg 803, Faculty of Law, Eden Crescent
6:00pm

Auckland Branch of Society for Legal and Social Philosophy meeting with Dr Martin Wilkinson. >>

Seminars

Beyond elections: Reflecting on political issues politicians don't talk about

30 October 2008
Women's Federation Room, Old Government House
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Department of Political Studies seminar with Drs Kathy Smits, Anita Lacey, Jacqui True, Chris Tooley and other Political Studies staff. Chaired by Dr Kathy Smits. >>

Revolutionary bodies: European uniforms, 1770-1820

30 October 2008
Room 59, Department of History, 7 Wynyard Street
4:00pm

Department of History seminar by Alexander Maxwell, Victoria University of Wellington. >>

Exhibitions

The Conch is Calling

30 October 2008 - 08 November 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland and Artstation, 1 Ponsonby Road

An inaugural exhibition showcasing emerging Māori and Pacific Island artists from Elam School of Fine Arts. >>

Seminars

Conservation of the endangered Fijian ground frog (Platymantis vitianus): Breeding and reproductive endocrinology

30 October 2008
Mac1, Old Biology Building, 5 Symonds Street
12noon to 1:00pm

School of Biological Sciences seminar by Edward Narayan, Division of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the South Pacific, Fiji. >>

Other University Events

Lounge #5: Readings

29 October 2008
Lounge, Old Government House, corner Princes Street and Waterloo Quadrant
5:30pm to 7:00pm

Poetry and prose by students, staff and regional writers. >>

Seminars

Time travel and the two dimensional view of time

29 October 2008
Room 501, Building 207, Arts 2
4:00pm to 6:00pm

Department of Philosophy seminar by Paul Daniels. >>

Other University Events

Research Information Management System training/refresher workshop

29 October 2008
Room 420, Kate Edgar Information Commons
3:00pm to 4:00pm

This workshop will cover the new functionality, the APR through RIMS, entering information and getting it back out. >>

Seminars

Something horrible to see: Abjection and its imaginary confusions

29 October 2008
Room WS114, Level 1, WS Building, 24 St Paul Street, AUT
5:15pm to 7:00pm

Centre for Lacanian Analysis seminar by Lucille Holmes, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland. >>

Pickering’s Eliot: Retexting the American origins of comparative philology

29 October 2008
Room 103, Level 1, Fisher Building, 18 Waterloo Quadrant
12noon

Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics seminar by Mark Amsler, University of Auckland. >>

Other University Events

Marsden information workshop

28 October 2008
Lecture Theatre 102-G36, Old Government House
2:00pm to 3:30pm

Peter Gilberd, Deputy Manager, Research Funding RSNZ will be presenting a workshop about the 2009 Marsden funding round. >>

Eighth Annual Teaching and Learning Showcase

28 October 2008 - 29 October 2008
School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street

Hosted by The Centre for Academic Development. >>

Seminars

Seeing into the ear

28 October 2008
Department of Engineering Science Common Room, 2nd Floor, 70 Symonds Street
4:00pm to 5:00pm

A Bioengineering research seminar by Professor Peter Thorne, Section of Audiology and Department of Physiology. >>

Learning from experience: Pitfalls and possibilities

28 October 2008
J3 Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Education, Epsom Campus, 74 Epsom Avenue
12:15pm to 1:15pm

Faculty of Education research seminar by Dr Lexie Grudnoff. >>

Scientific integrity

24 October 2008
Room 501, Building 207, Arts 2
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Department of Philosophy seminar by Catherine Legg, University of Waikato.  >>

Other University Events

Film screening: The Corporation

24 October 2008
1:00pm to 3:30pm

A free, must see film open to all staff and students of The University of Auckland. Seats are limited. >>

Seminars

Political marketing in the 2008 General Election

23 October 2008
Federation of Graduate Women Room, Upstairs, Old Government House
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Department of Political Studies seminar by Jennifer Lees-Marshment.  >>

Age-dependency in hunting ability among the Tsimane’ of lowlands Bolivia: Implications for the evolution of extended development and long life span

23 October 2008
HSB 704, 10 Symonds Street
4:00pm

Department of Anthropology seminar by Allen Gillespie, PhD candidate, Texas A&M University and University of Auckland. >>

Other University Events

Holy Communion

23 October 2008
Maclaurin Chapel, 18 Princes Street, Auckland
12:30pm to 12:50pm

The final holy communion service for 2008 will be held today led by the Maclaurin Chaplain. All students and staff are welcome. >>

Griffins Morning Tea

23 October 2008
ParentSpace, AUSA House, 4 Alfred Street
10:00am to 12noon

Come and meet other parents who share similar experiences of raising children whilst studying. >>

Composting, worm farming and Bokashi: Create your own Eden

23 October 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
6:00pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge event. >>

Seminars

A brief overview of contactless power transfer technology and multiple points soft-switching operation

23 October 2008
Room 3.401, School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
11:25am to 11:50am

Department of Electrical and Computer (ECE) Engineering research seminar by ChunSen Tang, PhD student. >>

Blind multi-user detection of a chaos-based CDMA system using support vector machine

23 October 2008
Room 3.401, School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
11:00am to 11:25am

Department of Electrical and Computer (ECE) Engineering research seminar by Johnny Kao, PhD student. >>

Infant feeding and the lives of new parents: Pre-birth decisions

22 October 2008
HSB 901, 10 Symonds Street
11:00am to 12noon

Department of Sociology seminar by Dr Johanna Schmidt.  >>

UE versus NCEA: Have Maori school leavers been sidelined in the competition for academic qualifications?

21 October 2008
Room 101, Department of Maori Studies, 16 Wynyard Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Department of Maori Studies seminar by Margaret Taurere, EO Office and PhD candidate. >>

Lectures

Losing the forest for the trees: Reductionism of the environment in law and policy

21 October 2008
Room 1.439, School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
7:00pm

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Klaus Bosselmann, Law. >>

Seminars

Gastric electrical stimulation for obesity: Effects and mechanisms

21 October 2008
Room 421 W-301, ALR5, Architecture
4:00pm to 5:00pm

A Bioengineering research seminar by Dr Jiande Chen, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. >>

Other University Events

The big ideas of astronomy

21 October 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
6:00pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge talk with Dr Grant Christie, President, Auckland Astronomical Society and Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. >>

Research Information Management System training/refresher workshop

21 October 2008
Room 420, Kate Edgar Information Commons
2:00pm to 3:00pm

This workshop will cover the new functionality, the APR through RIMS, entering information and getting it back out. >>

Lectures

Human rights: "We don't talk about it anymore": Sexuality, gender and human rights

20 October 2008
Room 018, ClockTower, 22 Princes Street
7:00pm to 9:00pm

The Centre for Continuing Education, in association with the United Nations Association of New Zealand, brings you the final lecture in a three-part series looking at human rights in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the declaration.  >>

Seminars

Watching a small but intelligent brain as it learns

20 October 2008
BLT 100, Old Biology Building, 3a Symonds Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences seminar by Dr Randolf Menzel, Institut fur Biologie - Neurobiologie, Freie Univesutat Berlin. >>

Women to watch

20 October 2008
Graham Hill Lecture Theatre, Level 12, Auckland Hospital
5:00pm

Auckland Graduate Women announce the second in their Women to Watch series with Associate Professor Lisa Matisso-Smith. >>

Other University Events

Film screening: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

17 October 2008
1:00pm to 4:00pm

A free, must see film open to all staff and students of The University of Auckland. Seats are limited >>

Exhibitions

Long Live the Modern: New Zealand's New Architecture, 1904-1984

17 October 2008 - 22 November 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street

Curated by Julia Gatley and Bill McKay, School of Architecture and Planning. >>

Miracle on the Han River

17 October 2008 - 22 November 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street

By Fiona Amundsen >>

Other University Events

Research opportunities in chemistry presentation

17 October 2008
Room 407
3:00pm

For stage 2 and 3 chemistry students. >>

Seminars

Hallucinations without obscure objects

17 October 2008
Room 501, Building 207, Arts 2
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Department of Philosophy seminar by Susanna Schellenberg, ANU. >>

Other University Events

Chemistry Department's annual Oktoberfest

17 October 2008
Fifth Floor Common Room
4:00pm

Please join us. Pretzels and Bavarian umpah music provided. >>

Lectures

The Discoveries

17 October 2008
Large Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Science Building 301
6:00pm

Hood Fellow Lecture by Professor Alan Lightman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. >>

Music

Albert Herring

16 October 2008 - 19 October 2008
Opera Factory, 7 Eden Street, Newmarket
7:30pm; 4pm on Sunday

The Vocal Studies Department of The University of Auckland’s School of Music in collaboration with the Opera Factory presents a student production of Benjamin Britten’s much-loved comic opera. >>

Seminars

The great presidential debate

16 October 2008
Upstairs Dining Room, Old Government House
3:30pm to 5:00pm

Department of Political Studies seminar by Associate-Professor Michael Mintrom and Associate-Professor Stephen Hoadley. >>

Exhibitions

From what position do you speak and in the name of what and whom?

16 October 2008 - 14 November 2008
Foyer, General Library, University of Auckland

WINDOW Onsite and Online presents work by Sonya Lacey. >>

Lectures

Cambodia: Helping to rebuild a country after genocide

16 October 2008
Lecture Theatre B15, Library Building, 5 Alfred Street
6:30pm

Hood Fellow Lecture by Professor Alan Lightman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. >>

Gallipoli and beyond: Returning to the battlefields of the Great War

16 October 2008
OGGB4, Owen G Glenn Building, Business School, University of Auckland, 12 Grafton Road
6:30pm

The Department of History presents 2008 Keith Sinclair lecture by Professor Bruce Scates, Chair of History and Australian Studies, Monash University. >>

Other University Events

Sociology and the military

16 October 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
6:00pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge talk with Dr Steve Matthewman, Senior Lecturer, Sociology. >>

Seminars

Wild globalisation: Hurricane Felix and the gendered economies of the Miskito Keys

16 October 2008
HSB 901, 10 Symonds Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Centre for Development Studies guest seminar by Dr Julie Cupples. >>

Truthmaker commitments

15 October 2008
Room 501, Building 207, Arts 2
4:00pm to 6:00pm

Department of Philosophy seminar by Jonathan Schaffer, ANU.  >>

Conferences/Symposia

Science and the Humanities Symposium

15 October 2008
Room 114, Commerce A Building, 3 Symonds Street
5:00pm to 7:00pm

With Professor Alan Lightman. >>

Seminars

Unstable landscapes: The meanings of Auckland's volcanic cones

15 October 2008
HSB 901, 10 Symonds Street
11:00am to 12noon

Department of Sociology seminar by Natalie King, University of Auckland. >>

Lectures

The physicist as novelist

15 October 2008
Room 114, Commerce A Building, 3 Symonds Street
5:00pm

Hood Fellow Lecture by Professor Alan Lightman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. >>

Other University Events

Spectrum 5 book launch

15 October 2008
Room 616, Arts 1, 10 Symonds Street
5:30pm

A new collection of short stories by University of Auckland Fiction Writing students explores the myriad myths and realities, pains and rewards, fears and desires of life in contemporary New Zealand. >>

Tai Chi

15 October 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
6:30pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge event with David Wong. >>

Seminars

Gesture in musical performance: Its use and misuse

14 October 2008
Music Theatre, School of Music, 6 Symonds Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

School of Music research seminar by David Nalden. >>

Lectures

From Wall Street to your street: The evolving dynamics of property markets

14 October 2008
Decima Glenn Room 310, Owen G. Glenn Building, University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road
1:00pm

Inaugural lecture by Professor Laurence Murphy, Property. >>

Seminars

Citizens and experts in environmental controversies: Situating technical knowledge in practical deliberation

14 October 2008
Federation of Graduate Women Room, Upstairs, Old Government House
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Department of Political Studies/Public Policy Group seminar by Professor Frank Fischer, Rutgers University. >>

Solar UV radiation in New Zealand and Europe: Is it different and are there implications for health?

14 October 2008
Room 441, Level 4, School of Population Health, Tamaki Campus
10:30am to 11:30am

School of Population Health special seminar by Dr Gunther Seckmeyer, Professor of Meteorology, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. >>

Lectures

Focus on politics: Kevin Rudd and the 2007 Australian Election

14 October 2008
Room 018, ClockTower, 22 Princes Street
7:00pm to 9:00pm

The Centre for Continuing Education brings you the final lecture in a three-part series focusing on significant political events in 2007 and 2008. You may choose to attend individual lectures or register for the series. >>

From Wall Street to your street: The evolving dynamics of property markets

14 October 2008
Decima Glenn Room 310, Owen G. Glenn Building, University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road
1:00pm

Inaugural lecture by Professor Laurence Murphy, Property. >>

Seminars

Cardiac Structure and Function Lab: Some recollections

14 October 2008
Room 421 W-301, ALR5, Architecture
4:00pm to 5:00pm

A Bioengineering research seminar by Associate-Professor Ian LeGrice, Department of Physiology and Auckland Bioengineering Institute. >>

Barack Obama for President: The political transformation of American politics?

13 October 2008
Lecture Theatre 401, School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
6:30pm

Department of Political Studies seminar by Professor Frank Fischer, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Faculty Fellow, Centre for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University. >>

Lectures

Human rights: Human rights and the law

13 October 2008
Room 018, ClockTower, 22 Princes Street
7:00pm to 9:00pm

The Centre for Continuing Education, in association with the United Nations Association of New Zealand, brings you the second lecture in a three-part series looking at human rights in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the declaration. You may choose to attend individual lectures or register for the series. >>

Seminars

Theology staff research seminars

10 October 2008
Rm 102, Level One, Fisher Building
2:00pm to 4:00pm

By Stephen Garner, Nasili Vaka'uta and Elaine Wainwright. >>

What was scientific about the scientific revolution?

10 October 2008
Room 501, Building 207, Arts 2
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Department of Philosophy seminar by Alan Chalmers, Flinders University. >>

Other University Events

Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Exhibition Day

10 October 2008
ECE laboratories, Science Buildings 301 and 303S
2:00pm to 6:00pm

The public and industry are invited to discover the wide-ranging research activities taking place in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. >>

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering final-year project display day 2008

10 October 2008
School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Final-year students, working towards a degree in mechanical engineering or mechatronics engineering, will exhibit displays explaining their projects. >>

Bird care, rescue and rehabilitation

09 October 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
6:00pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge event with Lyn MacDonald, New Zealand Bird Rescue Trust. >>

Seminars

Understanding service responses to child death by maltreatment

09 October 2008
J2 Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Education, Epsom Campus, 74 Epsom Avenue (parking gate 2)
4:30pm to 5:30pm

Faculty of Education research seminar by Dr Marie Connolly, Chief Social Worker, Ministry of Social Development, Wellington. >>

The earliest stages in Rapa Nui’s Polynesian settlement: Hanga Anakena re-interpreted using a geo-archaeological, chronological and landscape approach

09 October 2008
HSB 704, 10 Symonds Street
4:00pm

Department of Anthropology seminar by Emeritus Professor Roger Green, University of Auckland and Dr Simon Bickler, Bickler Consultants Ltd, Auckland. >>

Other University Events

Exposure08: Final prize-giving gala

09 October 2008
Neon Foyer, School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
5:00pm

Winners of the postgraduate research competition, organised by the PGSA and the Graduate Centre. All welcome. >>

Seminars

Prototype virtue, role-differentiated virtue, and moral education

08 October 2008
Room 501, Building 207, Arts 2
4:00pm to 6:00pm

Department of Philosophy seminar by Denise Vigani. >>

Other University Events

The future of New Zealand foreign policy

08 October 2008
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Owen G Glenn Building, Business School, 12 Grafton Road
6:15pm to 8:00pm

Pre-election foreign policy forum with Hon Jim Anderton (Progressive), Hon Phil Goff (Labour), Keith Locke (Greens), Hon Murry McCully (National) and Peter Tashkoff (ACT). >>

Seminars

Suspect emotions in social theory

08 October 2008
HSB 901, 10 Symonds Street
11:00am to 12noon

Department of Sociology seminar by Dr Catherine Lane West-Newman. >>

Communique '08: Eco-districts and eco-towns

07 October 2008
Level 3 exhibition studio, School of Architecture and Planning, Building 421
12noon to 1:00pm

By Tricia Austin. >>

Lectures

Focus on politics: The 2008 New Zealand Election

07 October 2008
Room 018, ClockTower, 22 Princes Street
7:00pm to 9:00pm

The Centre for Continuing Education brings you the second lecture in a three-part series focusing on significant political events in 2007 and 2008. You may choose to attend individual lectures or register for the series. >>

Seminars

Implantable and wearable bionics and other tall research tales in biomedical engineering

07 October 2008
Room 421 W-301, ALR5, Architecture
4:00pm to 5:00pm

A Bioengineering research seminar by Professor Nigel Lovell, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales. >>

Other University Events

Exposure08: Oral presentation finals

07 October 2008
Lecture Theatre 1.401, School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
6:00pm

Postgraduate research competition, organised by the PGSA and the Graduate Centre. >>

Lectures

The value of life

07 October 2008
Liggins Institute, 6 Park Ave, Grafton
6:00pm

Liggins Institute lecture by Professor Peter Gluckman, Liggins Institute. >>

Another brick in the wall: Progress in understanding plant cell-wall structure

07 October 2008
Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street
1:00pm

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Philip Harris, Biological Sciences. >>

Other University Events

Cooking class

07 October 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
6:00pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge event with the Sustainability Network. >>

Exposure08: Poster display

06 October 2008 - 09 October 2008
Engineering School Atrium, 20 Symonds Street

Postgraduate research competition, organised by the PGSA and the Graduate Centre. >>

Lectures

Human rights: The place of human rights in a globalised world: The universalist-relativist debate in the 21st Century

06 October 2008
Room 018, ClockTower, 22 Princes Street
7:00pm to 9:00pm

The Centre for Continuing Education, in association with the United Nations Association of New Zealand, brings you the first lecture in a three-part series looking at human rights in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the declaration. You may choose to attend individual lectures or register for the series. >>

Strangers in the 21st Century

06 October 2008
Maidment Theatre, 8 Alfred Street
6:30pm

The Political Studies Department and The Bruce Jesson Foundation present the 2008 Bruce Jesson Lecture by Mike Lee, Chairman, Auckland Regional Council. >>

Other University Events

Exhibition talk

04 October 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
1:00pm

Mercedes Vicente, contemporary curator at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, discusses the relationship of photography to the work of Chris Marker, be it in films such as La Jetée, his early career as a traveller, writer and activist, or his recycling of images in his 2007 Staring Back project. >>

Exposure08: Postgraduate Research Competition

03 October 2008
Commerce A G16
9:00am to 4:00pm

Oral preliminary presentations. Organised by PGSA and The Graduate Centre. >>

Seminars

Philosophy of religion: What is its question?

03 October 2008
Room 501, Building 207, Arts 2
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Department of Philosophy seminar by Matheson Russell, University of Auckland. >>

Other University Events

Nutrigenomics: Nutrition for future generations

02 October 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
6:00pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge talk by Professor Lynn Ferguson, Nutrrition, University of Auckland, Director of Nutrigenomics New Zealand, and Director of Mutagen Testing, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre. >>

Seminars

A climate of fear: Emotion, motivation and global warming

02 October 2008
HSB 704, 10 Symonds Street
4:00pm

Department of Anthropology seminar by Professor Kay Milton, Queen's University, Belfast and The University of Auckland. >>

Experience in working for system operator/electricity market

02 October 2008
Room 3.401, School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
11:00am to 12noon

ECE Department research seminar by Dr Bhujanga Chakrabarti, Transpower New Zealand Ltd.  >>

Lectures

Timber in non-residential construction: Pushing the limit and breaking cultural barriers

02 October 2008
Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street
7:00pm

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Pierre Quenneville, Civil and Environmental Engineering. >>

Other University Events

Exposure08: Postgraduate Research Competition

02 October 2008
Room G25, Graduate Centre and Commerce A G01
9:00am to 4:00pm

Oral preliminary presentations. Organised by PGSA and The Graduate Centre. >>

Seminars

Ask the politicians 3: Should high-profile crimes drive policies on law and order?

02 October 2008
Room 039, ClockTower, Princes Street
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Department of Political Studies election seminar series with Phil Goff (LAB), Ron Mark (NZF), Simon Power (NAT) and Keith Locke (GRN). >>

A nation of slaves? British perceptions of Maori slavery in the early nineteenth century

02 October 2008
Room 59, Department of History, 7 Wynyard Street
4:00pm

Department of History seminar by Hazel Petrie, University of Auckland.  >>

The soft underbelly of vision and action: The role of the brainstem in defining what’s behaviorally relevant

01 October 2008
HSB 604, 10 Symonds Street
2:00pm

Department of Psychology seminar by Rich Krauzlis, Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California. >>

Other University Events

Think global and act local: The what and why of Transition Town

01 October 2008
Room 3.402, School of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street
6:00pm to 8:00pm

Nexus Sustainability Forum with James Samuel, Co-ordinator of the New Zealand Transition Town programme. >>

Seminars

The relational construction and experience of premenstrual distress: Negotiating PMS in lesbian and heterosexual relationships

01 October 2008
HSB 604, 10 Symonds Street
1:00pm

Department of Psychology seminar by Jane Ussher and Janette Perz, Department of Psychology, University of Western Sydney. >>

Lectures

The origin of New Zealand’s flora: How much do we really know?

01 October 2008
Auditorium, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckand Domain, Grafton
7:00pm

Auckland Museum Institute 2008 Lucy Cranwell Lecture by Dr George Gibbs, scientist and author. >>

Seminars

Whitening-up te iwi Maori: Maori policy in historical perspective

30 September 2008
Room 421 W-301, ALR5, Architecture
4:00pm to 5:00pm

A Bioengineering research seminar by Dr Aroha Harris, Department of History. >>

Election 2008: What are the key policy issues?

30 September 2008
Upstairs Dining Room, Old Government House
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Public Policy Group seminar by Associate-Professor Raymond Miller and Dr Jennifer Curtin, Political Studies, University of Auckland. >>

Lectures

Focus on politics: The next United States President?

30 September 2008
Room 018, ClockTower, 22 Princes Street
7:00pm to 9:00pm

The Centre for Continuing Education brings you the first lecture in a three-part series focusing on significant political events in 2007 and 2008. You may choose to attend individual lectures or register for the series.  >>

Seminars

Communique '08: The inability to "build back better"

30 September 2008
Level 3 exhibition studio, School of Architecture and Planning, Building 421
12noon to 1:00pm

By Dr Regan Potangaroa. >>

Other University Events

A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap talk about leadership

30 September 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
5:30pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge talk by Dr Brad Jackson, Fletcher Building Education Trust Professor of Leadership, University of Auckland School of Business. >>

Seminars

Performance history and Beethoven’s string quartets: Setting the record crooked

30 September 2008
Music Theatre, School of Music, 6 Symonds Street
1:00pm to 2:00pm

School of Music seminar by Dr Nancy November, Music Studies, School of Music.  >>

Lectures

Developing excellence in urban planners

30 September 2008
Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street
1:00pm

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Dory Reeves, Architecture and Planning. >>

Seminars

On so-called exocentric compounds in English (and some other languages)

30 September 2008
Room 103, Level 1, Fisher Building, 18 Waterloo Quadrant
12noon

Applied Language Studies and Linguistics seminar by Professor Laurie Bauer, Victoria University of Wellington.  >>

Easy listening

29 September 2008
Elam Lecture Theatre, 20 Whitaker Place
6:00pm

Talk by Elam international artist in residence, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen. >>

Health knowledge management: The integration challenge

29 September 2008
Room 219, Owen G. Glenn Building, University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road
1:00pm to 2:00pm

Department of Information Systems and Operations Management seminar by Dr Jim Sheffield, University of Auckland. >>

Other University Events

Assembly

28 September 2008 - 25 October 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
11:00am to 4:00pm

The George Fraser Gallery celebrates its 15th birthday with a programme of events and exposition taking place in and around the gallery building. >>

Conferences/Symposia

Tertiary Education Management Conference 2008: Investing for Success

28 September 2008 - 01 October 2008
Christchurch Convention Centre, Christchurch

This conference provides the opportunity for delegates from all levels and sectors of tertiary education to consider how strategic investment decisions impact on the ability of their organisation to deliver quality outcomes and goals for the stakeholders. >>

Other University Events

Maori Graduation

27 September 2008
Waipapa Marae, 16 Wynyard Street
8:30am

Nga Tauira Maori woul like to invite graduates and whanau to attend the Semester Two, 2008 Maori Graduation. >>

Exhibition talk

27 September 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street
1:00pm

Professor Wystan Curnow discusses relationships between poetry and art in response to Chris Marker’s use of T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland in Owls at Noon Prelude: The Hollow Men.  >>

Seminars

The phenomenology of free will relevant to its metaphysics?

26 September 2008
Room 501, Building 207, Arts 2
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Department of Philosophy seminar by Professor Helen Beebee, University of Birmingham. >>

Other University Events

The Pacific Graduation Dinner

26 September 2008
Fale Pasifika, 20 Wynyard Street
6:30pm

The Pacific Graduation Dinner Committee has much pleasure in inviting you, your family and friends to The Pacific Graduation Dinner. >>

Spark prize giving ceremony

26 September 2008
Alumni Graduation Marquee, Old Government House lawn, corner of Symonds Street and Waterloo Quadrant
5:30pm

Join us for an evening of celebration and entertainment as we give away over $80,00 in prizes. >>

Seminars

Burma/Myanmar update

25 September 2008
Room 018, ClockTower, 22 Princes Street
6:00pm to 7:30pm

New Zealand Institute of International Affairs Auckland branch seminar by Naing Ko Ko and Steve Green.  >>

Ask the politicians 2: Has the universal student allowance ambushed the tertiary policy debate?

25 September 2008
Room 423-342, Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street
3:00pm to 5:00pm

Department of Political Studies election seminar series with Paul Hutchinson (NAT), Metiria Turei (GRN), Lynne Pillay (LAB) and Dail Jones (NZF). >>

Other University Events

Graduation Procession

25 September 2008
Leaves from the Alumni Marquee, Old Government House grounds
9:45am

For Creative Arts and Industries, Education, Medical and Health Sciences, Science and Theology. >>

Opening the black box of academic reviewing and editing

25 September 2008
Decima Glenn Room 310, Owen G. Glenn Building, University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road
2:00pm to 4:00pm

Department of Management and International Business/Department of Psychology joint workshop by Professor Yehuda Baruch, University of East Anglia at Norwich.  >>

Speech

25 September 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
11:00am

Assembly/School of General Knowledge performance by Tao Wells via live feed from University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts carpark. >>

In conversation

25 September 2008
George Fraser Gallery, 25a Princes Street, Auckland
6:00pm

Assembly/School of General Knowledge Q&A with with Bjorn Christiansen of Superflex. >>