Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Research Projects

There are many research projects underway in the Faculty and involving a wide variety of organisational participants, either as funders or collaborators.

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Summer Gold Posters

A function was held on Wednesday 10 April 2013 to celebrate the winners of the Victoria's Summer Gold Poster Competition, the quality made the judging an extremely difficult task.

The students were required to design a poster about their research, in collaboration with their supervisor.

FHSS winners were:

Overall winner in the University: Maddy Glen, School of English, Film Theatre, and Media Studies -"Vertical Cinema: A Manifesto", supervisor Miriam Ross.

 

13_Poster Maddy Glen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group winner, group 2:  Freya Dean, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations - "The Conceptually Invisible in Holocaust Cinema" - supervisor Giacomo Lichtner

 
13_Poster Freya Dean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Winner of the Most Entertaining/Engaging Category:  Maree Martinussen, School of Social and Cultural Studies - "Urban Dynamics: Trialling Neighbourhood Level Take-up of Community Greening Plants in Wellington" - supervisor Mike Lloyd.


13_Poster Maree Martinussen


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Marsden Grants

2012

Lydia Wevers: The History of Reading in Colonial New Zealand and Australia

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Marsden Fast Start Grants

2012

Jason Young, Investing in Rural China: New Zealand Agribusiness and the Local Global Nexus

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Fulbright Awards

2012

There were no Fulbright Awards for 2012.

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University Research Fund (URF) Projects

2013

Anthony Schirato, School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies, Book on Sports Discourse

Miriam Ross, School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies, 3D Cinema and Stereosopic Visuality

Nikki Hessell, School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies, Translating Romantic Literature in India

Trisha Dunleavy, School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies, American Cable TV Drama Industry

Dolores Janiewski, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Reds, Hunters and Hearst

Hilda Coffe, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Time Use Among New Zealand Members Of Parliament

Marco Sonzogni, School of Languages and Cultures, A Case Study in Ecphrasis as Intersemiotic Translation

Limin Bai, School of Languages and Cultures, Educational Missionary in China

Rachel McKee, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Survey of the Vitality of NZSL

Sydney Shep, Wai-te-ata Press, William Colenso and the Victorian Republic of Letters 

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New Researcher Grants

There are no New Researcher grants for 2012

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