School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations

School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations

Welcome to the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations (HPPI)

The three disciplines within the School and the Centre for Strategic Studies represent important fields of study, each with their own set of concepts and perspectives. Many students take courses in each of them. Graduates develop skills in critical and creative thinking, leadership, communication and research.

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Events

Jun21Public LecturesSustaining the Pivot? Washington's Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region
Date: 21 June 2013
Time: 10.00 am
Venue: Room 501, Railway West Wing, Pipitea Campus
Public Lecture by Professor Jeffrey D McCausland Read more
Jul2-5ConferencesAAEH Faultlines Conference
Date: 2–5 July 2013
Time: 9.00 am
Venue: Victoria University of Wellington
The 2013 AAEH Conference will be held at Victoria University of Wellington in 2013. Read more
Jul3Public LecturesSidney Jones Public Lecture
Date: 5.30pm
Time: 5.30 pm
Venue: Rutherford House, Lecture Theatre 3
  About the Lecture: Fifteen years after the fall of Soeharto and the end of… Read more

News

13 June 2013 Graduate Speaker
Philosophy Graduate Speaker at Victoria Graduation Ceremony 2013 Read more
31 May 2013 Don't worry, be happy
Happiness is the number one goal, and a happy life is seen as a good life? Read more
30 May 2013 Defence Force scholarship awarded to Victoria graduate
International Relations graduate awarded a Defence Force Freyberg Scholarship. Read more

Welcome from the Head of School

ken-perszyk Welcome to the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations (HPPI).
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Research

The New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre is running a series of innovative research projects.
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The Political Science journal is edited in the Political Science and International Relations Programme.
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Dan Weijers, co-founder of the International Journal of Wellbeing, a journal devoted to the study of human wellbeing.
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Postgraduate Student Profile

Congratulations to Matthew Castle, an International Relations Masters graduate, who has been awarded a Woolf Fisher Scholarship to study at Cambridge next year. Read more

 

Staff Highlight

Fiona Barker"Political Science and International Relations (PSIR) asks fundamental questions about how power and resources are distributed around the world, and what impact political decisions have on societies." Fiona Barker, Lecturer in PSIR. Read more

Research Seminars

Programme Research Seminars are held regularly during Trimesters 1 and 2.

The Maurice Goldsmith Inaugural Lecture was given by Professor Philip Pettit (Princeton/Australian National University), 'Freedom and Other Robustly Demanding Goods'.

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