We are pleased to invite applications for Round One of the Kākano Fund Award from students enrolled during 2024 in a degree course for a BA Hons or MA in Social and/or Cultural Anthropology. Consideration will also be given to PhD students if funding permits. Students must be enrolled in a Social or Cultural Anthropology graduate programme at a New Zealand university. Round One applications are due on Monday 27 May 2024.
Anthropology (and anthropology-adjacent) theses published in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023
Our final blog post for 2023 presents a list of anthropology theses (Masters and PhD) published in universities in Aotearoa New Zealand this year. Most are from archaeology, social anthropology, and cultural anthropology programmes, with a couple of “anthropology-adjacent” theses awarded in disciplines other than anthropology. Congratulations to everyone to everyone who was awarded a masters or doctoral degree this year.
2023 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards
ASAA/NZ is delighted to announce the 20123 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards: Willow Forgeson (Massey University) and Jay Jomar F. Quintos (Te Tumu School of Māori, Pacific, and Indigenous Studies, University of Otago | The University of the Philippines). These awards recognise excellence in conference presentation skills by ASAA/NZ graduate student members.
2022 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards
ASAA/NZ is delighted to announce the 2022 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards: Sharayne Bennett (University of Waikato); Etienne De Villiers (University of Otago); and Imogen Spray (University of Auckland). Special mentions also went to Alireza Gorgani (York University, Canada), Yi Li (University of Otago), and Jordan M Walker (Massey University). These awards recognise excellence in conference presentation skills by ASAA/NZ graduate student members.
MA researcher Jacqueline Watt wins the 2020 Sites Senior Student Essay Competition
The Sites Editorial Board is delighted to announce that MA researcher Jacqueline Watt is the winner of the 2020 Sites Senior Student Essay Competition. The winning essay is entitled 'Kiwiburn- a ‘Biophilic festival’: Considering mind-body-environment connections to nature in blended festivalscapes'. This essay will be published in the 2020 December issue of Sites.
Graduate stories: Lillian Brown
Graduate stories: Luka Lim-Anapu-Cowley-Bunnin
2019 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards
ASAA/NZ is delighted to announce the 2019 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards: Maria Blanca Ayala (University of Canterbury); Nicola Manghi (Università di Torino/University of Waikato); Mona-Lisa Wareka (University of Waikato); and Brodie Quinn (University of Auckland). These awards recognise excellence in conference presentation skills by ASAA/NZ graduate student members.
Graduate Stories: Ata Siulua
Kākano Fund Round Two 2019 - call for applications
Graduate Stories: Mohseen Riaz Ud Dean, PhD
This instalment of our Graduate Stories features Dr Mohseen Riaz Ud Dean, who was recently awarded a doctorate in Anthropology from Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato (University of Waikato). His thesis, Smallholder Sugarcane Growers, Indigenous Technical Knowledge, and the Sugar Industry Crisis in Fiji, was supervised by Dr Keith Barber, Dr Fiona McCormack and Dr Fraser Macdonald.
