ARTS UPDATE. News. Linguistics. 27 October 2017

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1 ARTS UPDATE 27 October 2017 News Linguistics The Linguistics department would like to thank Pacific language consultant Josephine Mill for her wonderful gift of a bag depicting traditional face painting from the Melpa area in Papua New Guinea. Josephine gifted the bag to the department to commemorate her work with the 2017 LING407 Field Methods course. While the linguistic analysis in this year's class focused on the neighbouring language Jiwaka, Josephine frequently provided comparisons with Melpa, since she is fluent in both languages. The bag is now on display in the Linguistics department, on Level 2 of the Locke Building. Wal wii, Josie! Josephine Mill is currently studying for a Masters in International Law and Politics at UC. Her language consultant work in LING407 is funded by the College of Arts Pacific Language Consultant award. MLING students Vicky

2 Watson and Nathan Taylor will present results from their LING407 research with Josephine at a community meeting in December. Political Science and International Relations Assoc Prof Amy Fletcher (POLS) gave a keynote address entitled Life on Demand: What De- Extinction Can Teach Us about the NZ Biotech Future at the NZ Bio Conference in Wellington on 13 October Amy Fletcher (POLS) was an invited panellist on an Artificial Intelligence Forum NZ community panel on the topic Artificial Intelligence: what should New Zealand be doing about it?, on Wednesday, 18 October Amy Fletcher (POLS) is a co- researcher, working with lead researchers Angela Curl and Helen Fitt (GEOG), on the externally funded National Science Challenge project Autonomous Vehicles and Future Urban Environments: Implications for Wellbeing in an Aging Society. This project is funded through the NSC11 challenge Building

3 Better Homes, Towns and Cities - Ko ngā wā kāinga hei whakamāhorahora. National Centre for Research on Europe Professor Loukas Tsoukalis from Oxford University visited the NCRE on Friday 13 th October to talk about the future of Europe. During his talk, Loukas Tsoukalis talked about the events that weakened the EU and the reforms necessary to save it. Among the challenges facing Europe, he identified the EU s overstretch, increased inequality and precarity, as well as the euro- crisis and the migrant crisis. However, he argued that the election of Emmanuel Macron in France had ushered a much more positive outlook for the EU. Most notably he argued that a new deal between France and Germany would be necessary to take the EU forward. The NCRE is pleased to offer six summer school courses this year. Students will be able to have a productive summer learning about: - the EU s promotion of Human rights - Special Topic: Human Rights: Agendas, Issues and the European Union (Summer - Nov 2017); - the Post- WWII reconstruction of Europe, the foundation of the European Union and the democratisation processes that followed the collapse of the Berlin wall - Democratic and Economic Evolution of Europe (Summer Nov 2017); - the contemporary challenges facing the EU as an international actor - Special Topic: Contemporary Policy Challenges in the European Union (Summer Nov 2017); - the process of EU integration and its internal contradictions - Remaking the New Europe (Summer Jan 2018) - the EU s external role and its ambition as a global power - Special Topic: European Foreign and Security Policy in the 21st Century (Summer Jan 2018) - and The economics of European integration (Summer - Jan 2018). The NCRE proudly hosted renowned jazz musician, Jef Neve for his tour Spirit of Control. The world class concert took place at The Piano on 12 th October 2017 where Jef Neve magnetised his public with compositions written during travels around the globe. Jef Neve playing at The Piano in Christchurch

4 UC Arts at the Arts Centre Music Last week saw the final of our Lunchtime Concerts for the year which was performed by post- graduate students, Clare Penny and Shayne Harris, from Auckland University alongside Professor Mark Menzies. It was a great way to end this programme for the year. Professor Justin DeHart presented an amazing programme last Wednesday night with the UC Percussion ensemble. The capacity crowd enjoyed their selections of Steve Reich, Frank Zappa, and John Bergamo performed by Robert Petch, Andrew Spearman, Ash Perry and Justin DeHart. The concert also featured the premier of a work by UC composition student Rosa Elliot.

5 Teece Museum Our current exhibition We could be heroes closes this Sunday. If you haven t seen this exhibition, make sure you get in before it closes. The Museum is open 11-3pm until Sunday. The next exhibition Buried Treasure opens on December 2. History David Monger has recently given three talks in the UK during his Visiting Fellowship at the University of Oxford. On 4 October, he spoke at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus Humanities Seminar on the topic 'Networking against Genocide during the First World War: Humanitarian activism and the international network behind the British Parliamentary Report on the Armenian Genocide'. On 19 October, he delivered a paper to the Globalising and Localising the Great War (GLGW) Seminar at the University of Oxford, entitled 'Know Your Enemy: British Perspectives on German First World War Propaganda'. On 26 October, he is giving a second talk to the GLGW seminar, entitled '"We cannot keep silent": the international humanitarian network behind the British Parliamentary Report on the Armenian Genocide'. Art History and Theory Rosie Ibbotson attended the Universities Art Association of Canada/l Association d art des Universités du Canada 2017 Conference in Banff, and presented a paper titled Crafting nature : the transnational Arts and Crafts Movement, introduced species, and ecological violence in colonial Aotearoa New Zealand. NEWS AND EVENTS news/ UC Arts gives updates on news and events from across the College of Arts, with over 30 academic programmes there are always interesting events happening, many of which are open to students and the public for free. Follow us.