In this lecture Martin will explore the negotiation of Ngāi Tahu’s historical account in their Treaty settlement and consider the various figures involved including Ngāi Tahu claimants, their legal and historical advisors, and the Crown through their Office of Treaty Settlements and Crown Law Office officials. Martin Fisher is a Senior Lecturer at the Ngāi Tahu Centre (University of Canterbury) teaching History and Law

Associate Professor Evgeny Pavlov explores why Putin is so obsessed with history and what history has to teach Putin?

Evgeny Pavlov is Associate Professor of Russian and History at UC and Vice President of the Australia and New Zealand Slavists’ Association. His recent work includes an edited volume on the political narratives in Russia’s relations with Post-Soviet Europe 30 years after the breakup of the USSR.

'Putin and History' is sponsored by the Canterbury Historical Association