Humanities Lectures

Associate Professor Jacob Edmond, Department of English and Linguistics presents the 2012 Carl Smith Medal lecture, "Poetry and Piracy: Copyright and Poetic Licence". The Carl Smith Medal is given to early career researchers for outstanding scholarly achievement. 16 October 2012

Matthew Gillett, Otago LLB/BA alumnus, is working as a Trial Attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In this talk Matthew highlights some of the notable developments from the work at the ICTY, lessons learned, and the future for this field of practice at the International Criminal Court. 13 February 2013

Matthew Gillett, Otago LLB/BA alumnus, is working as a Trial Attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In this talk Matthew highlights some of the notable developments from the work at the ICTY, lessons learned, and the future for this field of practice at the International Criminal Court. 13 February 2013

Professor Chua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore, speaks on ‘Managing Multiculturalism: Immigration, Population Policy and Citizenship in Singapore’. Since Singapore’s independence the management of race, multiculturalism and multi-religiosity has been a central concern of the government. This presentation explores the implications of multiculturalism on recent immigration and population policies in contemporary Singapore. 29 April 2013

Professor Chua Beng Huat, National University of Singapore, speaks on ‘Managing Multiculturalism: Immigration, Population Policy and Citizenship in Singapore’. Since Singapore’s independence the management of race, multiculturalism and multi-religiosity has been a central concern of the government. This presentation explores the implications of multiculturalism on recent immigration and population policies in contemporary Singapore. 29 April 2013

The Faculty of Law is pleased to host Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers the New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow for 2013, as the 2013 F.W. Guest Memorial speaker. This lecture "The Impact of Human Rights on Domestic Courts" examines the approach taken towards the European Convention on Human Rights in Strasbourg and in the United Kingdom. More specifically, it considers how the British Parliament has given domestic effect to the Convention under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the way in which the Supreme Court has interpreted the relevant provisions of that Act. The lecture was given on 6 March 2013.

The Faculty of Law is pleased to host Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers the New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow for 2013, as the 2013 F.W. Guest Memorial speaker. This lecture "The Impact of Human Rights on Domestic Courts" examines the approach taken towards the European Convention on Human Rights in Strasbourg and in the United Kingdom. More specifically, it considers how the British Parliament has given domestic effect to the Convention under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the way in which the Supreme Court has interpreted the relevant provisions of that Act. The lecture was given on 6 March 2013.

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to present Dr Heather Dyke in conversation with Professor Alan Musgrave. In 2012 Alan Musgrave was honoured with the Distinguished Research Medal, the highest research honour given by the University of Otago. He also received the Humanities Aronui Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand. Here he discusses his life, his career and his love of Philosophy. 28 November 2012.

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to present Dr Heather Dyke in conversation with Professor Alan Musgrave. In 2012 Alan Musgrave was honoured with the Distinguished Research Medal, the highest research honour given by the University of Otago. He also received the Humanities Aronui Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand. Here he discusses his life, his career and his love of Philosophy. 28 November 2012.

Open lecture by Professor Brian Reed, Department of English, University of Washington.

Since the turn of the millennium, a number of poets have begun composing verse by taking pre-existing texts and selectively deleting words, phrases, sentences, and even whole sections. Does it make sense to call such poets "writers" in anything but a very loose sense, since, instead of generating text, they remove it? Moreover, since they give us nothing but passages of borrowed language with the original word order preserved intact, can we say that they are sharing their unique thoughts, experiences, and emotions? This talk will argue that today's poetry-by-subtraction is best understood as an inventive response to information overload. 2/08/2012.