Division of Humanities Departments
Apart from being able to specialise in traditional core disciplines (such as History, Philosophy and Music), Humanities students may also choose among a variety of new interdisciplinary programmes such as Asian Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Performing Arts), as well as programmes that lead to professional qualifications in Law and Teaching. Students taking Humanities at Otago are encouraged to combine their liberal studies with papers and programmes that have a professional or vocational orientation, especially by doing a double degree for example, BA/BCom, BA/LLB, or BA/BTchg(Prim).
Sub-communities within Division of Humanities Departments
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Department of English [108]
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Department of Geography [254]
Collections in Division of Humanities Departments
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Classics [32]
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College of Education [111]
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History and Art History [220]
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Law Collection [235]
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Philosophy [42]
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Politics [66]
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Visual Culture [2]
Recent Deposits
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Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke 17.1-61: A Translation & Historical Commentary
Book 17 of Diodorus' Bibliotheke covers the campaigns of Alexander the Great, from his accession in 336 BC to his death in 323 BC. This thesis provides a fresh translation and commentary for the first half of Book 17, up ... -
The neolithic period in Thailand
There are two principal models that purport to interpret the evidence for the origins of the Neolithic period in Thailand. Both stress the importance of rice cultivation and the domestication of a range of animals. One ... -
Resurrection of the prehistoric dead : the personal histories of sixteen ancient inhabitants of eastern Palliser bay.
[…] The present study is an attempt to elucidate these conditions for a small group of people living on the Eastern Shore of Palliser Bay in the twelfth century A.D. The success of the group under observation in relation ... -
Arletty and Jean Harlow : a comparative analysis of two film stars of the 1930s
Stardom is an important mechanism through which both national identity and gender norms are articulated. By adopting a comparative approach, this thesis investigates the intersections between film stardom, femininity and ... -
Spirited visions : a study of spiritualism in New Zealand settler society, 1870-90
This thesis examines the growth, character and significance of spiritualism in New Zealand settler society in the 1870s and 1880s. Spiritualism was a religious cult which popularised mediumship and the seance in Victorian ... -
The Bonds of Water: Strings of Connectedness in Bamar Buddhist Life
Yeseq, or the connections of kan (P. kamma) formed between people who pour water together as part of shared merit-making, is a fundamental part of Bamar inter-personal relations. Based upon ten months of immersive fieldwork ... -
Marakihau - An Historical Narrative of Maori Kindergarten Teachers from the 1950's to 1989.
This thesis identifies, discuss and shares the stories of a group of Māori women during their respective careers in the kindergarten sector from the 1950s to 1989. I explore the research participants’ early learning as ... -
Becoming an Ex-Forensic Psychiatric Client: Transitioning to Recovery within the Community
This study used Constructivist Grounded Theory to explore both how clients within a forensic psychiatric service in Aotearoa/New Zealand transitioned to living in the community and what factors influenced this transition. ... -
Colonising Aotearoa: A ‘Familiar Landscape’ approach
Aotearoa New Zealand was settled fast and efficiently by East Polynesians around 800 years ago. In Hawai’iki, (the Homeland), Eastern Polynesians actively chose to establish village sites on the coastal flat, adjacent to ... -
Whakapapakāinga: a template for the cross- generational development of marae-communities
Through case study research located in Northland, New Zealand, this thesis investigates the future of papakāinga (kin-community settlements) and their marae (ancestral centres of tribal identity). Māori kin-communities ... -
Presidential Statements and US use of Force
Studies examining the relationship between the public statements political leaders use in times of international disputes and a state’s dispute behaviour have traditionally focused on hostile statements used by political ... -
Marital Violence in Papua New Guinea: A Theological Critique and Response
Marital violence has been described as endemic in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and it is striking that the problem of marital violence is so severe in a country where Christian adherence has stabilised at around ninety-six percent ... -
The State of Freedom of Expression in New Zealand: An Admittedly Eclectic Overview
This article is a survey of freedom of expression issues in New Zealand. The author begins by briefly recapping the developments in the common law of defamation and privacy following the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ... -
Admissibility or Weight?
This short article is a response to another author’s piece in the same journal, and addresses the possible configurations of the law on the admissibility of extrinsic evidence for the purpose of interpreting registered ... -
ACC Infects the Criminal Law?
This case note critically examines an ACC appeal that decides a point of criminal law. -
Overturning the Social Contract?
This short article examines the significance of Parliament’s overturn of a Supreme Court decision on the relationship between reparation and ACC entitlements. -
School Disciplinary Decisions, Judicial Review and Interim Relief
This paper considers the proper place and function of administrative law in matters such as school disciplinary decisions. It examines the decision of St Bede’s College to suspend two of its students from competing in a ... -
Good, Bad and Wrongful Juvenile Sex: Rethinking the Use of Statutory Rape Laws Against the Protected Class
This Article considers the question of whether statutory rape laws can and should be used against members of the class they were designed to protect. Many commentators have argued that meaningfully consensual sex among ... -
Pondering the politicization of intercountry adoption: Russia's ban on American "forever families"
This Article explores and assesses the Russian discontinuance of inter-country adoptions to the United States. Part I describes the history of Russia-U.S. adoptions, up to and including the 2012 Adoption Ban. Part II sets ... -
China's Orphan Welfare System: Laws, Policies and Filled Gaps
This article presents a socio-legal analysis of the care of orphaned and other vulnerable children in China, reviewing law, policy and practice relating to state and non-state orphanages and foster homes. The analysis is ...