Matariki Network

Archaeologist Jeremy Rutter, the Sherman Fairchild Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and professor emeritus of classical studies at Dartmouth, received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala last month.

Exploring Big Data, and its great promise and serious perils for the delivery of health care, will be the theme of a lecture presented at Queen’s on 7 February by Dartmouth College Professor Denise Anthony.

Professor Sylvie K. Chetty, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Otago, has been appointed a new honorary doctor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University.

Professor Dawn Freshwater has been appointed the next Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia.

Dr Johan Brosché, from the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, is the most recent recipient of an Uppsala Matariki Fellowship.

The newly-formed Matariki network of scholars in African Studies convened for its first workshop from in October at Queen’s University.

Shyra Barberstock, one of the Queen’s participants in the inaugural Indigenous Student Mobility Programme, was interviewed by the Queen’s Grad Chat radio show about her experience.

This year’s University of Otago Printer in Residence programme, which hosted Sarah Smith from Dartmouth College, has produced a unique publication on the life of a pioneering female climber.

Exploring digital scholarship in the humanities and fostering further ties amongst the member institutions of the Matariki Network of Universities was the focus of a conference hosted by Queen’s.

An upcoming conference hosted by Queen’s will put the focus on advancing human rights and health for sexual minorities in Africa and explore possibilities for collaboration with Matariki partners.