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Tushar Robins

City of Literature scholarship

The Department of English and Linguistics at the University of Otago invites applications for a new doctoral scholarship in literary studies: The University of Otago City of Literature PhD Scholarship. The scholarship celebrates the granting of UNESCO City of Literature… Continue Reading →

Listening to male survivors of church sexual abuse

A draft report based on testimony from survivors of Sodalicio abuses in Peru, circulated by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues, is receiving a lot of interest in Latin America – from the media and some lay Catholic movements… Continue Reading →

Beach work benefits community

Experimental work to improve the resilience of vulnerable sand dunes at South Dunedin’s St Kilda Beach fulfils Otago Geography Master’s student Tom Simons-Smith’s desire for his research to directly benefit people. Passersby will notice three notches of varied dimensions dug… Continue Reading →

History Professor retraces life of ‘the father of Ceylon tea’

Professor Angela McCarthy’s current research is a biography of James Taylor, the ‘father of Ceylon tea’. Taylor, a Scotsman, left for Ceylon (known today as Sri Lanka) in 1851 and died there in 1892. In attempting to recover Taylor’s life,… Continue Reading →

International experts argue for synergies among the public health, environmental protection, and human security sectors

In a recent article, co-authored with an international team of experts, Adan Suazo argues that global health catastrophes have complex origins and more research intersections need to be established by experts in the fields of conflict resolution, public health and… Continue Reading →

Christian Faith and Family Violence: A Report for Samoan Communities in New Zealand

Domestic violence is a serious social problem in Samoan communities. The statistics say it all; nearly half of Samoan women have been subject to abuse by intimate partners or parents. Dr Mercy Ah Siu-Maliko, a Harold Turner postdoctoral fellow with… Continue Reading →

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