News and events from the Otago Arts Fellows
News from and about our programmes, staff and students
17 Apr 2025
Otago Humanities graduate finding meaning in walking ancient routes
Jennifer Andrewes is an Otago alumna who has undertaken three pilgrimages since receiving a diagnosis of early-onset Par...
11 Apr 2025
Frenchman’s letters share tales from Otago goldfields
A Frenchman’s letters from Otago’s goldfields to family in France, and how they have come to be gifted to Uare Taoka o H...
11 Apr 2025
A celebration of Māori and Pacific tauira and research in the School of Arts
Undergraduate students of Te Pae Takata - The School of Arts were recently presented with awards recognising their achie...
09 Apr 2025
Otago part of international collaboration on deepfake AI research
An Otago researcher is part of an international collaboration working to protect democracy, identity, and business from...
28 Mar 2025
Working with Tiwai Point artefacts ‘incredible opportunity’
For one Otago researcher, a decades-old archaeological project studying eleven tonnes of artefacts from Tiwai Point – in...
28 Mar 2025
‘Caring, passionate and dedicated’ teachers awarded
Five of Otago’s academic staff have received Excellence in Teaching awards for being ‘caring, passionate and dedicated t...
27 Mar 2025
Tauira invited to leaf their advice
Otago staff and tauira have been sharing their words of wisdom for new tauira in libraries around the Dunedin campus.
27 Mar 2025
Law students on the move thanks to Dean's fund
The Law Dean’s Innovation Fund is helping Otago law students broaden their horizons.
27 Mar 2025
So, what did the arts graduate say to the future?
Otago’s Vice-Chancellor Grant Robertson set the question ‘What did the arts graduate say to the future?’ for the inaugur...
25 Mar 2025
Otago launches food pantries on campus for students
Otago’s Student Services team has stepped up to make a dent in food insecurity, launching three pātaka kai (food pantrie...
21 Mar 2025
Inaugural legal innovation winner announced
Recent law graduate Sophie Hursthouse has been named the inaugural winner of the Mai Chen Legal Innovation Award.
20 Mar 2025
New Dean of Te Kaupeka Tātai Ture - Faculty of Law
Associate Professor Bridgette Toy-Cronin will serve as the new Dean of Otago’s Te Kaupeka Tātai Ture - Faculty of Law fr...
Upcoming events
29 April 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
How to prep for your UORG
Centre for Innovation Seminar Room, Dunedin and online
29 April 2025
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Does addressing climate change require us to shift our understanding of “the market”?
Hutton Theatre, Tūhura Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street, Dunedin and online
30 April 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
English and Linguistics Seminar: Pioneering students: Early Modern Swedish Students 1660–1729 and Women at Uppsala University 1872–2027
Castle A Seminar Room, Castle Lecture Theatres, Dunedin
30 April 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Concert – Performance students in concert
Hanover Hall, 65 Hanover Street, Dunedin
01 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre - Beyond the Binary
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
02 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre - Beyond the Binary
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
06 May 2025
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Reorienting our way of seeing nature as a path to solidarity
Hutton Theatre, Tūhura Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street, Dunedin and online
07 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Concert – NZ Music Month Concert
Hanover Hall, 65 Hanover Street, Dunedin
08 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre - THEA 451 Directors' Cuts: Shudder
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
09 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre - THEA 451 Directors' Cuts: Shudder
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
12 May 2025
4:00pm to 6:00pm
EMCR Mixer
Terrace Lounge, Union Building, Dunedin
15 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre - Sketches
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
16 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre - Sketches
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
19 May – 29 May 2025
5:15pm to 6:30pm
Burns Lectures 2025 – Christians, Consumption, and Climate Change: Christianity between the Last Ice Age and the Anthropocene
Archway 4, University of Otago, Dunedin
21 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Concert Series – Bachelor of Performing Arts students in concert
Mary Hopewell Theatre, College of Education, 145 Union Street East, Dunedin
22 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre: #nocrumbs
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
23 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre: #nocrumbs
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
28 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Concert – Senior performance students in recital
Hanover Hall, 65 Hanover Street, Dunedin
29 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre: Voyager 33
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
30 May 2025
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunchtime Theatre: Voyager 33
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, Central Campus
31 May 2025
4:00pm to 8:00pm
German programme reunion
Otago Yacht Club, 25 Magnet Street, Dunedin