Are you a Māori university student? Would you like to a do a research project over summer – and get paid for it? The Te Hau Kāinga: Māori Home Front project has three summer scholarships available, starting in December. Under supervision, you can develop your own research project in your own home area, whether a historical report, a mōteatea, a video, or such like – something that you can share with your whānau. Or you can undertake archival work within one of our partner archive institutions. If you’re interested, read the information below and get in touch!
Te Hau Kāinga: Histories and Legacies of the Māori Home Front, 1939-1945
2019/2020 Summer Scholarships
Te Hau Kāinga is a University of Otago-based research project supported by the Marsden Fund to investigate Māori experiences within New Zealand during World War Two. The project is offering three summer scholarships for 2019/2020 for Māori students in their second year or above in a New Zealand university. The purpose of the scholarships is to enable a potential postgraduate student to undertake sustained research work over the summer period.
Under the supervision of the project leaders, successful applicants will get to design their own projects and outputs, in English, i roto i te reo Māori rānei, which may include (but not be limited to) a written history, waiata, exhibition, or artwork that can be shared with whānau. Alternatively, a successful applicant can choose to undertake research within one of our partner archive institutions. Summer scholarship recipients will also be involved in public initiatives designed to showcase the project to the wider community, including writing a blog post about their research.
Conditions
To discuss the scholarship and possible projects please contact the project leaders: info@maorihomefront.nz.
For further information on the Te Hau Kāinga project, please see: https://www.maorihomefront.nz/
Te Hau Kāinga—Histories and Legacies of the Māori Home Front, 1939-1945
Project Leaders: Professor Lachy Paterson,
Te Tumu: School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies
University of Otago.
Ph: 03-479-8462
Associate Professor Angela Wanhalla,
History Programme,
University of Otago.
Ph: 03-479-8462
Cut and paste the following application form into a Word document.
Fill it out and send it to the address below with the other requested documents.
Te Hau Kāinga
2019/2020 Summer Scholarship Application Form
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Student ID number
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Address (permanent address) |
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Postal Address (if different from above) |
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Contact Phone Number |
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Home Department and Division, and University |
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Degree for which you will be enrolled at in 2020 |
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The applicant’s signature and date |
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Please attach a brief curriculum vitae, an academic transcript, a one-page research plan, and contact details for two academic referees. Also attach a statement detailing any research experience to date.
Please submit applications to [details] by 5pm, Wednesday 13 November (for a December start) to:
Professor Lachy Paterson,
Te Tumu: School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies,
P.O. Box 56,
Dunedin 9054.
Applications received after the due date will not be considered.
Call: +64 3 479 3972
Email: info@maorihomefront.nz