The Humanities Council of New Zealand agreed during 2006 that the award of Fellow should be established for outstanding achievement in research fields associated with the humanities-aronui.
Fellow of the Humanities Council of New Zealand (FHCNZ), Te Mātanga o Te Whāinga Aronui, is a title to be awarded for distinguished achievement in research in a field associated with the humanities-aronui. It is an award for academic achievement over a sustained period, where this achievement is demonstrated by a combination of peer esteem, outstanding publications, and contribution to the well-being and development of the professional field.
Elected Fellows will comprise the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities.
Three years after the introduction of the Fellowship (in 2010), it is expected that the Academy will take over responsibility for nominations and recommendations for the election of new Fellows, constituting, for example, the Fellowship Selection Committee from members of the Academy.
For further information, including the Call for Nominations for 2007, click here.
16 November 2007
MEDIA RELEASE
Distinguished Humanities Scholars recognised
Emeritus Professor Lloyd Geering received the Pou Aronui award for distinguished service to the humanities-aronui at a ceremony in Wellington recently to mark the inauguration of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities-Aronui.
Professor Ken Strongman, Chair of Te Whainga Aronui The Council for the Humanities, said that a milestone in public recognition of the importance of the arts and humanities in New Zealand culture and society had been reached with the election of the first sixteen Fellows to the Academy.
“The quality, diversity, and international standing of the work of the first Fellows establishes an unequivocal benchmark for research excellence and a superb foundation for the future development of the Academy”, he said.
The first fellows are: Professor Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (History), Barry Barclay (Film), Professor James Belich (History), Emeritus Professor Judith Binney (History, Emeritus Professor John Burrows (Law), Emeritus Professor Brian Coote (Law), Associate Professor Stephen Davies (Philosophy), Emeritus Professor John Dunmore (Languages), Professor Mason Durie (Maori Studies), Professor Michael Neill (English Literature), Emeritus Professor Bill Oliver (History), Professor Nick Perry (Media Studies), Professor Michael Peters (Education), Distinguished Professor Dame Anne Salmond (Social Anthropology and History), Professor John Smillie (Law), Emeritus Professor Terry Sturm (New Zealand Literature).
The purpose of Te Whainga Aronui The Council for the Humanities is to promote the recognition of the value of the humanities/aronui in the creation, conservation and transmission of knowledge essential to personal well-being and the cultural, social and economic development of Aotearoa New Zealand.