Canterbury Museum has released the programme for the Haast Symposium. This conference marks the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Julius von Haast, founder of Canterbury Museum.
The virtual symposium is hosted by Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand. Tickets are available here and cost $20 waged and $10 unwaged.
Programme details are below. More information, including abstracts, can be found here.
Programme (provisional – subject to change)
Saturday 30 April 2022 (9.00 am – 1.00 pm NZST)
9:00 Welcome: Anthony Wright (Director, Canterbury Museum)
SESSION ONE (CHAIR: JULIA BRADSHAW)
9:15 – 9:45 First speaker: Simon Nathan (Wellington)
9:45 – 10:15 Second speaker: Rosi Crane (Dunedin)
10:30 –11:00 Third speaker: Paul Scofield (Christchurch)
Break
SESSION TWO (CHAIR: SASCHA NOLDEN)
11:30 – 12:00 Fourth speaker: Julia Bradshaw (Christchurch)
12:00 – 12:30 Fifth speaker: Simon Nathan (Wellington)
Sunday, 1 May 2022 (9.00 am – 1.00 pm NZST)
9:00 Welcome: Ursula Rack (Austrian Honorary Consul, Christchurch)
SESSION THREE (CHAIR: SASCHA NOLDEN)
9:15 – 9:45 Sixth speaker: Johannes Mattes (Vienna)
9:45 – 10:15 Seventh speaker: Marianne Klemun (Vienna)
10:15 – 10:45 Eighth speaker: Martin Krenn (Vienna)
Break
SESSION FOUR (CHAIR: PAUL SCOFIELD)
11:00 – 11:30 Ninth speaker: Mathias Harzhauser (Vienna)
11:30 – 12:00 Tenth speaker: Sascha Nolden (Wellington)
12:00 – 12:45 Roundtable/Podium discussion: Questions and answers