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German interest in the Pacific 1840-1918, with special reference to Tonga - Professor James Bade

  • University of Auckland City Campus 18 Symonds St Auckland, Auckland, 1010 New Zealand (map)
© James Bade

© James Bade

James Bade, Goethe Society President from 2000 to 2012, is Professor of German and Director of the Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific at the University of Auckland.  

He will be speaking on the German presence in the Pacific, one of his main research areas over the last 20 years, with particular reference to Tonga and the eight-year collaborative research project which culminated in the launch of his book Germans in Tonga in Nuku’alofa last June.

The presentation will be in Room 501 (Pat Hannan Room) in the Arts 2 Building, University of Auckland City Campus.

Earlier Event: March 26
Fabulation and Metahistory: W. G. Sebald and Contemporary German Holocaust Fiction - Professor Richard Gray
Later Event: May 20
German Trivia Evening