Caroline Daley Explained

Caroline Daley
Thesis1 Title:Gender in the community : a study of the women and men of the Taradale area, 1886-1930
Thesis1 Year:1992
Doctoral Students:Lucy Mackintosh

Caroline Daley is a New Zealand social historian, and is a full professor of history at the University of Auckland. She is the dean of graduate studies at Auckland. Daley has appeared regularly on Radio New Zealand's show The Panel. She is interested in New Zealand social history, gender and body history, and the history of leisure.

Academic career

Daley completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a PhD titled Gender in the community: a study of the women and men of the Taradale area, 1886–1930 at Victoria University of Wellington.[1] [2] Daley then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor in 2022.[3] Daley is the Dean of Graduate Studies at Auckland.[4]

Daley's research interests cover New Zealand social and cultural history, the history of the body and gender, and the history of leisure. She has published on the history of beauty pageants in New Zealand, as well as commented on current events relating to the politicisation of dress.[5] [6] Daley has published a number of books, including one from her PhD studies, which won the 2002 J. M. Sherrard Award in New Zealand Local and Regional History.[7]

Daley has appeared multiple times on Radio New Zealand's show The Panel, and wrote the entry on the history of body shape and dieting in New Zealand for the Te Ara encyclopedia.[8] [9] She has co-edited the New Zealand Journal of History and was an editor of the Women's Studies Journal.[10] In 2023 Daley was part of a delegation of University of Auckland researchers visiting Hohai University in China, to explore opportunities for join international graduate education.[11]

One of Daley's notable graduate students is historian Lucy Mackintosh.

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Gender in the community : a study of the women and men of the Taradale area, 1886-1930 . Daley. Caroline. PhD thesis. Victoria University of Wellington. 1992.
  2. Web site: Academic profile: Professor Caroline Daley . 2024-05-24 . profiles.auckland.ac.nz.
  3. Book: University of Auckland Calendar . 2022 . .
  4. Web site: THE World Academic Summit 2023 . 2024-05-24 . www.timeshighered-events.com . en.
  5. Web site: Daley . Caroline . 2021-02-10 . The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of political sideshows and Māori cultural identity . 2024-05-24 . The Conversation . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2022-03-22 . Manpower Lectures – #3 The New Mail Order . 2024-05-24 . Auckland Art Gallery . en.
  7. Web site: Girls and Women, Men and Boys: Gender in Taradale 1886–1930: Caroline Daley . 24 May 2024 . Auckland University Press.
  8. Web site: Radio New Zealand . RNZ: Caroline Daley . 2024-05-24 . RNZ . en-nz.
  9. Web site: Daley . Caroline . 5 September 2013 . Body shape and dieting . 24 May 2024 . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  10. Book: Daley, Caroline . Beauty Queens and Physique Kings: A History of New Zealand Beauty Contests . 2008-11-01 . Auckland University Press . 978-1-86940-420-8 . en.
  11. Web site: Delegation from University of Auckland, New Zealand Visits Hohai University . 2024-05-24 . en.hhu.edu.cn.