Kate Hunter Explained

Kathryn Hunter
Thesis1 Title:Dutiful daughters and 'father's right-hand man': single white women in rural Victoria, 1880s to the 1920s
Thesis1 Year:1998

Kathryn McKerral Hunter is an Australian–New Zealand academic historian, and is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in the 19th and 20th century history of New Zealand and Australia, with a particular focus on the social history of the First World War, and the history of hunting in New Zealand. From 2017 until 2022 she was the director of the Stout Centre for New Zealand Studies.

Academic career

Hunter completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a PhD titled Dutiful daughters and 'father's right-hand man': single white women in rural Victoria, 1880s to the 1920s at the University of Melbourne.[1] Hunter moved to New Zealand in 1995, and joined the faculty of Victoria University of Wellington.[2] She was the Director of the Stout Centre for New Zealand Studies from 2017 to 2022, and has been Head of the History Programme.[3] [4] [5] Hunter was appointed as a full professor in 2020. Hunter is an Honorary Research Associate at Te Papa Tongarewa.[6]

Hunter is interested in gender and race relations, and has written or co-authored books on the social history of the First World War, hunting in New Zealand, and women on Australian family farms.[7] [8] Her interest in hunting arose due to marrying a hunter, and finding it confronting to encounter people with guns in New Zealand national parks, a situation that would not happen in Australia. She describes hunting as central to the culture and colonisation of New Zealand. She has also researched Middle Eastern cultural influences in Australasia.[9] In her inaugural professorial lecture, delivered in 2023, she reflected on the craft of being a historian, and how seemingly trivial pieces of information could direct historical enquiry.[10]

Selected works

Authored and co-authored books

Journal articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Dutiful daughters and 'father's right-hand man': single white women in rural Victoria, 1880s to the 1920s. Hunter. Kathryn McKerral. PhD thesis. University of Melbourne. 1998.
  2. Web site: Radio New Zealand . 15 August 2009 . Kim Hill interviews Kate Hunter . 2024-05-28 . RNZ Audio Player.
  3. Web site: Holding on to Home: New Zealand Stories and Objects of the First World War Te Papa . 2024-05-28 . tepapa.govt.nz.
  4. Web site: Studies . Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Stout Research Centre for New Zealand . 2023-08-09 . News Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies Te Herenga Waka . 2024-05-28 . Victoria University of Wellington . en.
  5. Web site: 2023-09-24 . Kate Hunter, Author at Newsroom . 2024-05-28 . Newsroom . en-US.
  6. Web site: Holding on to Home: New Zealand Stories and Objects of the First World War Te Papa . 2024-05-28 . tepapa.govt.nz.
  7. Web site: Victoria University of Wellington . Academic profile: Professor Kate Hunter . 2024-05-28 . people.wgtn.ac.nz.
  8. Web site: NZ . envirohistory . 2010-01-29 . An egalitarian paradise – hunting in New Zealand . 2024-05-28 . envirohistory NZ . en.
  9. Web site: Victoria University of Wellington. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. School of History . Philosophy . 2022-06-21 . History staff research interests Te Kura Aro Whakamuri, Rapunga Whakaaro, Matai Tōrangapū me te Ao / School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations Te Herenga Waka . 2024-05-28 . Victoria University of Wellington . en.
  10. Web site: Wellington . Victoria University of . 2022-06-20 . Sticking to her knitting: Reflections on a historian's craft About us Te Herenga Waka . 2024-05-28 . Victoria University of Wellington . en.

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