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Harkness@100: From Boston bagels to 9/11 – reflections of a Harkness Fellow
By John Hobbs I undertook my Harkness scholarship over the 2001/02 period with two other New Zealanders, Rae Lamb, and Frances Hughes. My research was undertaken with the oversight of Professor David Bates of the Harvard Medical School. I arrived…
Read MoreHarkness@100: Culture shock and curiosity – A Harkness Fellow’s journey across America
By Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy (former Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch) I was awarded a Harkness Fellowship by the UK Harkness Committee in 1969. This funded me for 21 months as a PhD student in linguistics at the…
Read MoreChampioning innovation in Māori economic development: Jacob (Hākopa) Ashdown named 2025 Harkness Fellow
The Harkness Fellowships Trust (NZ) is proud to announce the selection of Hākopa Ashdown as the 2025 New Zealand Harkness Fellow. Hākopa Ashdown, (Te Aupōuri, Ngai Takoto, Ngāti Kahu), currently Private Secretary to the Minister for Māori Development at Te…
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