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Story: Classical and foreign-language studies

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Classics at universities

  3. Classics scholars and classics in literature

  4. Modern languages

  5. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Classics at universities

John Rankine Brown, 1934

John Rankine Brown, 1934

Chris Dearden

Chris Dearden

Classics quiz night for school pupils, University of Otago, 2009

Classics quiz night for school pupils, University of Otago, 2009

Bronze Age baby feeder, 2011

Bronze Age baby feeder, 2011

Vivienne Gray, 1990

Vivienne Gray, 1990 (1st of 5)

Graham Zanker

Graham Zanker (2nd of 5)

John Barsby, 2011

John Barsby, 2011 (3rd of 5)

John Davidson and fellow scholars, 2005

John Davidson and fellow scholars, 2005 (4th of 5)

Jeff Tatum

Jeff Tatum (5th of 5)

Amphora from the James Logie Memorial Collection

Amphora from the James Logie Memorial Collection

From page 2 - Classics scholars and classics in literature

Ronald Syme, 1946

Ronald Syme, 1946

Dale Trendall, 1949

Dale Trendall, 1949

Agathe Thornton

Agathe Thornton

Tim Parkin

Tim Parkin

Hōtere sketch for Baxter's The temptations of Oedipus

Hōtere sketch for Baxter's The temptations of Oedipus (1st of 3)

Harry Love's play All's well that ends,  2010

Harry Love's play All's well that ends, 2010 (2nd of 3)

'A New Zealander by Parkinson and Ajax by Exekias play draughts'

'A New Zealander by Parkinson and Ajax by Exekias play draughts' (3rd of 3)

From page 3 - Modern languages

George von Zedlitz, 1933

George von Zedlitz, 1933

French professor Maxwell Walker, 1936

French professor Maxwell Walker, 1936

Paul Hoffmann, 1960s

Paul Hoffmann, 1960s

Asian languages and literature department, University of Auckland

Asian languages and literature department, University of Auckland

Number of students enrolled in university language courses, 2005–12

Number of students enrolled in university language courses, 2005–12

Harold Williams

Harold Williams

How to cite this page:

Kerryn Pollock, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/classical-and-foreign-language-studies/media (accessed 23 March 2023)

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 22 Oct 2014

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