Associate Professor Kerry Taylor PhD, BA(H), BA

Contact details

• Ph: +64 6 9516570
  Location: 4.04B, Sir Geoffrey Peren Building
  Campus: Manawatu

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy - Victoria University (1994)
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Victoria University (1986)
• Bachelor of Arts - Victoria University (1984)

Certifications and Registrations

• Licence, Mentor Supervisor, Massey University

Research Interests

I work in the area of New Zealand history, specifically the history of the socialist left and labour movement. I have published mostly on the history of the NZ communist movement. This research has increasingly taken on a comparative and transnational approach.

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Historical Studies (210300): History And Archaeology (210000): New Zealand History (210311)

Keywords

New Zealand Labour and Socialist History, New Zealand Political History, Comparative and Transnational Labour History, Oral History

Teaching Statement

New Zealand History, Historical Methodology, Protest Politics, History and Film

Courses Coordinated

• 134.801 MPhil Thesis 120 Credit Part 1
• 134.802 MPhil Thesis 120 Credit Part 2
• 134.873 Research Report Philosophy (60)
• 134.881 Thesis 90 Credit Part 1
• 134.882 Thesis 90 Credit Part 2
• 148.801 MPhil Thesis 120 Credit Part 1
• 172.855 Master of Communication Research Project
• 241.900 PhD Chinese Studies
• 245.798 Research Report
• 245.799 Research Report Spanish (60)
• 245.816 Thesis 120 Credit Part 1
• 245.817 Thesis 120 Credit Part 2
• 245.881 Thesis 90 Credit Part 1
• 245.882 Thesis 90 Credit Part 2
• 272.801 MPhil Thesis 120 Credit Part 1
• 272.802 MPhil Thesis 120 Credit Part 2
• 272.881 Thesis 90 Credit Part 1
• 272.882 Thesis 90 Credit Part 2
• 272.883 Thesis
• 292.305 Brazilian Culture and Heritage

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

• 2015 - Linda Johnson - Doctor of Philosophy
  Maori Activism Across Borders, 1950-1980s
• 2012 - Rachael Bell - Doctor of Philosophy
  Memory, History, Nation, War The Official Histories of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
• 2010 - Carina Hickey - Doctor of Philosophy
  From coal pit to leather pit: Life stories of Robert Semple
• 2010 - Carol Neill - Doctor of Philosophy
  Trading our way: Developments in New Zealand's Trade Policy 1930s to 1980s
• 2006 - Claire Robinson - Doctor of Philosophy
  Advertising and the Market Orientation of Political Parties Contesting the 1999 and 2002 New Zealand General Election Campaigns

Co-supervisor of:

• 2020 - Fiona McKergow - Doctor of Philosophy
  Colonial Textile Culture in Mid-Nineteenth Century Aotearoa New Zealand
• 2018 - Daniel Wildy - Doctor of Philosophy
  Reeling Them In: Printed New Zealand Army Recruiting Material 1899-1999
• 2008 - Simon Nash - Doctor of Philosophy
  Integration of Citizens' Agendas in New Zealand Local Government environmental decision-making: An examination of two wastewater planning processes and implications for deliberate democracy