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Caroline Daley
Academic background
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
Thesis
  • Gender in the community : a study of the women and men of the Taradale area, 1886-1930 (1992)
Doctoral advisorJock Phillips
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
Doctoral studentsLucy 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[edit]

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][2] 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 encyclopaedia.[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.[12]

Selected works[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Daley, Caroline (1992). Gender in the community : a study of the women and men of the Taradale area, 1886-1930 (PhD thesis). Victoria University of Wellington.
  2. ^ a b "Academic profile: Professor Caroline Daley". profiles.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. ^ University of Auckland Calendar (PDF). University of Auckland. 2022.
  4. ^ "THE World Academic Summit 2023". www.timeshighered-events.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ Daley, Caroline (10 February 2021). "The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of political sideshows and Māori cultural identity". The Conversation. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Manpower Lectures – #3 The New Mail Order". Auckland Art Gallery. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Girls and Women, Men and Boys: Gender in Taradale 1886–1930: Caroline Daley". Auckland University Press. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  8. ^ Radio New Zealand. "RNZ: Caroline Daley". RNZ. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  9. ^ Daley, Caroline (5 September 2013). "Body shape and dieting". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  10. ^ Daley, Caroline (1 November 2008). Beauty Queens and Physique Kings: A History of New Zealand Beauty Contests. Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-420-8.
  11. ^ "Delegation from University of Auckland, New Zealand Visits Hohai University". en.hhu.edu.cn. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  12. ^ Mackintosh, Lucy (2019), Shifting Grounds: History, Memory and Materiality in Auckland Landscapes c.1350–2018, ResearchSpace@Auckland, hdl:2292/46343, Wikidata Q111963316

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