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Peter Beatson

1942 Born 2 July in Christchurch, New Zealand.

1947-50 Attended Hampden Street School, Nelson.

1951-52 Attended Levin School.

1953-55 Attended Hereworth School, Havelock North.

1956-59 Attended Nelson Boys’ College.

1960 Registered with the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind. Attended Victoria University of Wellington; third term only. Gained an ‘A’ pass in first- year English Literature.

1961-1965 Attended Canterbury University, Christchurch. Published poems in the university magazine Canta, and in the New Zealand Universities Arts Yearbook.

1962 Awarded a John Connell prize for excellence in English Literature, Canterbury University.

1963 Gained a B.A. majoring in English and Sociology, Canterbury University. Awarded a Canterbury University Senior Scholarship.

1964 Gained an M.A. in English with First Class Honours, Canterbury University.

1965 Began an M.A. in Sociology at Canterbury University – completed in 1973. Tutored in Sociology at Canterbury University. Taught a Workers Educational Association (WEA) course on the modern novel, Christchurch. Co-founded, co-edited and published poems in the Canterbury University literary journal Troubadour.

1966 Appointed Assistant Junior Lecturer in English at Canterbury University; lectured on the English Romantic poets. Taught a WEA course on New Zealand novels, Christchurch. Awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to Queens’ College, Cambridge, England.

1966-1972 Attended the doctoral programme at Cambridge University.

1968 Reviewed Barry Argyle’s Patrick White in Granta, Cambridge University.

1970 Published the article ‘The Three Stages: Mysticism in Patrick White’s Voss in Southerly Vol30(2).

1973 Awarded an M.A. Honours in Sociology, Canterbury University.

1974 Awarded a Ph.D. in English Literature, Cambridge University for a thesis on the religious content of Patrick White’s novels. Reviewed Patrick White’s The Eye of the Storm in Southerly Vol 34(3).

1975 Awarded a French Government Scholarship in Sociology to the University of Aix- Marseilles.

1975-78 Attended the University of Aix-Marseilles doctoral programme.

1976 Published the book The Eye in the Mandala. Patrick White: a Vision of Man and God. London: Paul Elek Books. Published the poem ‘Earth Ark’ in Landfall No. 119.

1977 Was interviewed for BBC Radio3 about The Eye in the Mandala. 30 minutes.

1978 Awarded a university doctorate in Sociology with First Class Honours by the University of Aix-Marseilles for a thesis on the blind community in Marseilles. http://www.worldcat.org/title/aveugles-comme-minorite-a-marseille/oclc/489767781 Co-founded and co-edited the literary journal Fountain in Aix-en-Provence. Interviewed the Provencal poet Mas-Felipe Delavouet for Fountains No. 1. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Interviewed Lawrence Durrell for Fountains No. 1. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Translated Jean-Marie Gleize’s text ‘The Summerhouse: francis ponge vs. Francis Ponge’ for Fountain No. 1. Published the poems ‘The Night of the Bull’ and ‘Sequenza’ in Fountains No. 1. Reviewed Gail Sheehy’s Passages in Fountains No. 1. Interviewed the novelist Raymond Jean for Fountains No.2. Reviewed Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene in Fountains No. 2. Was interviewed about Fountains for the television channel France Sud. 30 minutes.

1979 Published an interview with the Algerian novelist Nabile Fares in Fountains No. 3. Translated Nabile Fares’s text Paroles for Fountains No. 3. Reviewed Lawrence Durrell’s novel Livia in Fountains No. 3 Reviewed Patrick White’s novel The Twyborn Affair in Fountains No. 4. Appointed lecturer in Sociology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. During 27 years at Massey, taught: undergraduate courses on classical social theory, the 19th century European novel, NZ literature and arts, NZ society, disability, group dynamics and human-animal studies; graduate courses on NZ literature and arts, globalisation and NZ politics. Was interviewed by Jessica Waddell for the National Programme, Radio NZ. 20 minutes. Guest speaker, Palmerston North Girls’ High School.

1980 Published the article ‘Nabile Fares’ in the literary journal Bananas No. 24. Gave a 50-minute public talk on Islamic medieval history ‘Jihad: A Thousand and One Knights’, History Department, Massey University. Gave a 15-minute paper on the employment of the blind at the annual Sociological Association of Aotearoa (New Zealand) SAA(NZ) Conference, Christchurch..

1981 Awarded a grant of $5000 from the Massey University research fund for research on blind employment in New Zealand. Published the occasional paper The Disabled at Work, Faculty of Business, Massey University. Published the occasional paper The Blind at Work: A Report on the Employment of the Blind in New Zealand, Sociology Department, Massey University. Member of the Manawatu steering committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP). Keynote speaker at a two-day public seminar on the employment of the disabled, Palmerston North. Gave a public talk on the employment of the blind at Massey University. 50 minutes.

1982 Published the article ‘Rival Siblings: Maori and Pakeha in Contemporary New Zealand Literature’ in Span No. 15. Co-authored the chapter ‘The Arts’ in P. Spoonley et al (Eds) New Zealand: Sociological Perspectives, Palmerston North: Dunmore Press. Organised a series of four one-hour public play readings on major female roles in New Zealand drama, Massey University. Was interviewed on television by Brian Edwards for Survivors, TV1. 50 minutes.

1983 Organised a series of one-hour public talks on New Zealand art and literature, speakers including writer Ian Wedde, writer Sue McCauley, playwright Mervyn Thompson and painter Jaqueline Fahey.

1984 Promoted to Senior Lecturer, Sociology Department, Massey University. Organised a public Sociology seminar series.

1985 Honorary visiting research fellow, Stout Centre, Victoria University of Wellington. Awarded with Dianne Beatson a grant of $5000 by the New Zealand Lotteries Board for the creation of a database on New Zealand history and art.

1986 Published the article ‘White and Grey: Image Patterns in Patrick White’s Memoirs of Many in One’ in Landfall No. 161. Co-authored with Dianne Beatson the article ‘Through the Glass Door’, the profile of a Chinese New Zealander, in New Zealand Listener 16/8/86. Awarded a grant of $1,500 by the Massey University research fund for work on a database of the New Zealand arts. Passed a first-year Maori Language paper, Massey University.

1987 Passed a second-year Maori Language paper, Massey University.

1988 Published the article ‘Pass It On: The Working Class Story’ in Race, Gender, Class No.7. Co-edited with Dianne Beatson a special issue of the cultural studies journal Sites No. 16, devoted to New Zealand working class culture. Interviewed artist Sally Griffin, author Noel Hilliard, playwright Renee, painter Tony Fomison, and David Clark of the Wellington Media Collective for Sites No. 16.

1989 Published the book The Healing Tongue: Themes in Contemporary Maori Literature, Palmerston North: Sociology Department, Massey University. Conceived, introduced, and interviewed the artist John Ford for the 20-minute video Te Hono, Massey University Productions Centre. The video toured with exhibitions of Ford’s work nationally and internationally, and is held in the Massey University library. Conceived, directed and chaired a 20-minute debate on the religious theories of Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim for the Massey University Television Productions Centre. Gave a one-hour talk on Chinese New Zealanders at the Stout Centre Conference on Immigration, Victoria University. Gave a one-hour talk on New Zealand working class culture at the SAA(NZ) conference in Palmerston North, subsequently repeated by invitation to the WEA in Palmerston North, Napier and Christchurch and to the 1990 Trade Union History Conference, Wellington Awarded a Massey University Bonus of $1,325 in recognition of special academic contributions.

1990 Co-authored with Dianne Beatson the book Chinese New Zealanders, Auckland: Heineman Education. Published the chapter 'The Psychic Mandala' in Peter Wolfe (Ed) \Critical Essays on Patrick White. Barnes and Noble. Published the chapter ‘The arts’ in P Spoonley et al (Eds) New Zealand: A Sociological Introduction, Palmerston North: Dunmore Press. Co-authored with Dianne Beatson the chapter ‘Chinese New Zealanders’ in J. Collinge (Ed) Migration and New Zealand Society, Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. Co-authored with Dianne Beatson the illustrated chapter ‘Working Class Murals’ in G Burke and A Colhoun (Eds) Art and Organised Labour, Wellington: Wellington City Gallery. Published the article ‘Notes on Postmodernity’ in Sites No. 20. Published the article ‘The Pomodification of Jenny Dolezel’ in Sites No. 21. Published an obituary for Patrick White in the Evening Standard 6/1/90. Organised a series of public Sociology seminars, Massey University. Made the eight-minute video Theses on Pomodification, the Massey University Television Productions Centre. This was screened at the exhibition Now See Hear at the Wellington City Art Gallery, and the text was subsequently published on the internet under the name The Fiddler Grins: Television, Postmodernity and Globalisation. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Gave a one-hour audio-visual presentation on postmodernity at the Wellington City Art Gallery. Gave a 20-minute talk on the artistic vocation to students at the College of Education, Palmerston North. Gave the keynote talk at the opening of the Partners in the Treaty exhibition at the Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North. Promoted to Senior Lecturer Above the Bar, Sociology Department, Massey University.

1991 Published the article ‘From Landscape to Environment: Representations of Nature in New Zealand Classical Music’ in Sites 22; reprinted in Canzona No. 35. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Co-authored with Dianne Beatson the chapter ‘Making A Scene’ in Mary Barr (Ed) Headlands: Thinking Through New Zealand Art, Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art. Published the article ‘A Personal Farewell to Patrick White’ in Landfall No. 178. Gave a 50-minute public talk on postmodernity, Massey University. Reviewed Alan Duff’s Once Were Warriors in Landfall 179. Reviewed David Marr’s biography Patrick White in the Dominion 27/10/91.

1992 Honorary visiting research fellow, Department of Political Studies, Auckland University. Gave a one-hour illustrated public talk on New Zealand national identity in the arts at the Museum of New Zealand, repeated at Auckland University. Gave a one-hour talk ‘What Is Art?’ at Lopdale House, Titirangi, Auckland. Gave a 30-minute talk on New Zealand murals to the Palmerston North Art Gallery Society. Keynote panelist at the Headlands 2-day conference on the NZ arts in the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington. Reviewed C.K. Stead’s At the End of the Century at the End of the World in the Sunday Star 18/10/92. Reviewed Michael King’s Pakeha: The Quest for Identity in New Zealand in New Zealand Books\ Vol. 2(1). Reviewed Ken Catran and Penny Hansen’s Pioneering a Vision: The History of the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind in the Dominion 11/10/92. Reviewed Patrick White’s posthumous Patrick White Speaks in the Dominion 20/9/92.

1993 Reviewed Mark Williams’s Patrick White in the Dominion 19/9/93. Reviewed Barry Smart’s Postmodernity in New Zealand Sociology Vol. 8(2). Published an extended review essay on Anna Yeatman’s There Is No Reason, Only Reasons: Postmodern Critical Theorising in Sites No. 26.

1994 Co-authored with Dianne Beatson the book The Arts in Aotearoa New Zealand: Themes and Issues, Palmerston North: Sociology Department, Massey University. Review highlights published on the internet. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Co-authored with Dianne Beatson the book The Crane and the Kotuku: Artistic Bridges Between Japan and New Zealand, Palmerston North: Manawatu Art Gallery. Awarded a grant of $9,500 by the New Zealand Arts Council for the publication of The Crane and the Kotuku. Co-curated a major exhibition at the Manawatu Art Gallery based on The Crane and the Kotuku. Was interviewed by Ian Johnstone about The Crane and the Kotuku, National Programme, Radio NZ. 15 minutes. Published the illustrated chapter ‘Art and Ideology’ in P Spoonley et al (Eds) New Zealand Society, Palmerston North: Dunmore Press. Wrote the text Guide for a braille sculpture by Anton Parsons, exhibited at the Hamish McKay Gallery and the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington. Published the article ‘Groping the Visual Silence: Anton Parsons’s Guide’ in Art New Zealand No. 71. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people- environment-planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Gave a 50-minute public talk on coming to terms with disability, Massey University. Organised a major stream on disability at the SAA(NZ) conference, Palmerston North. Gave a 45-minute talk ‘The Seven Impaired Samurai: Life Options for the Disabled’ at the SAA(NZ) conference, Massey Univesity. This was serialised in 1995 on the National Programme, Radio NZ, and published in the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 4. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people- environment-planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Organised a six-part series of public talks on Conservation, Massey University. Awarded a Massey University Exemplary Service Award of $1000 for special contributions in the Sociology of Disability and Sociology of the Arts.

1995 Founded and edited the first four issues of the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies. Published the manifesto ‘Identifying Ourselves’ in the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 1. Interviewed Sir Geoffrey Palmer about New Zealand’s no-fault accident compensation scheme for the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 1. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfn Published the article ‘Limping Out of the Closet: Sociology vs. Disability’ in the SAA(NZ) Newsletter No. 1. Published the humorous sketch about a guide dog ‘The Paisley Perplex’ in the New Zealand Kennel Club Gazette July. Member of the Social Sciences Faculty Board. Member of the Advisory Panel for the Four in Ten television programme, TV1. Member of the executive committee of the Central Districts Branch, New Zealand Society of Authors. Was interviewed by Alison Parr about The Crane and the Kotuku for the National Programme, Radio NZ. 30 minutes. Gave a 50-minute public talk on nationalism in the New Zealand arts, Massey University. Keynote speaker at the Manawatu Disability Pride Good Business awards. Keynote panelist at a public debate on Pakeha expropriation of Maori culture during the Hei Tiki exhibition, Manawatu Art Gallery. The debate was video recorded by the Massey University Television Productions Centre, and the video is held in the Massey University Library. Published a review essay on Keith Ballard’s Disability, Family, Whanau and Society in the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 1. Promoted to Associate Professor, Sociology Department, Massey University.

1996 Awarded the NZ Post inaugural Blind Academic Achievers Award by the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind. Published the article ‘Towards a Sociology of Disability’ in the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 2. Published ‘The Future of Disability Television’ in the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 3. Published the article ‘Angels with Goggles: Phil Rooke, Community Artist’, in Art New Zealand No. 79. Interviewed Anne Hawker about disability history for the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 3. Reviewed Claudia Bell’s: Inventing New Zealand: Everyday Myths of Pakeha Identity in Sites No. 32. Chaired the executive committee of the Central Districts branch of the NZ Society of Authors (NZSA) Member of the national executive of NZSA. Co-judged the NZSA Ida Smith literature award. Advisor to New Zealand On Air on disability TV programming. Was interviewed by Brian Edwards on Top of the Morning, National Programme, Radio NZ. 50 minutes. Panelist on the television programme What Is Disability broadcast on Four In Ten, TV1. Keynote panelist at four televised 30-minute public forums on disability entitled respectively Mainstreaming, United We Stand, Life, Death and Sexuality and Disability Rights broadcast on Four in Ten, TV1. Was interviewed twice by Mike Gourley for Future Indicative, National Programme, Radio NZ, July and September. Reviewed C Edwin Vaughan’s The Struggle of Blind People for Self-determination in the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 2. Reviewed The Mason Report in the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No 2.

1997 Co-edited with Dianne Beatson the book Dear Peggy: Letters to Margaret Garland from Her New Zealand Friends. Palmerston North: Department of Sociology. Interviewed J.B. Munro on the history of intellectual disability for the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 4. Published the humorous sketch ‘Add a Little Typhlo to Your Life’ in the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind’s journal Outlook. Organised the Sociology Department’s public seminar series 1997-99. Member of a Te Papa national advisory panel on a major exhibition to be held in 2000. Reviewed Alan Duff’s What Becomes of the Broken Hearted in Landfall No. 193. Reviewed Alison Parr’s Silent Casualties: New Zealand’s unspoken legacy of the Second World War in the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 4. Reviewed Raymond Miller’s New Zealand Politics in Transition in Sites No. 34.

1998 Published the article ‘Disability’ in Robinson, R. & Wattie, N. (Eds). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Auckland: Oxford University Press. Interviewed John Stott about disability history for the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 5. Was interviewed about Dear Peggy by Jim Sullivan, Sounds Historical, National Programme, Radio NZ. 15 minutes. Dear Peggy chosen as Book of the Week by the Evening Standard 1/5/98. Published three humorous epitaphs in Brian Edwards (Ed) Top of the Morning: Book of Epitaphs. Auckland: Tandem Press. Published an obituary for Margaret Garland in the Evening Post 5/7/98. Reviewed Witi Ihimaera’s The Dream Swimmer in Landfall No. 196.

1999 Edited the symposium ‘The State of New Zealand Sociology’ in New Zealand Sociology Vol. 14(2). Published the story ‘A Whiff of Power’ in Graeme Lay (Ed) The Third Century: New New Zealand Short Short Stories, Auckland: Tandem Press. Conceived, researched, participated and edited the three-part television series Visions and Realities: The History of the Experience of Disability in New Zealand. Inside Out, TV1. Gave a 50-minute talk ‘Do the Turtle’s Legs Go All the Way Down? The Riddle of Social Ontology’, Massey University. Review editor for New Zealand Sociology. Interviewed Dave Henderson about disability history for the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 6. Co-founded with Dianne Beatson a writers’ residency at Foxton Beach. Reviewed Michael Kin’s Being Pakeha Now, Rosie Scott’s The Red Heart and Chris Laidlaw’s Rights of Passage in Landfall No. 198. Reviewed Judith Davey’s Tracking Social Change in New Zealand, Chris Watson and Roy Shuker’s In the Public Good, Richard Thompson’s The Challenge of Racism, Augie Fleras and Paul Spoonley’s Recalling Aotearoa, and Gregor McLennan, Allanah Ryan and Paul Spoonley’s Exploring Society in New Zealand Sociology Vol. 14(2).

2000 Published the book The Disability Revolution in New Zealand: A Social Map, Palmerston North: School of Sociology and Women’s Studies, Massey University. An extended and up-dated edition with the new subtitle A Social Model was published in 2004. The core thematic chapter of the book was subsequently published on the internet. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Interviewed Don McKenzie about blind history in New Zealand for the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 7. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Interviewed Hilary McCormack about deaf history in New Zealand for the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 8. Inaugural national convener of the NZ Society of Authors Academic Committee. Chaired a College of Business public seminar on the Employment Relations Act, Massey University. Gave a 20-minute paper on disability and gender at the SAA(NZ) conference, Waikato University, subsequently published in the conference proceedings. Keynote panelist for a plenary meeting on reinvigorating New Zealand Sociology at the SAA(NZ) conference, Waikato University, subsequently published in the conference proceedings. Was interviewed about The Disability Revolution in New Zealand for Future Indicative, National Programme, Radio NZ, 28/5/2000. 30 minutes. Participated in a celebrity debate on politicians and the media along with Steve Maharey, Leanne Dalziel, Phillida Bunkle, Mat McCarten and Don Kavanagh. Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North. Reviewed Patrick Day's Voice and Vision: The History of Broadcasting in New Zealand. Volume 2 in New Zealand Sociology Vol. 15(2).

2001 Editor of New Zealand Sociology. Co-edited with Dianne Beatson a symposium on New Zealand socio-linguistics in a special issue of New Zealand Sociology Vol. 16(1). Interviewed Russell Kerse on physical disability for the New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies No. 9. Gave a 20-minute paper ‘Challenging the Oppression Model of Disability’ at the SAA(NZ) conference, Massey University, subsequently published in Catherine Brennan (Ed) Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand Conference Proceedings 2001. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Organised and participated in a humorous plenary debate on New Zealand and globalization at the SAA(NZ) conference, subsequently published in Catherine Brennan (Ed) op cit. Published the humorous autobiographical sketch ‘Confessions of a Campus Rabbit’ in Massey: the magazine for alumni and friends of Massey University April 2001. Gave a 20-minute paper on disability and national politics at the Political Studies Association conference, Massey University. Co-founded with Dianne Beatson an annual scholarship for New Zealand writers. Was interviewed about assistive technology for the disabled for Inside Out, TV1, 8 July. Was interviewed about disability rights for Inside Out, TV1, 9 October. Keynote speaker at the Massey University Disability Research Awareness Day. Reviewed C Macpherson, P Spoonley & M Anae (Eds.) ‘Tangata o te moana nui: the evolving identities of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand’ in New Zealand Sociology Vol. 16(1.

2002 Co-authored the article 'Disability and Gender: Querying the Double Handicap Assumption' in New Zealand Sociology Vol 17(2). Wrote the text Invisible City for Anton Parsons’s Braille sculpture on the corner of Lambton Terrace and Grey Street, Wellington. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Wrote the humorous text Gone Fishing for a 40-metre long braille sculpture by Anton Parsons in the PricewaterhouseCooper Tower, Auckland. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Keynote panelist at a public meeting on globalisation, Public Library, Palmerston North. Was interviewed about the future of Braille for Inside Out, TV1, 7 April. Was interviewed for the 30-minute biographical programme ‘Will the Real Peter Beatson Stand Up’, Inside Out, TV1, 26 September. The video of this broadcast is held in the Massey University Library. Was interviewed about disability and gender for One in Five, National Programme, Radio NZ, 30 June.

2003 Received a top teaching award from the Massey University College of Humanities and Social Sciences for excellence and innovative techniques. Interviewed the musician Richard Nunns about the renaissance of traditional Maori music for Music in the Air No. 16. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Organised a series of public talks New Zealand Now at Massey University featuring leading NZ politicians Richard Prebble, Jeanette Fitzsimons, Don Brash, Winston Peters, Sue Bradford, Keith Locke, Steve Maharey, Peter Dunne, Liz Gordon, Marilyn Waring and John Tamihere. These were subsequently broadcast on Radio Control. Wrote a module on the sociology of community life for a course on New Zealand Society, subsequently published on the internet. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Created the nation-wide internet chat forum \Discuss for the exchange of information, ideas and opinions about disability issues. Was the subject of an autobiographical interview for One in Five, serialized over two weeks in June, re-broadcast in February 2004. National Programme, Radio NZ. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm

2004 Elected President of Honour of the New Zealand Society of Authors. Co-compiled with Dianne Beatson Art New Zealand Index 1-100. Palmerston North: School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Massey University. Organised a series of public talks New Zealand Tomorrow at Massey University featuring young politicians Simon Power, Craig McNair, Nandor Tanczos, Metiria Turei, Nanaia Mahuta and Darren Hughes, as well as the political activist Nicky Hager and cartoon archivist Ian Grant. Wrote a module on sociology and demography for a first-year course on New Zealand Society, subsequently published on the internet. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm

2005 Published an overview of the New Zealand novelist Maurice Gee in the on-line Literary Encyclopedia. www.litencyc.com Interviewed Mary O’Hagan about the mental health user movement in New Zealand for the NZ Journal of Disability Studies No. 12. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Wrote a module on the sociology of health for a first-year course on New Zealand Society, subsequently published on the internet. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Gave a public talk ‘Living Vicariously: 30 Years of Biographical Interviewing’, Massey University. Gave a humorous public talk 'The One-man, Barking Mad, Election Mass Rally: An Idiot's Guide to NZ Political Parties' for the Massey University Open Day. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm

2006 Published a chapter on Patrick White ‘The four elements’. In T. Schoenberg (Ed.) {Twentieth century Literary criticism, Vol 126}, Gale Group, http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex Published an article on Maurice Gee's novel Blindsight in the on-line Literary Encyclopedia. www.litencyc.com. Retired as Associate Professor; appointed Honorary Research Fellow, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University.

2007 Keynote speaker at a public meeting on the use of animals in science, Te Manawa Science Cafe, Palmerston North. Wrote an historical module on the impact of modernity on non-human animals for a course on Human Animal Studies, Massey University, subsequently published on the internet. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people- environment-planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm

2008 Gave a 30-minute paper on the law and animal welfare to the New Zealand Law Commission. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people- environment-planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm

2009 Gave a one-hour talk on animal suffering in Wellington to a combined meeting of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee and the Animal Welfare Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This was subsequently published as 'Omelas Revisited: The Terrible Paradox of Animal Suffering' in ANZCCART News Vol. 23(1), 2010. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Gave a 20-minute paper on animal welfare science at the SAA(NZ) conference, Massey University. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm

2010 Published on the internet extended character profiles and synopses of Maurice Gee's 13 junior fiction novels. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school- people-environment-planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Published on the internet lists of allusions to literature, music, painting, sport, philosophy and the media in the fiction of Maurice Gee. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-people-environment- planning/staff/peter-beatson.cfm Gave a 45-minute talk at Massey University on animals and globalization to visiting students in the University of Virginia International Honors Program. Was interviewed by the Law and Economics Consulting Group, Wellington, for a briefing paper to the Minister for Primary Industries concerning the introduction of a national animal welfare strategy.

2011 Published the chapter 'Mapping Human-Animal Relations' in Nik Taylor and Tania Signal (Eds) Theorizing Animals: Re-thinking Humanimal Relations. Boston: Brill. Co-authored the article 'Animal Suffering in New Zealand: Can Science Make a Difference?' in Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences On Line No. 6. Gave a 45-minute talk at Massey University on animals and epistemology to visiting students in the University of Virginia International Honors Program.