CURRICULUM VITAE 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-