Invitation to a lunchtime Public History Talk on
Wednesday 2 May convened by the Ministry for
Culture and Heritage and the National Library of New Zealand
Jazzy Nerves, Aching Feet, and Foxtrots:
New Zealand’s Jazz Age
Join us to
hear 2017 Douglas Lilburn Research Fellow, Dr Aleisha Ward as she explores some
of the many facets of ‘jazz’ in New Zealand’s Jazz Age. The image of 1920s New
Zealand is frequently one of a quiet, staid society that ‘closed at 5’.
Contrary to belief however, New Zealand had a flourishing, vibrant, urban
landscape and a burgeoning jazz scene.
About the speaker:
Dr Aleisha Ward is the 2017 Douglas Lilburn Research Fellow and a recipient of
a 2018 Ministry for Culture and Heritage New Zealand History Research Trust
Fund award investigating the Jazz Age in New Zealand. Aleisha is an
award-winning writer, freelance editor, and lecturer in music history. She
writes about jazz in New Zealand for a number of publications including
audioculture.co.nz and New Zealand Musician and on her own blog NZ
Jazz.
When
and where: Wednesday
2 May 2018 at lunchtime 12.10pm to 1.00pm. Come to Te Ahumairangi (ground
floor), National Library Building, corner of Molesworth and Aitken Streets,
Thorndon, Wellington. These free public history talks are a collaboration
between the National Library of New Zealand and the Ministry for Culture and
Heritage. They are recorded and will be available online at: https://newzealandhistory.podbean.com/
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