Angela Wanhalla

Biography

2004: PhD University of Canterbury 2001: MA University of Canterbury 1999: BA (Hons) University of Canterbury

Research Interest

Angela’s research focuses on the intersections between gender, race and sexuality in colonial history, with a specific focus on the connections between race and intimacy within and across colonial cultures. Her most recent book is Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand (Auckland University Press, 2013), which won the Ernest Scott Prize for best book in Australian and New Zealand history in 2014.



 Between 2010-2012 she was co-investigator, with Professor Judy Bennett, on an archival and oral history-based research project concerned with exploring the fate of children born of American servicemen and indigenous women in the South Pacific Command during World War II. This project has resulted in a book, a website, and a documentary film.