Rebecca Lenihan, Historian
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Short Curriculum Vitae

For conference and seminar contributions, see Research. For teaching positions, see Teaching. For my full CV, download here


Education
Victoria University of Wellington, 2002-2010
PhD (History/New Zealand Studies), 2006-2010
‘From Alba to Aotearoa: Profiling New Zealand’s Scots Migrants, 1840-1920’

Bachelor of Arts, History Honours, 2005
Achieved First Class Honours

Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in History and English Literature, 2002-2004

Employment History

March 2015 - Present
Post-Doctoral Fellow, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington

March 2015
Research Assistant to Professor Melanie Nolan, Australian National Centre for Biography, Canberra


February 2015
Research Assistant to Professor Marjory Harper, Aberdeen University, Scotland

October 2014 - January 2016
Contracted to write entries for Oxford References Online Quick References, Oxford University Press

April 2014 - October 2014
Web Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Loading web content for several Ministry websites across four CMS, creating surveys in SurveyMonkey, creating and sending emails utilising MailChimp and Campaign Monitor, tracking website usage via Google Analytics, and providing advice to business units within the Ministry regarding their online channels.

March 2014 - February 2015
Research Assistant to Steve Behrendt, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington

February 2014 - December 2014
Research Assistant to Professor Charlotte Macdonald, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington

March 2014 - August 2014
Research Assistant to Dr Sydney Shep, Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington

September 2011 – August 2013
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Historical Data Unit, History Programme, University of Guelph

January 2012 – August 2013
Sessional Instructor, History Programme, University of Guelph

August 2011 – October 2011
Research Assistant to Professor Kris Inwood, Economics Programme, University of Guelph

March 2010 – August 2011
Research Assistant to Dr Steve Behrendt, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington

February 2007 – June 2007
 Teaching Fellow, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington

Scholarships and Awards
2011-2013:     Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Guelph

2010:              The Zander & Durden Families Prize in History for PhD dissertation

2006-2010:   Royal Society Marsden Fund of New Zealand PhD Scholarship (‘New Zealand Scots’ project)

2005:             FP Wilson Prize for History for long research essay: ‘Calamity in the Capital: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Wellington’

Conference Organisation
Tasks performed included drafting conference programs, publicity, arranging venue bookings, organising and supervising catering, and overseeing AV and IT requirements.

Australasian Irish Studies Conference, Wellington, 9-12 July 2009
Nations, Diasporas, Identities, Wellington, 27-30 March 2008
New Historians, Wellington, 1-2 September 2006
Scots Abroad: The New Zealand Scots in International Perspective, Wellington, 06-08 July 2006

Conference Chairperson
‘Religious histories’, History – Making a Difference, NZHA conference, Canterbury University, 2-4 December 2015
‘Ethnicity and Geographic Mobility’, Historical Inequality and Mobility: New Perspectives in the Digital Era, University of Guelph, 25-27 May 2012

Other Professional Development, Contributions, and Affiliations


February 2016 to Present
     Participated in 'Developing Scholarly Habits' programme for early career academics run by the Victoria University of Wellington Centre for Academic development.

October 2015
     Peer-reviewed an article submission for the Scottish Historical Review

July 2013 to Present
     Member of the Professional Historians’ Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa (PHANZA)

     Member of the New Zealand Historical Association (NZHA)

June 2013
      Attended ‘Geographical Information Systems in the Digital Humanities’ at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Victoria, British Columbia

December 2012
      Peer-reviewed article submission for the Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies

June 2012
      Attended ‘Digital Humanities Databases’ at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Victoria, British Columbia

September 2012 – August 2013
      Member of the University of Guelph History Department Curriculum Committee

September 2012 – March 2013
      Active participation in the University of Guelph College of Arts ‘DigiDo’ and ‘DigiCafé’ Digital Humanities series

September 2011 – March 2012, and September 2012 – March 2013
      Active participation in the University of Guelph Scottish Studies Roundtable series.

October 2007 – January 2008
      Visiting Researcher, AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, Aberdeen University. Archival research at the National Archives of Scotland, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives, Aberdeen University Archives, and the Shetland Museum and Archives.

January 2006 – Present
      Occasional genealogical research for members of the public upon request

January 2006 – December 2012
      Member of research team funded by the Royal Society Marsden Fund of New Zealand, investigating New Zealand’s Scots


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