Margaret Dalziel

Edith Margaret Dalziel CBE was an academic at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. She was the first female Pro-Vice Chancellor of the university.[1]

Dalziel completed a master of arts degree at the University of Canterbury in 1937 and a doctoral degree at Oxford University in 1953. She joined the Department of English at the University of Otago the same year, and remained with the department until her retirement in 1981.[2] On her promotion to professor in 1966 she became the first female professor in the department. In 1971 she was elected Dean of the Faculty of Arts; she was Pro-Vice Chancellor 1975-77; and Head of Department of English 1978-80.[3]

During her tenure, Dalziel taught and mentored Bill Manhire, who went on to become a notable New Zealand poet, and Karl Popper, a philosopher.[4][5]

Publications


  • Popular Fiction 100 Years Ago (1957), Cohen & West
  • Myth and the Modern Imagination (ed., 1967), University of Otago Press[6]
  • Janet Frame (1980), Oxford University Press
  • "Looking back" in Greg Waite, Jocelyn Harris, Heather Murray and John Hale (eds), World and stage: essays for Colin Gibson (1998), University of Otago Department of English[7]

Recognition

In the 1976 New Year Honours Dalziel was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to education and literature. In 1981 the Department of English and Linguistics established an annual Margaret Dalziel Lecture in Dalziel's memory.[3][8]

On her retirement, colleagues published a volume of essays in her honour: The Interpretive Power: Essays on Literature in Honour of Margaret Dalziel (University of Otago, 1980).[9]

References

  1. ↑ "An English story". University of Otago 1869-2019. 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  2. ↑ Morris Matthews, Kay (2008). In Their Own Right: Women and Higher Education in New Zealand Before 1945. NZCER Press. p. 83.
  3. 1 2 "Taking a look at 'What's happening to universities?'". University of Otago. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. ↑ "Amy Brooke: What has happened to us?". 19 September 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Taking their place in the world". Critic - Te Arohi. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  6. ↑ Sellers, Susan (2001). Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 140.
  7. ↑ "Bibliography". University of Otago 1869-2019. 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  8. ↑ "Margaret Dalziel Lecture, Tuesday 20 September | Centre for the Book". blogs.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  9. ↑ "C. A. Gibson (Ed.), "The Interpretative Power, Essays on Literature in Honour of Margaret Dalziel" (Book Review) - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
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