DR SASCHA NOLDEN
Academic Record
2013-2014: Master of Information Studies in Archives & Records Management and Library Science – MIS(ARCR & LIBS), School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington. (Research report: Annotated Bibliography of Early German Language Publications on the Exploration and Discovery of New Zealand 1774-1900).
2003-2007: Doctor of Philosophy – PhD, University of Auckland. (Thesis: The Letters of Ferdinand von Hochstetter to Julius von Haast: An annotated scholarly edition).
2002: Master of Arts with First Class Honours in German – MA(Hons), University of Auckland. (Thesis: German and Austrian Naturalists and the Avifauna of New Zealand: The lives and ornithological works of Georg and Reinhold Forster, Ernst Dieffenbach, Julius von Haast, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Andreas von Reischek and Otto Finsch).
2001: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with First Class Honours – BA(Hons), University of Auckland. (Honours dissertation: Austrian Architects in New Zealand).
1998-2000: Bachelor of Arts in German – BA, University of Auckland.
1997: Diploma in Performing Arts – Dip.Perf.Arts, University of Auckland.
Publications
Christoph Schindler & Sascha Nolden, eds., Reisetagebücher einer Wiener Gelehrtenfrau aus den Jahren 1876 bis 1889, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2021, 354 pp. ISBN: 978-3-8260-7387-8.
Rodney Grapes & Sascha Nolden, 'Ferdinand von Hochstetter's 1864 description of Dunite - a scholarly annotated English translation', Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, vol. 160, no. 1-4, December 2020, pp. 409-422.
Sascha Nolden, ‘Sir Julius von Haast’s Geology of Canterbury and Westland’, Journal of the Historical Studies Group, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, no. 64, March 2020, pp. 40-50.
Rex Bunn & Sascha Nolden, ‘Forensic cartography with Hochstetter’s 1859 Pink and White Terraces survey: Te Otukapuarangi and Te Tarata’, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, vol. 48, no. 1, 2018, pp. 39-56. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2017.1329748
Sascha Nolden, ‘Sir Julius von Haast: exploring an archival documentary heritage collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library’, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, vol. 47, no. 1, 2017, pp. 125-131. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2016.1208254
Sascha Nolden, Ferdinand von Hochstetter: Briefe aus dem Böhmerwald: 1852-1855, Ottensheim (Austria): Edition Thanhäuser, August 2017, 120 pp.
Sascha Nolden, ‘From Small Beginnings Come Great Things: Sam Hunt Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library’, Turnbull Library Record, vol. 49, 2017, pp. 22-33.
Sascha Nolden, ‘Alexander Turnbull Library: New Zealand Speleological Society: Cave Maps’, Archifacts: Journal of the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand, no. 1-2, 2017, pp. 12-14.
Rex Bunn & Sascha Nolden, ‘Te Tarata and Te Otukapuarangi: Reverse engineering Hochstetter’s Lake Rotomahana Survey to map the Pink and White Terrace locations’, The Journal of New Zealand Studies, no. 23, 2016, pp. 37-53.
Sascha Nolden, ‘The life and legacy of Sir Julius von Haast: exploring archival documentary heritage collections’, Records of the Canterbury Museum, vol. 30, 2016, pp. 65-80.
Sascha Nolden, Thomas Hofmann & Albert Schedl, ‚Geologen der k. k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt: Briefe an Julius von Haast in Neuseeland in den Sammlungen der Alexander Turnbull Library‘, Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, vol. 156, no. 1-4, December 2016, pp. 41-72.
Sascha Nolden, Thomas Hofmann & Richard Lein, ‚Die Korrespondenz von Eduard Suess mit Julius von Haast in Neuseeland‘, Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, vol. 156, no. 1-4, December 2016, pp. 73-84.
Sascha Nolden, ‘The Hochstetter Collection in Basel: Cataloguing a Viennese Explorer’s Accumulation of Documentary Evidence of Nineteenth-Century New Zealand’, in: James Bade, ed. New Zealand and the EU: Austrian Visitors to Oceania: Their Activities and Legacies, (Europe-New Zealand Research Series, vol. 8, no. 1), Auckland, Europe Institute, University of Auckland, May 2014, pp. 83-123.
Mike Johnston & Sascha Nolden, Hochstetter’s First Nelson Diary: 27 July – 5 September 1859, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 2014, 122 pp.
Sascha Nolden, The Letters of Ferdinand von Hochstetter to Julius von Haast, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 2013, 233 pp.
Sascha Nolden, Simon Nathan & Esme Mildenhall, The Correspondence of Julius Haast and Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1861-1886, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 2013, 219 pp.
Sascha Nolden, Rowan Burns & Simon Nathan, The Correspondence of Julius von Haast and James Hector, 1862-1887, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 2012, 315 pp.
Sascha Nolden, ‚Ferdinand Hochstetter: Allein bei den Antipoden!‘, in: Hermann Mückler, ed., Österreicher in der Südsee: Forscher, Reisende, Auswanderer, Wien, Lit Verlag, 2012, pp. 127-147.
Mike Johnston, Sascha Nolden & Leonore Hoke, Hochstetter’s Nelson Diary 6 September – 2 October 1859 and Dun Mountain Report, Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 2012, 68 pp.
Alan G. Beu, Sascha Nolden & Thomas A. Darragh, Revision of New Zealand Cenozoic fossil Mollusca described by Zittel (1865) based on Hochstetter’s collections from the Novara Expedition, Memoir 43 of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, Canberra, 2012, 69 pp.
Sascha Nolden, ‘Illustrating New Zealand: Image Sources and Engravings of Ferdinand von Hochstetter’s Publications on New Zealand’, in: James Bade, ed., New Zealand and the EU: Austria in the South Pacific, (Europe – New Zealand Research Series), Auckland, The Europe Institute - University of Auckland, 2011, pp. 43-69.
Mike Johnston & Sascha Nolden, Travels of Hochstetter and Haast in New Zealand 1858-1860, Nelson, Nikau Press, 2011, 336 pp.
Sascha Nolden, Ferdinand von Hochstetter: Father of New Zealand Geology (Exhibition Catalogue), Auckland, Auckland City Libraries, 2008.
Sascha Nolden, “Ferdinand Hochstetter (1829-1884) und die Novara Expedition in Neuseeland”, Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, vol. 136/137, 2006-2007, pp. 15-30.
Sascha Nolden, Austrian Architects in New Zealand, (Working Paper Series of the Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific, No. 3), Auckland, 2004, 58 pp.
Catalogues
Sascha Nolden & Sandy B Nolden, Hochstetter Collection Basel: Part 3 – New Zealand Maps & Sketches, Auckland, Mente Corde Manu, 2013, 127 pp.
Sascha Nolden & Sandy B Nolden, Hochstetter Collection Basel: Part 2 – New Zealand Photographs & Prints, Auckland, Mente Corde Manu, 2012, 213 pp.
Sascha Nolden & Sandy B Nolden, Hochstetter Collection Basel: Part 1 – New Zealand Paintings & Drawings, Auckland, Mente Corde Manu, 2011, 69 pp.
Lectures & papers
Hochstetter und Haast, workshop paper presented at Hochstetter Workshop: Zum Auftakt der Edition der Forschungstagebücher von Ferdinand v. Hochstetter, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 31 October 2022.
The New Zealand Cartography of Sir Julius von Haast, conference paper presented at 'GeoCart'2022': 10th National Cartographic Conference, Wellington, 24 August 2022.
The Correspondence of Sir Julius von Haast, symposium paper presented at 'Haast Symposium: Celebrating the Life of Sir Julius von Haast', 1 May 2022, Canterbury Museum. Abstract in: Haast Symposium: Celebrating the Life of Sir Julius von Haast: A conference to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Julius von Haast, founder of Canterbury Museum. Christchurch: Canterbury Museum, 2022, p. 19. (ISBN 978-0-473-63088-1)
The New Zealand Cartography of Ferdinand von Hochstetter, conference paper presented at ‘GeoCart’2018’ 5 September 2018, Wellington. Extended abstract in: Cartographies of Change: Then, Now and Tomorrow, CartoPress, Occasional Publication No. 4, New Zealand Cartographic Society, 2018, pp. 9-12.
Sir Julius von Haast’s contribution to New Zealand science: expanding horizons, networking, ambition and controversy, conference paper presented at ‘Finding New Zealand’s Scientific Heritage’, 23 November 2015, Victoria University of Wellington.
Hochstetter and the 150th Anniversary of the Publication of his Geology of New Zealand, lecture presented at meeting of Auckland Branch of Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 17 June 2014.
Illegible to publishable: the transcription, translation and editing of nineteenth century manuscript letters, “Visualising Correspondence Networks”, Victoria University of Wellington, 2 September 2013.
The Basel Hochstetter Collection: Cataloguing a Viennese explorer’s accumulation of archival documentary evidence of 19th Century New Zealand, “Austrian Visitors to Oceania: Their Activities and Legacies”, symposium, University of Auckland, 12 July 2013.
Viennese Connections: Julius von Haast & Ferdinand von Hochstetter, public lecture, The Friends of the Turnbull Library, Wellington, 17 October 2012.
Illustrating New Zealand: Image Sources and Engravings of Ferdinand von Hochstetter’s Publications on New Zealand, “Austria in the Pacific”, symposium, University of Auckland, 20 June 2011.
Ferdinand von Hochstetter and the Novara Expedition in Auckland, public lecture series in conjunction with Ferdinand von Hochstetter exhibition, Auckland Central Library, 17 September 2008.
Karl von Scherzer and the Novara Expedition in Auckland, “Ferdinand Hochstetter and the Contribution of German-Speaking Scientists to New Zealand Natural History in the Nineteenth Century: An International Interdisciplinary Symposium”, Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific, Old Government House, University of Auckland, 2 September 2008.
Ferdinand von Hochstetter – Father of New Zealand Geology – Commemorating the sesquicentennial of his visit, “Geosciences ‘08” Geological Society of New Zealand annual conference, Te Papa Museum, Wellington, 26 November 2008.
Andreas Reischek – Briefe in die Heimat: Neues aus seinem Leben und seiner Forschungstätigkeit in Neuseeland, lecture, Österreichisch-Südpazifische Gesellschaft (OSPG), University of Vienna, 15 April 2008.
Ferdinand von Hochstetter’s New Zealand Maps, SELL Graduate Conference (School of European Languages and Literature, University of Auckland): “Florilegium“, 20 October 2006.
Ferdinand von Hochstetter in Neuseeland (1858-1859): Neues aus seiner Biographie und wissenschaftshistorische Entdeckungen, lecture held on 13 December 2005, Geologische Bundesanstalt in Wien, hosted in conjunction with the Österreichische Geologischen Gesellschaft and the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte.
Ferdinand von Hochstetter’s visit to Nelson in 1859, SELL Graduate Symposium, (School of European Languages and Literature, University of Auckland): “(re)vision and (re)place(ments)”, 21 October 2005.
Aspects of the Genesis and History of Ferdinand von Hochstetter’s ‘Neu-Seeland (1863) and ‘New Zealand’ (1867), SELL Postgraduate Symposium, (School of European Languages and Literature, University of Auckland): European Perspectives, 8 October 2004.
Sir Julius von Haast (1822-1887) and his contributions to NZ Ornithology, SELL Seminar, (School of European Languages and Literature, University of Auckland), 18 September 2003.
Exhibitions
Guest exhibition curator: “Ferdinand von Hochstetter: Father of New Zealand Geology: 150th Anniversary of his survey of the Nelson Region”, The Nelson Provincial Museum, 9 May – 18 September 2009.
Guest exhibition curator: “Ferdinand von Hochstetter: Father of New Zealand Geology (An exhibition commemorating the sesquicentennial of the visit of Ferdinand von Hochstetter and the Austrian Novara Exhibition 1858-2008)”, Auckland Central Library, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery, 1 September – 23 November 2008.
Conferences
Co-convenor with Julia Bradshaw, George Hook, Simon Nathan, and Paul Scofield, Haast Symposium: Celebrating the Life of Sir Julius von Haast. A conference to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Julius von Haast, founder of Canterbury Museum. Canterbury Museum, 30 April - 1 May 2022.
Co-convenor with Dr James Braund, Ferdinand Hochstetter and the Contribution of German-Speaking Scientists to New Zealand Natural History in the Nineteenth Century: An International Interdisciplinary Symposium, Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific, University of Auckland, 1-2 September 2008.
Academic awards, prizes and scholarships
2014 Prize for essay published in New Zealand Journal of Research on Europe
2007 (July): Dean of Graduate Studies List – PhD thesis awarded place on Dean’s list.
2003-2007: Bright Future Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship.
2002: University of Auckland Senior Prize in German.
2002: University of Auckland Post Graduate Tuition Fees Bursary.
1997: Trinity Opera Scholarship.
1997: Evelyn M. Harrison Trust Scholarship.
Academic employment
2007: Research Assistant to Associate-Professor James Bade, Head of School of European Languages and Literatures, University of Auckland.
2003-2006: Research Assistant to Associate-Professor Friedrich Voit, Head of Department of Germanic Languages and Literature and Slavonic Studies.
2001: Semester Two: Part-Time Academic Staff Member, School of European Languages and Literatures, University of Auckland, (Tutor of Stage II German Language Acquisition Paper, University of Auckland).
Personal profile: Born in Pinneberg, Germany, 2 April 1975, NZ Permanent Resident since 22 March 1982. With the Department of Internal Affairs as Research Librarian in the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, from 21 January 2015 to 21 January 2023.
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