Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Hoffman SK., Poulot D., Brulon-Solares B. and Cobley J. (2019) Aftermath of Cultural Heritage Disasters. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research 7: 200-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/armw.2019.070113.

• Cobley JJL. (2018) Remembering Makea Takau Ariki, the Queen of Rarotonga, 1871–1911. New Zealand Journal of Public History (NZJPH) 6(1): 46-55.

• Cobley JJL. (2017) Cultivating the Cultural Memory of Ranunculus Paucifolius T. Kirk, a South Island Subalpine Buttercup. International Review of Environmental History 3(1): 43-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/IREH.03.01.2017.

• McMullan M. and Cobley JJL. (2017) Lessons in Ephemera: Teaching and Learning through Cultural Heritage Collections. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 18(2): 93-107.

• Cobley JJL. (2016) Should we safeguard 'the idea of the Anzac biscuit recipe'? Women's Studies Journal 30(1): 62-70.

• Vesty J. and Cobley J. (2015) Southern Spirits: The Case of the Christchurch Psychical Research Society. Records of the Canterbury Museum 29: 47-57.

• McCarthy C. and Cobley J. (2009) Museums and Museum Studies in New Zealand: A Survey of Historical Developments. History Compass 7(2): 395-413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2008.00587.x.

• Cobley J. (2008) Podcasting: cost effective outreach programmes for museums. Musings: Museums Association Western Australia.

• Cobley J. (2007) Beyond the audio tour: 10 reasons why museums should podcast. Te Ara: New Zealand Museums Journal 32(1-2).

• Cobley J. (2007) Podcasting: revealing museum treasures through storytelling. Insite: Journal for Museums Victoria : 3.

• Cobley J. (2006) Postcards from Antiquity: travellers, teachers and treachery. Te Ara, Journal of Museums Aotearoa 31(1): 18-24.

• Cobley J. (2005) Why were there no pink dresses? Stepping back in time at Ferrymead. Te Ara: Journal of Museums Aotearoa 30(1): 24-27.

• Cobley J. (2004) Art Spaces as Research Stations: investigating SOFA. Te Ara: New Zealand Museums Journal 29(2).

• Cobley J. (2003) Sex, booze and museums: a heady cocktail in Gore. Te Ara: New Zealand Museums Journal 28(2): 24-27.

• Cobley J. (2003) Something for everyone: the rebranding of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna Waiwhetu. Te Ara: New Zealand Museums Journal 28(2): 24-27.

• Cobley J. (2002) The feminisation of museums in Aotearoa New Zealand. Te Ara 27(2): 14-21.

Additional Publications

• Cobley J. (2020) “Paradox, dilemma & uncertainty: shaping an ‘academic me’ in a performance-driven research world” (revised & updated). Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) Researcher Development Zoom session, 22 Oct 2020.

• Cobley J. (2020) A slice of wedding cake history. Shirley Masonic Ladies Social Committee, 16 Sep 2020.

• Cobley J. (2020) How the COVID-19 level-4 lockdown created opportunity for a revisionist look at domestic sciences. University of Canterbury: History Department Seminar, 27 May 2020.

• Cobley J. (2020) The Cookery Book Detective makes some Christmas picnic menu suggestions. Bird Hall, Canterbury Museum: Friends of the Canterbury Museum talk, 03 Nov 2020.

• Cobley J. (2020) The graduate students’ quick guide to real world impact. University of Canterbury: Spring GradFest 2020, 28 Oct 2020.

• Cobley J. (2020) Book Review: Gender and Heritage: Performance, Place and Politics, edited by Wera Grahn and Ross J. Wilson (Routledge, 2018). Museums International: Special Issue on 'Museums and Gender’ 72(1-2): 162-163. ICOM. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13500775.2020.1806598.

• Cobley J. (2020) Feminist outrage: how the COVID-19 level-4 lockdown created opportunity for a revisionist look at the domestic sciences. Palmerston North: 'Cooking and Eating in times of adversity', Aristologist Symposium 2020, 1 Nov 2020.

• Cobley J. (2020) Home Sciences: life lessons. Canterbury Museum. [Blog post].

• Cobley J. (2020) The cookery book detective. Canterbury Museum. [Blog post].

• Cobley J. (2019) An ethnographic approach to shaping Researcher Development. Victoria University of Wellington: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) – NZ universities Academic Development Symposium 2019: 'Holistic Academic Development', 31 Oct 2019.

• Cobley J. (2019) Embedding researcher development at UC. University of Auckland: University Research Offices New Zealand Conference 2019, 06 Sep 2019.

• Cobley J. (2019) What is Impact? University of Canterbury: UC Research Futures Symposium, 30 Aug 2019.

• Cobley J. (2019) New conversations about safeguarding the future: a review of 4 books. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research 7: 300-305. Berghahn Books. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/armw.2019.070117.

• Cobley J. (2019) Paradox, dilemma & uncertainty: shaping an ‘academic me’ in a performance-driven research world. Adelaide Convention Centre: Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) 2019: Research management excellence and impact: It's our business, 17-20 Sep 2019.

• Cobley J. and Maidment J. (2019) Plan your research future now. University of Canterbury: UC Research Futures Symposium, 29 Aug 2019.

• Cobley JJL. (2019) Makea: Queen of Rarotonga, Preserver of Women’s Weaving Traditions. In Crafting Aotearoa: A Cultural History of Making in New Zealand and the Wider Moana Oceania: 148-149. Wellington: Te Papa Press.

• Cobley JJL. (2018) Baking to Remember Wartime: A Case Study of Signature Recipes. University of Canterbury: History Department Seminar, 16 May 2018.

• Cobley JJL. (2018) Centring the other/framing Makea Takau Ariki, the Queen of Rarotonga, 1871-1911. University of Canterbury: New Zealand/Aotearoa Studies Seminar, 12 Sep 2018.

• Cobley JJL. (2018) Ladies, a Plate: Where food history meets folklore. Space Academy, Christchurch: Festival of Transitional Architecture (FESTA), 22 Oct 2018.

• Cobley JJL. (2018) Book review: Conal McCarthy, Te Papa: Reinventing New Zealand’s national museum 1998-2018, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2018.. Museums Aotearoa Quarterly June: 20-20. Wellington: Museums Aotearoa. [Book review (invited)].

• Cobley JJL. (2018) Museum review: A positive future in classical antiquities: Teece Museum, University of Canterbury, Christchurch. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research: 141-143. Berg Publishers.

• Cobley JJL.. (2018) Recipes, Armistice and remembrance: cookery books and the cult of housewifery 1918-1928. In Galletly D (Eds). The Aristologist, Journal of the New Zealand Society of Gastronomy symposia issue 10: 17-30. Wellington: Kōwhiti House.

• Cobley JJL. (2017) Food, gender, leisure & pleasure: Sampling New Zealand picnics, c1870s-1930s. Matariki Exhibition Space, University of Canterbury: Pleasure & Delight, 10 Nov 2017.

• Cobley JJL. (2017) “Uncovering the Silence of Women’s Suffering”: Baking to remember war. University of Canterbury: Material memory: Visual cultures of Remembrance in Aotearoa New Zealand After World War, 2-2 Sep 2017.

• Cobley JJL. (2017) The Intangible Natural Heritage of Ranunculus Paucifolius, the Castle Hill Buttercup. In Pickles K; Fraser L; Hill M; Murray S; Ryan G (Ed.), History Making a Difference: New Approaches: 249-263. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Cobley Joanna. (2016) ‘Museums and ecology - the story of ‘little frog’ (Ranunculus pacifolius)’. Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC: American Anthropological Association, Texas, US. [blog post].

• Cobley J. (2015) Edible histories: reading the Anzac biscuit recipe and thinking about intangible cultural heritage. University of Canterbury: New Zealand Historical Association Conference (NZHA), 2-4 Dec 2015.

• Cobley J. (2015) Food and memory: the Anzac biscuit recipe and intangible cultural heritage. Massey University, Wellington: Memory Research in New Zealand, 12-12 Nov 2015.

• Cobley J. (2015) Imelda Bargas and Tim Shoebridge, New Zealand's First World War Heritage. Auckland: Exisle Publishing, 2015; 287pp. New Zealand Journal of History 49(2): 192-195. [Book Review].

• Cobley J. (2015) Lancelot and little frog: tracing McCaskill's legacy, the preservation of the Castle Hill buttercup (Ranunculus paucifolius)'. University of Canterbury: New Zealand Historical Association Conference (NZHA), 2-4 Dec 2015.

• Cobley JJL. (2015) Hands-on, minds-on at the Macmillan Brown Library: an introduction to GLAM education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNZBHS9EWnY&feature=youtu.be. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury Teaching & Learning Week.

• Cobley JJL. (2015) Steampunk Aestheticism: young women letting off steam in post-quake Christchurch. University of Canterbury: Tanya Harrod Craft History Symposium, sponsored by Creative New Zealand & the Auckland Museum, 16 Jul 2015.

• Cobley J. (2014) Darwin in New Zealand. U3A, Arts Centre.

• Cobley J. (2014) The Springbok Tour of '81. POLSOC, University of Canterbury: Politics in Sport Seminar.

• Cobley J. (2014) Angela Wanhalla, Matters of the Heart: a history of interracial marriage in New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2013; 231pp. Women's History Review 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2014.924788. [Book Review].

• Cobley J. (2014) Te Heuheu's Gift: New Zealand's first national park, the story of Tongariro 1887-1908. Otago University, Dunedin: The Colonial World: Elemental Histories Symposium, 31-31 Oct 2014.

• Cobley J. and Syddall C. (2014) Hands-on, Minds-on at the Macmillan Brown Library & Archive: a pilot research project. Rydges Latimer Conference Centre, Christchurch: Archives & Records Association of New Zealand/ Australian Society of Archivists Conference (ARANZ)(ASA), 30 Sep-3 Oct 2014.

• Cobley J. and Syddall C. (2014) Hands-on, Minds-on at the Macmillan Brown Library & Archive: student learning experiences. Dilworth College, Auckland: New Zealand History Teachers Association Conference, 29-30 Sep 2014.

• Cobley J. (2013) Glorat: From haunted house to regional treasure. Family History Society of New Zealand.

• Cobley J. (2013) Pasifika Migration to New Zealand: social and cultural influences 1800-2010. U3A Mountfort, Christchurch.

• Cobley J. (2013) Joanna Woods, Diplomatic Ladies: New Zealand's Unsung Envoys. New Zealand History Journal 47(2): 280-282. [Book Review].

• Cobley J. (2007) Recipes of an acceptable nature: the hospitality of Nan Kent-Johnston. Otago University, Dunedin: 2nd New Zealand Food History Symposium, 30 Nov-1 Dec 2007.

• Greenwood J., Cobley J., Mikaere-Wallis N. and Fa'afoi A. (2005) Project Four: Perspectives of people outside tertiary institutions involved in initial teacher education.Commissioned by Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Teachers Council. 133pp.

• Cobley J. (2003) The museum profession in Aotearoa New Zealand : a case study in economic restructuring and investigating the movement towards feminisation. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury.

• Cobley J., Adams M., Falk J. and Pruit R. (1997) Phase I evaluation report: Motivations and expectations for the general museum visitor to the National Museum of African Art.Institute for Learning Innovation. Commissioned by Smithsonian Institute.

Student Supervision

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Current
• PhD - Fordyce P: Interactions Between Maori and Pakeha Women of the WCTU 1885 - 1897
Completed
• PhD - Lummis G: The life and legacy of Sir James Joseph Kinsey (1852-1936) (2020)
• PhD - McNaughton E: Lighting Fires on the Beach: Learning in Art Galleries in New Zealand (2019)
• PhD - van Vuuren L: Legacies of Closure: A History of Aranui High School Community 1960–2016 (2019)
• Masters - Cross A: In the Beginning: The Canterbury Railways, 1863-78 (2017)
• Masters - Hayes K: The Scholarship of Sandra Coney (2015)
• Honours - Hayes K: Race relations in New Zealand Through an Analysis of Broadsheet Magazine 1972-1989 (2013)
• Honours - Hughey-Cockerell N: A history of the Seabrook McKenzie Centre (2013)
• Honours - Kos J: A most excellent thing: the introduction of brown trout (Salmo trutta) to Canterbury, New Zealand 1864-1872 (2013)

Review and Refereeing

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• Cultural Trends ( 2018 )
• Museum Worlds: Advances in Research ( 2014 - 2020)
• Museums International special issue on 'Museums and Gender’ ( 2020 )
• New Zealand Journal of History ( 2020 )
• Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes ( 2015 )

Future Research

• Museum & Heritage studies (historical & contemporary practices)
• Cultural resilience as researcher development (higher education; GLAM sector)
• Environmental history meets ‘dirty heritage’ (human-cannabis relations)
• Food history (Patriotism in the kitchen, 1899-1949; picnic politics, c1827-1896)