About Us

The organization, a charity, has been set up to promote and encourage the worldwide appreciation and enjoyment of Katherine Mansfield's writing. Whilst the Society's scope is international, it has strong New Zealand representation, and part of its focus is to ensure that Mansfield continues to be recognized as New Zealand's greatest writer, and internationally, her most famous. We aim to establish a biennial Mansfield Literary Scholarship, to pursue strategies to ensure Mansfield's work is well represented in school and university curricula internationally, to publish an annual Katherine Mansfield Studies Journal, run a biennial conference and work towards a permanent Mansfield memorial in her home town of Wellington, New Zealand.

We want to be a vibrant, relevant organization for general readers, educators and scholars. To achieve this, we need you to join.

For members it is a forum for the exchange of information and for research collaboration. You will also receive a wide variety of additional benefits, including a copy of the Society's annual journal, 3 newsletters a year, packed with new information on Mansfield, regular email bulletins relaying all the latest news to do with Mansfield, updates on the Society's progress, and information on how you can participate.

This site is the result of hundreds of hours of voluntary work by Mansfield scholars and enthusiasts on the Board, with kind assistance from Professor Larry Mitchell, Penelope Jackson and Susan Wilson.

The Katherine Mansfield Society would also like to thank Simpson Grierson who has provided it with pro bono legal advice, and the NZ Listener, as well as Open University in UK which has provided substantial support for the publication and distribution of the Journal, The Southern Trust for support of the website, Brown University, the Alexander Turnbull Library and the UK National Archives.

Please enjoy our site, forward the link to every interested person you can think of, continue to read and enjoy Mansfield's writing, but mainly - join our Society.

Honorary President
Emeritus Professor Vincent O'Sullivan, DCNZM

Honorary Vice-Presidents
Emeritus Professor Angela Smith
Emeritus Professor C. K. Stead, ONZ, CBE, FRSL

Honorary Advisory Chair
Dr Sarah Sandley

Chair
Dr Gerri Kimber

Vice Chair
Professor Janet Wilson 

Treasurer
Dr Sue Reid 

Secretary
Dr Sarah Ailwood

Membership Chair
Dr Kate Kennedy

Membership Secretaries
Eurozone: Professor Josiane Paccaud-Huguet
Rest of world: Dr Kate Kennedy

Journal Committee Chair
Dr Delia Da Sousa Correa

Newsletter Co-Chairs
Dr Jenny McDonnell and Dr Sarah Ailwood

Conference Committee Chair
TBC