Monash University - Faculty of Arts

Archaeology & Ancient History Postgraduate Students

We offer the following degree programs

• Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)
• Master of Arts by Research and Coursework
• Postgraduate Research (PhD)

Information on these courses can be found below or in the handbook

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Postgraduate Programs - Archaeology & Ancient History

The principal aim of the Centre for Archaeology and Ancient History is to expand students' engagement, through detailed research, with the culture and history of key civilisations of the ancient Mediterranean, especially Egypt. It encourages students to explore and consider the various means by which the ancient past can be approached through a combination of textual sources and material culture, and the ways in which it is both constructed and deconstructed.

The centre offers the only program in Victoria and one of only two in Australia that provides supervision of research degrees in Egyptology, especially Egyptian archaeology from the Predynastic to early Christian Period. It also offers supervision in aspects of the classical world, the Near East and regions extending to the Indian sub-continent.

Postgraduate study can be undertaken by research or a combination of research and coursework. Students are supported by a process of induction, training in methodology and theoretical approaches, and supervised project design. Regular seminars are held by staff, students and visiting academics. All postgraduate students are given the opportunity to participate in fieldwork in Egypt on one of the centre's various projects.

We offer the following degree programs:

Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)

Students complete 48 points including a 12-point research unit, two core units and one 12-point elective chosen from the list below. Not all electives are available each year. Unless otherwise indicated, all units are taught at Clayton.

Research unit

• APG4697 Research project in archaeology and ancient history

Core units

Students complete a minimum of two core units chosen from the following:

• APG4256 Predynastic and early dynastic Egypt
• APG4257 Reading the ancient past
• APG4345 Research methods in classical antiquity

Master of Arts by Research & Coursework

This course is designed for students wishing to combine coursework with research and for whom a research process of induction, training in methodology and concepts, and supervised project design will be particularly useful.

Units

Students complete:

• APG5257 Reading the ancient past
• APG5256 Predynastic and early dynastic Egypt

unless they have previously completed these units as part of another program, in which case they will complete:

• APG5697 Research topics in archaeology: The New Kingdom
• APG5698 Research topics in archaeology: Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt.

Completed Students:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Bowen, Gillian E.
(1998) The Spread of Christianity in Egypt in Light of Recent Discoveries from Ancient Kellis

Eccleston, Mark A. J.
(2006) Technological and Social Aspects of High-Temperature Industries in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, During the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods

Hubschmann, Caroline
(2009) The Oases of the Western Desert of Egypt during the Third Intermediate and Late Periods

Kucera, Paul
(2010) The Roman Military Presence in the Western Desert of Egypt

Stevens, Anna K.
(2002) A Study of the Material Evidence for Non-State Religion at Amarna

Warfe, Ashten
(2008) A Study of the Mid-Holocene Ceramics from Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt

 

Masters (MA)

Cox, Jess
(2010) The Demise of the City of Gold: A Chronological and Qualitative Analysis of the Naqada Cemeteries of Late Predynastic Egypt

Dunsmore, Amanda L.
(1997) The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Collection in the National Gallery of Victoria

Getson, Jan
(2010) Enemies and Foreigners - Egyptian Images to the end of the Old Kingdom

Hay, Louise
(1999) The Egyptian Army from the Predynastic Period until the End of the Old Kingdom

James, Daniel
(2010) Stepping from Winkler's Shadow: rock-art classification at Dakhleh Oasis

Kremler, Joy
(2008) Origin and Development of Frog Amulets in Ancient Egypt

Long, Richard
(2007) Egypt's Western Desert During the New Kingdom

Naylor, Gregory J.
(1999) Trade between Egypt and Cyprus from the Late Second Intermediate Period to the end of the XVIIIth Dynasty

O'Brien, Lainie
(2007) Kingship in the Reign of Thutmose III

Pecher, Yvonne
(2010) Self Presentation in Roman Egypt: with special emphasis on Dakhleh Oasis

Pettman, Amy
(2010) Old Kingdom Egyptian activity in the Western Desert, evident through ceramic material from Ein el-Gazareen

Ross, Andrew
(2002) Oils and Related Materials in Egyptian Rituals and Private Use During the Roman Period

Scorgie, Séamus
(2003) The Political Situation in the Western Oases of Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, With Special Reference to the Dakhleh Oasis

Vella, Amy
(2009) Roses in Roman-Period Egypt

 

Current Students:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Gill, James
Ptolemaic Policy in the Western Desert

Healey, Emmeline
The Role of the Military in Egypt during the Amarna Period

Livingstone, Rosanne
Textiles and Identity: the evidence from Kellis

Mawdsley, Lisa
Tarkhan: a study of the development of a provincial centre in the Naqada III period

Suelzle, Ben
Ancient Egyptian State Formation and Elite Burial Practices

 

Masters (MA)

Petkov, Yohanna
Child Burials in the New Kingdom

Smith, Linda
Dancing, Fighting and Hippopotami: Regionalism and the Motifs of Egyptian White Cross-lined Ware

Woodfield, Louise
The Cult of Isis in Dakhleh during the Roman period: evidence from material culture

Younger, Alice
Early Christian Burial Practices and Beliefs in Egypt to the Mid-Fifth Century and a Comparison with the Levant