Arts Faculty News

The joint winners of the 2004 Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Publication Prize for best publication are:

Dr Adrian Schober for the book “Possessed Child Narratives in Literature and Film”, published by Palgrave MacMillan. The book arose out of Adrian’s PhD thesis “Contrary states: possessed child narratives in literature and film” for which Adrian was awarded his PhD degree on 20th of March 2003. Adrian was nominated for the prize by his supervisor, Dr Heather Scutter; and

Mr Simon Burgess for his publication “The Newcomb Problem: an unqualified resolution”, published in ‘Synthese’ vol. 128. The article arose out of Simon’s research for his PhD thesis, “An evaluation of the consequentiality account of rightness”. Simon was nominated for the prize by his supervisor Dr Dirk Baltzly.

Both winners will receive a cheque for $1,000!

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In a paper titled Growing Up: Risky Business? delivered in Hobart yesterday, Dr Peter Kelly, Head of Monash University’s Department of Behavioural Studies, outlined why responses by the media, communities and parliamentarians to ” schoolies’” behaviour could be related to adult anxieties and mistrust of young people’s ability to make a safe transition to adulthood.