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Arts Faculty News

News from the Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne Australia

Archive for June, 2007

Detention Documentary Debuted at Arts Festival

Jessie Taylor holding child

Jessie Taylor holding child

The young and accomplished Arts/Law graduate Jessie Taylor (LLB(Hons) 2007, BA(Hons) 2007) shared her experience of human rights in Australia with those attending the Monash University Arts in Action festival on Saturday 9 June.

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Award-Winning Author Focuses on New Novel

Mr Adib Khan

Mr Adib Khan

Celebrated author, alumnus Mr Adib Khan (MA 1976) has returned to Monash University to complete a PhD on creative writing. His work focuses on a 65,000-word novel – Song of Jackals – about the effect of globalisation on a rural community in a developing nation.

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Edith and Eugene Lahr Bequest to the Linguistics Program

Associate Professor Marko Pavlyshyn, Mr Peter Mainwaring, Faculty of Arts Dean Professor Rae Frances, Dr Heather Bowe, Mr John Linskins and Dr Keith Allan at the plaque unveiling.

Prof Marko Pavlyshyn, Mr Peter Mainwaring, Prof Rae Frances, Dr Heather Bowe, Mr John Linskins and Dr Keith Allan

Edith Lahr was a mature-age student when she signed up to take the Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics through Open Learning in 1996.

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Faculty of Arts Dean’s Teaching Awards

Faculty of Arts Dean's Teaching Awards recipients with Professor Mark Peel, Associate Dean (Teaching), (far left) and Professor Rae Frances, Dean of the Faculty of Arts (centre)

Arts Dean's Teaching Awards recipients with Prof Mark Peel and Prof Rae Frances

A ceremony was held last week at the Monash Staff Club to recognise excellence in teaching within the Arts Faculty.

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Arts Public Lecture Series

Professor Rae Frances Dean, Professor Peter Edwards, Emeritus Professor Ken Inglis and Professor Jay Winter

Prof Rae Frances Dean, Prof Peter Edwards, Prof Ken Inglis and Prof Jay Winter

The inaugural Monash Arts Public Lecture “War and Remembrance” held at the Shrine on May 21st proved highly successful, drawing a capacity crowd from across Melbourne.

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