Recent Arts research grant successes
- Posted:
- June 17th, 2009
- Editor
Monash Arts has been awarded three new ARC Linkage Grants in the latest funding round for the following projects:
Staging Sappho: investigating new methodologies in Classical Performance Reception
Researchers
- Dr Jane Griffith, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
- Professor Andrew Benjamin, Centre for Comparative Literature
- and Cultural Studies
- Professor Simon Goldhill, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
- Mr Stephen Armstrong, Malthouse Theatre
- Michael Kantor, Malthouse Theatre
- Ms Maryanne Lynch, Malthouse Theatre
- Ms Christina Potts, Bell Shakespeare Company
- Prof Edith Hall, Royal Holloway University of London
- Dr Margaret Reynolds, Queen Mary University of London
- Prof Lorna Hardwick, Open University
Partner organisation
Project summary
This project will integrate theories of Classical reception and textual transmission with performance theory and practice. As such, it will further the knowledge base of the discipline of Classical Reception Studies by introducing a new methodology to the field, and will also benefit the community in terms of cultural engagement.
Gough Whitlam: A Living Democracy
Researcher
- Professor Jenny Hocking, National Centre for Australian Studies
Partner organisations
Project summary
This project will contribute to knowledge of a significant public figure, the former Labor Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, his government and his life after politics. This second volume of the Whitlam biography will complete the definitive, contemporary, biographical study of him. It will create an original store of knowledge through its extensive interviews with key individuals including Gough Whitlam that will augment the Oral History collection held by the National Library of Australia. The project will also generate a unique multimedia platform for researchers to access digitized research materials repurposed through the Whitlam section of the Prime Ministers website with the National Archives of Australia.
Radicalisation, Counter Radicalisation, and De Radicalisation: Developing a New Understanding of Terrorism in the Australian Context
Researchers
- Associate Professor David Wright-Neville, School of Political and Social Inquiry
- Dr Peter Lentini, School of Political and Social Inquiry
- Dr Simon Moss, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine
- Dr Gaetano Ilardi, Victoria Police
Partner organisations
Project summary
Concentrating on the unique drivers of extremism within Victoria (and Australia), the study will enhance counter terrorism stakeholders’ understanding of domestic radicalisation.
This will assist in designing policies appropriate for Australian circumstances that can:
- pre-empt, prevent and detect radicalisation without jeopardising social cohesion
- reduce Australia’s reliance on overseas counter-radicalisation and de-radicalisation models, where practitioners confront different community dynamics.
Working towards understanding what causes radicalization in Australia, the project offers to enhance national security and by addressing local circumstances carries the prospect of creating more cost-efficient counter terrorism practices.