News from the Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne Australia
Toby Handfield and Mark Peel
The Faculty would like to congratulate Mark Peel and Toby Handfield for winning the Vice-Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence.
The Faculty of Arts was well represented in this Award in 2008, having received two of the three awarded university-wide this year.
The Centre for Archaeology and Ancient History in the School of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts, has taken Year 12 students from Newstead College in Launceston, Tasmania, on a virtual tour of Egypt via a new IBM kiosk.
The initiative, supported by IBM and the Egyptian Government, is part of a new program to educate secondary school students about the ancient culture.
INT3140/INT4140/ITM4140 After Atrocity: the Holocaust, South Africa, Rwanda
This unit brings together students from Monash campuses in Australia and South Africa to study the contemporary histories of post-genocide and post-conflict societies through three specific cases: European Jews after the Holocaust; the South African approach after apartheid; and local and global responses to the Rwandan genocide. Held in the mid-semester break as a 2 week intensive course, students will spend a week in Johannesburg and a week in Rwanda exploring public debates on memory and justice through visits to memorial sites and museums. This unit is a LEVEL 3 and 4 Intensive for undergraduate students of International Studies, History, Jewish Studies and Graduate Students of Global Studies, History, and Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Congratulations to Monash students Kristian Rodd and James Kett, who have both received scholarships to study in China for their performance at the recent final of the Chinese Bridge competition held in China. 110 competitors from 55 countries participated in a demanding final round, which required students to complete a range of tasks in Chinese language including written examinations, interviews, artistic performances, speeches, role-playing and debates.
Prato
Monash Arts offers an extensive program of units for credit as well as a range of exciting new study opportunities at the Monash Centre in Prato, Italy.
Two female graduate students wearing mortarboards.
Postgraduate Study at Monash Arts offers you an opportunity to join the vibrant research culture at Australia’s largest university. Monash Arts has international expertise in a diverse range of disciplines and encourages interdisciplinary projects.
Monash University climate change and governance experts have called on the Federal Government to provide intensive assistance to “coal seat” communities as Australia makes the transition to becoming a low-carbon society.
Glasses Raised To John Rickard
The parish of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, North Melbourne, gathered with friends and colleagues to celebrate John Rickard’s challenging new history of the church and its community. An Assemblage of Decent Men and Women was launched by Dr John Poynter, distinguished biographer of Alfred Felton, following a dedication service led by the Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Phillip Freier. The gathering included Dr Peter Hollingworth, former Governor General as well as former minister of St. Mary’s, and current vicar, Cecilia Francis (pictured with John Rickard and John Poynter). John Rickard is an Honorary Professor in the National Centre for Australian Studies.
Sara Niner
Dr Sara Niner, a postdoctoral research fellow from the Faculty of Arts at Monash University, will speak about her latest research into the challenges faced by traditional weavers in Timor-Leste (East Timor) at a forum on Saturday 6 September at the St Kilda Town Hall.
The forum is being held as part of a major exhibition that includes more than 40 hand-woven textiles — or tais — from Timor-Leste.
Dr Niner, who has helped curate the exhibition, said the hand-woven textiles produced by East Timorese women are vital part of their culture, especially after decades of destructive conflict.
Mr Orhan Cicek, Executive Advisor, AIS, Professor Rae Frances, Dean of Arts, Dr Salih Yucel, Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Professor Greg Barton
The Monash Staff Club recently hosted a lunch at which the guest of honour, the Hon. Laurie Ferguson MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services, launched the Faculty of Arts’ new Centre for Islam and the Modern World. He was accompanied by state and federal parliamentary representatives, Ms Anna Burke MP and Mr Hong Lim MP, Monash Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins, Dean of Arts Professor Rae Frances, Counsel General for Turkey Mr Aydin Nurhan, Counsel General of the Sultanate of Oman His Excellency Mr Hamed Al-Hajri, Head of the Delegation of Palestine Ambassador Izzat Abdulhadi and leading members of Victoria’s Muslim communities.
Arts Events Blog