Arts Faculty News

The German Studies Program is delighted to announce the successful completion of the 2009 DAAD scholarship round. The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD) has announced that Monash German Studies students have been awarded a total of fourteen scholarships in the two categories open to undergraduate students.

Further information can be found on the German Studies site.

Floriana Badalotti’s translation of the play Yanagai! Yanagai! (Currency Press, 2003), by Aboriginal playwright Andrea James, has recently been published in Italy.

Yanagai is the Yorta Yorta word that confronted the uninvited intrusion of the first white people seeking passage through Yorta Yorta territory in the early nineteenth century. It empathically means ‘go away’, but its underlying meaning, in accordance with traditional law, is that before you enter you first need to seek permission under the appropriate cultural protocols.” (Dr. Wayne Atkinson, Yorta Yorta elder, from Elder’s Introduction). James wrote the play in response to a 1998 Australian court decision that denied recognition of the native Yorta Yorta people and their claim to their ancestral land.

Floriana, who is currently studying towards a PhD in Translation Studies at Monash, translated Yanagai! Yanagai! as final project in the Master of Translation Studies which she completed in 2007. She submitted the translation to the 2008 Paths of Culture Translation Prize, it was judged the winning entry and has now been published by IPOC Press (Milan).

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Kristian Rodd and James Kett

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.

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Mr Kenta Koshiba and Lance Truong

Congratulations to our students for their success in the 39th Annual Japanese Speech Contest, Victorian State Final. We particularly congratulate Lance Truong, who has gone on to win First Prize in the Open Division of the National Japanese Speech Contest.

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A number of students in German Studies have been succesful in applying for scholarships funded by the German government. Congratulations to all!

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The Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education (MCJLE) has introduced a new scholarship series to commence in 2009.

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Professor Rae Frances presents Dr Farzard Sharifian with his award

Congratulations to Dr Farzad Sharifian (School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics) who has received this years Early Career Researcher award for the Faculty of Arts.

Kate Burridge

Keeping pace with the chaos of a living language has become a life-long passion for Monash linguist Professor Kate Burridge.

More new words are being created today than in any other period in the rich history of the English language.

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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.

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Bryan Fricker

A Brief Q&A with Bryan Fricker, PhD, Linguistics.

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