Research Supervisors
Professor Andrew Markus
Western frameworks for understanding of the Middle East; the structure of racial thought – and the nature of variations within racial thought; demographic and attitudinal change within Melbourne's Jewish community; the utilisation and impact of electronic resources on teaching practices and outcomes in the humanities and social sciences.
Professor Leah Garrett
Jewish literature, 19th and 20th century Jewish Culture, American Jewish History, Yiddish literature and history literature, 20th century American literature.
Associate Professor Mark Baker
Holocaust, Genocide, Rwanda, Arab-Israel conflict, Modern Jewish History, East European Jewish History, Polish-Jewish relations.
Dr Michael Fagenblat
Jewish philosophy; Midrash and Jewish hermeneutics; comparative theology and exegetical interaction (Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Muslim); Emmanuel Levinas; Moses Maimonides; political theology; secularisation.
Dr Melanie Landau
Jewish Law, Jewish Feminist theory and practice, rabbinic literature.
Dr Karen Auerbach
Social and urban history of Jews in modern and early modern Europe, East European and Soviet Jewish history, history of the Holocaust, Jewish life and identity in Europe after the Holocaust, Polish history, everyday life in Communist Eastern Europe.
Dr David Slucki
Modern Jewish history in Europe, Australia, and the Americas; the Holocaust and its aftermath; postwar Jewish migration; diaspora; memory; labour history; public history; Holocaust representation on film & television; Israeli-Arab Conflict; and museum studies.
Student Research
ACJC has many research students working on various projects.