Arts News 2006

Dr Michael Ackland, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, and Associate Professor Bain Attwood, School of Historical Studies have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
13 December 2006 (Monash Memo )

Monash University's School of English, Communications and Performance studies has once again showcased its depth of creative writing talent at the launch of the short story anthology Verge: 2006
13 December 2006 (Monash Memo )

Dr Patrick Spedding, from Monash University's School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, has been awarded the 2004-05 Modern Language Association of America Prize for a Distinguished Bibliography.
29 November 2006 (Monash Memo )

Dr Dimitris Vardoulakis -- who teaches philosophy and literature in Monash University's School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics -- has been awarded an Alexander von Humbolt Fellowship to conduct Research in Germany next year.
29 November 2006 (Monash Memo )

The Faculty of Arts last week celebrated the awarding of its 1000th doctorate to Dr. Akiko Yamane for her thesis Rethinking climate change and vulnerability in Sri Lanka'.
18 October 2006 (Monash Memo )

Monash has hosted a series of dinner and lunch-time functions to recognise the valued generosity of major donors to the Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilisation.
20 September 2006 (Monash Memo )

The enigmatically-named sitting dance tradition of the Indonesian province of Aceh has been highlighted in the first ever documentary on the subject.
Merantau Tanpa Melangkah, by Monash PhD student Mr Iwan Amir was recently screened at Monash University's Clayton campus.
12 September 2006 (Monash Newsline )

Monash will become a hub for Europe academics and researchers through the establishment of the Monash European and EU Centre at the university's Clayton campus.
2 August 2006 (Monash Memo )

Menzies Building Refurbishment website features fortnightly work updates, status of construction equipment and information about the Menzies building hotdesk.
21 July 2006 (Menzies Building Refurbishment)

Monash University has appointed eminent historian Associate Professor Raelene Frances as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts. The position carries with it an appointment as Professor.
15 June 2006 (Monash Newsline)

An innovative new writing program for higher degree by research candidates in the Arts faculty has achieved remarkable success for its participants.
31 May 2006 (Monash Memo )

In a publishing first, Monash University ePress has introduced sound bite technology to its online scholarly journal, History Australia.
10 March 2006 (Monash Newsline)

A vast archive of photographs taken at a long-forgotten Aboriginal station near Healesville has provided a remarkable insight into Aboriginal community life during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
28 Febuary 2006 (Monash Newsline)

The 2005 recipients of the Faculty of Arts Award for Excellence in Higher Degree by Research Supervision were Dr Heather Bowe from the Linguistics section of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics and Professor Graham Oppy from the Philosophy section of the School of Philosophy and Bioethics. Both Dr Bowe's and Professor Oppy's nominations came with glowing reports from their students, past and present.
24 Febuary 2006 (Research )

Monash University has been awarded approximately $1.1 million by the Commission of the European Union to expand its existing Centre for European Studies into a Centre for European and European Union studies.
25 January 2006 (European Studies)

Due to the number of students involved in round one pre-enrolment the information sessions are split into to four: two that run simultaneously in the morning, and two that run simultaneously in the afternoon.
14 January 2006 (Enrolments )

A growing level of discreet and covert discrimination is creeping into the work culture of Melbournians, Monash University researcher Mr Luke Howie has found.
10 January 2006 (Monash Newsline)