Arts Research
Adrian Martin
Internationally regarded film critic Dr Adrian Martin is a staff member of the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies. Dr Martin is an award-winning journalist and co-author of books and has worked for The Age newspaper as a film reviewer. In 1993 he won the Australian Film Institute's Byron Kennedy Award and in 1997 he was awarded the Pascall Prize for Critical Writing in recognition of his work as a film reviewer and writer on popular culture.
Monash Arts is internationally recognised for its research with independent reviews consistently ranking our schools highly in the international arena and among the nation's best. Examples include:
- Collaborative research projects to improve literacy and education and reduce mass poverty in Asia
- Reports on the social and economic wellbeing of Australians and terrorism studies, generating a new understanding of the political, religious and cultural causes of global violence
- World-recognised work conducted on indigenous history.
Our Arts Faculty scholars have distinguished themselves on both national and international levels as leading commentators, theorists and critics in a diverse range of research areas.
We are committed to nurturing innovative research and researchers through our generous internal grants schemes and by mentoring promising Early Career and postgraduate researchers.