Head of department: Acting Professor Stuart Robson
Graduate studies coordinators: Acting Professor Bruce Jacobs and Acting Professor Stuart Robson
Students may undertake MA (research) and PhD studies within the department in the areas of Chinese, Indonesian and Thai language and studies, and MA (research) studies in Korean linguistics. The department teaches subjects in the graduate diploma and the MA in Asian studies (see under Monash Asia Institute) and the MA in applied linguistics (see under Department of Linguistics). Members of the department also contribute to the MA programs in comparative literature and cultural studies, and women's studies.
The department supervises theses of postgraduate students from other departments and programs when it has the relevant expertise and the other department agrees.
Members of staff and their fields of special interest
China
Bruce Jacobs Chinese politics and society; Taiwan politics and society.
Gloria Davies Chinese literature and literary theory.
Indonesia
Stuart Robson Classical Malay; Old and Middle Javanese literature; Indonesian cultural history; sociolinguistics.
Barbara Hatley Modern Indonesian literature and theatre; women's studies; Javanese theatre and culture.
Korea
Young-a Cho Korean linguistics.
Thailand
Christopher Court Thai and Southeast Asian linguistics; modern Thai literature; Thai culture.
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates may undertake the PhD degree through a thesis of no more than 120,000 words. Normally students seeking entry to the PhD should have an MA or first class honours degree in a relevant field or discipline.
Master of Arts (research)
Candidates may undertake the MA (research) through a thesis of about 40,000-60,000 words. Normally, students seeking entry to the MA (research) should have a first class honours degree or a second class, division A honours degree in a relevant field or discipline.
Chinese
The department can provide postgraduate supervision in the areas of Chinese politics, culture, society, linguistics and literature, as well as Taiwan politics and society.
Indonesian
The department can provide postgraduate supervision in the areas of Classical Malay, Old and Middle Javanese literature, modern Indonesian literature and theatre, Javanese theatre and culture, Indonesian cultural history, sociolinguistics and women's studies.
Korean
The department can provide postgraduate supervision in the area of Korean linguistics.
Thai
The department can provide supervision in the areas of Thai and Southeast Asian linguistics, modern Thai literature and Thai culture.