1999 Arts Handbook - Asian languages and studies

Asian languages and studies

Department of Asian Languages and Studies
Members of staff and their fields of special interest
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Arts in Asian studies by research
Chinese
Indonesian
Korean

Department of Asian Languages and Studies

Head of department: Professor Bruce Jacobs
Graduate coordinators: Dr Gloria Davies (East Asia), Associate Professor Stuart Robson (Southeast Asia)
Students may undertake MA (research) and PhD studies within the department in the areas of Chinese and Indonesian language and studies, and 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 postgraduate programs in comparative literature and cultural studies, drama and theatre 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 and diasporic literature, literary theory, twentieth-century Chinese history and culture
LIJIAN HONG Contemporary Chinese politics, government and military; historical studies in China.
WARREN SUN History of the PRC, Chinese intellectual history, Chinese philosophy and Chinese literature.

Indonesia

STUART ROBSON Javanese language and literature; early history of Southeast Asia; Classical Malay.
BARBARA HATLEY Modern Indonesian literature and theatre; women's studies; Javanese theatre and culture.

Korea

YOUNG-A CHO Korean linguistics and teaching Korean as a foreign language.

Doctor of Philosophy

Course code: 0020
Course fee: local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Candidates may undertake the PhD degree through a thesis of no more than 100,000 words. Normally students seeking entry to the PhD should have a masters qualifying with a research component, masters degree or first class honours degree in a relevant field or discipline.

Master of Arts in Asian studies by research

Course code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Candidates may undertake the MA by research through a thesis of about 40,000-60,000 words. Normally, students seeking entry to the MA by research should have a first class honours degree, a second class, division A honours degree or a masters qualifying with a research component 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 and teaching Korean as a foreign language.