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Director:
Professor Brian Nelson
Graduate coordinator: Dr David Garrioch
The Centre for European Studies provides a focus for multidisciplinary teaching
and research in European studies and serves as a forum for conferences,
seminars and special events connected with Europe.
PAVLOS
ANDRONIKOS Modern Greek identity; the Cyprus problem.
PHILIP AYRES Nationalism and separatist movements.
BARBARA CAINE Nineteenth and twentieth-century cultural history, with emphases
on Europe and Australia; women's history.
DAVID GARRIOCH Eighteenth and nineteenth-century France; European urban
history, family history.
BILL KENT Early modern Italian social and cultural history; Florence in the
time of Lorenzo de'Medici.
PETER LENTINI Contemporary Russian politics; comparative post-communist
politics; European politics; electoral studies; women's representation;
cultural politics.
BRIAN NELSON French culture and society in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.
KEVIN O'CONNOR Economic geography; regional structure and development.
MARKO PAVLYSHYN Contemporary post-Soviet, and especially Ukrainian, literature
and culture.
DAVID ROBERTS Twentieth-century German history, politics and culture;
contemporary social theory; European unification.
GEOFF SPENCELEY Australian relationships with the European Economic Community
since 1963; the economic history of Nazi Germany.
WALTER VEIT European literature and culture; European-Australian relations;
role of intellectuals in society.
IAN WARD Soviet economic system; economic systems method; economic policy in
Australia.
Course
code: 0020
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
The degree of PhD in European studies is taken by the submission of a thesis
(of 60,000-90,000 words) on a topic approved by the director of the centre.
Candidates with an honours BA with at least an H2A, a Masters Qualifying with a
research component with a grade of H2A, or an MA (H2A equivalent) in European
studies or a relevant discipline, are eligible for admission. Candidature is
normally three years full-time or six years part-time study. For further
information, please consult the Doctoral information handbook, which is
produced by the Research, Training and Support Branch.
Course
code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Candidates for the degree of MA will proceed to the degree by coursework and
research (66 per cent) or by 100 per cent research. The minimum requirement for
entry to the program is an honours degree or equivalent with a grade of H2A or
better in European studies or a relevant discipline. The 100% research degree
is normally completed in two years of full-time candidature. The degree by
coursework and research can be completed in one year full-time or two years
part-time.
On completing this course students should be able to show their acquaintance with extensive readings in their field; demonstrate that they can originate and pursue research projects independently; discuss effectively and defend appropriately their ideas, both orally and in writing; display a comprehensive understanding of significant aspects of European culture, politics, and society; have completed in their thesis a significant and original contribution to knowledge in the area in which they are working.
The program will be as follows: two of the following eight-point subjects or other subjects approved by the director of the centre (but candidates with no knowledge of a European language must take EUM5000.08 Language) plus a thesis of 25,000-35,000 words.
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