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Centre
staff: Dr Denise Cuthbert (director) - room S632; Dr Maryanne Dever - room
S622; Dr Helen Johnson (graduate coordinator) - room 1025
The Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research was established in 1987 and
is based in the Faculty of Arts. Its purpose is to encourage and supervise
graduate research, to offer subjects in both undergraduate and postgraduate
degrees, and to organise seminars, conferences and workshops in the area of
women's studies and gender research. The centre provides a focus for those
interested in gender issues and feminism across the university.
The centre offers the degrees of PhD, MA by research, MA by coursework and
research and a masters qualifying program (MQual). The aim of the graduate
program is to provide the opportunity for a range of links between staff and
students not only between a variety of disciplines within the Faculty of Arts,
but also with several vocationally oriented and professional courses offered by
other faculties. The centre organises a series of regular staff and graduate
seminars on topics of general concern to those engaged in feminist and women's
studies. Research students are normally expected to attend these seminars. The
centre also organises occasional symposia and conferences.
The Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research offers an interdisciplinary
approach to issues of gender and constructions of female subjectivity and
experience, using a variety of feminist models of analysis. Students taking
both core subjects and cross-listed options will develop a range of skills
relating to an increased understanding of feminist theory and a conversance
with key concerns in the contemporary debate; and the ability to extend and
apply different methodological approaches to the questions of gender. Students
will also build upon their theoretical knowledges through an emphasis upon
techniques of oral communication, formal presentation of their ideas, and a
refinement of the process of written expression. The research component of each
degree program or course will also extend these wide-ranging skills of analysis
and communication in a topic area devised in consultation with a centre
supervisor.
ROBIN
ARIANHROD Feminism, science and mathematics (Mathematics).
CHRIS ATMORE Feminist poststructuralist theory, sexual violence and
representation, lesbian and gay theories (Anthropology and Sociology).
SUSAN BLACKBURN Women in Asia, Indonesian women's movement (Politics).
ROBYN BURNS Women's health (Social and Preventive Medicine).
BARBARA CAINE Feminist history (History)
DENISE CUTHBERT Gender and cultural difference, postcoloniality, indigeneity,
contemporary cultural studies (Women's Studies and Gender Research).
GLORIA DAVIES Post-colonial theory and feminism (Asian Languages and
Studies).
MARYANNE DEVER Postcolonialism, women's writing, feminist literary theory,
feminist pedagogy, cultural studies, Australian studies (Women's Studies and
Gender Research).
ESTHER FAYE Feminist history (History)
ELIZABETH GAZE Feminism and law (Law).
KATHERINE GIBSON Anti-essentialist Marxism, feminist geography and industrial
restructuring (Geography and Environmental Science).
KAREN GREEN Feminist humanism, sexuality and moral psychology (Philosophy).
BARBARA HATLEY Indonesian women's literature and theatre (Asian Languages and
Studies).
LIZA HESLOP Caring and nursing (Nursing).
SILKE HESSE German women's writing (German).
HELEN JOHNSON Racial and sexual relations of power, women and gender relations
across cultures, anthropological theory and practise in France and New
Caledonia (Women's Studies and Gender Research and Anthropology and
Sociology)
RAE LANGTON Feminism, liberalism, pornography (Philosophy).
ROSE LUCAS Contemporary women's literature, feminist poetics and popular
culture (English).
CHRIS LLOYD Feminism and psychology, sexuality, mental health, research
approaches (Anthropology and Sociology).
ANNE MARSH Photography, performance art, psychoanalysis (Visual culture).
ROSS MOUER Japanese industry and society (Japanese).
BRONWYN NAYLOR Crime and gender (Law).
LEONIE NAUGHTON Feminist film theory, German cinema (Visual culture).
PAULINE NESTOR Nineteenth and twentieth-century women's literature
(English).
MARIAN QUARTLY Nineteenth-century women's history (History).
KATE RIGBY German feminist theory, ecology and feminism, feminist spirituality
(German).
GILLIAN ROBINSON Feminism and political theory (Politics).
TERRI SEDDON Women and education policy (Education).
WENDY SMITH Gender Issues in Japanese Society/Sociology
ULLA SVENSSON Sociology of work, the family, the welfare state (Anthropology
and Sociology).
TERRY THREADGOLD Critical legal studies, performance studies, feminist pedagogy
(English).
HELEN THOMSON Australian women's writing (English).
GEORGINA TSOLIDIS Identity, difference, ethnicity and race in Australia
(Education).
JAN VAN BOMMEL Female subjectivity and madness, sexual division of labour
(Anthropology and Sociology).
ANNETTE VAN DEN BOSCH Feminism, politics and contemporary art (Australian
Studies).
JOANNE WINTER Language, gender and discourse analysis (Linguistics).
Course
code: 0020
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Coordinators: Dr Helen Johnson and Dr Denise Cuthbert
The degree of PhD in women's studies and gender research is taken by the production of a thesis of between 60,000-90,000 words, on a topic of relevance to the area of women's studies and gender research which is approved by the graduate coordinator and the nominated supervisor.
The objectives of the PhD in women's studies and gender research are to provide candidates with the opportunity to develop the skills required to achieve professional standards as academic researchers; to enable students to research independently in a particular topic area related to women's studies; to achieve a thorough knowledge of critical and theoretical material pertaining to the topic; to enable students to develop professional communication skills in both written and oral forms; to determine and pursue a particular research topic which will lead to the production of an original piece of scholarship which contributes to its field and is of publishable standard. The thesis is submitted at the conclusion of a period of supervised study and research.
Candidates for the PhD in women's studies and gender research will normally be expected to have completed an honours degree or MQual in women's studies and gender research (or equivalent) with at least an H2A result, or a masters degree in women's studies which includes a significant research component. All PhD candidates in the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research are enrolled on a probationary basis, and their candidacy must be confirmed at the end of twelve months (eighteen months for part-time students) according to a formal process of review and the presentation of a thesis proposal. Upgrading from MA to PhD is possible in line with faculty regulations. The period of candidacy is between two and five years full-time, or up to eight years part-time.
Course
code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Coordinators: Dr Helen Johnson and Dr Denise Cuthbert
The MA in women's studies and gender research is completed by research alone on a topic of relevance to the area of women's studies and gender research which is approved by the graduate coordinator and centre director. The MA thesis should normally be 40,000-60,000 words in length.
The MA in women's studies and gender research undertaken by research aims to offer candidates the ability to research independently in a particular area related to women's studies; the skills required to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms; the ability to think analytically, to use precision in scholarly argument and documentation, and to present work that is logically and coherently organised; the ability to determine and pursue a particular research topic, in close consultation with a supervisor, in order to produce a piece of substantial research that is of publishable standard.
Candidates with a BA honours degree or MQual in women's studies and gender research (or equivalent) with H1 or H2A result are eligible for admission. This research degree may be completed in no more than two years full-time study or four years part-time study.
Course
code: 0017
Course fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Coordinators: Dr Helen Johnson and Dr Denise Cuthbert
The MA in women's studies and gender research may also be completed by coursework and research. Students are required to complete a research component in the area of women's studies and gender research or an approved topic. The word length of the thesis is 25,000-35,000 words. The topic will be of an interdisciplinary nature in the area of women's studies, chosen in close consultation with the supervisor and graduate coordinator. Students must also take two subjects totalling sixteen points, one of which must be WSM5180 (Sex, power, self: feminist interventions in contemporary discourse) and one selected from the list of fifth-year cross-listed options.
The objectives of the MA in women's studies and gender research when taken by coursework plus research, are to gain a detailed knowledge of contemporary feminist theory and of feminist research methodologies gained by private research and seminar interaction; to develop an interdisciplinary approach to some of the central issues and debates within recent feminisms; the ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms; the skills required to determine and pursue a particular research topic leading to the production of a piece of substantial and scholarly research.
Candidates with an honours degree or MQual with H1 or H2A result in women's studies and gender research (or equivalent) are eligible for admission. This degree is normally completed in one year full-time or two years part-time study.
Students must complete two eight point subjects, one of which must be WSM5180 (Sex, power, self: feminist interventions in contemporary discourse) unless completed at fourth-year level, a thesis on an approved topic related to the area of women's studies, and a fifth-year elective selected from the list of cross-listed subjects.
Program
code: 1988
Program fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
The MQual program in women's studies and gender research is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time program that provides a pathway into postgraduate research. Through a combination of coursework subjects and a research component, the program offers students the opportunity to broaden their knowledge base in the area of women's studies and gender research, and to develop skills of analysis, communication and research necessary for further postgraduate work. Students with a result of H2A and above can apply for entry into a masters or PhD program.
Upon successful completion of the MQual program in women's studies and gender research students will be expected to have developed the following: a detailed knowledge of key aspects of contemporary feminist theory; an understanding of feminist research methodologies; an interdisciplinary approach to some of the central debates and issues within recent feminisms; the ability to communicate effectively and to a high level in both written and oral forms; the skill to think critically, to use precision in argument and documentation, and to present work that is logically and coherently organised; the ability to pursue a particular research topic and to produce a cogent piece of research.
Successful completion of a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in women's studies and gender research (or equivalent), with a credit average (or above) in the third part of the major sequence.
Students are required to complete one core subject, one elective subject and a research component, totalling forty-eight credit points. Part-time students will be required to complete WSM4180 (Sex, power, self: feminist interventions in contemporary discourse) and an elective fourth-year level subject in the first year. WSM4005 (Research component) will be completed in the second year of the program over two semesters.
For
full details of these subjects including their availability this year, consult
the relevant department or centre entry.
Anthropology and Sociology
Asian Languages and Studies
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
Education (refer to the Faculty of Education handbook)
English
German
History
Law
Monash Asia Institute
Politics
Spanish
Studies in Religion and Theology
Visual Culture
Please
check the subject listing in this handbook for semester and availability.
Asian Languages and Studies
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
English
History
Law
Linguistics
Studies in Religion and Theology
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