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Australian Indigenous studies

The Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies (CAIS) has been offering Indigenous studies at the undergraduate level since 1978 and runs a successful honours program. The centre offers a masters and PhD by research.

For further information about research masters degrees or the Doctor of Philosophy, refer to the entries earlier in this section, see www.arts.monash.edu.au/prospective/course/postgraduate/study_areas/ or visit the CAIS website at www.arts.monash.edu.au/cais.

Research strengths and supervision

Areas of research specialisation include: the relationship between identity and cultural, historical and conceptual constructions of race/culture; nationalism and the role of Indigenous history and identity; images representations; gender; cross-cultural interactions; ethics, politics, human rights and cultural property; contact and exploration; Indigenous education; the history of colonisation of Australia; Aboriginal rock music; racism and sport; and public policy.

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