Australian Indigenous studies

Offered by the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies (incorporating the Koorie Research Centre)

Telephone: +61 3 9905 4200

Email: cais@arts.monash.edu.au

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 those course entries in this section of the handbook or visit www.arts.monash.edu.au/prospective/course/postgraduate/study_areas/ or visit the CAIS website at www.arts.monash.edu.au/cais.

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.

Relevant course groups

Doctor of Philosophy

Masters degree by research

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