Public history - Faculty of Arts

Offered by the School of Historical Studies

These are vocational programs for historians and related professionals. They deal with working in public history, heritage conservation and management, museums and community or local history. Specific research strengths include: historic conservation, the heritage movement's indigenous and colonial histories, especially of landscape and environment; and oral history, life stories and memory.

Graduates may go on to work in the fields of commissioned history, heritage conservation and management, oral history, community history, museums and related areas. The programs have excellent links with the heritage industry and professional historians working in these fields. The public history program draws on teaching strengths across the faculty, and you will have a number of opportunities to build professional networks through assessment tasks, including a period of supervises work experience.

Relevant course groups

3076 Graduate Diploma in Public History
3077 Master of Public History (by coursework -1.5 year program)

Contact details

Coursework

Telephone: +61 3 9905 2199

Email: liisa.williams@arts.monash.edu.au

Reseach

Telephone: +61 3 9905 2206

Email: rosemary.johnston@arts.monash.edu.au