Arts Research Areas

The Faculty of Arts is divided into eight academic schools offering research programs in a number of disciplines. Some areas of research are offered in more than one school. Research through the Arts contributes new knowledge and understanding, feeding into the culture, economy and wellbeing of society. This is recognised through external grants and many projects involving collaboration with industry partners, government and non-government organisations.

Schools

• English, Communications and Performance Studies
• Geography and Environmental Science
• Historical Studies
• Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences (Gippsland)
• Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
• Music - Conservatorium
• Philosophy and Bioethics
• Political and Social Inquiry

Centres

Some schools incorporate centres which have evolved as dynamic sites of interdisciplinary knowledge. These include:

• Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
• Bionics and Cognitive Science Centre
• Centre for Archaeology and Ancient History
• Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies
• Centre for the Book
• Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
• Centre for Gippsland Studies
• Centre for Human Bioethics
• Centre for Japanese Language Education
• Centre for Muslim Minorities and Islam Policy Studies
• Centre for Population and Urban Research
• Centre for Postcolonial Writing
• Centre for Rural Communities
• Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology
• Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research
• Global Terrorism Research Centre
• Institute for Public History
• Language and Society Centre
• Monash Asia Institute
• Monash European and EU Centre
• Monash Sustainability Enterprises
• National Centre for Australian Studies

View a list of our academic staff and their supervision areas on the supervision page.