Tamara Prosic - School of Historical Studies Staff
Position
LecturerPhone
61- 3- 9905 2203Address
School of Historical StudiesThe Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology
Building 11
Monash University Victoria 3800
Australia
Location
6th Floor, Menzies Building
Personal History
Tamara studied world literature and philosophy before finally settling for Bachelor's degree in Sociology which she completed in Yugoslavia. She began her MA studies in Anthropology in Belgrade, but then moved to Melbourne where she completed MA and PhD at Melbourne University. In 2006 she joined the School of Historical Studies, the Centre for Studies of Religion and Theology, on one year research fellowship jointly funded by the Australian Research Council and Monash University. In 2007 she started teaching Myth and Meaning in Ancient Worlds.
Tamara is interested in interdisciplinary studies of religion, ritual studies, comparative studies of ancient Mediterranean cultures and application of anthropology, in particular symbolic anthropology, to Biblical literature and ritual.
Current Research
At the moment she is working on the significance of threshing floors as sacred spaces in ancient Mediterranean cultures, ancient rituals of cultural and personal distinction and structural dynamics of seasonal festivals.
Major Publications
Book Chapters2008 'Schizoid Coitus: Christ and the Feminine', in Roland Boer & Jorunn Okland (eds.) Marxist Feminist Criticism of the Bible, Sheffield Phoenix Press.
Monographs
2004 Development and Symbolism of Passover until 70 CE. London: T & T Clark International, Continuum, JSOT Supplement.
1998 Poreklo Pashe. Novi Sad (Yugoslavia): Svetovi.
Articles
2007 'Kol Nidre: Speaking of the Unspoken (of), The Bible and Critical Theory, Monash University ePress, Vol. 3, Num. 1, pp. 3.1-3.14.
2000 'Ritual and Myth', Relations, Serbian Literary Magazine, New Series, Num. 5-6, 1999 & 1-2, 2000, pp.263-279.
1999 'Origins of Passover', Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, Vol. 13. Num.1, pp.78-94.
1997 'O poreklu Pashe', Iskustva, Year 2, Num. 5-8, pp. 153-181.
1999 'Passover in Biblical Narratives', Journal for the Studies of the Old Testament, 82, pp.45-55.
Areas of Research & Supervision
Biblical criticism, ancient Mediterranean religions, comparative religion.Teaching
SHS2010/3010 - Ancient religionsHSY2735/3735 - Myth and meaning in ancient worlds
HSY2755/3755 - Ancient Religions
INT2/3170 - Sacred and profane
RLT4140/RLM4140/5140 - Confronting death through ritual and ceremony