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Honours - History Department

History Program Honours Coordinator

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Research Supervision

For students seeking supervision for honours theses, History Department staff offer supervision in a number of Research areas including (but not limited to):

Asian History Australian History British History
Contemporary History
 European History including:
  Medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment & Modern
 Gender Studies
History & Memory
 Intellectual History
 Indigenous History
Music History Oral History Public History
Social History
 US History
 US History

This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive. Not all staff will be available in any given year or semester. Staff members' interests range widely, and students who wish to work on topics not covered in this list can possibly be accommodated. Dissertation topics should be discussed by interview with the Honours Coordinator.

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Dissertation (Thesis)

Students complete one of the following options:

ATS4003 SOPHIS honours thesis (24 points)
ATS4004 SOPHIS honours thesis A (12 points)and ATS4005 SOPHIS honours thesis B (12 points)

Coursework

Units

Students complete APG4618 Researching histories plus one of the following units:

ATS4285 Dante's medieval world: Politics, religion and the city
ATS4286 Final journey: Remembering the holocaust
ATS4287 War and peace: Models of conflict resolution
ATS4288 Angels and demons: Rome, the papacy and the world
ATS4289 Medieval dialogues: Reason, mysticism and society
ATS4290 Holocaust memories: Landscape, mourning, identity
ATS4293 Genocidal thought
ATS4295 History and the museum
ATS4296 Imagining Europe: Representations and images of a continent
ATS4297 Recording oral history: Theory and practice
ATS4299 History and heritage
ATS4301 Reading and writing history
ATS4302 Interpreting the Bible: Jewish and Christian perspectives
ATS4303 Issues in environmental history: Images of the natural world
ATS4304 Colonial encounters: Ideas of race and 'otherness'
ATS4305 History and memory: Interpreting life stories
ATS4307 Cultures of devotion in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
APG4310 Local and community history
ATS4311 Text and community in Medieval and Renaissance Italy (Prato)
ATS4313 Hidden transcripts: Cultural approaches to the past
APG4314 Seeking justice: South Africa and Rwanda
ATS4340 Confronting death through ceremony and symbol
ATS4341 Interpreting the sources of Islam: The Qur'an and Hadith
ATS4810 Global justice: Civil and human rights after 1945

Not all units are offered each year

The History Honours Program involves intensive advanced study combining coursework with a research project, or dissertation, in which the student engages in independent research on an approved topic under the supervision of a member of academic staff.

A regular general Seminar involves all students undertaking honours and provides a forum to support students as they progress through their dissertation work. This seminar is run by the School Honours Coordinator, whose specific responsibility is to guide honours students through the year from their initial application to the submission of their dissertation.

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Combined Honours

Honours in History can be combined with other programs in our School and with other disciplines within the Faculty of Arts with permission & approval from the heads of all Departments/Programs. Arrangements for combined honours should be discussed with the Honours Coordinator.

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