Research degrees in Jewish Studies or Holocaust and Genocide Studies allow you to develop a high degree of expertise in an area of particular interest to you. They entail extensive scholarly research, developing significant expertise and skills in critical reasoning, argument, comprehension, communication, research, and logical analysis, at the highest level.
The ACJC offers opportunities for study at the Master and PhD levels. Our teaching approach creates pathways for students to progress from an undergraduate interest Jewish studies to postgraduate research. Our staff supervise graduate research across disciplines that include: the Eastern European Jewish experience and its heritage; the Holocaust and its aftermath; history and cultures of Israel; Australian Jewish migration; Yiddish literature and culture; and the history of Mizrachi/Sephardi communities.
Read more here about our Masters and PhD students’ research.
Master/PhD in Jewish Cultural Practice
The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation is inviting applications from outstanding candidates for the Master and PhD Arts (Jewish Cultural Practice). This stream offers an opportunity for artists and practitioners to deepen their practice through the scholarly study of Jewish cultures today and throughout history, and is offered in addition to the traditional Master and PhD programs. This Master/PhD stream offers artists and cultural practitioners the opportunity to enhance their careers and create new possibilities by supporting and developing their scholarly training, which in turn will inform their creative works.
In joining the program, candidates will form a cohort of cutting-edge local and international cultural practitioners. Candidates will produce a substantive work in their medium, which will be supported with scholarly training, and industry mentoring. Having created a substantive work, graduates will be supported in disseminating it, either through publication or performance.
Candidates in the program are mentored by an interdisciplinary team of academic supervisors. Additionally, ACJC helps to pair candidates with local industry-based mentors working in their medium, whether it be senior writers, playwrights, composers, or arts professionals. This unique combination of mentoring, professional development, and partnerships in the creative industries is designed to support candidates in broadening their professional networks, furthering their creative careers. Graduates of the Master’s or PhD Arts (Jewish Cultural Practice) will become local and global leaders in developing contemporary Jewish culture.
Project areas may include, among others:
- Creative writing, including works of fiction (novels, novellas, short stories), poetry, drama
- Translation
- Musical composition
- Filmmaking
- Visual arts
- Performance
- Museum exhibitions
For more information about the program, entry requirements and the application process, please contact program coordinator Associate Professor David Slucki.
