Monash Indigenous Studies Centre
Monash Indigenous Studies Centre
Offering units that aim to encourage students to understand the past and contemporary experiences of Indigenous Australians
Undergraduate studies
An undergraduate major in Indigenous Cultures and Histories is designed to give students an understanding of Australian Indigenous cultures, traditions and histories.
Graduate studies
The research team at the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre are world leaders in their field and their work has changed the way we understand Indigenous histories, archaeologies and cultures.
Research
The Centre currently undertakes research in various areas and actively pursues competitive grant funding through such bodies as the ARC. Community projects are a feature of the Centre’s activities.
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Latest news
Professor Lynette Russell AM awarded prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship
Professor Lynette Russell AM, Director of the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, has been announced as the deserving recipient of a prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowship. Her project, ‘Global Encounters and First Nations Peoples: 1000 Years of Australian History’, has been awarded $2.94million over five years.
Indigenous Studies Centre Phd alum wins prestigious Holman Medal
The prestigious Molly Holman medal for an Arts PhD thesis was recently awarded to Monash Indigenous Studies Centre student, Robert (Ben) Gunn.
Biography of an Australian hero: interview with PhD alum Jan Richardson
In 1946 Aboriginal pastoral workers in the Pilbara staged a daring strike over their unjust and inhumane working and living conditions which became known as the ‘Pilbara Strike'.
Kevin Rudd’s Indigenous apology: sorry, but not much has changed in 10 years
On February 13, 2008, then-prime minister Kevin Rudd issued an apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples on behalf of the Federal Parliament. Now, with a decade of hindsight, the national apology can be seen to stand as a momentous, but ultimately futile, gesture.