Research Degrees in Women's Studies and Gender Studies
Research degrees in Women's Studies and Gender Studies are available through the Institute for Women's Studies. This transdisciplinary area not only challenges basic methods and presuppositions in established disciplines but also crosses the boundaries between them, giving fresh views of their subject matter and creating new ways of seeing the world.
While the Institute is in the Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, the Institute’s programs allow you to pursue studies across several fields and in a variety of areas, including: sociology, media studies, literary theory, linguistics, cultural studies, gay and lesbian studies, postcolonial theory, communications theory, anthropology, psychology, history, politics, philosophy, aboriginal studies, the family, women and development, gender and language, historiography, the home, theories of power, the subject, and many others.
The Institute offers 3 different research degrees in Women's Studies or Gender Studies:
| Length of candidature Full tie /part time | Maximum word length of thesis | Available by distance? | |
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| PhD | 2-4/2-8 | 100,000 | Consult the Institute |
| MPhil | 1-2/2-4 | 75,000 | Consult the Institute |
Supervision
The Institute for Women's Studies supports interdisciplinary research degrees. Your proposed supervisor may be located in any of the various departments who have staff associated with the Institute. Please give us as much information as possible on the application form about your proposed supervisor or supervisors. If you have not identified a supervisor, contact the Director of the Institute for advice. And if you have any questions whatsoever regarding administrative formalities, please contact the Higher Degree Research Unit at http://www.research.mq.edu.au/students/new_students.
Supporting you throughout your degree
The Institute has some office space for our postgraduate students, as well as fax, photocopy, and computing facilities. Financial assistance for conference attendance, visiting scholars, field work, as well as sundry thesis expenses is available.Grants of up to $4000 are available at the University level, and support funding of $2000 per candidature is available through the Division in which the Institute is located. Other funds are available for specific projects, such as visiting scholars or postgraduate conferences and seminars. For more information, please get in touch.
As for the life of the mind, the Sociology Department hosts work-in-progress seminars, conferences and research/reading groups some of which are set up specifically for postgrads. There is funding available for students wishing to run student conferences.
The Macquarie University Postgraduate Representative Association also is active in supporting its members.
Research Interests of Institute Staff
Dr Judy Lattas
(Institute for Women's Studies - SCMP)
Phone: (02) 9850 7947
Guns & the notion of the 'armed subject'; the extreme right in Australia; gender and popular culture.
Associate Professor Joan Kirkby ( Senior Research Fellow )
Australian and American literatures especially Emily Dickinson; Gender Studies; Critical theory, especially French psycho-analytic theory
Dr Pam Stavropolous (Honorary Associate)
(Institute for Women's Studies - SCMP)
Phone: (02) 9850 7095
Gender and the politics of mental health
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Applications: |
Dr Judy Lattas, Ph:(02) 9850 7947; Facsimile:(02) 9850 8892 e-mail: jlattas@scmp.mq.edu.au |
Application forms are available from the: Macquarie University North Ryde NSW 2109 |
If you are applying as an international student, contact our International Office for application forms and general information.
Email: iso@mq.edu.au |
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