Research
The Faculty of Arts is home to world-class research in a wide range of disciplinary areas. Research in Arts has a strong global focus, achieved through international research collaborations.
Major Research Areas by Topic
Ancient History
- Archaeology
- Biblical Studies
- Byzantine Studies
- Central Asia/ Silk Road
- Coptic Studies
- Early Christianity & Jewish Studies
- Early Middle Ages,
- Editing & Translation
- Egyptology
- Excavation
- Greek
- Hellenistic and Roman History & Society
- Historiography
- Inscriptions
- Late Antiquity
- Near East
- Numismatics
- Papyrology
- Prosopography
For Ancient Cultures Research Team, email:alanna.nobbs@mq.edu.au or naguib.kanawati@mq.edu.au
English Studies
- Australian Society & Culture
- Creative Writing & Performance Studies
- Early Modern Literature & Culture
- Global/Postcolonial/Feminist Studies
- Literature and Cultural History
- Visual Cultures
- Youth Cultures
Law
- Access to Justice
- Environmental Law
- Health & Bioethics
- International & Comparative Law& Governance
- International Regulation and Commercial Law
- Legal History
- Sustainability & Justice
Anthropology
- Reproductive Technologies, Globalism and Maternity: Egypt, India, United States
- Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State: Thailand, Fiji, Pakistan, India, Turkey, Brazil
- Religion in India, Turkey, Pakistan, PNG, Thailand
- Human Rights/Gender: Brazil, India, Turkey
- Sports and Martial Arts: Brazil
- Aboriginal Australia
- Health: HIV Aids, Family Planning, the Politics of Non Government Health Organisations : Laos, Thailand, India
Critical and Cultural Studies
- Critical Race, Ethnicity & Diasporia
- Derrida
- Somatechnics
- Somatic Technologies
- The Dickinson Periodicals Project
International Communication
- International public relations, public diplomacy, cultural diplomacy, soft power
- New media, alternative media, community media
- Educational, Health and Environmental Communication
- Development Communication. Partiipatory Communication, Participatory Video Production
- East Asian and Pacific Media
- Diasporic Communication
- Intercultural Communication
Media
- Audio Arts
- Auditory culture studies
- Australia advertising history
- Australian National Identity
- Biography and memoir
- Book Publishers/Publishing
- Colour Theory
- Comics and Graphic Novels
- Copyright law and new media technologies
- Creative non-fiction/literary journalism
- Culture and technology
- Cultural History
- Digital Cinema
- Digital Media Theories
- Documentary History, Theory and Production
- Fan fiction
- Feminist cultural studies
- Gender and geography in cinema and media
- Intellectual History
- Intellectual Property Theory
- Journalism ethics
- Language & aesthetics of the digital moving image
- Literary Cinephilia
- Media Psychology
- National cinemas, particularly Australian, Turkish and Middle Eastern cinemas
- Place and nature writing
- Post 1960s US literature, film, photography, and cultural criticism
- Practices of the self and formations of citizenship within neo-liberal political cultures
- Public Broadcasting
- Race and the Media
- Screen Production & Screen Writing (features, essay films, non-fiction, shorts)
- Screen theory
- Script Editing/Dramaturgy
- Sound and radio theory and history
- Theories of Creativity
- Travel Writing
- Twentieth Century Popular Music
- Visual Cultures
Philosophy
- Ethics & Ethical Theory
- Mind Metaphysics & Meaning
- Social and Continental Philosophy
Sociology
- Social theory and applied social research;
- Sociology of Gender;
- Politics and Policy - Social Policy, Care and the Public Sphere;
- Culture and Everyday Life;
- Economy and Society;
- Crime, Justice and the Law
- Contemporary thought
- The image and society
Indigenous Studies
- (Re)emergent traditional Indigenous cultural practices in urban contexts
- Australian Aboriginal Astronomy
- Communication in the Jumma community (indigenous to Bangladesh)
- Construction of Indigenous reality through spatial misappropriation
- Global Indigenous Studies contribution to post-modern theory
- Indigenous Ageing
- Indigenous Health
- Indigenous Human Rights
- Indigenous people’s experience of learning and academic work
Asian Studies
- Confucianism & Intellectual History
- History of Shanghai
- ICT-facilitated language teaching
- Japanese Literature
- Japanese, Pure and Applied Linguistics
- Languages of Medieval Central Asian and Nestorian Monuments in Quanzhou
- Manga
- Modern Chinese Literature
- Qing Dynasty Court and Theatre
- Socio-Legal Studies of Japan
Contemporary Music Studies
- Dance
- Experimental music
- Music History
- Vocal Studies
European Languages
- Applied Linguistics
- Globalization/migration Impact on Cultural Productions
- Language and Culture
- Literature/Film/Theatre
- Theory and History of European Literature
Modern History
- Australian Society and Culture
- Europe and the West
- Global, Postcolonial and Feminist Studies
- Historiography
- Media and Popular Culture
Politics and International Relations
- African politics
- Australian and comparative politics
- Australian intelligence organisations
- Australian New Idealism 1850 - 1950
- Australian politics
- British Idealism, especially Michael Oakeshott;
- Foreign and defence policy
- Globalization
- Interaction of religion and politics in the Middle East
- International relations theory
- Mass media
- Modern political theory
- Nationalism
- Nationalism
- Political behaviour and public opinion
- Political theory
- Political violence
- Politics of Lebanon and Sudan
- Secession
- The Arab/Israeli conflict
- US foreign policy
- US foreign policy in the Third World, particularly Latin America
- Utopianism
Social Cultural & Political Change
- Culturally Conctucted notions of Gender and Sexuality
- Feminist studies
- History of the Media ---
- Political Culture
- Postcolonial Studies
- Representations of History in the Media
For more information email: murray.goot@mq.edu.au
Social Inclusion
- Cities & Local Communities
- Community capacity building & community development
- Disadvantage in early childhood education
- Globalisation
- Language in the Workplace
- Migration –
- Multiculturalism
- Racism
- Religion
- The ecological humanities
- Welfare and care
- Work Reform
Legal Governance
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Environmental Sustainability
- Global and National Governance,
- Legal Governance
- Medico-legal Challenges of Human Health.
- Regulatory problems facing governments, businesses, and communities in the new world order
Ancient Cultures
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