Research in the School of Humanities

The School of Humanities has an impressive research reputation. A particular highlight is the PhD progrma in Creative Writing; its distinguished alumni include the 2004 Nobel Prize winner for literature Professor J M Coetzee, and successful Australian author Brian Castro.

Research Areas:

Classics (including Ancient Greek & Latin)
English (including Creative Writing)
European Studies
French Studies
German Studies
Linguistics
Media
Philosophy
Spanish

	Classics Aristotelians and Neo-Platonists, 2nd – 6th century A.D. A/Prof H. Baltussen Psychotherapy in Dealing with Grief in Antiquity (ARC Discovery Project 2007-2009) A/Prof H. Baltussen Censorship and Freedom of Speech in Antiquity A/Prof H. Baltussen, A/Prof Peter Davis Landscapes & physical environments in Latin elegiac poetry Dr Jacqueline Clarke Roman Epic A/Prof Peter Davis Ion of Chios Dr A. Katsaros, Dr V. Jennings Reception of Athenian tragedy Dr Eoghan Moloney Euripides' Rhesus Dr Eoghan Moloney The Zoara (Khirbet es-Sheikh ‘Isa) Project - A Dead Sea site Dr Margaret O’Hea Glassware in transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages Dr Margaret O’Hea For more information visit the Classics website.
	English Medieval Literature History of the English Language Early Modern Literature American Literature Australian Literature Postcolonial Literatures Aboriginal Writing African Literature Cultural Studies Victorian Literature and Culture Gender Studies Literary Theories Creative Writing Film Eco-criticism and poetics Poetry Women's Writing Life Writing/Fictocriticism For more information visit the English and Creative Writing websites. You may also contact Dr Patrick Allington concerning Creative Writing, or the English Postgraduate Coordinator, Dr Susan Hosking concerning either Creative Writing or research in English.
	European Studies Nineteenth-century French novel (Stendhal, Maupassant, Barbey d'Aurevilly, etc) Nineteenth century German musical life and its relation to cultural and national identity Wagner's use of mediaeval German sources Word and music studies Chance, destiny and the picaresque tradition French crime fiction French exploration in the south seas (especially the Baudin expedition) Applied linguistics The New Thinking of Franz Rosenzweig and Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy For more information visit the European Studies website
	French Studies Mediaeval, 18th, 19th and 20th-century French literature French poetry History of Ideas in the 19th Century 20th-century continental philosophy Contemporary French Society Literature and Politics (19th and 20th Centuries) History of French Exploration in the Pacific (in particular the Baudin Expedition) Applied linguistics Romanticism, Surrealism, Existentialism, Post-structuralism, Crime Fiction, the Picaresque tradition, Autobiography Ajar/Gary, Aragon, Balzac, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Beauchemin, Breton, Camus, Céline, Chrétien de Troyes, Darrieussecq, Diderot, Djian, Duras, Ernaux, Flaubert, Furetière, Gracq, Lainé, Leiris, Maupassant, Modiano, Nerval, Pennac, Proust, Sartre, Scarron, Sue, Tournier, Stendhal For more information visit the French Studies website
	German Studies Modern mannerism in literature, film and fine arts Comparative literature and aesthetics The arts/science interface Relations between German and European literatures 18th century philosophy and literature West German education system History of science Alexander von Humboldt 18th and 19th century German women writers German-Australian connections in the 19th century Postcolonial and intercultural approaches to German Studies East German literature 19th century musical life and German national identity Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival 20th century German children’s literature. For more information visit the German Studies website.
	Linguistics Prof. Peter Mühlhäusler Ecological Linguistics; Language and Environment; Integrational Linguistics; Language Planning; Norfolk Island language; Contact Languages; Pidgins and Creoles; Mission Linguistics; Indigenous Languages. Dr Peter Mickan Systemic Linguistics; Social Semiotics, Socialization and Learning in Communities of Practice, Communication in the Workplace, Second Language Acquisition, TESOL Pedagogies, Literacy Practices, TESOL Curriculum Design, Language Proficiency Assessment, IELTS Assessment, Language Practices in Education, Academic Discourses, Refugee Settlement Dr Rob Amery Kaurna Linguistics; Australian Indigenous Languages; Indigenous Languages and Education; Indigenous Languages and Health; Language Revival; Language Planning; Mission Linguistics; Languages in Contact; Koines; Lexical Semantics and Lexicography. Dr John Walsh Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and its applications to the study of language; literacy development, literacy pedagogy, EAL and EFL; relationship between language and learning and in language development. For more information visit the Linguistics website
	Media Dr Chika Anyanwu Media policy and law; creative Industries; diaspora and migration; African cinema; political economy (national development and youth empowerment) Dr Ming Cheung Visual communication; digital marketing and advertising; interaction design; design education and creativity; design and intellectual property Associate Professor Mary Griffiths New technologies & their social and political outcomes: policy and governance; political communication and participation; public interest journalism 2020; media industry change and working practices; e-democracy and citizen engagement in Australia and the EU. Transmedia narrative forms including film, photography and visualizations. 'Green' communications; cultural identity formation and diaspora; creative praxis; e-learning and 'authentic learning' pedagogy. Dr Sal Humphreys Digital games; online social media; Internet and governance Dr Ying Jiang Social media and public relations; governmentality; cyber-nationalism; generation Y; cross-cultural communication. Dr Peter C. Pugsley Asian screen media; film and television studies; studies of popular culture; globalisation and national identity; lifestyle magazine publishing Dr Michael Wilmore Development communication; media anthropology; health communication; South Asian media; indigenous media For more information visit the Media Studies website
	Philosophy Aesthetics Dr Jenny McMahon, Dr Denise Gamble Philosophy of Art Dr Jenny McMahon Philosophy of Biology Dr Pamela Lyon Cognitive Science Dr Philip Gerrans, Professor Gerard O'Brien, Dr Jon Opie, Dr Pamela Lyon Epistemology Dr Jordi Fernandez Kant Dr Jenny McMahon, Dr Denise Gamble Philosophy of Language Dr Denise Gamble Legal Philosphy Dr Denise Gamble Logic Emeritus Professor Chris Mortensen, Dr Jennie Louise Philosophy of Mind Professor Gerard O'Brien, Dr Jon Opie, Dr Jennie Louise, Dr Jordi Fernandez, Dr Andrew Gleeson, Dr Pamela Lyon Metaphysics Dr Jordi Fernandez, Dr Jon Opie Moral Philosophy Dr Garrett Cullity, Dr Andrew Gleeson, Dr Jennie Louise, Professor Gerard O'Brien, Dr Denise Gamble Neo-pragmatism Dr Jenny McMahon Social & Political Philosophy Dr Jennie Louise, Dr Philip Gerrans Philosophy of Science Emeritus Professor Chris Mortensen, Professor Graham Nerlich, Dr Jon Opie, Dr Pamela Lyon For more information visit the Philosophy website.
	Spanish Ecological discourses and counter-discourses in Hispanic literatures the Spanish novel of the 20th Century literature, film and history of the Spanish Civil War Spanish society through Don Quixote revolutions and literature in Latin America Latin American pre-Columbian cultures. For more information visit the Discipline of Spanish website.