Postgraduate

  • We offer the following degree programs:

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    Postgraduate Programs – Archaeology & Ancient History

    The principal aim of Archaeology and Ancient History is to expand students’ engagement, through detailed research, with the culture and history of key civilisations of the ancient Mediterranean, especially Egypt. It encourages students to explore and consider the various means by which the ancient past can be approached through a combination of textual sources and material culture, and the ways in which it is both constructed and deconstructed.

    We offer the only program in Victoria and one of only two in Australia that provides supervision of research degrees in Egyptology, especially Egyptian archaeology from the Predynastic to early Christian Period. It also offers supervision in aspects of the classical world, the Near East and regions extending to the Indian sub-continent.

    Postgraduate study can be undertaken by research or a combination of research and coursework. Students are supported by a process of induction, training in methodology and theoretical approaches, and supervised project design. Regular seminars are held by staff, students and visiting academics. All postgraduate students are given the opportunity to participate in fieldwork in Egypt on one of the centre’s various projects.

    Completed Students:

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    Bowen, Gillian E.
    (1998) The Spread of Christianity in Egypt in Light of Recent Discoveries from Ancient Kellis

    Eccleston, Mark A. J.
    (2006) Technological and Social Aspects of High-Temperature Industries in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, During the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods

    Hubschmann, Caroline
    (2009) The Oases of the Western Desert of Egypt during the Third Intermediate and Late Periods

    Kucera, Paul
    (2010) The Roman Military Presence in the Western Desert of Egypt

    Stevens, Anna K.
    (2002) A Study of the Material Evidence for Non-State Religion at Amarna

    Suelzle, Ben
    (2011) Ancient Egyptian State Formation and Elite Burial Practices

    Warfe, Ashten
    (2008) A Study of the Pottery from Early and Mid-Holocene Sites in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt

     

    Masters (MA)

    Cox, Jess
    (2010) The Demise of the City of Gold: A Chronological and Qualitative Analysis of the Naqada Cemeteries of Late Predynastic Egypt

    Dunsmore, Amanda L.
    (1997) The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Collection in the National Gallery of Victoria

    Getson, Jan
    (2010) Enemies and Foreigners – Egyptian Images to the end of the Old Kingdom

    Hay, Louise
    (1999) The Egyptian Army from the Predynastic Period until the End of the Old Kingdom

    James, Daniel
    (2010) Stepping from Winkler’s Shadow: rock-art classification at Dakhleh Oasis

    Kremler, Joy
    (2008) Origin and Development of Frog Amulets in Ancient Egypt

    Long, Richard
    (2007) Egypt’s Western Desert During the New Kingdom

    Naylor, Gregory J.
    (1999) Trade between Egypt and Cyprus from the Late Second Intermediate Period to the end of the XVIIIth Dynasty

    O’Brien, Lainie
    (2007) Kingship in the Reign of Thutmose III

    Pecher, Yvonne
    (2010) Self Presentation in Roman Egypt: with special emphasis on Dakhleh Oasis

    Pettman, Amy
    (2010) Old Kingdom Egyptian activity in the Western Desert, evident through ceramic material from Ein el-Gazareen

    Ross, Andrew
    (2002) Oils and Related Materials in Egyptian Rituals and Private Use During the Roman Period

    Scorgie, Séamus
    (2003) The Political Situation in the Western Oases of Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, With Special Reference to the Dakhleh Oasis

    Vella, Amy
    (2009) Roses in Roman-Period Egypt

    Current Students:

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    Gill, James
    Ptolemaic Policy in the Western Desert

    Healey, Emmeline
    The Role of the Military in Egypt during the Amarna Period

    Livingstone, Rosanne
    Textiles and Identity: the evidence from Kellis

    Mawdsley, Lisa
    Tarkhan: a study of the development of a provincial centre in the Naqada III period 

    Masters (MA)

    Petkov, Yohanna
    Child Burials in the New Kingdom

    Smith, Linda
    Dancing, Fighting and Hippopotami: Regionalism and the Motifs of Egyptian White Cross-lined Ware

    Woodfield, Louise
    The Cult of Isis in Dakhleh during the Roman period: evidence from material culture

    Younger, Alice
    Early Christian Burial Practices and Beliefs in Egypt to the Mid-Fifth Century and a Comparison with the Levant.