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From its inception, the History Program at La Trobe University has pursued innovative modes of teaching and engaged in path-breaking research projects, which have laid the basis for a strong postgraduate program. Current and former members of the History Program have won numerous prestigious awards and prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Boulton Prize, the Quincentennial Discovery Prize, the Douglas Adair Medal, the Gustavus Myers Award, the New South Wales Premier's History Prize, the UACES Prize for the Best Book in Contemporary European Studies and many others, for books as well as articles. La Trobe postgraduates have also won numerous prizes, most recently the Australian Historical Association's Biennial Serle Award (2008) and work in various Australian and international universities as well as outside academia.
The History Program offers research leadership and supervision for research Masters and Doctorates in American (including Latin America), Australian (including the Pacific) and European fields. Although expert in national histories and regions, La Trobe historians also focus on:
Australian history
Colonial and post-colonial studies
Transnational studies
Colonial and modern Indigenous studies on Australia, the Pacific, and the Americas
Modern studies on Britain, Europe and North America, including a special focus on imperialism
Latin American history
Landscape
(Auto)biographical writing
Religion and Spirituality studies
Feminist history including gender relations;sexuality;work
History of Art and culture in the US, Europe and Australia
We are actively committed to promoting an environment of scholarly achievement and supports students with supervision only by those with expertise in the field, a weekly postgraduate work-in-progress seminar, annual postgraduate conference, training workshops, research completion and publication incentives and an environment of staff-student collegiality through seminars, shared work spaces and common facilities.
Australian and New Zealand scholarship applicants must submit their forms to the Research and Graduate Studies Office and should contact the psotgraduate coordinator as well as a potential supervisor prior to applying.
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