Philosophy and Religious Studies
Postgraduate Studies
The Arts Program, La Trobe University Bendigo offers post-graduate degrees at the following levels:
(a) Masters: a research-based degree in which candidates embark on intensive study of a specialized area, producing a thesis of 40-50,000 words.
(b) Doctoral: a research-based degree in which candidates embark on intensive study of a specialized area, producing a thesis of 70-100,000 words.
Students who have completed Honours degrees elsewhere are welcome to apply for entry to either the Masters or the Doctoral program.
Post Graduate Profiles
Masters by Research
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Rebecca Brown
Inter-Religious Dialogue
Supervisor: Harry Oldmeadow
Currenty on maternity leave |
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Sharron Jamisson
Symbols of Initiation
Supervisor: Roger Sworder
Submitted Nov.20089 |
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Kim Lai
Buddhist Cosmologies
Supervisor: Rod Blackhirst |
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James Larking
Sacrifice and death and their significance to modernity
Supervisor: Harry Oldmeadow |
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Leanne Lockwood
The cosmology of Homeric hymns
Supervisor: John Penwill |
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Jan Porter
Becoming and Unbecoming: Lactantius and Epicurus
Supervisor: John Penwill |
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Ann Van Ryn
The Significance of Nature in the Plotinian Doctrines on the Intellectual Order
Supervisor: Roger Sworder |
Doctoral candidates
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Dorothy Avery
A Dendress for Demeter
Supervisor: Roger Sworder |
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Wendy Brennan
The Language of Mysticism
Supervisor: Roger Sworder
Co-supervisor: Mark Garner (University of Aberdeen) |
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Graeme Castleman
Cosmogony and salvation: creatio ex nihilo in Christianity
Supervisor: Rodney Blackhirst |
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A. Marilena Damiano
Lost Codices of Sacred Union
Supervisor: Rodney Blackhirst |
Succesful postgraduates
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Dr Brian Coman
Traditional Christianity and its modern ecological critics
Supervisor: John Penwill
Awarded: 2006 |
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Dr Patricia Adrichem
Frithjof Schuon and Religious Pluralism
Supervisor: Harry Oldmeadow
Awarded: 2005 |
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Tom McWilliam
Truth: Leaps and Bounds
Supervisor:Roger Sworder
Awarded: 2005 |
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Dr Andrew Itter
Method & Doctrine: Esoteric teachings in Clement of Alexandria
Supervisor: Roger Sworder
Awarded: 2004 |
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Dr Timothy Scott
Symbolism of the Ark: The Receptacle of Divine Immanence
Supervisor: Harry Oldmeadow
Awarded: 2004 |
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Christine Street
Kashmir Shaivism: Philosophy, Myth and Ritual
Supervisor: Harry Oldmeadow
Awarded: 2009 |
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