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Philosophy and Religious Studies

Staff Directory

Academic Staff

Name Position Research/Teaching Interests Telephone Email
Dr Rod Blackhirst Lecturer The perennialist and traditionalist perspectives in Religious Studies and comparative religion. The monotheist religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. +61 3 5444 7813 r.blackhirst@latrobe.edu.au
Mr John Penwill Senior Lecturer Greek and Roman Literature and Philosophy. My particular interests are in Roman literature of the late republic and early empire (Lucretius to Apuleius). +61 3 5444 7547 j.penwill@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Harry Oldmeadow Lecturer The traditionalist school of perennialism critiques of modernity; the Western encounter with Eastern religious traditions; religion and the environmental debate; primal and indigenous religions; classical Hollywood cinema. +61 3 5444 7592 h.oldmeadow@latrobe.edu.au

Research Staff

Name Position Research/Teaching Interests Telephone Email
Mr Peter Chang Research Officer Chinese moral and religious traditions: classical and contemporary Confucian movements; human rights; Christian and Confucian philosophical and religious ethics. +61 3 5444 7228

p.chang@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Timothy Scott Research Officer Traditional symbolism and metaphysics; the mystical traditions; sacred art; the traditionalist school of perennialism. +61 3 5444 7243 t.scott@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Algis Uždavinys Research Officer Hellenic, ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Phoenician, Byzantine and Indian traditions; Platonism, Pythagoreanism, Stoicism and Neo-Platonism; Islamic history and theology; Sufism; Hermeticism; sacred art. +61 3 5444 7542 a.uzdavinys@latrobe.edu.au

Honorary Associate

Name Position Research/Teaching Interests Telephone Email
Dr Brian Coman Hon. Assoc Philosophy of religion, the interaction between religion and science, and especially, the question of religion and ‘ecological consciousness’. +61 3 5444 7990 b.coman@
latrobe. edu.au
Dr Al Gabay Hon. Assoc. The related areas of my research interests are: religion in the l8th Century and on 19th Century Spiritualism in Australia, the U.S. and Britain; and biography in History. +61 3 5444 7421 a.gabay@latrobe.edu.au
Mr Maurice Nestor Hon. Assoc. Philosophy and Religious Studies
Literature, Film and Art 		+61 3 5444 7421 m.nestor@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Roger Sworder Retired Roger teaches units in Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Enlightenment and Romantic thought and the Philosophy of Work and Art. Other interests are Vedanta, Taoism, the Metaphysical and Romantic poets.    

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