Monash University Graduate Research Program in Literary and Cultural Studies Induction

Structure – Higher degrees are administered by the Monash Institute for Graduate Research (MIGR): monash/about/ monash/about/ – Students enrol in particular Programs, of which Literary and Cultural Studies (LCS) is one: cultural-studies/

LCS Structure – LCS has a Director, Professor Robin Gerster ; a Co-ordinator, Professor Marko Pavlyshyn ; an executive committee, which includes representatives of the disciplines within LCS: – Creative Writing – Translation and Interpreting Studies and – Translation Studies), and a student representative; and an administrative officer, Sally Riley

Arts Graduate Research – Intermediary between the Program and MIGR is the Arts Graduate Research Committee, research-programs/ research-programs/ – chaired by the Associate Dean (Research Training), Professor Farzad Sharifian.

Candidature Your candidature comprises two parts: – Thesis – Research training The guiding principles, procedures and rules are set out in the Handbooks – for – Research Masters degrees/handbook/masters/ degrees/handbook/masters/ – PhD degrees/handbook/content/ degrees/handbook/content/

Thesis – Your most important relationship is with your supervisors. (Main and at least one associate.) degrees/handbook/chapter-five/5-2.html degrees/handbook/chapter-five/5-2.html Meetings fortnightly for full-time candidates. Academic guidance and advice in refining your topic, finding suitable sources, structuring your thesis, but especially planning. Planning involves: – Ensuring the smooth progress of your candidature so that you finish within the three-year time frame. This includes timely completion of your milestone events. – Ensuring that you complete the research training components of your thesis.

Milestones Milestone events: (see Handbooks for details) – Confirmation of candidature (PhD: 12 months, Masters: 9-12 months if full-time) – Mid-Candidature Review (MCR): PhD: months if full-time. – Pre-submission seminar: PhD: no less than 6 months before the candidature end date.

Coursework unit – Every candidate must undergo a coursework unit: – For Literary and Cultural Studies not otherwise identified - ml ml – For Literary and Cultural Studies / Translation or Translation and Interpreting – » R5876.html OR R5876.html » R6724.html OR R6724.html » R6021.html R6021.html – For Literary and Cultural Studies /Creative Writing – » R5272.html R5272.html and an additional 96 hours of research training.

Research Training – The available activities under research training are adjusted to each of the disciplines of the Literary and Cultural Studies program: Literary and Cultural Studies – Literary and Cultural Studies HDR program - PhD – Literary and Cultural Studies HDR program - Master's – Translation and Interpreting Studies HDR program - PhD – Translation and Interpreting Studies HDR program - Master's – Translation Studies HDR program - PhD – Creative Writing HDR program- PhD – Creative Writing HDR program - Master's

Program Plans – All programs are available as pdf files through the MIGR page degrees/program-plans/ degrees/program-plans/ – Example: the LCS otherwise unmarked PhD program-plans/phd-program-plan-literary-and- cultural-studies170413a.pdf program-plans/phd-program-plan-literary-and- cultural-studies170413a.pdf – The appropriate research training has to be planned on the basis of this document with your supervisor. At each milestone, you will need to show that you have done the appropriate components of your training.

Keeping track of your Research Training To help students maintain a record of the research training activities that they have undertaken, the LCS program has devised a template: – A self-expanding “Research Training Requirements Record of Activity” form, available at studies/?p=243&preview=true studies/?p=243&preview=true This is not an official form. There is no obligation to use it, but it may be helpful at the time when you need to report on the research training activities that you have completed in your milestone reports.

Seminar Series Writers and their World series (Mondays, 2-4 p.m.), First Semester, about which notices are circulated by e- mail, and The LCS/Research in Literary Studies (RILS) series, Second Semester (Mondays, 3-5 p.m., also advertised by and on the web at series-2013/ series-2013/ From this page you may also download a form on which to create a record of your attendance at a particular training event

Other Research Training Activities Work-in-Progress Presentation Day Postgraduate symposium