RANKED
NO. 50
IN THE WORLD FOR
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
TOP 100
IN THE WORLD FOR
COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES
TOP 100
IN THE WORLD FOR
POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019
ARTS
AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES
Our Arts research explores issues of sociopolitical transformations
and developments in Southeast Asia, with both local and global
perspectives in mind. It shapes social change for a more just,
sustainable and richer future together.
Research clusters
Communication, media and policy
Studies the geopolitics of communication and
the link between media and the state and
society. It attempts to understand the way
cultural and political practices engage
the media and achieve specific results,
the present developments redefining the nature
of communications, and the challenges
determining the future direction of the media.
“The Arts and Social Sciences
provide students with
the knowledge to understand
our complex and rapidly
changing world, and
the conceptual tools to give
meaning to a number of
important developments in
politics, economics or society.”
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MARCO BUENTE
Culture, religion and gender
Considers the intersection between religion,
gender and culture in Southeast Asia at least in
three senses, all of which involves the study of
men and women’s status and history, and of
sexuality and other markers of diversity, at
the same time.
Need more information? Get in touch.
Ms Eswary Sivalingam
Research and Development Manager
School of Arts and Social Sciences
E [email protected]
monash.edu.my/sass
16 POSTGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2019
Literature, cinema and society
Explores the range of perspectives –
theoretical, aesthetical, psychological,
historical, sociological, ideological –
for understanding the interface between
literature/film as modes of representing
and narrating society in Southeast Asia.
Politics, development and governance
Contemplates key questions of governance such
as who governs, how and with what effects?
It also looks into the effects of governance
arrangements, power imbalances between
different actors involved in the quest for good
governance, and the nexus between
development and governance.
HINT
See page 41 for the Doctor of Philosophy
in Arts and Social Sciences.