Monash University Graduate Research Program in Literary and Cultural Studies

1. Monash UniversityGraduate Research Program inLiterary and Cultural Studies Induction

2. Structure • Higher degrees are administered by the Monash Institute for Graduate Research (MIGR): http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/why-monash/about/ • Students enrol in particular Programs, of which Literary and Cultural Studies (LCS) is one: http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/grp-literary-cultural-studies/

3. LCS Structure • LCS has • a Director, Professor Robin GersterRobin.Gerster@monash.edu ; • a Co-ordinator, Professor Marko Pavlyshyn Marko.Pavlyshyn@monash.edu ; • 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 Sally.Riley@monash.edu

4. Arts Graduate Research • Intermediary between the Program and MIGR is the Arts Graduate Research Committee, http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/graduate-research-programs/ • chaired by the Associate Dean (Research Training), Professor Farzad Sharifian.

5. Candidature • Your candidature comprises two parts: • Thesis • Research training • The guiding principles, procedures and rules are set out in the Handbooks – for • Research Masters http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/research-degrees/handbook/masters/ • PhD http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/research-degrees/handbook/content/

6. Thesis • Your most important relationship is with your supervisors. (Main and at least one associate.) http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/research-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.

7. 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: 21-27 months if full-time. • Pre-submission seminar: PhD: no less than 6 months before the candidature end date.

8. Coursework unit • Every candidate must undergo • a coursework unit: • For Literary and Cultural Studies not otherwise identified -http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/APG6724.html • For Literary and Cultural Studies / Translation or Translation and Interpreting – • http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/units/APR5876.html OR • http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2013handbooks/units/APR6724.html OR • http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/units/APR6021.html • For Literary and Cultural Studies /Creative Writing – • http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/units/APR5272.html • and an additional 96 hours of research training.

9. 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

10. Program Plans • All programs are available as pdf files through the MIGR page http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/research-degrees/program-plans/ • Example: the LCS otherwise unmarked PhD http://www.monash.edu.au/migr/assets/documents/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.

11. 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 http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/grp-literary-cultural-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.

12. 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 e-mail and on the web at http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/rils/lcsrils-seminar-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

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