Dean's Report
HISTORY 35 PUBLISHED WORK
Chapters of Books
1. BLAINEY, G. - New Zealand and Australia: Social and Cultural Similarities and Differences, in Australia and New Zealand Relations, ed. R. Havburn, University of Otago, /0:9I-1OO(1978).
2. BLAINEY, G. - Introduction to 125 Years of Age, ed. G. Hutton and L. Tanner, Nelson, ix-xi (1979).
3. BLAINEY, G.-Preface to Tlie Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria, R. B.Smyth, Queensberry Hill Press, i-iii (1979).
4. BLAINEY, G. - Antidotes for History, in Historical Disciplines and Culture in Australasia.
ed. J. A. Moses, University ofQueensland Press, 6.82-100 (1979).
5. BLAINEY, G. - Patrick Hannan, The Prospector, in Westralian Portraits, ed. L. Hunt, University of W.A. Press, 73-77(1979).
6. DENING, G. - Transculturalism and Marginality. in Counter Predictive Outcomes, ed.
Jean L. Martin, A.N.U. Press, Canberra, 57-66 (1979).
7. HIRST, J. - La sociedad rural y la politica en Australia, 1850-1930, in Argentina y Australia, ed. J. Fogarty, E. Gallo and H. Dieguez, Institute Torcuato di Telia, Buenos Aires, 77-98 (1979).
8. LACK. J. - William Ah Kel, in Australian Dictionary ofBiography, vol. 7, ed. B. Nairn and G. Serle, Melbourne University Press, 19-20 (1979). '
9. LEONG, S.T. - Traditional Issues in Sino-Soviet Relations since 1949, in China:
Development and Challenge, cd. S. K. Waung, Centre for Asian Studies, Universitv of Hong Kong, 1 17-45(1979).
Articles
10. DAVISON, G. - The Dimension of Mobility in 19th Centurv Australia. Australia 1888.
Bulletin. 2:7-32 (1979).
11. DAVISON, G. - Australian Urban Historv: a progress report. Urban Historv Yearbook:
100-109(1979).
12. DAVISON, G. - Thc Melbourne University Social Survcv 1941-3. Australia 1938-1988.
Bulletin. 3:6-8 (1979).
13. FISHER, C. - The Great Ritual Controversy in the Age of Ming Shih-tsung. Bulletin for the Study of Chinese Religion. 7 (1979).
14. GRIMSHAW, P. - Women and the family in Australian history - a reply to The Real Matilda. Historical Studies. 18(12): 412-21 (1979).
15. GRIMSHAW, P. - Reflections on Engels' The Origin ofthe Familv. Private Property and the State. Hecate, 5(1): 65-74 (1979).
16. MERWICK, D. - Dutch Townsmen and Land Use: A Spatial Perspective on 17th Century Albany, New York. William and Mary Quarterly. X X X V I I : 53-78 (Jan. 1980).
17. RIDLEY, R.-Sumerian royal inscriptions ofthe early dynastic period. Mundus Antiquus, 2:79-94(1978).
18. RIDLEY. R. - The genesis of an historian: Gibbon's English journal. Mundus Antiquus. 2:
64-78(1978).
19. RIDLEY, R. - In collaboration with Theodor Mommsen: Ettore Pais and the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Klio. 67:497-506 (1979).
T H E S E S PASSED FOR H I G H E R D E G R E E S Doctor of Philosophy
1. BARRETT, A. H. B. - The Civic Frontier: the Origin of Local Communities and Local Government in Victoria, 1834-70.
2. MITCHELL, C. J. - The French Legislative Assembly. April-September 1792.
3. MOLLER, A. G.- Bellicose Nationalist of Republican China: An Intellectual Biography of Fit Ssu- 'Nien.
4. TABBERNEE, W. - The Opposition to Montanism from Church and State: A Study ofthe History and Theology ofthe Montanist Movement as shown by Writings and Legislation of the Orthodox Opponents to Montanism.
Master of Arts
5. BLASKETT, B. A. - The Aboriginal Response to White Settlement in the Port Phillip District 1835-1850.
6. CHAMBERS, M. F. - Polynesian Missionary Teachers in the Western Pacific 1830-1870:
A Study in Culture Contact.
7. HARRIS. J. C. - Richard Sibbes: A Moderate in Early 17th Century Puritanism.
8. HORSLEY, A. - Roman Lugdunum.
9. LEMON. A. G. L.- James Balfour.
10. MARENDY. E. - 77ie Gallic Religion and Rome.
11. PEOPLES, K. - The Oreo.! War and the Churches in Bendigo.
12. POOK, H. F. - Depression and Government in Victoria 1929-1932: A Study in Labour Politics.
13. REEVE. L. J. - Clarendon and the English Revolution.
14. ROSANDER. E.-History Material in Victorian Museums.
I 5. USSHER. B. - Religion and the Social Structure: An Analysis of the Salvation Army's Role in Late 19th Century Melbourne.
T H E S E S IN PROGRESS PhD Theses in Progress ADLER, J. - The Jews in Paris. 1940-1944.
COPE, G. S. - The Woollen Industry in 19th Centurv Victoria.
DUNST A N, W. D. - The Melbourne City Council 1860-80: A Study in Urban Politics.
EAGLE, M. E. - Painting in Sydney from World War I to 1930.
FAHEY.J. C- Wealth and Poverty in Northern Victoria.
GILLAM. R. A. - Thc Origins and Characteristics of the Cult ofthe Goddess Ilaihor from the Earliest Times to the 13th Dvnastv.
GRIMSHAW, P. A-A Social Historv of Women in Culture Contact in the Pacific. 1797-1850.
HOWE, A. - Anglo-Dutch Politics in Colonial New York Cit v. 1700-1760.
HUEGE dc SERVILLE, P.-The Upper Classes in Victoria. 1850-1914.
JOHNSTONE, C. B. - History of the Origins. Formation and Early Development ofthe Broken Hill Associated Smellers Pty. Ltd.
JORDAN, D.}.-Nettie Palmer: Australian Women and Writing.
McCONVlLLE, C.J. - Urbanisation ofthe Irish: Migration from Ireland to Melbourne and Sydney from 1850 to 1900.
MACLEAN, P. J. - Eastern European Jews in Germany 1918-1939.
RASMUSSEN,C. A. - 'The Anti- War Movement in Australia in the 1930s.
REEVES, A. P. - Trade Unions and Communism: Industrial Recovery in Australia and Great Britain 1930-1939.
ROBERTS, B. D. - A Study ofthe late Chartist Press. 1848-1856.
STEPHEN, S. J. - ' Youth' and the City in Australia and America.
STRAHAN, L. M. - Meanjin Quarterly in the context ofA ustralia's cultural historv.
TEMPLETON, J. D.- The Boys Come Home': A Study of World War I Veterans.
THORNTON-SMITH, P. ft.- 1917 Australian Federal Election.
TREMBATH,G. R.- 'The History ofthe Royal Viclorian 'Trained Nurses' Association 1901-34.
UNDERDOWN, M. R. - The Japanese Role in Mongolian Nationalist Movements.
VLAHOGIANNIS.N.-A-//'/!nc/ato- VI. KingofPonlus.
WATTS, R. - Welfare Planning in Australia. 1938-1946.
WOOD-ELLEM, E. O. - Queen Salote Tupou 111 and Tungi Mailejihi: a study of leadership in 20th Century Tonga (1918-41).
YULE. P. - The Tariff Reform Movement and the Unionist Parly 1903-1914.
ZIMMER, J. K. - Islamic Jewellery.
MA Theses in Progress
ALSOP, G. - British Educational Policies in Hong Kong in late 19th Century.
ASHER, L. - The Women's Electoral Lobby and its relation to other early Australian Feminist- groups.
BOANAS, G. A. D. - 15th Century Roman Antiquarians and the 'Restoration 'Papacy.
BRAND, D.L.D. -Annotated Bibliographical Guide to the University of Melbourne Archives.
BROWNING, H. O. - Some aspects ofthe move lo federation and the writing ot the Australian Constitution Act of1900.
CARTER, J. D. - The Role of Collectors of Archaeological Relics in Victoria prior to professional Archaeological Studies.
COFFEY, S. E. - The National Sunday League and Anti-Sabbatarianism in 19lh Century England.
CRITCHETT, J. F. - A History of the Framlingham and Lake Condah Aboriginal Stations, 1860-1918.
DESCHAMP,B. D.-John Wycliffe: His Reputation at the Time of the Reformation.
DOLAN, N. S. - Pressmen and the War: An Examination of the relationship between some leading British newspapermen and politicians and High Command during World War I.
HISTORY 37 DOWNEY. N. C. - Irish Female Immigration, c. 1848-1870.
EGAN, J. B. - Reaction of the British Medical Profession to Anettrin Bevan and his National Health Service Legislation.
ELLIS, J. J. - Altitudes of Obedience and Allegiance of Radical Early 17th Century Puritans.
FAHEY, A. - Family in New York City in 18th Century.
GRIFFITHS, T. R. - Beechworth: Historical Consciousness in a Small Town.
HELMS, C. IL- Anglican Missionaries in British New Guinea.
HOLL1NGWORTH, J. M. - Class Discrimination and Imperialism in early 20th Century Australian Children's Literature.
HOOPER, E.R. - Antiquarian Theory concerning the Origin ofthe Cells in Central and Western Europe in Prehistoric Times.
HOPKINS, M.- German Resettlement Policy. 1939-45.
HORROCKS, L. C. - The 'Endeavour'in the Pacific: Aspects of Culture Contact.
JONES, G. O. M. - 19th Century Middle Class Women in Australia in Employment:
Governesses and Teachers.
KISS, R. E. - Fitzroy in the 19th Centurv.
KRAUSS, W. -,-1/7 Autobiography.
LA MACCHIA.G. L.- 'Thalassocracy': The Great Naval Age 1875-1925.
LASTER, K. - The Utopian and Ami- Utopian Traditions: their influence on future forecasting.
LEWIS.R. J.- Victorian Governments and lhe Chinese. 1880-1910
LYNZAAT, A. M.- Women in the Clothing and Textile Trade in Victoria. 1880-1950.
McKAY, P. M. - History ofl he Cement Industry in Australia.
McMULLIN, A. F. R. -Perceptions ofthe Great War in Australia. 1914-1938.
McPHERSON,A. B.- William Butterfield and the Building of St. Paul's Cathedral. Melbourne.
MACPHERSON, P.J. - The Early Settlement and Pastoral Development of North-Eastern Victoria, with panicular reference to thc Dockers of'Boniherambo'.
M ATHES, C. R. - The Godly Magistrate in the Long Parliament.
M1LLMAN, J. - Thc Organization and Administration of Institutions for the Mentally III in Victoria. 1850-86.
O'BRIEN, L. - Destitute Old Age in Victoria in the Colonial and early Commonwealth Period.
PR1ED1TIS, Ci. - The Beginning cf Australian Post- War Immigration: Baltic Immigration in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
ROFE. D. -5. Francesco Romana.
ROLFE, A. - Echuca in the 20th Century: Aspects of its Social History.
SAGAZIO, C. - The Victorian Labor Party, c. 1885-1900.
SAGONA. A. G. - Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in Eastern Anatolia and 'Transcaucasia.
SAGONA. C. R. - The Origins of ihe Sea Peoples.
SCHUTT,R. E.-Samuel Barnett and Tovnbec Hall.
TYRRELL. M. L. - / 7th Century Quakerism.
UULF, R.-.-l Socio-Economic Model for the Study of Women in Colonial Australia.
WAJSENBERG. J. - Migration of Jews from Bialystok (Poland) to Australia.
WATTS. L. A. - Norman Mailer: Facingand Making History.
WHITING, M. K. -An Interpretation ofthe Iconography on some Graeco-Roman Amulets.
WILLIAMS, H. K. - Henry Fielding: His Literary. Political-legal works in relation to his work as a London Magistrate.
WINZENRIED, A. P.-The Sabbatarian Controversy of the 1590s.
ZOGBAUM. H. - The Abolition of Images and Iconoclasm in Southwest Germany during the early Reformation.
S U B S T A N T I A L GRANT R E C E I V E D The following grant has been received:
Australian War Memorial: Soldier Settlement.
HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF S C I E N C E
RESEARCH TOPICS IN PROGRESS 1. The Chemical Revolution in France 1740-! 794- H. E. Le Grand.
2. The Influence of Thermodynamics on Heat-Engine Technology in the late Nineteenth Centurv - K. R. Hutchison.
3. Public Health in the Colony of Victoria 1851-1901 - D . Dyason.
4. The Mathematization of Physics during thc Eighteenth Century - R. W. Home.
5. The Role of Magic in thc Scientific Revolution - K. R. Hutchison.
6. The Demarcation ofScience from Non-Science - H. Krips.
7. Theories of Space and Time - H . Krips.
8. Foundations of Quantum Theory - H. Krips.
9. Mathematical Heuristic, with special reference to classical (Euclidean) geometry' - J- Pottage.
10. Social Factors in Scientific Change-H. E. LcGrand.
11. Philosophical Problems of Scientific Explanation - S. Gaukrogcr.
12. Non-Darwinian Theories of Evolution in the Early Twentieth Century - M. M.
MacCallum.
13. Physics Research in Australia 1875-1945 - R. W. Home.
14. Biology and Society in Australia, 1850-1940-L. A. Farrall.
15. The History ofthe English Eugenics Movement 1865-1920-L. A. Farrall.
16. Philosophy of Medicine-H. Krips.
17. Mathematical Truth and Ontology - F. J. Clendinnen.
18. Identity and lnter-thcoretic Reduction-F. J. Clendinnen.
19. Thc Rational Basis of Scientific Inference-F. J. Clendinnen.
PUBLISHED WORK Books
1. FARRALL, L. A. (cd.) - Whither Technology. Deakin Universitv, Open Campus Program (1979).
2. HOME. R. W., with CONNOR, P. J. - Aepinus s Essay on the Theory of Electricity and Magnetism. Introductory monograph and notes by R. W. Home, translation by P. J.
Connor. 514 pp. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. (1979).
Chapters of Books
3. CLENDINNEN, F. J. - Inference, Practice and Theory, in Wesley C. Salmon, ed., Hans Reichenbach: Logical Empiricist, Vol. 132, Synthese Library, D. Reidel, Dordrecht/
Boston, 85-128 (1979).
4. GILLESPIE, R. P. - Asbestos: Setting a Standard, in D. W. Chambers and others, eds., Liberation and Control, a reader for the course "Knowledge and Power", Deakin University, 265-267 (1979).
5. HOME, R. W. - Out of a Newtonian Straitjacket: Alternative Approaches to Eighteenth- Century Physical Science, in R. F. Brissendcn and J. C. Eade, eds., Studies in the Eighteenth Centurv, IV: Papers presented at the Fourth David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar, Canberra, 1976, ANU Press,Canberra, 235-249 (1979).
Articles
6. DYASON, D. J. - Untimely Death in the Age of Enlightenment. Snippets, 2:47-71 (1979).
7. FARRALL. L. A. - The History of Eugenics: A Bibliographical Review. Annals of Science, 36:111-123(1979).
8. FARRALL, L. A. - Sciences in Cultures, Essay review ofthe journals Chinese Science and Journal for the History of Arabic Science. Isis, 70:584-587 (1979).
9. HOME, R. W. - Nollet and Boerhaave: A Note on Eighteenth-Century Ideas about Electricity and Fire. Annals ofScience. 36:171-176(1979).
Reports and Notes
10. CLENDINNEN, F. J. - Review of Suppe, F. (ed.) The Structure of Scientific Thought (second ed. Urbana 1977). Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 56:211-273(1978).
11. FARRALL, L. A. - Growth of Science, review of Joan Radford, The Chemistry Department of the Universitv of Melbourne. Australian Book Review, p.26 (Oct. 1979).
12. GAU K ROGER, S. W. - Science and Matter. History ofScience, 17:214-216 (1979).
13. GAUKROGER, S. W. - Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 9:379-382 (1979).
HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 39 T H E S I S PASSED FOR H I G H E R D E G R E E
Master oj Arts
1. KENNEDY. R. B. - The Beginnings of Probability Calculus with Special Reference to the Works ofDe Moivre and Simpson.
T H E S E S IN PROGRESS PhD Theses in Progress
CLA R K, J. F. - The Quantification of Electrostatics in the earlv 19lh Centurv.
CUSHAN.A. M. - Medical Ethics.
DAVEY, B. G. - Kantian Explications ofthe Metaphysical Residues of Newton's Concept of Space.
FOX, C. A. C. - Rationality Theory and Heuristics.
GA LLE, P. J. - The Meaning of Theoretical Terms.
ITO, Y. - Geology and A ntiquarians in 17th Century England.
JONES, L. J. - The Contribution of John Ridley to Australian Technology.
NAYLER. M. A. - Theories of Muscle Function after the 17th Centurv.
STOKES, T. - The Nature of Theories.
TURNBULL, G. D. - Some Historical and Philosophical Aspects oj the Demarcation Between Science and Non-science.
MA Theses in Progress CLAR K, C. - Science and Religion in the Work of Robert Boyle.
KEEN, J. R. - Dr William McCrae. First Chairman ofthe Central Board of Health in the Colony of Victoria.
KENNEDY. D. C. - On Zcno's Paradoxes.
McCARTHY, M.J.- Investigations of Scientific Methods and Predictions with special reference lo Lakatos.
NICOL, G. J. - Viclorian Colonial Medical Profession 1851-1865.
NORMAN, P. D. - Some Aspects ofthe Role of Intuition in Science.
OVERTON, R. }.- The Beginnings of Group Theorv.
RAVENHALL.J.G.-CVkw/.v'rvm 19th Centurv Melbourne.
REYNOLDS. K.-Late 18th Century Veterinary Science.
SMITH, A. P. - The Statistical Relevance Account of Explanation.
MSc Theses in Progress GILL, W. - Chemistry and Public Health in thc 19th Century.
GITT1NS. M. J. - Religion and Science in the 17th Century.
OZOLINS. J. T. -An Examination ofPersonalist Probability.
SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS RECEIVED Grants have been received as follows:
ARGC: Biology and Society in Australia 1850-1940.
ARGC: The Mathematization of Physics during thc 18th Century.
ARGC: The Chemical Revolution in France 1740-1794.
ARGC: Public Health in the Colony of Victoria 1851 -1901.
INDIAN STUDIES
RESEARCH TOPICS IN PROGRESS 1. A critical study of Gatha-Saptasati - A. Mojumder.
2. Intellectualsand Social Change in Asia-S. N. Ray.
3. Renaissance in Bengal-S. N. Ray.
4. M. N. Roy: projected biography of a revolutionary in three volumes (first volume completed)-S. N. Ray.
5. Social organisation and religious beliefs ofthe Santals - A. Mojumder.
6. Arabic. Persian and Turkish words in Bengali - A. Mojumder.
7. Buddhism in Medieval India: a study on the condition of Buddhism in India during the period from the 10th century up to the 16th century. This research, based on literary and archaeological sources, is intended to fill thc gap which exists in Buddhist studies - T.
Rahula.
8. A critical edition ofthe Apadana Pali: undertaken for the Pali Text Society, London - T.
Rahula.
9. Sources for the Study of British India in the State Library of Victoria. Part II, Gazetteers, Maps and Photographs-J. M. Dunham, Beh Kim Un. H. C. Charlesworth.
10. Modernization of Bengali women in thc late nineteenth century with special reference to response of women themselves-G. Murshid.
11. Contribution of BamobodhinlPatrikd. 1863-1923, to social reform movement in Bengal - G. Murshid.
PUBLISHED WORK Books
1. MOJUMDER. A. - Carvapodas. Calcutta. Naya Prakash, 5th enlarged ed., xviii + 235 (1979).
2. MOJUMDER. A. - Middle IndoArvan Languages and Literature. Calcutta, Naya Prakash, 6th cd.. vii + 193(1979).
3. MOJUMDER, A. - Mavahi Betal(m Bengali), Calcutta, Jatak, 64 (1978).
4. MOJUMDER, A. -Samay Asamay Duhsamay (in Bengali), Calcutta, Jatak, 64 (1979).
5. RAY, S. N. - The World Her Village. Ellen Gottschalk Rov. Ananda Publishers, Calcutta, 376(1979).
Chapters of Books
6. RAY. S. N. - A Rationalist View of Man, in M. Sinha (cd.), Man, Samatata Prakashan, Calcutta, 35-42 (1979).
7. RAY, S. N. - Section 35: pp. 122-126 in D. Narain and S. H. Deshpande. G. D. Parikh.
Centre for the Study of Social Change, Bombay. 370(1979).
Articles
8. MOJUMDER, A. - Tagore's Educational Experiments. Melbourne Journal of the Helen Vale Foundation. VII: 19-27(1979).
9. MOJUMDER, A. - Thc love poems of the Santals. Journal of the Folklore Academy.
Calcutta. XL 197-208 (December 1978).
10. RAY, S. N. - Tagore, Gandhi and Rov, Three 20th Century Utopians. Gandhian Perspec- tives Q uarterly. 2( 1): 1 -12 (19 79).
11. RAY, S. N. - Nastiker Dharma-jijnasa (An Atheist's Inquiry into Religion). Desh, 46(22):
1 1-15(1979).
12. RAY, S. N.-FromDeroziotoNazrul./Vfw(2uei7, 5:5-14(1977).
13. RAY, S. N. - Marxism and India. Bhavna-Chinta. 6:19-20:1:8 (1979).
THESES PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREES Doctor of Philosophy
1. BAILEY,G. M.-The Mythology of the god Brahma.
INDIAN STUDIES 41 THESES IN PROGRESS
PhD Theses in Progress DUNHAM, J. M. - Time und History in the Mahabharata.
DUYKER, E. A. - Na.xalism in West Bengal: The Midnapore Uprising. A study of the guerilla warfare in rural India.
MADDERN, M. - A Bengali Grammar: Structure of Bengali in relation to lhal of English.
RULE, P.-CrimeandSocietyin Calcutta 1859-1947.
WISE. J. J. - Western Educated Elite in Krishnagar West Bengal in late 19th Century.
MA 'Theses in Progress DEY, N. -BengalCongress in Legislative Politics 1937-47.
DHILLON, M. S. - Radical Trends in Indian Literature 1920-47.
HOOD, i.-A Study ofAlanik Bando-podhvay: The Bengali Radical Novelist.
MACH, i.-A Critical Studv of19th Centurv Moslem Elites.
SOMERVILLE, M.-Serpent in Indian Culture.
INDONESIAN AND MALAYAN STUDIES RESEARCH TOPICS IN PROGRESS
1. SyntaxandetymologyofBahasalndonesia-J. P. Sarumpaet.
2. Modern usage in Bahasa Indonesia-J. P. Sarumpaet.
3. Compilation of Toba-Batak- Bahasa Indonesia dictionary-J. P. Sarumpaet.
4. Collection of material on thc life and work orthe writer Idrus-J. P. Sarumpaet.
5. Priangan gentry-peasantry relationships - M. Slamet.
6. "Subud" and "Pangestu" spiritual movements - M. Slamet.
7. History ofConfucian religion in Indonesia-C. A. Coppel.
8. Comparative study ofChincse and Arab minorities in Indonesia-C. A. Coppel.
PUBLISHED WORK Chapters of Books
1. COPPEL, C. A. - Contemporary Confucianism in Indonesia, in Proceedings of the Seventh I AH A Conference. Vol II. Chulalongkorn University Press. Bangkok, 739-757 (1979).
2. HARDJADIBRATA, R. R. - Consonant clusters in Indonesian, in Second International Conference on Auslronesian Linguistics: Proceedings. Fascicle I . Western Austronesian.
Australian National University,Canberra, 165-180(1978).
3. SARUMPAET, J. P. - Sentences with ADA in Indonesian, in Second International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics: Proceedings, Fascicle 1, Western Auslronesian, Australian National University, Canberra, 529-535 (1978).
Articles
4. COPPEL, C. A. - Arab and Chinese Minority Groups in Java. Southeast Asia Ethnicity and Development Newsletter. 3 (2): 8-15 (1979).
5. COPPEL, C. A. - Review of C. Salmon and D. Lombard, Les Chinois de Jakarta: Temples et Vie Collective (Cahier d' Archipel 6, Paris, 1977). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.
70(1): 225-227(1979).
THESIS PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREE Master of Arts
1. O'NEILL, R. M. G. S.-Spirit possession and healing rites in a Balinese village.
THESES IN PROGRESS PhD Thesis in Progress YOUNG, R. P.-The literary works oflwan Simatupang.
MA Theses in Progress
F1DDIAN, W. R. - Transmigration as a factor in regional development: An Indonesian case studv.
HARDJADIBRATA, R. R. - Study of Sundanese Syntax.
ITALIAN
RESEARCH TOPICS IN PROGRESS 1. FcrdinandoGagliardi and his book on Australia-C. A. McCormick.
2. The problem of Dante's "development" in the Divine Comedy-C. A. McCormick.
3. Italian dialects in Australia - M. Calio.
4. Enlightenment in 18th century Italy-C. Gundolf.
THESES PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREES Master of Arts
1. GENOVESI, P. - // disegno storico della poesia italiana novecentesca: esame critico- polemico.
2. O'HALLORAN, I. - Saba; from Reality to Mythology.
THESES IN PROGRESS MA Theses in Progress BERTOZZI, A. - The novels ofL. Capuana.
BORGHESE, V. - Letteratura triestina.
DE ROSA, M. - Luigi Santucci.
DURANTE, L.-L 'anatfabetismo rijlesso nella letteratura italiana prima dell'unificazione.
LEONI, E. - Ignazio Silone.
MUSOLINO, A. - The poelrv of Eugenia Montale SCHIAVONI. F. - Aldo Paldzzeschi.
TEH, S. - The novels of I. Svevo.
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MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
RESEARCH T O r i C S LN PROGRESS 1. Hebrew in ils West Semitic Setting- A. Murtonen.
3. Muslims in Australia-A. K. Kazi.
3. A Comprehensive History of Arab Peoples- N. Mirza.
4. The de Peiresc collection ofSamaritan manuscripls-J. G. Fraser.
5. Recent Developments in Methods of Hebrew Language teaching to immigrants in Israel - Z. Shavitsky.
6. Further evidence of Israelite and Judaean Exiles in Mesopotamia up to 300 BCE - Z.
Shavitsky.
PUBLISHED WORK Articles
1. MIRZA. N. - A Study of two great mvstics (Sufis) in Islam. I L M . August, 1979: 7-9.
London (1979).
2. MIRZA, N. - The Doctrine of Imamatc in Shi ism. Ismaili Forum. September 1979: 14-15, London (1979).
3. MIRZA, N. - Remarks on thc views of an Egyptian Scholar on Shiism. Al-Nahar Weekly, December 1979: 3. Sydnev (1979).
4. K A Z I . A . K. - Basics of Islam. The Australian Minaret. April 1979: 2-5, Sydncy(I979).
T H E S E S PASSED FOR HIGHER D E G R E E S Master oj Arts
1. FIELD, R. A. - A critical appraisal of the possible meanings of fire symbolism in the prophecy of John the Baptist and the Pentecost narrative.
2. WHITE, P. J. - The influence of Syrian asceticism on the ascelical theology of St John Chrysostom.
T H E S E S IN PROGRESS PhD Theses in Progress
AMINOFF, 1. - The conflict between Jacob and F.sau as reflected in Midrashic-Talmudic sources and contemporary parallel literature.
ATA, 1. - Impact ofthe Australian culture on the assimilation and social behaviour of Lebanese migrants in Melbourne.
BERGMAN, B. - Hebrew literature-a new method of analysis.
CHEN, P. L. - Mediaeval Muslim travellers and geographers and their literary works with special reference lo accounts in China.
CLARK, \.-A study of Safaitic inscriptionsfrom the Eastern Desert of Transjordan.
FRANK, E. - Translation and critical edition of mediaeval Syriac manuscripts.
MOJUMDER, A. J.- Arabic. Persian and Turkish words in Bengali.
SALT, J. - Christian imperialism in Turkey 1876-1908.
MA Theses in Progress BERGER, E. - The influence ofAgnon on modern Israeli writers.
COHEN, B.- Zion - in ihe writing of Yehuda Ilalevy.
FLATTLEY, K. - God and suffering in Biblical and Post-Biblical literature.
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