Higher Degree by Research Application Portal

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are invited to work with a leading Aboriginal (Yawuru) historian and join this ARC-funded project which will undertake ground-breaking research on innovative approaches to Aboriginal history, combining truth telling imperatives with restorying techniques in order to produce an Indigenous-centred, future-oriented, new general Aboriginal history of Western Australia in time for the state's Bicentenary. 

Applicants are invited to propose a topic which explores any aspect of Western Australia's Aboriginal history, including histories of particular regions, communities or places; biographical histories of particular individuals, families or networks; Indigenous knowledges and narratives about the past; or the meaning and uses of history for Aboriginal people and communities. This project also aims to produce history curriculum resources so candidates with an interest in education are very welcome. PhD candidates are invited to discuss their ideas with Shino Konishi before applying.

Australian Research Council and University of Western Australia

Stipend Scholarship value: $35,000 per annum for 3.5 years

Shino Konishi

shino.konishi@uwa.edu.au

https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/shino-konishi

Background in history or Indigenous studies or Indigenous education and interest in Western Australia history.

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a program of independent, supervised research that is assessed solely on the basis of a thesis, sometimes including a creative work component, that is examined externally. The work presented for a PhD must be a substantial and original contribution to scholarship, demonstrating mastery of the subject of interest as well as an advance in that field of knowledge. 

Visit the course webpage for full details of this course including admission requirements, course rules and the relevant CRICOS code/s.