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Postgraduate Research Programs

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers the following postgraduate degrees by research:

  • Master of Arts (Research)
  • Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

and these professional doctorates:

  • Doctor of Arts (DArts)
  • Doctor of Social Sciences (DSocSci)

Direct admission is possible at any level, provided that the applicable entry requirements are met.

If you are interested in undertaking a research degree in the area of Indian Studies or Buddhist Studies and would like to discuss the opportunities that might be available to you, please contact the Chair of Department prior to application.

For information on matters that are not covered here, such as fees and English-language requirements, please see the website of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and/or the International Student Office. The following links should be helpful:

For information about research strengths in the department, view our academic profiles and the department's research profile.

Current and recent projects

Completed:

  • Jenni Cover: Bodhasara by Narahari: an eighteenth century Sanskrit Treasure (PhD, 2008)
  • Victoria Grace: The Goddess of Victory: A Philological and Stylistic Analysis of Sarasvatī in the Rigveda (PhD, 2011)
  • Chanida Jantrasrisalai: Early Buddhist Dhammakāya: Its Philosophical and Soteriological Significance (PhD, 2008)
  • Andrew McGarrity: Aspects of early Madhyamaka in the light of logical developments in India, and the implications for understanding Tibetan dGe lugs pa (Gelukba) scholasticism (PhD, 2008)
  • Drasko Mitrikeski: Nagarjuna's Religious Practices Seen through the Analysis of His Hymns (PhD, 2008)
  • Phra Monchai Saitanaporn: Buddhist Deliverance: A re-evaluation of the relationship between samatha and vipassanā (PhD, 2009)
  • Olivia Rawlings-Way: Thich Nhat Hanh and Buddhist approaches to religious pluralism (PhD, 2008)
  • Travis Webster: Swami Dayananda Saraswati and the reception of Vedanta in America (PhD, 2008)
  • John Wu: The Fourfold of the "Godding": Primordiality in Heidegger, Hölderlin and Dzogchen (PhD, 2007)

Current:

  • Chang Tsu Shi: A study of the story of the bodhisattva Sadāprarudita (“Ever-weeping”) in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (PhD)
  • Sunisa Charoenpakdee: The Complexities of Thai Buddhist Women’s Ordination and Their Path to Enlightenment (PhD)
  • Lee Chilton: Yogācāra in Tibetan Buddhist doxography with special reference to the works of Maitreya-Asaṅga (PhD)
  • Chris Clark: An edition, translation, and study of the Pali Therāpadāna (PhD)
  • Stephanie Majcher: Poetics in Early Buddhist Texts (PhD)
  • Ian McCrabb: Gandhāran reliquary inscriptions: ritual practices and religious significance of relic establishment. (PhD)
  • Supranee Panitchayapong: An edition and study of the Salāyatana-saṃyutta (the connected discourses on the six senses) of the Pali Saṃyutta-nikāya (PhD)
  • Inge Riebe: A study of the Mahāyāna-Hīnayāna distinction according to Go rams pa’s Zhugs gNas kyi rnam gzhag (PhD)
  • Fazhao Shi: A study on the Śarīrārthagāthā of the Yogacārabhūmiśāstra
  • Blair Silverlock: A Collection of Gāndhārī Buddhist Sūtras: Senior Collection Kharoṣṭhī Fragments RS 11 and RS 22 (PhD)
  • Kitchai Urkasame: A study of elements in Yogāvacara tradition from “Tham” scripts palm-leaf manuscripts (PhD)
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