The Research School of Humanities and the Arts at ANU offers you the opportunity to undertake a higher degree by research through a unique program – Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Research (ICCR). The program offers expert supervision across a range of disciplines including anthropology, visual anthropology, history, art history, literature, heritage and museum studies and the visual arts.

To complete your higher degree by research a thesis of 100,000 words (for a Doctor of Philosophy) or 60,000 words (for a Master of Philosophy) is generally required. In the ICCR program, however, it is possible that along with your written work you may submit, as part of your thesis, creative work such as a film, photography, digital media, museum exhibition or more.

Some examples of current research ICCR students are undertaking include:

• The String Figures of Yirrkala
• ‘Hobart vogue’: the dress collection at Narryna Heritage Museum, Battery Point, Hobart
• Approaches towards heritage preservation and perceptions of current contexts as seen through the performance practice of Western Mongolian music
• Mapping modernity: Cultural memory and the mythology of Istanbul in poetry of the Turkish Republic
• Explore the cultural changes that have occurred with the development of the sugar cane industry in Mackay, Queensland with a focus on Mia Mia from settlement to today
• To investigate the relationship between the five art print collections and the institutions of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra and the Imperial War Museum, London

Read more about the Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Research program.