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Entity titleFaculty of ArtsEntity identifier149Entity typeAgencyDate range1961 - DescriptionThe Faculty of Arts was established under Statute 2.3 of the Monash University Act in 1961, with the Departments of English, History, Modern Languages and Philosophy. Departments established subsequently included Geography (1963), Anthropology (1964), Classical Studies and Music (1964), Visual Arts (1975), Librarianship (1976), Social Work (1977), and Politics (formerly part of the Faculty of Economics and Politics, 1993). Following amalgamations in the early 1990s the faculty was restructured in 1998/99 to form ten Schools spread across four campuses, i.e.. Asian Languages and Cultures; European Languages and Cultures; Geography and Environmental Science; Historical and Gender Studies; Humanities and Communications; Literary, Visual and Cultural Studies; Performance Studies; Philosophy, Linguistics and Bioethics; Political and Social Inquiry; and Public Policy. Professor W. A. G. Scott, who was appointed foundation Professor of English on 1 August 1960, took up the position of foundation Dean of the Faculty in February 1961. Deans: William Alexander Gowdie Scott, 1961-1965; Guy Robert Manton, 1965-1977; John David Legge, 1978-1986; John Anthony Hay, 1987-1988; Robert John Pargetter, 1989-1993; Marian Quartly, 1994-1998: Homer Eugene LeGrand 1999 -2006 Raelene Francis 2007-2017 Sharon Pickering 2017-2021 Rita Wilson (Interim Dean) 2021

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