Dr Tamara Prosic - Researcher Profile

Biography

Tamara studied world literature and philosophy before finally settling for Bachelor's degree in Sociology which she completed in Yugoslavia. She began her MA studies in Anthropology in Belgrade, but then moved to Melbourne where she completed MA and PhD at Melbourne University. In 2006 she joined the School of Historical Studies, the Centre for Studies of Religion and Theology, on one year research fellowship jointly funded by the Australian Research Council and Monash University. In 2007 she started teaching Myth and Meaning in Ancient Worlds.

Tamara is interested in interdisciplinary studies of religion, ritual studies, comparative studies of ancient Mediterranean cultures and application of anthropology, in particular symbolic anthropology, to Biblical literature and ritual. She is also interested in political theologies, in particular the theology of Orthodox Christianity and the ways it intersects with classical Marxism and modern Marxist theories. 

 

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2004

MASTER OF ARTS

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1997

BACHELOR OF ARTS- SOCIOLOGY

Institution: Yugoslavia

Year awarded: 1987

Publications

Books

Prosic, T., 2004, The Development of Symbolism of Passover Until 70CE, T & T Clark International, London UK and New York USA.

Book Chapters

Prosic, T., 2011, Of bodies and souls: Ecology and Orthodox Christianity, in Changing the Climate: Utopia, Dystopia and Catastrophe, eds Andrew Milner, Simon Sellars and Verity Burgmann, Arena, North Carlton, Australia, pp. 95-114.

Prosic, T., 2008, Schizoid Coitus: Christ and the feminine, in Marxist feminist criticism of the bible, eds Roland Boer, Jorrun Okland, Sheffield Phoenix Press, Sheffield, UK, pp. 47-69.

Journal Articles

Prosic, T., 2010, Annual festivals in the Hebrew Bible I : theoretical and methodological concerns, Religion Compass [E], vol 4, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 717-726.

Prosic, T., 2010, Annual festivals in the Hebrew Bible II: perspective from ritual studies, Religion Compass [E], vol 4, issue 12, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 727-736.

Prosic, T., 2007, Kol Nidre: Speaking of the unspoken (of), Bible and Critical Theory, vol 3, issue 1, Monash University ePress, Australia, pp. 3.1-3.14.

Prosic, T., 2000, Ritual and myth, Serbian literary magazine [P], vol 1-2, The Serbian Writers Association, Yugoslavia, pp. 263-275.

Prosic, T., 1999, Origin of passover, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament [P], vol 13, issue 1, Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, Norway, pp. 78-94.

Prosic, T., 1999, Passover in biblical narratives, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament [P], vol 82, Sage Publications Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 45-55.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Supervisors:

Prosic, T (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Above, Below, Before and Hereafter: Vision, Imagination and Heresy in Merkavah Mysticism.

Supervisors:

Prosic, T (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

On What Has Come to Pass and What Is Passed on: Southern Italian Folk Traditions as an Enduring Signpost of Emotionally Impacting Events in Human History.

Supervisors:

Lampugnani, R (Main), Prosic, T (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The Underworld in Heaven.

Supervisors:

Prosic, T (Main), Mews, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The historico-social origins of veiling women..

Supervisors:

Prosic, T (Main).