La Trobe commentary.json

{

	"Modern Languages1967": "The Department of Modern Languages had divisions of French and Spanish, led initially by foundation professors E.C. Forsyth and R.W. Thompson, respectively. A third division in Linguistics was added in 1972 (1972, p. 37).",

	"Modern Languages1973": "The divisions of French and Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages split into separate departments in 1974. The third division in the Department, Linguistics, did not gain its own department, though teaching in Linguistics continued in somewhat dispersed form. Linguistics became a Division within the Department of Philosophy in 1979.",

	"History and Theory of Art1973": "Professor Peter Tomory was appointed Professor of History and Theory of Art in 1972, with teaching in the Department commencing in 1973 (1972, p. 35). The Department was renamed Art History by 1976 at latest (1976, p. xii).",

	"Music1975": "The foundation professor of Music, L. K. Humble, was appointed in 1974 with teaching in Music commencing in 1975 (1974, pp. 9, 13).",

	"Prehistory (Division)1976": "In 1974, the University began developing plans to establish a Division of Prehistory within the Department of History. The Division commenced teaching in 1976 (1974, p. 8; 1976, p. xii).<br />[Note split with name continuity: History > History + Prehistory (Division)]",

    "Italian (Division)1977": "The Department of French had oversight of a trial provision of studies in Italian, offered in 1975 and 1976 in conjunction with the University of Melbourne and taught mainly by staff at Melbourne. This led to the establishment in 1977 of a Division of Italian within the Department of French (1973, p. 7; 1974, p. 9; 1976, p. 10).<br />[Note split with name continuity: French > French + Italian (Division)]",

    "Cinema Studies (Division)1979": "In 1979, a Division of Cinema Studies was transferred from the Media Centre of the School of Education to the Department of Art History (1979, p. 13).<br />[Note split with name continuity: Art History > Art History + Cinema Studies (Division)]",

    "Linguistics (Division)1979": "A Division of Linguistics was established within the Department of Philosophy in 1979. The Annual Report for 1979 (p. 13) described the creation of the Division as ‘rather the formalisation of an existing arrangement than a new departure’, as teaching in Linguistics had been undertaken in the former Department of Modern Languages and continued in dispersed form following the Department’s dissolution in 1974. Linguistics became a department in 1988 with the appointment of foundation professor Barry Blake.<br />[Note split with name continuity: Philosophy > Philosophy + Linguistics (Division)]",

    "Italian Studies1982": "The Department of Italian Studies was founded in April 1982, replacing the former Division of Italian in the Department of French. Giovanni Carsaniga was foundation professor in the Department, taking up the Vaccari Chair in Italian Studies (1982, pp. 21, 33).",

    "Drama (Division)1985": "A Division of Drama was established in the Department of English in July 1985, formalising previous interdisciplinary teaching in Drama. (1984, p. 21; 1985, p. 21).<br />[Note split with name continuity: English > English + Drama (Division)]",

    "Archaeology1985": "In 1985, the Division of Prehistory in the Department of History became the Department of Archaeology. F.J. Allen commenced as foundation professor in Archaeology in June 1985 (1985, p. 21).",

    "Religious Studies (Division)1985": "A Division of Religious Studies was established in the Department of History in 1984 and formally commenced from the start of 1985. The development was a formalisation of existing teaching in Religious Studies and the history of religion (1984, p. 21; 1985, p. 21). The Division also taught subjects in Sanskrit and Ancient (Hellenistic) Greek from 1987 (1986, p. 23).<br />[Note split with name continuity: History > History + Religious Studies (Division)]",

    "Greek Studies (Unit)1986": "Greek Studies (i.e. modern Greek) was established as an independent unit—that is, neither as a full department nor as a division within an existing department—in 1986. The creation of the Unit was a formalisation of existing Greek Studies teaching that had been offered since 1981 in collaboration with the Modern Greek teaching staff in the University of Melbourne’s Department of Classical Studies (1986, p. 23)."
}