The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2026 is All In. This theme is an invitation for the University to consider what we can do to change structures, curricula, governance, and research cultures in...
University Gazette for May 2022. The Gazette is a public document that reports the outcomes of meetings of the University Council and Academic Board since the last Gazette was issued.
Congratulations to our Chancellor, Dr Graeme Blackman AO, for being appointed chair of the newly formed Aged & Community Care Providers Association.
Kerrie Burn, Library Manager at Mannix Library, was recently interviewed by ATLA (American Theological Library Association) about her work with the International Theological Librarianship Education Task Force, her...
The Revd Canon Professor Dorothy Lee recently spoke to the ABC about the use of he/him gender pronouns when referring to God.
The University of Divinity’s Annual Report for 2021 was tabled in the Victorian Parliament by The Hon. Gayle Tierney MP, Minister for Higher Education and Minister of Training and Skills, on 3 May 2022.
Can the Southern Cross represent Australian identity? Waved by a proud athlete or an angry protester, inked into skin or stuck to a car window, these five stars condense different aspirations, identities and histories...
Over Easter, Reverend Professor Dorothy Lee joined other experts on the ABC podcast God Forbid. The topic was the life of Jesus through a religious, political, and historical lens.
Dr Kerrie Handasyde traces how Mother's Day began as a religious event but was co-opted for all kinds of secular purposes. This uneasiness is something that she has sensed as a mother and that she's researched as a...
There are still a few places available to join Dr Rosemary Canavan, Senior Lecturer at CTC, in a 16 day study tour of the Biblical Lands from 3-18 December, 2022.
On 1 January 2012 the University of Divinity commenced operations as an Australian University, building on over 100 years of academic quality and community service as the Melbourne College of Divinity.
Dr Myles gave insight into crowd behaviour in the Gospels in the light of the events of Holy Week.
The Reverend Dr Alexander Ross speaks to VOX about the nature of Anglican ecclesiology, his research in the UK under former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, and his hopes for how his research may lead the church...
If you are looking for resources to stimulate your preaching this Holy Week and Easter, By the Well is a podcast for preachers brought to you by colleagues at Pilgrim Theological College and beyond.
The Revd Professor Russell Goulbourne felt a possible calling to ordained ministry in his late teens, but it wasn’t until he had an established career as a university faculty Dean and found himself unexpectedly in a new...
Congratulations to our new graduates! On the evening of Friday 25 March 2022, the University gathered at St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne and online to witness the graduation of some 375 students receiving 387 awards.
Congratulations to Dr Katherin Papadopoulos, Dr Joel Rothman and Dr Roger Whittall, recipients of the University Medal on Friday 25 March 2022.
Congratulations to Kerrie Burn, Library Manager at Mannix Library, on being announced as an Inaugural Wikidata Fellow for 2022!
The University of Divinity is unique in Australian higher education, as the nation’s premier institution for theological education and research. Its ecumenical constitution and distinctive range of awards are well-known...
The annual student survey for 2022 will be available from 25 March until 14 April 2022. The survey is an initiative to ask for your feedback on motivations for studying at the University, as well as expectations of...
University Gazette for March 2022. The Gazette is a public document that reports the outcomes of meetings of the University Council and Academic Board since the last Gazette was issued.
Deacon Bill Lowry writes about his life-changing experience of Clinical Pastoral Education placement in regional Victoria
Steve Sutton, Interim Principal of Stirling College, is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Darren Cronshaw as Research Director at Stirling College.
Dr Barbara Deutschmann speaks to VOX about the importance of studying gender and gender relations in the Bible, the lasting impact of interpretations of Eve, and her new publication "Creating Gender in the Garden".
Deng Garang Akech Kuch (later to be known as Jacob) started believing in God because he could see no other way of surviving. Now, he can’t believe how far his faith has taken him.
Janette Gray scholarship recipient and PhD student Julia Thwaites shares why she traded a career in visual arts to pursue theological study, and the reason she chose to examine the intersection between pleasure, sin and...
ⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ will be an annual journal dedicated to celebrating and showcasing a selection of student essays that represent the various disciplines taught at St Athanasius College.
There is a "deep desire for theological and spiritual conversations" in our communities.
Grief is confronting and ugly and messy. Unpredictable. Yet, it can be so holy.
Professor James McLaren
University of Divinity
Catholic Theological College
Trinity College Theological School
Samuel Curkpatrick
Pilgrim Theological College
Peter Sherlock
Robert Myles
Carolyn Alsen
Stirling College
St Athanasius College
Australian Lutheran College