CERC Fellow
Dr Emily Turner-Graham

Dr Emily Turner-Graham
Contemporary Europe Research Centre
Unversity of Melbourne
Email:emilytg@unimelb.edu.au

Emily Turner-Graham’s PhD thesis is the first detailed cultural study of Nazi ideology as it was presented to the interwar Australian public. She is currently teaching Australian Studies at Deakin University.

Research Interests:

Interwar fascisms in Germany, Britain and Australia.

Contemporary right wing activity in Austria and Germany.

The politics of national identity in the European Union.

Recent Publications & Conference Papers

2007 “Never Forget that you are a German”: Deutschtum and National Socialism in interwar Australia, in (refereed) conference proceedings of 2005 Australasian Association of European History conference, IN PRESS.

2007 “The forest is the original home of the German soul”: Die Brücke and the complexities of finding a racial landscape”, in National Socialism in Australasia: A critical evaluation of its effect in Australasia and its aftermath, IN PRESS.
2006 “The German woman has the inner energy to work for Germaness”: Race, gender and National Socialism in interwar Australia, Lilith, 15 (2006): 97-116.

2006 “Food as an ideological tool: National Socialism and the German-Australian community”, in 'Culinary Distinction', Special Issue of Journal of Australian Studies, Issue 87 (2006): 117-128.

2007 “Trauermarsch: German History as remembered by the Extreme Right”, paper to be given at Erinnerungskrisen/Memory Crises conference of the German Studies Association of Australia, the University of Melbourne, 27 September 2007.

2007 with Dr David Nichols, “New States and Secession movements in 1930s Australia and Germany”, paper to be given at Engaging Histories: Regional conference of the Australian Historical Association, the University of New England, 24 September 2007.

2007 “The HC Rap: Popular Culture And The Extreme Right In Twenty-First Century Austria”, From Multi-National Empire To The European Union: Austrian Nationalism In Transition, Discussion Panel, The ANU National Europe Centre Canberra, 27 April 2007.

2006 “The forest is the original home of the German soul”: Die Brücke and the racial landscape, National Socialism in Australasia: A critical evaluation of its effect in Australasia and its aftermath conference, the University of Queensland, 24-26 September 2006.