Associate Professor Judith Keene
Department of History
My teaching and research focuses on twentieth century history with a particular interest in the cultural history of war, including as it is represented in art and cinema, and its effect on the formation of individual and collective memory. I have published widely on the Spanish civil war and World War Two and am currently writing a history of memory and the Korean War. I am also part of several international research networks whose primary concern is with war memory and its ramifications in different national contexts.
- War and peace in the twentieth century
- Representations of war in art and cinema
- Spanish civil war
- Prisoners of war
- European movements of the extreme right
- Film and history
Teaching
- HSTY1044 Twentieth Century Europe
- HSTY2608 European Film and History
- HSTY2620 War and Cinema
- HSTY 2626 Fascism and Antifascism
- HSTY2651 Spanish Civil War
- PACS 2002 History and Politics of War and Peace
- EUST 6901 National Cinemas, National Identities
Supervision
- War and peace in the twentieth century
- Spanish civil war
- Inter war Europe
- European cinema
- War and Cinema
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I am currently part of an international project examining European fascism and fascist movements led by two UK researchers and funded by the United Kingdom Arts & Humanities Research Council Grant Project :https://www.fascistmovements.com/
- A study of contemporary Spain, as part of a cross disciplinary Australian Research Council-funded project "Judging the Past in a Post-Cold War World" that examines the new approaches to the past in a range of countries ( Spain, Indonesia, Chile and France) in which the scaffold of political discourse was grounded in the rhetoric and ideology of the cold war. See http://judgingthepast.hypotheses.org/.
- War and Memory: A Cultural History of the Korean War
- “Picasso’s other Guernica”: the production and reception of Picasso’s Massacre en Corée (1951)
Selected publications
Publications
Books
- Keene, J. (2023). Last Mile to Huesca: An Australian Nurse in the Spanish Civil War. London: Clapton Press.
- Keene, J. (2009). Treason on the Airwaves: Three Allied Broadcasters on Axis Radio during World War II. Westport, CT, USA: Praeger Publishers.
- Keene, J. (2007). Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain during the Spanish Civil War. London & New York: Continuum.
Edited Books
- Keene, J., Rechniewski, E. (2018). Seeking Meaning, Seeking Justice in a Post-Cold War World. Leiden: Brill. [More Information]
- Keene, J., Pardo Lancina, V. (2005). A una milla de Huesca: diario de una enfermera australiana en la guerra Civil Española. Rolde: University of Zaragoza Press.
Book Chapters
- Keene, J. (2023). Spain. In Roland Clark and Tim Grady (Eds.), European Fascist Movements: A Sourcebook, (pp. 309-326). London: Routledge. [More Information]
- Keene, J. (2022). Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera: Founder of Spanish Fascism. European Fascism Movements. London: Routledge.
- Keene, J. (2020). Amirah Inglis: Activist, Historian and Friend. In Peter Browne and Seumas Spark (Eds.), 'I Wonder': The Life and Work of Ken Inglis, (pp. 240-259). Clayton: Monash University Publishing.
Journals
- Keene, J. (2020). The Spanish International Brigadier as Veteran and Foreign Fighter. Contemporary European History, 29(3), 276-278. [More Information]
- Keene, J. (2017). Framing Violence Framing Victims: Picasso's Forgotten Painting of the Korean War. Cultural History, 6(1), 80-101. [More Information]
- Keene, J. (2016). The child witness and cultural memory in European war cinema. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 12(1), 95-113. [More Information]
Conferences
- Keene, J. (2012). Picasso's Massacre en Corée. Picasso NSW Art Gallery and the Power Institute University of Sydney, associated with the Picasso Exhibition from the Picasso Museum, Paris..
- Keene, J. (2012). Picasso's War Paintings. Public Lecture, NSW Art Gallery, Picasso Exhibition from Picasso Museum Paris..
- Keene, J. (2011). Enshrining grievance, remembering veterans: The Movement to Raise a Korean War Veterans' Memorial on the Washington Mall. Colloque International "Histoires de l'oubli dans les mondes francophone et anglophone, 19e- 21e siècles" Université de Provence à Aix-en-Provence 8-10 December 2011..
Textual Creative Works
- Keene, J. (2022). Nuclear Accidents. Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age, (pp. 71 - 81). Sydney, Australia: Tin Sheds Gallery.
- Keene, J. (2022). Spanish Falange. European Fascist Movements; 1919 -1941, London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
- Keene, J. (2022). The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plants. Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age, (pp. 21 - 23). Sydney, Australia: Tin Sheds Gallery.
Film / Video
- Keene, J., Nicholls, M. (2006). Viridiana - DVD Commentary. DVD, Melbourne, Australia: Madman Entertainment.
Reference Works
- Keene, J. (2008). Emilia Pardo Bazan. In Smith, Bonnie G (Eds.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. (pp. 412-413). New York: Oxford University Press.
2023
- Keene, J. (2023). Last Mile to Huesca: An Australian Nurse in the Spanish Civil War. London: Clapton Press.
- Keene, J. (2023). Spain. In Roland Clark and Tim Grady (Eds.), European Fascist Movements: A Sourcebook, (pp. 309-326). London: Routledge. [More Information]
2022
- Keene, J. (2022). Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera: Founder of Spanish Fascism. European Fascism Movements. London: Routledge.
- Keene, J. (2022). Nuclear Accidents. Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age, (pp. 71 - 81). Sydney, Australia: Tin Sheds Gallery.
- Keene, J. (2022). Spanish Falange. European Fascist Movements; 1919 -1941, London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
2020
- Keene, J. (2020). Amirah Inglis: Activist, Historian and Friend. In Peter Browne and Seumas Spark (Eds.), 'I Wonder': The Life and Work of Ken Inglis, (pp. 240-259). Clayton: Monash University Publishing.
- Keene, J. (2020). The Spanish International Brigadier as Veteran and Foreign Fighter. Contemporary European History, 29(3), 276-278. [More Information]
2018
- Keene, J. (2018). All [not so] Quiet on the Korean Front. Lewis Milestone and Anti-War Cinema during and after the Cold War. In Judith Keene, Elizabeth Rechniewski (Eds.), Seeking Meaning, Seeking Justice in a Post-Cold War World, (pp. 107-128). Leiden: Brill. [More Information]
- Keene, J., Rechniewski, E. (2018). Introduction: New Perspectives from the Post-Cold War World. In Judith Keene, Elizabeth Rechniewski (Eds.), Seeking Meaning, Seeking Justice in a Post-Cold War World, (pp. 1-20). Leiden: Brill. [More Information]
- Keene, J., Rechniewski, E. (2018). Seeking Meaning, Seeking Justice in a Post-Cold War World. Leiden: Brill. [More Information]
2017
- Keene, J. (2017). Aesthetics versus Ownership: Artists and Soldiers in the Design of the National Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington DC. In Stephanie A.H. Belanger, Renee Dickason (Eds.), War memories: commemoration, recollections, and writings on war, (pp. 33-54). Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press.
- Keene, J. (2017). Framing Violence Framing Victims: Picasso's Forgotten Painting of the Korean War. Cultural History, 6(1), 80-101. [More Information]
2016
- Keene, J. (2016). The child witness and cultural memory in European war cinema. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 12(1), 95-113. [More Information]
2012
- Keene, J. (2012). Picasso's Massacre en Corée. Picasso NSW Art Gallery and the Power Institute University of Sydney, associated with the Picasso Exhibition from the Picasso Museum, Paris..
- Keene, J. (2012). Picasso's War Paintings. Public Lecture, NSW Art Gallery, Picasso Exhibition from Picasso Museum Paris..
2011
- Keene, J. (2011). Enshrining grievance, remembering veterans: The Movement to Raise a Korean War Veterans' Memorial on the Washington Mall. Colloque International "Histoires de l'oubli dans les mondes francophone et anglophone, 19e- 21e siècles" Université de Provence à Aix-en-Provence 8-10 December 2011..
- Keene, J. (2011). Fighting for God, for Franco and (most of all) for Themselves: Right-Wing Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. In Christine G. Kruger and Sonja Levsen (Eds.), War Volunteering in Modern Times: From the French Revolution to the Second World War, (pp. 211-230). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Keene, J. (2011). In praise of untidy endings: Trans-national Understandings of the POW Figure in Japan, Australia and Elsewhere. Japan Foundation International Symposium on The Asia-Pacific War: Return, Representation and Reconciliation, The University of Sydney, 30 September 2011.
2010
- Keene, J. (2010). Bodily Matters Above and Below Ground: The Treatment of American Remains from the Korean War. The Public Historian, 32(1), 59-78. [More Information]
- Keene, J. (2010). War, Cinema, Prosthetic Memory and Popular Understanding: A Case Study of the Korean War. PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 7(1), 1-18. [More Information]
- Keene, J. (2010). Where Are the Bodies? A Transnational Examination of State Violence and Its Consequences. The Public Historian, 32(1), 7-12. [More Information]
2009
- Keene, J. (2009). Researching and Writing Fascism and Anti-Fascism. Masters Class, Post Graduate Research Students Dept of History, University of Adelaide, 10 July 2009.
- Keene, J. (2009). Spanish Historical Memory and the Struggle for a Useable Past. Australasian Association of European History, Adelaide, 6 July 2009.
- Keene, J. (2009). Treason on the Airwaves: Three Allied Broadcasters on Axis Radio during World War II. Westport, CT, USA: Praeger Publishers.
2008
- Keene, J. (2008). Emilia Pardo Bazan. In Smith, Bonnie G (Eds.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. (pp. 412-413). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Aldrich, R., Keene, J. (2008). Rethinking and Rewriting Europe's Histories: Introduction. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 54(3), 343-345. [More Information]
- Keene, J. (2008). Se battre pour Dieu pour Franco et (surtout) pour Nous: Les volontaires de droit pendant la guerre civile espagnole. Public Lecture, International Series: Se Battre pour des idées: Volontariat militaire et Engagement Politique XVIIIe-XXIe siècle. École Normale Supérieur, Paris, March 2008..
2007
- Keene, J. (2007). A la recerca de la vida a Acrà cia. Un anarquista català a Austrà lia. el contemporania, 33-34, 85-99.
- Keene, J. (2007). Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain during the Spanish Civil War. London & New York: Continuum.
- Keene, J. (2007). Review Article: Turning Memories into History in the Spanish Year of Historical Memory. Journal of Contemporary History, 42(4), 661-671. [More Information]
2006
- Keene, J. (2006). En busca de la vida en Acracia: un anarquista catalán en Australie. Spagna Contemporanea, 28(14), 107-131.
- Keene, J., Nicholls, M. (2006). Viridiana - DVD Commentary. DVD, Melbourne, Australia: Madman Entertainment.
2005
- Keene, J., Pardo Lancina, V. (2005). A una milla de Huesca: diario de una enfermera australiana en la guerra Civil Española. Rolde: University of Zaragoza Press.
- Keene, J. (2005). Altrispanismi: Toreros y canguros: hablando y ensenando espanol en Australia. Spagna Contemporanea, xiv(27), 187-200.
- Keene, J. (2005). Japanese Overseas Broadcasting and Allied Prisoners of War During World War II. Radio Conference 2005, Melbourne (Aust): RMIT Publishing.
2004
- Keene, J. (2004). At Home And Away With The Amery Family On Empire Day. History Australia, I(2), 179-195.
- Keene, J. (2004). Leni Riefenstahl: Film Maker Extraordinaire Or Nazi Stooge? The National Centre for History Education - ozhistorybytes, (Five), 1-13.
- Keene, J. (2004). Ritual, Ceremonies and Daily Diplomacy in Madrid during World War Two. Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History, South Australia: Australian Humanities Press.
2002
- Keene, J. (2002). Foreign Women in Spain for General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. In Paola Baccetta and Margaret Power (Eds.), Right-Wing Women From Conservatives to Extremists Around the World, (pp. 183-196). London & New York: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis.
- Keene, J. (2002). Strange bedfellows: feminists, Catholics and anticlericals in the enfranchisement of Spanish women. Australian Feminist Studies, 17(38), 165-176.
2001
- Keene, J. (2001). Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain during the Spanish Civil War. London & New York: Continuum.
Selected Grants
2024
- Bcon: The British Commonwealth Occupation News in Japan: 1946-1950, Keene J, Australian Army History Unit/Army History Research Grant
2020
- Contemporary Perspectives on the Nuclear-World in Art: Exhibition and Symposium, Claremont Y, Hawkins D, Keene J, Rechniewski E, Rosenbaum R, Marett A, Ruff T, Tanaka Y, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Federal)/Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF)
Other Grants
UK Arts & Humanities Research Council (UKAHRC) 2020-2023: large grant on European Fascism, https://www.fascistmovements.com, invited participant.
Service to the University, the Discipline and the Community
- University of Sydney, Research Integrity Adviser
- University of Sydney Press, Editorial Board
- Australian Army Historical Advisory Committee
- CEW Bean Prize, juror 2015
- Conseil Scientifique, International research network, Mémoires de guerres: commémorations, reconstitutions, récits de guerres/ War Memories Commemoration, Re-enactment Writing. Conferences: Université de Rennes June 2014; University Paris 7, Diderot Université, June 2016
- Conseil Scientifique, International research network, Histoire de l'oubli dans les mondes francophnes et Anglophone, 19-21 siècles, Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence et Marseilles.
In the media
Select Commissioned Media Pieces
- ABC ‘Nightlife’, 26 April, 2020.This week in History: The Bombing of Guernica’.
- 'Picasso's Guernica: The Painter and the Painting; the Event and the Myth’, Public Lecture, Sydney Ideas: University of Sydney, 19 May 2015
- ABC Radio National, Rear Vision, "Tackling Foreign Fighters" 26 July 2015
- ABC Radio, Late Night Live, "Traitors in World War Two" 30 September 2009-11-12
- Sydney Morning Herald, Op Ed opinion piece, "Where the War Dead Lie" 10 June 2008
- ABC Radio, Australia Talks, "Dealing with Australian and British bodies at Fromelles on the Western Front," 12 June 2008
- ABC Radio, Rear Vision, "Spanish women parliamentarians," 29 June 2008
- The Australian 2 October 2006: Op Ed opinion piece “Tokyo Rose Was Not a Traitor.”
- BBC News Magazine, BBC website, 27 September 2006: “The Other Volunteers in Spain.”
- ABC Radio Triple J, 18 November 2006: “ Is Nazism Dead?”
- The Australian Higher Education Supplement 29 June 2005: “Russia Lifts the Siege of History.”
- Sydney Morning Herald 11 April 2004: Op Ed opinion piece “Madrid Bombing.”
- ABC TV 7.30 Report, 16 December 2004: “World War One and the Christmas Truce.”