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Biography
Dr. Melanie Brand is a lecturer and researcher in the field of Intelligence Studies. Her research interests include intelligence analysis and warning, oversight and accountability, secrecy, and cultural perspectives on intelligence, espionage and spying. Her research has been published in Intelligence and National Security, Cold War History, Australian Historical Studies and the Conversation. She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne and is a founding board member of the Women's Intelligence Network.
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In the name of national security: press censorship in Cold War Australia
Brand, M., 2025, In: Australian Historical Studies. 56, 1, p. 28-46 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The media and ‘Mrs Petrov’: press representations of Australia’s most famous spy
Brand, M., 2025, In: Intelligence and National Security. 40, 1, p. 172-186 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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"A spy thriller outdoes fiction": popular culture and the 1954 Petrov Affair
Brand, M., 2024, In: Journal of Australian Studies. 48, 4, p. 452-465 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book Review: International Broadcasting and its Contested Role in Australian Statecraft
Brand, M., 30 Jan 2024, Australian Outlook.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Book/Film/Article review
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The Petrov affair: how a real-life Cold War defection became a soothing spy story for anxious Australians
Brand, M., 12 Apr 2024, The Conversation. Academic rigour, journalistic flair.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
Open AccessFile54 Downloads (Pure)
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The Media and Mrs Petrov
Melanie Brand (Speaker)
20 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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“‘A Spy Thriller Outdoes Fiction’: Popular Culture and the 1954 Petrov Affair”
Melanie Brand (Speaker)
3 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Breaking the Boundaries of Trust: Australia's D Notice System
Melanie Brand (Speaker)
20 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Inventing ASIO: Imagining Intelligence in the Cold War
Melanie Brand (Speaker)
9 Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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The Making of Mrs Petrov: Nation, Society and Identity in Cold War Australia
Melanie Brand (Speaker)
31 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Press/Media
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H-Diplo Article Review 1005 on Brand. “Intelligence, Warning, and Policy: the Johnson Administration and the 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia.”
4/12/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research