Professor Andrew Bonnell
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Andrew Bonnell

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Background

Assoc. Prof’s Andrew Bonnell’s research interests include: Modern German and European history. German cultural and intellectual history in social and political context. History of German Social Democracy.

Assoc. Prof. Bonnell holds a BA (Hons) (Sydney), and a PhD (Sydney). He is currently Associate Professor in History at UQ.

His teaching areas include Modern German history, European intellectual history, European fascism and the radical right, Film and history and Nationalism.

Assoc. Prof. Bonnell’s current research projects include Robert Michels and the political discontents of modernity and aspects of the history of German Social Democracy.

He is also the editor (History), Australian Journal of Politics and History.

Availability

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Fields of research

Historical studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Sydney
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

Search Professor Andrew Bonnell’s works on UQ eSpace

226 works between 1989 and 2024
All (226) Journal Article (160) Book Chapter (12) Conference Publication (7) Book (7) Edited Outputs (40)

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2015

Journal Article

“New Histories of the Origins of the First World War: What Happened to the ‘Primacy of Domestic Politics?’”

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2015). “New Histories of the Origins of the First World War: What Happened to the ‘Primacy of Domestic Politics?’”. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 61 (1), 121-127. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12090

“New Histories of the Origins of the First World War: What Happened to the ‘Primacy of Domestic Politics?’”

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2014

Journal Article

Stephen Roberts as a commentator on fascism and the road to war in Europe

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2014). Stephen Roberts as a commentator on fascism and the road to war in Europe. History Australia, 11 (3), 9-30. doi: 10.1080/14490854.2014.11668529

Stephen Roberts as a commentator on fascism and the road to war in Europe

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2014

Journal Article

Explaining suicide in the Imperial German Army

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2014). Explaining suicide in the Imperial German Army. German Studies Review, 37 (2), 275-295. doi: 10.1353/gsr.2014.0055

Explaining suicide in the Imperial German Army

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2012

Book

Germans in Queensland: 150 years

Andrew G. Bonnell and Rebecca Vonhoff eds. (2012). Germans in Queensland: 150 years. Germanica Pacifica, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Peter Lang. doi: 10.3726/978-3-653-02741-9

Germans in Queensland: 150 years

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2011

Book

An American witness in Nazi Frankfurt: The diaries of Robert W. Heingartner, 1928-1937

Andrew G. Bonnell ed. (2011). An American witness in Nazi Frankfurt: The diaries of Robert W. Heingartner, 1928-1937. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang.

An American witness in Nazi Frankfurt: The diaries of Robert W. Heingartner, 1928-1937

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2008

Book

Shylock in Germany: Antisemitism and the German Theatre from The Enlightenment to the Nazis

Bonnell, A. G. (2008). Shylock in Germany: Antisemitism and the German Theatre from The Enlightenment to the Nazis. United Kingdom, United States: Tauris Academic Studies.

Shylock in Germany: Antisemitism and the German Theatre from The Enlightenment to the Nazis

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2005

Book

The People's Stage in Imperial Germany: Social Democracy and Culture 1890-1914

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2005). The People's Stage in Imperial Germany: Social Democracy and Culture 1890-1914. London, England: Tauris Academic Studies.

The People's Stage in Imperial Germany: Social Democracy and Culture 1890-1914

2024

Journal Article

Review of Andrew Saniga and Robert Freestone (eds) Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Review of Andrew Saniga and Robert Freestone (eds) Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities. Australian Policy and History.

Review of Andrew Saniga and Robert Freestone (eds) Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities

2024

Journal Article

John A. Moses (1930–2024)

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). John A. Moses (1930–2024). Australian Journal of Politics & History. doi: 10.1111/ajph.13025

John A. Moses (1930–2024)

2024

Journal Article

Review of Mark Jones, 1923. The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler’s Putsch

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Review of Mark Jones, 1923. The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler’s Putsch. Australian Outlook.

Review of Mark Jones, 1923. The Crisis of German Democracy in the Year of Hitler’s Putsch

2024

Journal Article

Eugenics and socialism. Bioscientific discourses in the socialist movements of Germany and Great Britain around 1900

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Eugenics and socialism. Bioscientific discourses in the socialist movements of Germany and Great Britain around 1900. Central European History, 57 (3), 417-418. doi: 10.1017/S0008938924000499

Eugenics and socialism. Bioscientific discourses in the socialist movements of Germany and Great Britain around 1900

2024

Journal Article

German Social Democrats in July 1914: The Antiwar Protests Reconsidered

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). German Social Democrats in July 1914: The Antiwar Protests Reconsidered. Bulletin of the German Historical Institute (74), 119-141.

German Social Democrats in July 1914: The Antiwar Protests Reconsidered

2024

Journal Article

Review of Harald Jähner, Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany, 1918-1933

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Review of Harald Jähner, Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany, 1918-1933. Inside Story.

Review of Harald Jähner, Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany, 1918-1933

2024

Journal Article

Review of Smaldone, William T., “Freedom is Indivisible”: Rudolf Hilferding's Correspondence with Karl Kautsky, Leon Trotsky, and Paul Hertz, 1902-1938

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Review of Smaldone, William T., “Freedom is Indivisible”: Rudolf Hilferding's Correspondence with Karl Kautsky, Leon Trotsky, and Paul Hertz, 1902-1938. H-Socialisms, H-Net Reviews.

Review of Smaldone, William T., “Freedom is Indivisible”: Rudolf Hilferding's Correspondence with Karl Kautsky, Leon Trotsky, and Paul Hertz, 1902-1938

2024

Journal Article

Robert Michels fue un teórico fallido de la oligarquía política

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Robert Michels fue un teórico fallido de la oligarquía política. Jacobin America Latina, 1-12.

Robert Michels fue un teórico fallido de la oligarquía política

2024

Journal Article

Robert Michels was a flawed theorist of oligarchy

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Robert Michels was a flawed theorist of oligarchy. Jacobin.

Robert Michels was a flawed theorist of oligarchy

2024

Journal Article

Review of Histories of Fascism and Anti‐Fascism in Australia. Edited by Evan Smith, Jayne Persian and Vashti Jane Fox (London and New York: Routledge, 2023), pp. xiii + 266. Pb A$59.99, e‐book A$48.59

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Review of Histories of Fascism and Anti‐Fascism in Australia. Edited by Evan Smith, Jayne Persian and Vashti Jane Fox (London and New York: Routledge, 2023), pp. xiii + 266. Pb A$59.99, e‐book A$48.59. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 70 (1), 158-159. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12965

Review of Histories of Fascism and Anti‐Fascism in Australia. Edited by Evan Smith, Jayne Persian and Vashti Jane Fox (London and New York: Routledge, 2023), pp. xiii + 266. Pb A$59.99, e‐book A$48.59

2024

Journal Article

Wilhelm Liebknecht: Alman Sosyalizminin Destansı Çağının Lideri

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Wilhelm Liebknecht: Alman Sosyalizminin Destansı Çağının Lideri. Corpus.

Wilhelm Liebknecht: Alman Sosyalizminin Destansı Çağının Lideri

2024

Journal Article

Wilhelm Liebknecht, líder del socialismo alemán

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Wilhelm Liebknecht, líder del socialismo alemán. Jacobin America Latina.

Wilhelm Liebknecht, líder del socialismo alemán

2024

Journal Article

Review of Anthony Cooper, with Thomas Perl, Dispatch from Berlin, 1943: The Story of Five Journalists who Risked Everything

Bonnell, Andrew G. (2024). Review of Anthony Cooper, with Thomas Perl, Dispatch from Berlin, 1943: The Story of Five Journalists who Risked Everything. Australian Outlook.

Review of Anthony Cooper, with Thomas Perl, Dispatch from Berlin, 1943: The Story of Five Journalists who Risked Everything

Availability

Professor Andrew Bonnell is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Bulgarian participation in the Brest-Litovsk Treaty negotiations

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Masculinity and the Making of a Nation: Constructions of Indigenous Australian Hyper-Masculinity in 19th Century Queensland

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Russian and Ukrainian diaspora in Australia: cultural memory, perceptions of identity

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Great Chain of Feeing: Humans, Animals and Emotions in Eighteenth-Century England

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From Revolutionary Hopes to Shattered Dreams: the revolutionary left in Australia, 1918-1925

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Olgem eestlased, aga saagem ka eurooplasteks: Estonia's experience of European Integration.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Frank Mols

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Olgem eestlased, aga saagem ka eurooplasteks: Estonia's experience of European Integration.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Frank Mols

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Bulgarian participation in the Brest-Litovsk Treaty negotiations

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    "Spiritual Hungary": Self-Representation, National Heritage, and Identity at the Hungarian Australian Cultural Festivals (1969-2017)

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Performing the Nation: Practices of Identity Maintenance in the Australian-Hugarian Diaspora

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From the oder and the rhine: Germans in South Australia, 1838-1914

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Königsberg/Kaliningrad: A Contested Site of Memory

    Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

    Radicalism in the rank-and-file shop committee and assembly movements in Australian trade unions from 1930-1960

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Olgem eestlased, aga saagem ka eurooplasteks: Estonia's experience of European Integration

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Frank Mols

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From Revolutionary Hopes to Shattered Dreams: the revolutionary left in Australia, 1918-1925

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A History of the African Diaspora in China, 1949-2019

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A History of the African Diaspora in China, 1949-2019

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A History of the African Diaspora in China, 1949-2019

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory

  • Master Philosophy

    German Lutheran Leadership in Southeast Queensland During World War 1

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn

  • Master Philosophy

    A History of the African Diaspora in China (1949-2021): A Challenge to China's Multiculturalism

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory

Completed supervision

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  • Germany - history, politics
  • History - Europe
  • History - Germany
  • Politics - European
  • Social democracy - Germany

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