Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. Associate Editor, Intelligence & National Security; JPICT. Historian interested in intelligence, analysis, warning, secrecy, accountability and espionage pop culture.
Melanie Brand
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New essay, forthcoming in the inaugural issue of the Armenian Journal of International Law and already available on SSRN: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
Comments welcome!
I’m excited to share that my forthcoming book now has a website and a publication date! You can find out more and even pre-order here: press.georgetown.edu/Book/Blind-T...
Congratulations to our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social whose book Operation Wrath of God has been shortlisted for the Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize, awarded for research in global intelligence studies by King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence
kcsi.uk/kjetil-hatle...
A great permanent job at the University of Glasgow:
Lecturer in the History of Intelligence and International Relations, post-1850
New article with Katie M. Whipkey out today in @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social!
"Dangerously Provocative: Co-optation to Undermining of Women's Groups by U.S. Intelligence Agencies"
Free eprint: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TCQZN...
Why I love declassified government docs, reason #51
12‑month fixed‑term fellowship for early‑career historians in Australian history at the University of Sydney starting 2027. Historians of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and scholars working in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander history, are especially encouraged to apply.
🔊 📖 We are delighted to share @ronanmainprize.bsky.social's review of @jrogg.bsky.social's 'The Spy and the State.' Mainprize argues that 'Rogg's book will likely become a key reference for the spy, the state, and the scholar.' 📖 Read the review here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...
✍🏼 The 2025 Kjetil Hatlebrekke Memorial Book Prize Shortlist is here!
boydellandbrewer.com/history-of-b...
📢 Happy to say that I've recently taken over as editor of the History of British Intelligence series with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
If you've got an idea for a book on the history of British intelligence - from any era -send me an email ⬇️
#history #spy 🗃 📚
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in the History of War and International Relations in the Modern Period (R&T) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore othe...
This article examines how U.S. intelligence agencies, particularly the FBI and CIA, monitored and targeted women’s groups from the early 1900s to the 1970s as part of broader campaigns against Comm...
www.tandfonline.com
A 12‑month fixed‑term opportunity at 0.8 FTE, starting 2027 with scope for variation Applications are invited for the 2027 Colonel George Johnston Fellowship in Australian History for early‑career his...
This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb
There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣
www.war.gov/medialink/uf...
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)
