Biography
Tony is an Associate Professor in History.
Read more on Tony's profileResearch interests
Tony's current research interests are focused on the history of Australian football, specifically the establishment of the VFL/AFL.
Affiliations
Contemporary Histories Research Group (CHRG), Faculty of Arts and Education
Australian Alumni Association of the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD)
Australian Society for Sports History
Teaching interests
Tony's teaching interests include modern German history, the Holocaust, the Cold War, sports history, and historiography.
Units taught
Unit Chair, AIH264 The Holocaust
Unit Chair, AST256 Sport in History
Awards
Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities and the Arts, 2016.
Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Australian Awards for University Teaching: Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, 2012.
Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence, Vice Chancellor's Prizes and Awards, 2011.
Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, 2010.
German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, DAAD) research scholarship, 2005-06.
Projects
Tony and his Deakin colleague Professor David Lowe are the General Editors for Routledge's interdisciplinary book series entitled Remembering the Modern World.
Tony's current research focuses on the early history of the VFL/AFL.
Publications
The Cold War and Regions of Memory
David Lowe, Tony Joel
(2022), pp. 19-47, Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies, Berlin, Germany, B1
On the Take: The 1910 Scandal That Changed Australian Football Forever
Tony Joel, Mathew Turner
(2020), Melbourne, Vic., A1
'Between politics and scholarship': The first decade of the Institut Für Zeitgeschichte, 1949-1958
M Turner, T Joel, D Lowe
(2019), Vol. 49, pp. 250-271, European History Quarterly, C1
Tony Joel, Donna Frieze, M Turner
(2018), pp. 221-238, Remembering the Holocaust in educational settings, London, Eng., B1
T Joel, M Turner, C Hutchinson
(2018), Vol. 35, pp. 173-195, International journal of the history of sport, Abingdon, Eng., C1
The Dresden firebombing : memory and the politics of commemorating destruction
T Joel
(2013), London, England, A1
Remembering the Cold War: global contest and national stories
D Lowe, T Joel
(2013), Abingdon, England, A1
Reconstruction over ruins : rebuilding Dresden's Frauenkirche
T Joel
(2012), pp. 197-218, The heritage of war, Abingdon, England, B1
Football's world cup and its fans - reflections on national styles : a photo essay on Germany 2006
R Hay, T Joel
(2007), Vol. 8, pp. 1-32, Soccer & society, London, England, C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
A History of the Geelong Cricket Club.
A/Prof Tony Joel, Mr Mathew Turner
The Tavs Foundation Ltd
- 2024: $10,755
- 2023: $19,300
- 2022: $15,000
Supervisions
John Rose
Thesis entitled: COMMUNITIES, CARTOPHILY, CLUBS: A CARTOPHILIC SPORTS-FOCUSED CASE STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY 1900 ¿ 1963
Master of Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Emma Jane Parker
Thesis entitled: Gottfried Helnwein's provocation of Austrian memories of the Nazi past
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Hirokazu Matsui
Thesis entitled: Australia and International Reemergence of Japan, 1952-1962
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ellen Georgina Gray
Thesis entitled: Australia and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Diplomacy in the United Nations
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lisa Couacaud
Thesis entitled: The Ideal America(n): Dwight Eisenhower's Elusive Search
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Sarah Coates
Thesis entitled: Belsen, Dachau, 1945: Newspapers and the First Draft of History
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Mathew John Turner
Thesis entitled: Experts' History: the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial and Anatomie des SS-Staates
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Eric Meadows
Thesis entitled: A diplomatic history of Australia's relations with India 1944-1962
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences