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Daniel

Reynaud

Position: Emeritus Professor

Biography

Career

Supervision

Outputs

Activity

Emeritus Professor Daniel Reynaud began lecturing at Avondale in 1992, teaching modern history and the intersection of history, literature and media. His principal area of research is in Anzac social history. He has published extensively on Anzac cinema, Anzac religion and spirituality, and Anzac food. He has also been part of teams that have published on online learning and Romanian poetry in English translation. His varied work includes books, book chapters and articles in refereed journals as well as many articles in popular journals, marketing consultancies, radio and television interviews, public lectures in schools, churches and community groups and documentaries. He has also recorded three albums of original music.


Awards & achievements

2026
Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Award, NSW History Awards for The Anzac Table, Daniel Reynaud & Emanuela Reynaud, Hardie Grant, 2026
Anzac Memorial Trustees & NSW History Awards
2019
HERDSA/Taylor & Francis/Routledge HERD Article of the Year
HERDSA/Taylor & Francis/Routledge
2019
Gaudeamus Book Fair Antoaneta Ralian Literature Prize for best translation from Romanian to another language
Gaudeamus Book Fair
2019
Ministry for Romanians Abroad Citation for contribution to preserving and promoting the Romanian identity
Ministry for Romanians Abroad
2013
Australasian Religious Press Association Best Profile Story: Bronze
Australasian Religious Press Association
2011
Christian Media and Arts Australia Angel Award for Excellence in Media
Christian Media and Arts Australia
2009
Australian Learning & Teaching Council Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning
Australian Learning & Teaching Council

Professional associations

Evangelical History Association
Member

Expertise

Anzac social history

Anzacs and religion

Anzac food

Anzac cinema


Education

PhD
University of Newcastle
BA Ed
Pacific Union College
BEd
Avondale College

Supervision

Year Level Research Title Institution Supervisor Type
2024 PhD Exploring Effective Mentoring as a Professional Development Tool for Papua New Guinea Accountants Avondale University Principal Supervisor
2024 PhD The Use of theatre and masks: A study of sutured identities in Carey’s The Unusual Life of Tristan
Smith
Avondale University Principal Supervisor
2018 MPhil Esther and Hadassah: A Comparative Study of Female Agency Avondale College of Higher Education Co-Supervisor
2012 MA A reflective and quantitative investigation of relationships between aural dictation, sight
singing, performance and composition skills
Avondale College of Higher Education Principal Supervisor
2004 PhD Fragments in configuration: A structural dialogue between a painting practice and
established film practice
University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
Current PhD The effects of battle-related trauma upon WWI Australian Imperial Force Front Line Chaplains Avondale University Principal supervisor
Current PhD Jacques-Louis David: The idealist of the French Revolution Avondale University Principal supervisor


Journal articles

  • 2025
    Reynaud, Daniel, 'Fighting Mac McKenzie: WWI. A Devotion to Duty', Australian Army Chaplaincy Journal, 2025 35-44,
  • 2024
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘The Experiences of Archie Royce, YMCA Representative in the AIF 1916-28,’ Lucas: An Evangelical History Review, 3(4), December 2024, 68-92
  • 2024
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘Preaching in Melbourne 1913-1918: What a Difference a War Makes,’ Church History, 93:1 (2024), 85-103
  • 2024
    Reynaud, Daniel & Aleta King, ‘The “Sunshine Song”: The Biography of an Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Soldiers’ Chorus’, Australian Historical Studies, 55(1), 2024, 70-89
  • 2024
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘“Politics are Quite Beneath the concern of the Average Billjim”: Politics and the First World War Anzacs, 1914-1918,’ Australian Journal of Politics and History
  • 2023
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘Australian Seventh-day Adventism and World War One: A Different Path’, Journal of Religious History, 47:3, 2023, 386-404
  • 2022
    Reynaud, Daniel, & Reynaud, Emanuela, ‘“A Kind of Useless Man”? An evaluation of AIF cooks and cookery’, War in History, 29(2) 2022, 385-405
  • 2022
    Reynaud, Daniel, & Reynaud, Emanuela, ‘What Diggers Drank: the AIF and its refreshments 1914-18’, History Australia, 19(4), 2022, 753-770
  • 2021
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘Researching Religion in the Anzac Narrative’, Lucas: An Evangelical History Review, 2(17), June 2021, 83-103
  • 2021
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘A Second Front: Canon Garland, Chaplain Maitland Woods and Anglo-Catholicism in the Australian Imperial Force during World War One’, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 72(1) January 2021, 95-112
  • 2021
    Reynaud, Daniel & Reynaud, Emanuela, ‘A broader palate? The new and exotic food experiences of the Australian Imperial Force 1914–1918’, Food and Foodways, 29(2) 2021, 184-203
  • 2020
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘“All was not well with the soldiers’ diet”: an evaluation of the effectiveness of official Australian Imperial Force food provisions, 1914-18,’ First World War Studies, 11(3), 2020, 241-256
  • 2019
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘In two armies: The experiences of two Salvationists in the first AIF 1914-1918,’ The Australasian Journal of Salvation Army History, 4(2), 2019, 27 – 40
  • 2018
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘“That sacred band of crusaders:” The AIF as God’s Warriors,’ Lucas: An Evangelical History Review, 2(12) December 2018, 61-84
  • 2017
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Authenticating the imaginary: Cloaking with History the characters of O’Brian’s fiction and Weir’s film,’ Journal of History and Cultures, 7, January 2017, 1-9
  • 2017
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Signs of Spiritual Crisis or Evidence of Unexpected Commitment? Attitudes to Compulsory Church Parades in the First AIF,’ Journal of Religious History, 41(1), March 2017, 97-110
  • 2016
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Lest we forget: Fighting Mac, The Army and contemporary Australia,’ The Australasian Journal of Salvation Army History, 1(2), 2016, 42-52
  • 2016
    Reynaud, Daniel, Rickett, Carolyn & Bogacs, Paul, ‘Beyond telling: Narrating trauma in the wartime writings of Great War AIF Chaplain William McKenzie,’ TEACH, 10(1), 2016, 47-52
  • 2016
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Understanding history: Seventh-day Adventists and their perspectives,’ TEACH, 10(1), 2016, 54-62
  • 2016
    Vagg, Stephen & Reynaud, Daniel, ‘Alfred Rolfe: forgotten pioneer Australian film director,’ Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2), September 2016, 184-198
  • 2015
    Reynaud, Daniel & Northcote, Maria, ‘The World Wars through tabletop wargaming: An innovative approach to university history teaching,’ Arts & Humanities in Higher Education, 14(4), 2015, 349-367
  • 2015
    Kilgour, Peter, Reynaud, Daniel, Northcote, Maria, and Shields, Marion. ‘Role-Playing as a Tool to Facilitate Learning, Self-Reflection and Social Awareness in teacher Education,’ International Journal of Innovative Interdisciplinary Research, 2(4), January 2015, 8-20
  • 2015
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Revisiting the secular Anzac: the Anzacs and religion,’ Lucas: An Evangelical History Review, 2(9), 2015, 73-101
  • 2015
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Religion and the Anzac legend on screen,’ St Mark’s Review: a journal of Christian thought & opinion, 231(1), April 2015, 49-58
  • 2014
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘The legend of William McKenzie.’ Lucas: An Evangelical History Review, 2(7), June 2014, 7-36
  • 2011
    Reynaud, Daniel & Patrick, Arthur. ‘Idealisation, Conflict and Maturation: The development of Seventh-day Adventist Historiography,’ Lucas: An Evangelical History Review, 2(3), June 2011, 5-18
  • 2011
    Reynaud, Daniel & Northcote, Maria. ‘Have Passport, Will Learn: History Study Tours and Student Learning and Development,’ in Krause, K., Buckridge, M., Grimmer, C. and Purbrick-Illek, S. (Eds.) Research and Development in Higher Education: Reshaping Higher Education 34, 2011, 253-262
  • 2008
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Dealing with historical movies in the History and English classroom,’ TEACH, Journal of Christian Education, 2(2), December 2008, 48-52
  • 2007
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘The changing Anzac legend in three key Australian films,’ Screening the Past, 22, December 2007
  • 2006
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘The effectiveness of Australian film propaganda for the war effort 1914-1918,’ Screening the Past, 20, December 2006
  • 2001
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘The influence of dramas on the Anzac legend between the wars,’ Illusions: New Zealand Moving Image and Performing Arts Criticism, 32, Winter 2001, 9-15
  • 1999
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Convention and contradiction: representations of women in Australian war films, 1914-1918,’ Australian Historical Studies, 30(113), October 1999, 215-230
  • 1996
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Seventh-day Adventism and ordinary Australia,’ Compass, 3, Spring 1996, 38-46
  • 1994
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Spielberg — is he or isn’t he an artist?’ Metro, 97, Autumn, 1994, 28-31

Books

  • 2026
    Reynaud, Daniel. Sailor, Soldier, Vicar, Farmer: The Improbable Life of Anzac Chaplain Walter Dexter (Warburton, Vic: Signs Publishing, 2026)
  • 2025
    Reynaud, Daniel & Reynaud Emanuela. The Anzac Table: Food and Drink in the First Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1918 (Melbourne: Hardie Grant, 2025)
  • 2024
    Reynaud, Daniel & Ian Howie. Jesus not Beasts: Reading Revelation for Who matters most (Warburton Vic: Signs Publishing, 2024)
  • 2019
    Reynaud, Daniel. The Anzacs, Religion and God: The spiritual journeys of twenty-seven members of the AIF (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly, 2019).
  • 2018
    Reynaud, Daniel. Anzac Spirituality: The First AIF Soldiers Speak (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2018).
  • 2015
    Reynaud, Daniel. The Man the Anzacs Revered: William ‘Fighting Mac’ McKenzie, Anzac Chaplain (Warburton Vic: Signs Publishing, 2015; 2025).
  • 2010
    Reynaud, Daniel & Kent, Gary. Faith of the Anzacs (Sydney: It Is Written Oceania/Adventist Media Network, 2010).
  • 2007
    Reynaud, Daniel. Celluloid Anzacs: The Great War through Australian Cinema (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2007)
  • 2005
    Reynaud, Daniel. The Hero of the Dardanelles and other World War I Silent Dramas (Canberra: National Film and Sound Archive Monographs, 2005).
  • 2000
    Reynaud, Daniel, Reading With New Eyes: A Genre-Driven Guide to Deep Biblical Understanding (Cooranbong, NSW: Avondale Academic Press, 2025)
  • 1999
    Reynaud, Daniel. Media Values: Christian perspectives on the mass media (Cooranbong NSW: Avondale Academic Press, 1999)

Chapters

  • 2021
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘A Wider Angle: Australia’s War Films of the New Millenium,’ in Kelly McWilliam & Mark David Ryan (eds.), Australian Genre Film (New York & London: Routledge, 2021), 202-128
  • 2021
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘Rules and Regulations’, in Brad Watson (ed.), Remembering Mona Mona: The Mission in the Rainforest (Warburton: Signs Publishing/Avondale Academic Press, 2021)
  • 2021
    Reynaud, Daniel, ‘Fun Times’, in Brad Watson (ed.), Remembering Mona Mona: The Mission in the Rainforest (Warburton: Signs Publishing/Avondale Academic Press, 2021)
  • 2020
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘The Teaching of History as a Transformative Christian Tool in the Tertiary Classroom: A Study of Student Responses’, in Peter W. Kilgour and Beverly J. Christian, Revealing Jesus in the Learning Environment: Making a World of Difference (Cooranbong: Avondale Academic Press, 2020)
  • 2018
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Redefining the Enemy in Contemporary Australian Anzac Cinema,’ in Martin Löschnigg and Marzena Sokołowska-Paryż, The Enemy in Contemporary Film (Berlin, De Gruyter, 2018), 253-270
  • 2017
    Reynaud, Daniel, Reynaud, Emanuela and Kilgour, Peter, ‘Beginning the Process of Humanizing Online Learning: Two Teachers’ Experiences,’ in Maria Northcote and Kevin P. Gosselin (eds), Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience (Hershey PA: IGI Global, 2017), 111-131
  • 2015
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘War.’ In Ben Goldsmith, Mark David Ryan and Geoff Lealand, Directory of World Cinema: Australian & New Zealand Cinema 2 (Bristol & Chicago: Intellect, 2015), 193-206
  • 2014
    Reynaud, Daniel & Fernandez, Jane. ‘“To Thrash the Offending Adam out of Them”: The theology of violence in the writings of Great War Anzacs,’ in Secularisation: New Historical Perspectives. Edited by Christopher Hartney (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014), 134-150
  • 2014
    Fitzsimmons, Phil & Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Comics/Graphic Novels/Bandes Dessinées and the Representation of the Great War.’ In Martin Löschnigg and Marzena Sokołowska-Paryż, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film (Berlin & Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2014), 187-200
  • 2014
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘National Versions of the Great War: Modern Australian Anzac Cinema.’ In Martin Löschnigg and Marzena Sokołowska-Paryż, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film (Berlin & Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2014), 289-304
  • 2013
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘The Enigma of Jesus in the Gospel of John,’ in Signs to Life: Reading and responding to John’s Gospel. Kendra Haloviak Valentine, with Carolyn Rickett, Daniel Reynaud, Jane Fernandez and Nathan Brown (Warburton Vic: Signs Publishing, 2013), 103-112
  • 2013
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘A Christian Aesthetics for the Arts: Creativity and Theology,’ in Manifest: Our Call to Faithful Creativity. Edited by Nathan Brown and Joanna Darby (Warburton Vic: Signs Publishing, 2013), 7-13
  • 2011
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Gallipoli,’ in Making Film and Television Histories: Australia and New Zealand. Edited by James E. Bennett and Rebecca Beirne (London, New York: I. B. Tauris, 2011), 128-132
  • 2009
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Film and National Mythology: The Anzac legend in Australian films,’ in Creative Nation: Australian cinema and cultural studies reader. Edited by Amit Sarwal and Reema Sarwal (New Delhi: SSS Publications, 2009), 111-120

Conference Publications

  • 2017
    Reynaud, Daniel and Miler, Larisa, ‘Australian Chaplains at Gallipoli: Role, Impact and Influence,’ in M. Mehdi Ilhan, Mehmet Bulut, and Ibrahim G. Yumuşak (eds.), Çanakkale 1915, Tarih, Ekonomi, Edebiyat ve Sanat/ Gallipoli 1915: History, Economy, Literature and Art (Istanbul: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi, 2017), 199-218
  • 2017
    Ongalo, Jennifer, Fernandez, Jane and Reynaud, Daniel, ‘Redefining “Home”: The concept of dala in Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye’s Chira’. In Africa: Moving the Boundaries: Proceedings of the 39th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) Annual Conference, 5-7 December 2016 (The University of Western Australia, June 2017), 242-251
  • 2005
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Constructing the Anzac Image: A study of Australia’s first three Gallipoli movies 1915-16,’ in Marilyn Dooley (ed.). Credits Rolling: Selected papers, 12th Biennial Conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand (Canberra: National Film and Sound Archive, 2005), 127-136
  • 1998
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Literary Theory and Biblical Interpretation,’ in Christ in the Classroom: Adventist approaches to the integration of faith and learning, Vol 21. Edited by Humberto M. Rasi (Silver Spring MD: Institute for Christian Teaching, 1998), 279-292
  • 1998
    Reynaud, Daniel. ‘Australian Cinema and the War Effort,’ in Our Selection On Writings on Cinema’s Histories: Selected papers from the 7th Australian History and Film Conference, National Film and Sound Archive and ANU, Canberra 30 November — 2 December 1995. Edited by Jeff Doyle, Bill van der Heide and Susan Cowan (Canberra: NFSA/ADFA, 1998), 277-285

Creative Works

  • 2015
    Livingstone, Daniel, Hamilton, Mal & Reynaud, Daniel. Chaplain Gillison: Martyr of Gallipoli. It Is Written Oceania/Adventist Media Network. 23 minutes. Channel 7, 25 April, 2015
  • 2015
    Reynaud, Daniel, Dooley, Marilyn and Gardner, Tom, The Hero of the Dardanelles: Gallipoli Centenary Edition. National Film and Sound Archive, April 2015
  • 2015
    Hamilton, Mal & Reynaud, Daniel. The Tom Richards Story (Anzac Heritage). It Is Written Oceania/Adventist Media Network, 2015
  • 2015
    Livingstone, Daniel, Hamilton, Mal & Reynaud, Daniel. The Kiwi Chaplains. It Is Written Oceania/Adventist Media Network. 23 minutes. NZ TV, 2015
  • 2014
    Livingstone, Daniel, Hamilton, Mal & Reynaud, Daniel. Bennett: Gallipoli chaplain. It Is Written Oceania/Adventist Media Network. 23 minutes. Channel 7, 25 April 2014.
  • 2012
    Livingstone, Daniel, Hamilton, Mal & Reynaud, Daniel. Fighting Mac: the story of William McKenzie. It Is Written Oceania/Adventist Media Network. 23 minutes. Channel 7, 25 April 2012
  • 2010
    Livingstone, Daniel, Hamilton, Mal & Reynaud, Daniel. Brothers in Arms: Anzac Chaplains. It Is Written Oceania/Adventist Media Network. 23 minutes. Channel 7, 25 April 2010
  • 2010
    Livingstone, Daniel, Hamilton, Mal & Reynaud, Daniel. Faith of the Anzacs. It Is Written Oceania/Adventist Media Network. 23 minutes. Channel 7, 25 April 2010

Other

  • 2020
    Ioniţă, Daniel, Reynaud, Daniel, Paul, Adriana, & Foster, Eva. Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology (Sydney: Australian-Romanian Academy, 2020)
  • 2018
    Ioniţa, Daniel, Tonu, Maria, Foster, Eva, Reynaud, Daniel and Bews, Rochelle. The Bessarabia of My Soul: a collection of poetry from the Republic of Moldova/Basarabia Sufletului Meu: o colecţie de poezie din Republica Moldova (Toronto Canada: Editura MediaTon, 2018)
  • 2012
    Ioniţă, Daniel, Foster, Eva and Reynaud, Daniel. Testament: Anthology of Modern Romanian Verse/Antologie de Poezie Română Modernă (Bucureşti: Editura Minerva, 2012)

Invited position

  • 2025
    Inaugural Visiting Historian, Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park

Other

  • 2017
    Visiting Professor, Southern Adventist University 2017
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