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Roland Bleiker

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Writes about the politics of images & emotions across conflict, security, resistance, humanitarianism. Prof of International Relations UQ. Runs @visualpolitics.bsky.social. https://www.rolandbleiker.com

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jan 6

Here it is: a tribute to Emma Hutchison, my amazing wife and research collaborator. I hope it does justice to the brilliant scholar and the remarkable person she was. Sorry it took me a while after Emma’s passing to gather enough strength to honour her. www.rolandbleiker.com/tribute-to-e...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 2d

Please join us in person or online for our next @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: Prof Marguerite La Caze (Philosophy UQ) discusses her book Film and Everyday Resistance (Northwestern UP). Wed 8 Oct, 5-6pm Brisbane time (UTC+10), 39a/501. Zoom Rego: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/uq-visual-...

Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 17d

A three-step guide to creating political villains: an intriguing new open-access visual essay in @viscomjournal.bsky.social by Maximillian Guarini - who we were lucky to host as visitor at @visualpolitics.bsky.social a couple of years ago. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 18d

First talk of my trip - at the Université de Montréal - out of the way. Thanks to Vincent Pouliot for the invitation and to everyone who came along. If there are colleagues in town who would like to meet up, pease get in touch. I am here for a couple more days.

Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 23d

“[How] can artistic practices enable us to visualize the legacies of conflict and visions for peace beyond established conventions?”

Maria-Adriana Deiana & Heidi Riely (@hidrx2.bsky.social) explore this in a new article in @millennjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 28d

If you are in Brisbane, come join us for the inaugural professorial lecture by my wonderful colleague Andrew Phillips. Who killed the Liberal International Order and what comes next? Wed, 17 Sep, 5pm - 7pm. All welcome, but need to register here: events.humanitix.com/who-killed-t...

Who killed the Liberal International Order and what comes next?

This event offers a compelling exploration of the global forces shaping our future—and why they matter for Australia, the Indo-Pacific, and the world.

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 28d

Honoured to discuss “The Seductive Power of Grand Narratives” as part of this forum on Oliver Richmond’s ambitious and important @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book on The Evolution of the International Peace Architecture. Open-access in @coco-journal.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Sep 4

Available to watch: yesterday’s @visualpolitics.bsky.social event with Simon Philpott and William Clapton discussing their pioneering work on popular culture and world politics (including Will’s new @routledgebooks.bsky.social) www.rolandbleiker.com/past-events/...

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Lee Morgenbesser @lmorgenbesser.bsky.social · Sep 1

My colleague Ferran Martinez i Coma has a three year, full-time postdoc available for his Australian Research Council project "Resilient Elections: How to Strengthen Our Democracies."

Great project ✔️
Awesome supervisor ✔️
Excellent department ✔️
Lovely City ✔️

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1

Company Description: Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why. Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excel...

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Sep 1

🎉 3 (grade 7) Lecturer positions open Cardiff University in:

🌎 Non-western (espc non US) Foreign Policy/War/Security Studies
📝 Political theory inc history of political thought
📚 History & theory of colonialism & its legacies in politics & IR

Apply here 👉

Lecturers in Politics and International Relations (Teaching & Research) at Cardiff University

Apply now for the Lecturers in Politics and International Relations (Teaching & Research) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Sep 1

Join us for our next @visualpolitics.bsky.social event:

Simon Philpott & William Clapton discuss their pioneering research on popular culture & global politics.

Wed 3 Sept 5-6pm BNE time (UTC+10).

In person: 39a (501). Zoom rego here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/uq-visual-...

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Aug 20

Check out our @risjnl.bsky.social podcast: a must listen! 🎙️

@sebkaempf.bsky.social
looks at the most pressing issues of our time and reflects on the latest IR developments 🌟
ft guests: @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social @drbeezee.bsky.social @naomukoyama.bsky.social & more

Find it here 👉

Editor's Selection: Theory/Ideology with Benjamin Martill - Review of International Studies – The podcast

Creating conversations across articles, identifying linkages, bringing together articles that speak to similar topics is the purpose of our editor's selections. In this episode, Dr Benjamin Martill,…

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Aug 20

Drawing on surrealism & anti-colonial thought, Sara Wong’s new open-access article in @risjnl.bsky.social offers an interesting engagement with aesthetic politics. She argues for shift from representation to “what aesthetics do or could do.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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HigherEd Heroes @higheredheroes.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hello fellow educators and listeners,

What topics would you like us to cover in our new podcast season? We are starting our planning for the next rounds of recordings and would like to hear from you. Any suggestions, any particular topics you'd like us to dive into? Please let us know ☺️
Al and Seb

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here a new blog about my old home Panmunjom and the intriguing links between militarisation and biodiversity: a review of Eleana Kim’s insightful book Making Peace with Nature: Ecological Encounters Along the Korean DMZ (Duke 2022). www.rolandbleiker.com/blog/inside-...

Militarisation and Biodiversity: Ecological Politics in the Korean DMZ — Roland Bleiker

By Roland Bleiker

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Aug 7

Here a video of yesterday’s fascinating @visualpolitics.bsky.social discussion between Gillian Whitlock & Zhila Gholami on archival research about refugees. Chaired by Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson, topics include Gillian's Bloomsbury book and Zhila’s Fryer project.
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Gillian Whitlock and Zhila Gholami on Refugees and the Arhive — Roland Bleiker

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Aug 5

Please join us in person or online for our first @visualpolitics.bsky.social event of the semester:

Prof Gillian Whitlock and Dr Zhila Gholami discuss their archival research on refugees.

Wed 6 Aug, 5-6pm Brisbane time (UTC+10).

Zoom rego:
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/uq-visual-...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 30

Big thanks to @nickcaddick.bsky.social, @julietdryden.bsky.social, Kyle Greyson, @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social and to everyone who kindly attended and helped organise the event and the amazing @mybisa.bsky.social conference.

Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 30

Emma and I collaborated on the keynote as long as she could. She will be co-author of the ensuing essay, which I hope to complete later this year.

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 30

Here a video of my keynote at the recent 50th Anniversary #BISA2025 conference in Belfast. I am more writer than speaker, so this was a challenge. But I am grateful for the invitation and glad I did it for - and with - Emma Hutchison. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBWg...

#BISA2025 keynote: Professor Roland Bleiker - Seeing and sensing world politics

YouTube video by MyBISA

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 29

Entry level position: assistant professor in emotions and international conflict at the University of Geneva. For colleagues who speak French. jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta....

Professeur-e dans le domaine "Emotions et conflits" (6432)

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 27

Portrait of the artist with old hat. Longest trip - away from hospitals - in many years. Excitingly disorienting. Glad to head home. Thanks to colleagues & friends I was lucky to encounter & apologies to those I failed to meet. It’s the best I could do at this stage. ⒸFH

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 26

Our new @visualpolitics.bsky.social program is out. Join us to hear from amazing scholars, inc Gillian Whitlock, Zhila Gholami, William Clapton, Simon Philpott, Eliza Garnsey, Caitlin Hamilton, Marguerite La Caze, Michael Barnett, Bina D’Costa, Fiona Terry. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/new-vis...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 23

This annual lecture honours Emma’s pioneering work on emotions and images in international relations and on broader political and ethical challenges, including those related to humanitarian responsibilities. For more info on Emma see here: www.rolandbleiker.com/tribute-to-e...

Tribute to Emma Hutchison — Roland Bleiker

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 23

This will be an in-person event, followed by a reception. A livestream link and subsequent video-recording will be made available. All welcome, but please RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/mobilising...

Mobilising Compassion with Professor Michael Barnett

Join us for the first Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture: Prof. Michael Barnet (George Washington University) on Mobilising Compassion.

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jul 23

Please mark the date and join us later this year at UQ / @visualpolitics.bsky.social for the first Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture with

Prof Michael Barnett (GWU) on Mobilising Compassion.

With comments by Prof @binadcosta.bsky.social (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (ICRC).

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