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Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social · Sep 4

Please find here a video of our latest event: a conversation between Simon Philpott and William Clapton about their pioneering work on popular culture and world politics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdSa...

Simon Philpott and William Clapton on Popular Culture and Global Politics

YouTube video by Roland Bleiker

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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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Visual Communication journal @viscomjournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

Special issue 'Multimodality and Reception Studies' guest-edited by @jacopocastaldi.bsky.social is available Online First. For a variety of methodological tools for exploring the entire communication process, from the creation of a text to its reception, check www.linkedin.com/posts/visual...

This special issue guest-edited by Jacopo Castaldi, PhD, FHEA advances our understanding of how text-based multimodal research can be enriched by a reception-oriented perspective. | Visual Communicati...

This special issue guest-edited by Jacopo Castaldi, PhD, FHEA advances our understanding of how text-based multimodal research can be enriched by a reception-oriented perspective. Together, the feat...

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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:
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our #BISA2025 keynote speech by @bleiker.bsky.social is now published! 🎉

Entitled: 'Seeing and sensing world politics' - co-authored with Dr Emma Hutchinson - this year's keynote was recorded as a lasting memento from #BISA2025 🌟

Watch now 👉 buff.ly/IXfXfpA

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

Watch the #BISA2025 50th anniversary keynote from Roland Bleiker on seeing and sensing world politics.

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Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social · Jul 27

Our new program is out. Join us either in person or online to hear from great scholars: Gillian Whitlock, Zhila Gholami, William Clapton, Simon Philpott, Eliza Garnsey, Caitlin Hamilton, Marguerite La Caze and Michael Barnett. For zoom link see here: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/new-vis...

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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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Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social · Jul 24

We look forward to welcoming Prof Michael Barnett (GWU), who will give the First Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture: 4 Dec 2025 on Mobilising Compassion. With comments by Prof Bina D’Costa (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (ICRC). All welcome. More info here. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/hutchis...

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Jul 16

Emma Hutchison's contribution to #IR was groundbreaking in exploring the role of #Emotions in #GlobalPolitics. Watch ISA's Theory Section honor Dr. Hutchison by revisiting her work & reflecting upon the promises and challenges posed in her theories of #Community & #Trauma: buff.ly/GXysOHu

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Jun 6

Here the video of our latest @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: Prof Juliet Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social discusses her amazing new book on Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography. Big thanks Juliet for joining us. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/https/w...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · May 29

Join us in person or online for our next @visualpolitics.bsky.social event

Prof Juliet Fall @julietjfall.bsky.social discusses her amazing new book on Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography

Wed 4 June, 5-6pm Brisbane time (UTC+10).
Zoom rego:
www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...

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Lilie Chouliaraki @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social · May 9

I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation on my latest book Wronged and all things victimhood, neoliberalism, politics and justice at the @visualpolitics.bsky.social Thank you @bleiker.bsky.social!
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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · May 9

Here a video of our latest @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: Prof Lilie Chouliaraki @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social takes us on an amazing tour of her latest book: the remarkable Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood. Big thanks Lilie. www.rolandbleiker.com/past-events/...

Lilie Chouliaraki on the The Symbolic Politics of Victimhood — Roland Bleiker

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · May 5

Please join us for our next @visualpolitics.bsky.social event:

Prof Lilie Chouliaraki @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social (LSE) discusses her new book Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood.

Wed 7 May, 5-6pm Brisbane time (UTC+10). In person 501/(39a). Zoom rego: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...

Upcoming Event: Lilie Chouliaraki on The Symbolic Politics of Victimhood — Roland Bleiker

Prof Lilie Chouliaraki will join us online to discuss her new book Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood (Columbia University Press, 2024)

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Nick Caddick @nickcaddick.bsky.social · Apr 29

🚨 Publication alert! Great to see ‘Film, Narrative Agency, and the Politics of Care in Veteran Britain’ published in @risjnl.bsky.social: In it, we explore how co-produced filmmaking practice can offer creative means for empowering communities as storytellers in global politics. A short summary 🧵:

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Apr 10

Here a video of our latest @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: @emilyfaux.bsky.social from @nclpolitics.bsky.social discusses her Ph.D. research, focusing on collage as a method to understand nuclear weapons and war. Thanks Emily for your talk & for visiting us. www.rolandbleiker.com/past-events/...

Emily Faux on Representing Nuclear War — Roland Bleiker

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Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social · Apr 10

Ph.D. opportunities, via @janelydon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Apr 7

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

@emilyfaux.bsky.social (@nclpolitics.bsky.social) discusses collage as method for her Ph.D. research on nuclear weapons and war.

Wed 9 April, 5-6pm Brisbane time (UTC+10). In person 501/(39a). Zoom rego: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...

Upcoming Event: Emily Faux on Representing Nuclear War — Roland Bleiker

Join us for our next Visual Politics event with Emily Faux (Newcastle University, UK) on Representing Nuclear War.

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Mar 24

Just arrived in Canberra. For locals: pease join us on Wednesday for the opening of this exhibition on Alternative Humanitarian Visuals - held in honour of Emma Hutchison - and involving an ICRC-ANU-UQ collaboration. Wed 26 March 5pm. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Mar 18

Here is a video of our recent @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox on painting the politics of drones. Kathryn is both a visual artist and a scholar with a Ph.D. who explores the links between technology, security and militarization. www.rolandbleiker.com/past-events/...

Painting the Politics of Drones with Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox — Roland Bleiker

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Mar 5

New in @theguardian.com: @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social on the power of victimhood narratives. On 7 May she will join us in our @visualpolitics.bsky.social Program to discuss her new book on this topic. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Playing the victim: how Trump’s clash with Zelenskyy paved the way for the suspension of military aid | Lilie Chouliaraki

Who is really suffering from this conflict? We are, said the US president, in a move straight from the populist playbook, says LSE professor of media and communications Lilie Chouliaraki

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Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social · Feb 28

We are look forward to discussing new research with amazing scholars from different disciplines - art history, politics, communications and geography, incl @julietjfall.bsky.social @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social @emilyfaux.bsky.social. Join us online / in person www.rolandbleiker.com/upcoming-eve...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Feb 24

Our @visualpolitics.bsky.social program is out. We discuss new research with wonderful scholars from different disciplines: K. Brimblecombe-Fox, @emilyfaux.bsky.social, @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social and @julietjfall.bsky.social. Join us in person or online. www.rolandbleiker.com/upcoming-eve...

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Feb 24

ANNUAL PRIZES - DEADLINE TODAY! 🌟

Our annual prizes recognise excellence & achievement through research and teaching in International Studies!

Make sure you see our prizes and nominate here:
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/prizes

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An abstract image show the BISA prizes

Distinguished contribution
Thesis
Books
Working groups
EDI
Teatching

Nominate now for our annual prizes

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Jan 16

Emma Hutchison’s work on emotions and international relations defined and informed a generation of scholarship. We have put together a special collection honoring the legacy of Emma's work, including her RIS article and 8 others which have built on it.

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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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