Visual Politics Research Program

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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#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.

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

@visualpolitics.bsky.social

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...

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...

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...

In Memory of Emma Hutchison: Theorizing Emotions in World Politics. ISA logo. Background: Hand reaching out to another in the distance.

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

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...

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:
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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!
@lsemedia.bsky.social

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)

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...

🚨 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 🧵:

Emily Faux on Representing Nuclear War — Roland Bleiker

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/...

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

Ph.D. opportunities, via @janelydon.bsky.social
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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.

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...

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...

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

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/...

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

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...

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...

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...

An abstract image show the BISA prizes Distinguished contribution Thesis Books Working groups EDI Teatching Nominate now for our annual prizes

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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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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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...

Kaya Barry on Art and Migration — Roland Bleiker

Watch our latest @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: @kayatbarry.bsky.social talks to Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson about her fascinating research on art and migration, including participatory photography to document the lives of migrant farming workers in Australia. www.rolandbleiker.com/past-events/...

Upcoming Events — Roland Bleiker

Please join us in person or online for our next Visual Politics event: @kayatbarry.bsky.social discusses her ARC DECRA project on art, migration and community engagement. Wed 4 Dec 5-6pm Brisbane time (UTC+10). Rm 501/39a. Zoom rego here: www.rolandbleiker.com/upcoming-eve...

How is storytelling a powerful tool in migration communication?

"Storytelling as Strategic Communication on Migration"

@jamesrdennison.bsky.social explores how story telling can shape perceptions & policies

www.icmpd.org/file/downloa...

Myanmar-Australia Visiting Fellowship Program 2025 | ANU Myanmar Research Centre Call for expressions of interest for a fully funded short term research fellowship in Australia for a Myanmar academic or researcher, closing on Friday, 22 November 2024.

Please circulate through your networks.

Call for expressions of interest for a fully funded short term research fellowship in Australia for a Myanmar academic or researcher

Members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.

Available to Watch: Federica Caso on Settler Military Aesthetics — Roland Bleiker Dr Federica Caso is interviewed by Dr Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson about her new book Settler Military Politics: Militarisation and the Aesthetics of War Commemoration (Edinburgh University Press, 2024). T...

Here a video of our last event: Federica Caso interviewed by Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson about Settler Military Aesthetics and her new Edinburgh UP book, which exaines war commemorations are part of broader militarised forms of governing societies. www.rolandbleiker.com/news/https/w...