Roland Bleiker

@bleiker.bsky.social

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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...

Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 4h

On the role of icons in news media: Cormac Opdebeeck-Wilson’s insightful new essay open access in @millennjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Icon, Distributed: The Spectral Visual Politics of News Photography - Cormac Opdebeeck Wilson, 2025

Photographic icons provide broad audiences with a stable resource for public discourse and a sense of continuity. However, changes to our media landscape, most ...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 11h

NEW ISSUE from @risjnl.bsky.social -

Review of International Studies - Volume 51 - Issue 5 - https://cup.org/43fcXN1

Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 1d

Here a blog that summarises my chapter in Andrew Carrr’s book in memory of Brendan Sargeant, one of Australia’s leading strategic thinkers. I use my previous visual autoethnography of Korean security to engage Sargeant’s concept of the strategic imagination. www.rolandbleiker.com/blog/aesthet...

Aesthetic Imagination and Security Policy — Roland Bleiker

By Roland Bleiker

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 1d

Looks excellent, Ben. Congratulations. I look forward to reading more carefully.

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Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

🎆 NEW OA ARTICLE ALERT 🎆

'Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots' in @risjnl.bsky.social

How do populist publics visually represent themselves & how have shifts in visual technologies altered this process?

Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 5d

Please join us for the first Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture:

Michael Barnett (GWU) on Mobilising Compassion.
Comments by Bina D’Costa (ANU) and Fiona Terry (ICRC).

4 Dec 2025 4.30-5.45pm followed by reception.

All welcome. More info & RSVP here: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/emma-hu...

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Flavia Lucenti, PhD @flavialucenti.bsky.social · 8d

My article “Visualising the COVID-19 Pandemic through Tropes: An Autoethnographic and Critical Perspective” is finally out in the @cambridgecria.bsky.social
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Visualising the COVID-19 pandemic through tropes: an autoethnographic and critical perspective

The article explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified a narrative of uncertainty, perpetuating existing social hierarchies related to gender and racial discrimination. Using a critical vis...

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 8d

Join us in person or online for our next @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: Eliza Garnsey and Caitlin Hamilton discuss their new book Creating Justice: Human Rights and Art in Conversation. Wed 5 Nov 5-6pm BNE time (UTC+10), 39a/501. Details & Zoom Rego: www.rolandbleiker.com/news/upcomin...

Upcoming Event: Eliza Garnsey and Caitlin Hamilton on Art and Human Rights — Roland Bleiker

Eliza Garnsey and Caitlin Hamilton join us online to discuss their new book Creating Justice: Human Rights and Art in Conversation (Rowman and Littlefield 2025).

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 18d

Huge congratulations to Haneol Mun on a fantastic Ph.D. project presentation (SOI) today for a great thesis on The Political Power of Cinema in East Asia. Thanks to readers Nicole George, @minranliu.bsky.social and Anais Hull and chair Andrew Phillips.

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 19d

Dr. Katrina Lee-Koo put together a fantastic Editor's Collection for RIS on the Women, Peace, and Security agenda. Resolution 1325 was passed 25 years ago and these articles reflect on where we came from, and what is still missing ⤵️

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Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · 28d

Available to watch: our most recent @visualpolitics.bsky.social Program event with Marguerite La Caze, Professor of Philosophy at UQ, who discusses her new book Film and Everyday Resistance (Northwestern UP 2024). Chaired by Cormac Opdebeeck Wilson. www.rolandbleiker.com/past-events/...

Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Oct 6

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 · Sep 21

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....

Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social · Sep 20

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 · Sep 15

“[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 · Sep 10

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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