New Visual Politics Event Program to be held in Stockholm next Semester

A brief preliminary announcements about our new Visual Politics Research Program events for the second semester of 2026. The events are still a couple of months away but here are the details and dates already. All events will be held at the Swedish Defence University in Stockholm. They will be both in-person and online.

We are thrilled to be able to welcome several wonderful scholars to discuss recent books and ongoing research.

Linus Hagström, Christine Agius and Alexandra Brankova from the Swedish Defence University will discuss a joint project on narrative power politics.

Jelena Subotić from Georgia State University will discuss her fascinating new OUP book The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution.

As part of a broader two-day workshop for Ph.D. students and early career researchers, Leena Vastapuu (Tampere Peace Research Institute), Annick Wibben (Swedish Defence University) and Linda Åhäll (University of Gothenburg) will debate creative methods in feminist security studies in the context of their research project on narrating militarism.

Finally, in December, Lene Hansen from the University of Copenhagen will give the Second Annual Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture on Images, Emotions and International Security.

All events are from 4-5pm Stockholm-time (GMT+2h) and are held both in-person and online.

In person location: Swedish Defence University, Leijonsköldska Seminarium, Drottning Kristinas väg 37, Stockholm.

Everyone is welcome. But please register here for both in-person and online participation.

You can find videos of most of our past events here.

We look forward to seeing you soon at our first event this semester.