Youth worker. AHRC CDP-funded PhD candidate focusing on conflict photography and youth combatants. Sometimes writer. Should be better at Welsh.

Joined January 2020
Last year I decided that I had done my last Great North Run. But my kid was super excited about it and decided he wanted to do it too. So this year we are running the kids race and the adults race for the MS society. Any donations much appreciated. ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enth…
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Feedback please! #FestivalofArchaeology
Did you love this year’s #FestivalOfArchaeology? Or maybe you thought something was missing?🕵️ We’d love you to fill out our short, anonymous Audience Feedback Survey. It only takes a few minutes, but it makes a huge difference. Take the survey👉 surveymonkey.com/r/cbafestiv…
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Kate Thornton retweeted
Here a video of yesterday’s fascinating @VisualPolUQ discussion between Gillian Whitlock & @zhila_gholami on archival research about refugees. Chaired by @cormacticon, topics include Gillian's new @BloomsburyAcad book and Zhila’s Fryer Collection project. rolandbleiker.com/past-event…
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Thanks @Researchirel for the New Foundations grant. @SalimSaay @UL and me @DCU_Research are collaborating on the DiSSENT project and held an expert panel @mict_intl in Berlin in March to discuss digital security for journalists working in exile. Watch this space for more soon.
Research Ireland has announced funding for 59 projects under its New Foundations programme. These awards will support researchers in developing collaborative projects with community organisations and government departments. Read here: researchireland.ie/news/new-…
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Here a video of our latest @VisualPolUQ event: @EmilyFaux3 from @UniofNewcastle discusses her Ph.D. research, focusing on collage as a research method to understand nuclear weapons and war. Thanks very much, Emily, for your talk and for visiting us at UQ. rolandbleiker.com/past-event…
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Very excited to read this!
🚨New Publication Alert from some of the @ConGraffiti team🚨We’re thrilled to announce our latest article: Graffiti as Method: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Political Perception and Community Relations. Read on to explore how to create a graffiti dataset to read PCS dynamics.
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How popular culture shapes public knowledge of nuclear weapons. New article in @RISjnl by @EmilyFaux3, who will soon visit us at @VisualPolUQ / @POLSISEngage. Congratulations, Emily, and looking forward to your stay. cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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I will do my last posting of Ko-Fi items this Thursday. After that I will close the shop until after Christmas. There are only 3 signed paperback copies of Ponies left but there are more hardbacks available #Shetland – at Leebotten, Scotland
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Ready to dive into the cultural phenomenon of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie at our symposium celebrating @FeministTheory's Barbie Special Issue? 📅 11 Dec | NCL Uni 🎬 Film screening, panels (yes, quantum Barbie!), drinks & nibbles 🍿 Details 👉feministtheoryjournal.com/20…
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Academia is a space for creativity, discovery, passion, and pretending to know what ontological means
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It is with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of Dr. ​​Paul Lowe - a great soul, an amazing friend, and an incredible artist and photographer.​ ​Paul's work is an everlasting inspiration to us all and it was an honor and privilege to work alongside him for close to two decades, and have him as one of the founding members of our Advisory Board. ​His contribution to preserving the memory of the Siege of Sarajevo and the war in Bosnia is immeasurable and ​will be missed immensely.​ Dear Paul: Thank you for the support, knowledge, and friendship. Our center and our country will never forget you. You will forever stay in our work, art and thoughts. May you rest in peace and power.​ Our team ​sends its deepest condolences to the Lowe and Abadžić families​.
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"PERILOUS GULF" Cover story for tomorrow's @FTMag The inadvertent search for an allegorical people smuggler reveals an evolving, deadly human shuffle #Yemen #Somalia #refugees #HumanTrafficking #peoplesmuggling #Migration #photography
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So excited that this paper finally has a home, along with all the wonderful articles of this special issue!
Now out and #openaccess in issue 29(5): Peace and Conflict in Public Space: Gendered Murals Shaping Belfast by Marie Migeon @marie_migeon Download and read for free: buff.ly/48F6omA
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I’m teaching my first course on the history of war photography in January. We’ll be analysing iconic images, discovering their stories & talking about everything from war movies to battlefield cats to tiktok trends. If you’re in Southampton, come along: southampton.ac.uk/lifelongle…
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We're sold out! ENCOUNTERS with The Royal Photographic Society @The_RPS A course on visual storytelling events.rps.org/en/4LrdQ66/en… DM me if you might be interested for 2025 #photography
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Kate Thornton retweeted
Ran my first half marathon Sunday to raise funds for @mssocietyuk. Thank you to everyone who generously donated. And a special thanks to @KateTho73713547 who ran the damn thing with me, pep-talking me right to the finish line ♥️
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