My new article for @theconversation.com builds on my research published earlier this year in @ejir.bsky.social. It introduces the concept of autocracy commercialisation using China as the main case study. You can read it here: theconversation.com/how-china-sp...

My article “Visualising the COVID-19 Pandemic through Tropes: An Autoethnographic and Critical Perspective” is finally out in the @cambridgecria.bsky.social 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 New publication! Thrilled to share my first article from my PhD, published in Globalizations🌏 "Decentring narratives of (de)globalization and crisis: @Uzbekistan’s ‘everyday’ political economy amidst Russia’s war in Ukraine" (open access) 🇺🇿 🇷🇺 🔗 t.co/XLNuTXPXKI #Uzbekistan #warinUkraine #Russia

In her new EJIR article, @giuliasciorati.bsky.social discusses autocracy commercialisation, narrative theory, and China's responses to Central Asian protests. It is available online- read it here: t1p.de/1eskb

Grateful to Lim Min Zhang for quoting me in @thestraitstimes.bsky.social on the #China–#CentralAsia summit! We discussed forum diplomacy, public opinion, and elite–society divides. Always a pleasure to be quoted with @tumarov.bsky.social. www.straitstimes.com/opinion/chin...

Such a great experience to participate in the Indo-Pacific Conference 2025 at the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge! Thank you @wjhurst.bsky.social, @jnilssonwright.bsky.social, and Alice Politi for organising such a thought-provoking and comprehensive event!

So great to be back at KIMEP, even just on Zoom! Heartfelt thank you to the #China-#CentralAsia centre for organising

A project close to my heart is finally out! With Beatrice Gallelli, I co-edited a special issue on cultural borders for #Sinosfere. It’s in Italian, but modern tools can help! Read at sinosfere.com

So privileged to listen to Oyuna Baldakova's rich empirical work on digitalisation and informal work in #Kazakhstan today @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social

When it comes to assessing the risks of DeepSeek, are we asking the wrong questions? Governments, journalists, and coders need to know that it’s a much more sophisticated propaganda tool than we all thought.

Did you miss our event “One Picture, One Thousand Words: Pictorial Storytelling in China’s Foreign Policy” on Jan 22?   You can now listen to the event podcast featuring @billcallahan.bsky.social, Florian Schneide, and @giuliasciorati.bsky.social. 🎧 www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #partoflse #China

🚨 New publication! 🚨 Historical narratives are processual - constantly reshaped through contestation and reinterpretation. My latest chapter examines China’s Silk Road narratives and their interaction with Kazakh historical memory. 📖 Read more: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

📣Join us for the event featuring @billcallahan.bsky.social, Florian Schneider, Carolijn van Noort, and @giuliasciorati.bsky.social, which dives into the visual strategies that influence #foreignpolicy and global perceptions, focusing on #China. ➡️Learn more: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa... #LSEEvents

How do images shape power in global politics? 🎥 Join us @lseir.bsky.social for One Picture, One Thousand Words 📅 22 Jan 2025 | 6.30–8.00pm 📍 Old Theatre, LSE Speakers: @billcallahan.bsky.social | F. Schneider | C. van Noort Explore how visual strategies shape China’s foreign policy.

Venice, history, and connections! Join the ASIAC XVIII Annual Conference (9–11 Dec) as we explore Central Asia & the Caucasus through culture, mobility, & narratives. Thrilled to co-organise & present my work! 🎤✨ Details: en.asiac.net #ASIAC2024 @frankmaracchione.bsky.social

🚨 Article Online! 👉 How were #China and the #US represented in the Italian Twitter community during the first wave of #Covid19? 👀 Read it now in #openaccess: www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.leidenuniv.nl/doi/full/10....  ✏️ @frankmaracchione.bsky.social @giuliasciorati.bsky.social @combei.bsky.social