Lilie Chouliaraki

The reverse victimisation of Charlie Kirk – from propagandist to martyr | British Politics and Policy at LSE In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Donald Trump and J D Vance proclaimed him a martyr, a recasting of those with power and influence as victims.

"In the logic of reverse victimisation, those who enjoy domination become martyrs, while those who are marginalised are cast as perpetrators." -- @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social, author of WRONGED, aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. tinyurl.com/smazswb4 @columbiaup.bsky.social

Co-Winner! Includes the cover of Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood by Lilie Chouliaraki. 2025 Best Book Award, Philosophy, Theory, and Critique Division of the International Communication Association. Save 20% with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu

We are pleased to announce that Lilie Chouliaraki's WRONGED is the Co-Winner of the 2025 Best Book Award from the Philosophy, Theory, and Critique Division of the International Communication Association. buff.ly/KkDTP85 @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social @icaptc.bsky.social

Thank you, Nina!

Thank you, Olivier

Thank you to #ICA25 for this new honour 🙏

Wronged is a warning about how victimhood is weaponised by the far Right in a politics of cruelty. It is also about hope: how we can reclaim suffering in the name of justice and the protection of the vulnerable.
@lsemedia.bsky.social

"Chouliaraki’s stimulating and thought-provoking book makes a substantial contribution to the field of media studies."

WRONGED reviewed in the International Journali of Communication. bit.ly/43sX3z8 @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

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

"WRONGED reveals why claims of victimization are so effective at reinforcing instead of alleviating inequalities of class, gender, and race...powerful and thought-provoking"
WRONGED by @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social reviewed in Journalism. bit.ly/3YwGwHn @lsemedia.bsky.social @columbiaup.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...

#Trump rode pain and #victimhood to power, but grievance may not be an effective basis for governing argue
@liliechouliaraki.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social and
@kat-hig.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Richard Stupart’s and my article on #humanitarian communication is out!
We identify two humanitarian economies of image circulation - morality and market - and explain how these two economies regulate how images move around and why they may end up in the wrong places
ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

Victimhood as a politics of pain and power - Professor Lilie Chouliaraki Professor Lilie Chouliaraki will discuss her new book, 'Wronged: the weaponization of victimhood' (Columbia University Press, 2024)

Tomorrow 20/3, 17:30 we are thrilled to host @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social on 'Victimhood as a politics of pain and power' based on her new book 'Wronged: the weaponization of victimhood'. Response by @kat-hig.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social If in London do join us - all welcome! ⬇️

Mannheim Centre Seminar Series Mannheim seminar series

Join The Mannheim Centre for Criminology this week to hear @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social talk about ‘Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood‘ with @jkoehler.bsky.social chairing!

📅Wednesday 19 March
🕰️5.00pm- 6:30pm
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Thank you, Nick. What a great thread 🙏

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

Very excited to be at #LSEEvents book launch for Wronged: the Weaponization of Victimhood by my brilliant colleague Lilie Chouliaraki.

Lilie actually wrote an op ed for the Guardian today on exactly this topic, applying her arguments to US-Ukraine relations. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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...

The Weaponization of Victimhood | LSE YouTube video by LSE

Ahead of @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social's book launch we revisit this video outlining how the #US Supreme Court's decision to overturn #RoeVWade and roll back #abortionrights in the US encapsulates the use of victimhood as an exercise of power in public culture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0byN...

Wronged: the weaponization of victimhood 6.30pm Thurs 6 Mar | Lilie Chouliaraki, Rosalind Gill, Radha Sarma Hegde, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen | Free public event at LSE

Why is being a #victim such a potent identity today?
Just over a week to go for the hybrid launch of @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social's book 'Wronged' where we'll be joined by #RosalindGill #RadhaSarmaHegde #KarinWahlJorgensen & @myriageorgiou.bsky.social (chair).

Thurs 6 March, 6.30-8pm + reception

Excited for my upcoming book launch at LSE in conversation with the brilliant @karinwahlj.bsky.social Rosalind Gill, Goldsmiths, and Radha Hegde, NYU!

The weaponisation of victimhood | LSE Research Why are populists increasingly adopting the language of victimhood? Lilie Chouliaraki’s book Wronged explores why victimisation has become a political tool.

“We usually think that victims are powerless and passive: vulnerable individuals or marginalised groups who suffer injustices or trauma. But what does it mean when we hear powerful individuals claiming that they are victims and they do so to gain even more power?” www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...

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Hi friends! Now that the inauguration and its theatre of power, privilege and white supremacy is over, @kat-hig.bsky.social and I wrote something on Trump’s victimhood politics in his era of absolute power. @lseblogs.bsky.social and @lsemedia.bsky.social

Victimhood politics is top of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s agenda. They are not interested in victims but in power. And victimhood creates “good us” and “bad them”, moral outrage against “them” and support for “our” strongman. That’s the far-right playbook right there👇 @lsemedia.bsky.social

It's fascinating to reflect on the death of the health insurance CEO while reading @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social.

We see here victimhood as a site of communicative struggle. But, strangely, in this case it has been easy to see who are the victims of syst. violence and who is not.

Thank you, Esteban!

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Wow, I’m humbled!
Wronged is indispensable. It opens up new ways of thinking about the centrality and ambivalence
of pain in political life, while inviting us to meet the challenge of reclaiming vulnerability for building a more just, less painful world
@kat-hig.bsky.social 🙏❤️
@lsemedia.bsky.social

European Journal Of Cultural Studies. Questions Of Victimhood. Questions Of Potent Identities.