Artist Jonas Staal published his book Propaganda Art in the 21st Century (The MIT Press) in 2019. If you want to know his suggestive ideas about the relationship between art and propaganda you can also read his doctoral thesis: Propaganda Art from the 20th to the 21st Century (2018) #OpenAccess#LeidenUniversity
"I have come to the conclusion that modern and contemporary propaganda can be defined as a performance of power".
#DFG, a graduate school of #FreiburgUniversity, is a new follower of mine, so in the vetting process, I took a look at their website.
I find the holistic approach they take towards the study of #empires quite fascinating:
"The Research Training Group (graduate school) investigates the temporal structures of #empires, reflections upon them, and the deliberate manipulation of the past in..."
"...#empires develop their own temporalities, set new time horizons, depend on the reflexivity of their temporality, and that these reflections are an essential resource in periods of transition of empires, and in post-#imperial orders.
The RTG offers #doctoral students with research interests in #transnational, imperial and #global studies the opportunity to conduct innovative research of contemporary relevance and historical depth..."