Lisel Hintz
@liselhintz.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. Studying identity, FP, authoritarianism, protest, pop culture, other media. Turkey focus.
Today I taught my last class ever at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
My Politics of Protest class was pretty much the ideal way to wrap it all up.
My Politics of Protest class was pretty much the ideal way to wrap it all up.
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Today I taught my last class ever at Johns Hopkins SAIS.
My Politics of Protest class was pretty much the ideal way to wrap it all up.
My Politics of Protest class was pretty much the ideal way to wrap it all up.
Sandwich Guy is found not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sandwich Guy is found not guilty.
Disassembling today’s “democracy melting” art installation on 4th St (of Trump-Epstein statue fame).
I walked by the set-up this morning on my way to teach my Politics of Protest course.
The artist team has done ice sculpture installations before, but right now in DC “ice” has extra resonance.
I walked by the set-up this morning on my way to teach my Politics of Protest course.
The artist team has done ice sculpture installations before, but right now in DC “ice” has extra resonance.
October 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Disassembling today’s “democracy melting” art installation on 4th St (of Trump-Epstein statue fame).
I walked by the set-up this morning on my way to teach my Politics of Protest course.
The artist team has done ice sculpture installations before, but right now in DC “ice” has extra resonance.
I walked by the set-up this morning on my way to teach my Politics of Protest course.
The artist team has done ice sculpture installations before, but right now in DC “ice” has extra resonance.
Trump's emotional targeting of comedy figures is so telling. Hypermasculine strongmen DESPISE being made fun of.
Again, look to Turkey. Experts literally testified on whether comparing Erdoğan to Gollum was an insult. A guy sharing a meme was jailed.
And then there's the satire magazine closures.
Again, look to Turkey. Experts literally testified on whether comparing Erdoğan to Gollum was an insult. A guy sharing a meme was jailed.
And then there's the satire magazine closures.
September 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Trump's emotional targeting of comedy figures is so telling. Hypermasculine strongmen DESPISE being made fun of.
Again, look to Turkey. Experts literally testified on whether comparing Erdoğan to Gollum was an insult. A guy sharing a meme was jailed.
And then there's the satire magazine closures.
Again, look to Turkey. Experts literally testified on whether comparing Erdoğan to Gollum was an insult. A guy sharing a meme was jailed.
And then there's the satire magazine closures.
In Turkey, this is called "havuz medyası" ("pool media"). It is achieved via:
1) Vertical dissemination of narratives from the government
2) Political economy ties that incentivize private channels' compliance PLUS
3) Intimidation that combine to produce (often anticipatory) compliance
1) Vertical dissemination of narratives from the government
2) Political economy ties that incentivize private channels' compliance PLUS
3) Intimidation that combine to produce (often anticipatory) compliance
September 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In Turkey, this is called "havuz medyası" ("pool media"). It is achieved via:
1) Vertical dissemination of narratives from the government
2) Political economy ties that incentivize private channels' compliance PLUS
3) Intimidation that combine to produce (often anticipatory) compliance
1) Vertical dissemination of narratives from the government
2) Political economy ties that incentivize private channels' compliance PLUS
3) Intimidation that combine to produce (often anticipatory) compliance
My article "Film-Making the Nation Great Again" with @draege.bsky.social is out in Perspectives!
Poli sci work on authoritarianism and populism largely overlooks audiovisual strategies.
Our multi-modal study uses a new dataset of 11,000+ regime YouTube videos in Turkey.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Poli sci work on authoritarianism and populism largely overlooks audiovisual strategies.
Our multi-modal study uses a new dataset of 11,000+ regime YouTube videos in Turkey.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
September 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My article "Film-Making the Nation Great Again" with @draege.bsky.social is out in Perspectives!
Poli sci work on authoritarianism and populism largely overlooks audiovisual strategies.
Our multi-modal study uses a new dataset of 11,000+ regime YouTube videos in Turkey.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Poli sci work on authoritarianism and populism largely overlooks audiovisual strategies.
Our multi-modal study uses a new dataset of 11,000+ regime YouTube videos in Turkey.
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Thousands turned out in blazing heat to protest the militarization of DC and much more.
Multiple contingents uniting their grievances, lots of humor, atmosphere of care and solidarity. Reminded me of Gezi.
Multiple contingents uniting their grievances, lots of humor, atmosphere of care and solidarity. Reminded me of Gezi.
September 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Thousands turned out in blazing heat to protest the militarization of DC and much more.
Multiple contingents uniting their grievances, lots of humor, atmosphere of care and solidarity. Reminded me of Gezi.
Multiple contingents uniting their grievances, lots of humor, atmosphere of care and solidarity. Reminded me of Gezi.
Just your average Saturday night in southeast DC
August 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Just your average Saturday night in southeast DC
Turkey's Diyanet is ramping up its calls to police women's bodies, behaviors, and rights. Its Friday sermon two weeks ago condemned tight garments as "clothed nudity."
Less obvious are the vernacular channels policing women's dress, speech, etc.
Like the cooking shows I studied:
buff.ly/5bezcnG
Less obvious are the vernacular channels policing women's dress, speech, etc.
Like the cooking shows I studied:
buff.ly/5bezcnG
August 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Turkey's Diyanet is ramping up its calls to police women's bodies, behaviors, and rights. Its Friday sermon two weeks ago condemned tight garments as "clothed nudity."
Less obvious are the vernacular channels policing women's dress, speech, etc.
Like the cooking shows I studied:
buff.ly/5bezcnG
Less obvious are the vernacular channels policing women's dress, speech, etc.
Like the cooking shows I studied:
buff.ly/5bezcnG
Before my PhD, I worked mostly in arts and media. Regimes invest lots in AV media, but Pol Sci largely doesn't engage it.
So I was thrilled to see images in the proofs for Film-Making the Nation Great Again with @draege.bsky.social. We analyze autocrats' AV instrumentalizations of history.
So I was thrilled to see images in the proofs for Film-Making the Nation Great Again with @draege.bsky.social. We analyze autocrats' AV instrumentalizations of history.
August 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Before my PhD, I worked mostly in arts and media. Regimes invest lots in AV media, but Pol Sci largely doesn't engage it.
So I was thrilled to see images in the proofs for Film-Making the Nation Great Again with @draege.bsky.social. We analyze autocrats' AV instrumentalizations of history.
So I was thrilled to see images in the proofs for Film-Making the Nation Great Again with @draege.bsky.social. We analyze autocrats' AV instrumentalizations of history.
I then analyze how competition shows engage in "othering" women contestants who do not comply with the regime's ideals.
Think midriff-bearing, outspoken "villains" viewers love to hate.
All in a reality format that producers - aware of regime oversight - heavily curate.
Think midriff-bearing, outspoken "villains" viewers love to hate.
All in a reality format that producers - aware of regime oversight - heavily curate.
July 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I then analyze how competition shows engage in "othering" women contestants who do not comply with the regime's ideals.
Think midriff-bearing, outspoken "villains" viewers love to hate.
All in a reality format that producers - aware of regime oversight - heavily curate.
Think midriff-bearing, outspoken "villains" viewers love to hate.
All in a reality format that producers - aware of regime oversight - heavily curate.
I analyze how host-based shows engage in "modeling" regime-prescribed behavior for women.
Think of a Rachael Ray-esque "girl-next-door" type who provides tips and life hacks. Like how to please mothers-in-law by using their recipes and husbands by dressing up.
Think of a Rachael Ray-esque "girl-next-door" type who provides tips and life hacks. Like how to please mothers-in-law by using their recipes and husbands by dressing up.
July 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I analyze how host-based shows engage in "modeling" regime-prescribed behavior for women.
Think of a Rachael Ray-esque "girl-next-door" type who provides tips and life hacks. Like how to please mothers-in-law by using their recipes and husbands by dressing up.
Think of a Rachael Ray-esque "girl-next-door" type who provides tips and life hacks. Like how to please mothers-in-law by using their recipes and husbands by dressing up.
Channeling my past as a pastry chef, I draw on 600 hours of cooking show content to analyze "conservative gender edutainment.
I assemble a dataset of Turkish cooking shows (2002-2022) to demonstrate how media ownership shifts and crony capitalism shape regime-aligned content.
I assemble a dataset of Turkish cooking shows (2002-2022) to demonstrate how media ownership shifts and crony capitalism shape regime-aligned content.
July 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Channeling my past as a pastry chef, I draw on 600 hours of cooking show content to analyze "conservative gender edutainment.
I assemble a dataset of Turkish cooking shows (2002-2022) to demonstrate how media ownership shifts and crony capitalism shape regime-aligned content.
I assemble a dataset of Turkish cooking shows (2002-2022) to demonstrate how media ownership shifts and crony capitalism shape regime-aligned content.
Lots of speculation on how/why Colbert’s show was cancelled.
I distinctly remember giving a presentation on media capture in early Fall 2024. Audiences were skeptical that my insights from Turkey - or those of my panelists from India and Venezuela - had anything to do with the US.
Ah well.
I distinctly remember giving a presentation on media capture in early Fall 2024. Audiences were skeptical that my insights from Turkey - or those of my panelists from India and Venezuela - had anything to do with the US.
Ah well.
July 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Lots of speculation on how/why Colbert’s show was cancelled.
I distinctly remember giving a presentation on media capture in early Fall 2024. Audiences were skeptical that my insights from Turkey - or those of my panelists from India and Venezuela - had anything to do with the US.
Ah well.
I distinctly remember giving a presentation on media capture in early Fall 2024. Audiences were skeptical that my insights from Turkey - or those of my panelists from India and Venezuela - had anything to do with the US.
Ah well.
There's a lot going on in Turkey's politics right now. The repression rate is ratcheting up.
I aim to provide insights with a new dataset on populist audiovisual strategies. Please join me at IPC this Thursday at 11am.
Honored to be hosted by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social
forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7…
I aim to provide insights with a new dataset on populist audiovisual strategies. Please join me at IPC this Thursday at 11am.
Honored to be hosted by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social
forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7…
July 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
There's a lot going on in Turkey's politics right now. The repression rate is ratcheting up.
I aim to provide insights with a new dataset on populist audiovisual strategies. Please join me at IPC this Thursday at 11am.
Honored to be hosted by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social
forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7…
I aim to provide insights with a new dataset on populist audiovisual strategies. Please join me at IPC this Thursday at 11am.
Honored to be hosted by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social
forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7…
Folks in Istanbul please join me July 10 at IPC.
I'll present findings from a new dataset of over 11,000 YouTube videos. In two projects with @draege.bsky.social, our multi-method analysis examines regimes' instrumentalizations of history and foreign threat production.
forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7A96
I'll present findings from a new dataset of over 11,000 YouTube videos. In two projects with @draege.bsky.social, our multi-method analysis examines regimes' instrumentalizations of history and foreign threat production.
forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7A96
July 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Folks in Istanbul please join me July 10 at IPC.
I'll present findings from a new dataset of over 11,000 YouTube videos. In two projects with @draege.bsky.social, our multi-method analysis examines regimes' instrumentalizations of history and foreign threat production.
forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7A96
I'll present findings from a new dataset of over 11,000 YouTube videos. In two projects with @draege.bsky.social, our multi-method analysis examines regimes' instrumentalizations of history and foreign threat production.
forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7A96
Drawing from a new dataset of Turkish cooking shows in 2002-2022, I analyze how host-based shows engage in "modeling" regime-prescribed behavior for women.
Think of a "girl-next-door" type who provides tips and life hacks on how to please mothers-in-law by using their recipes.
Think of a "girl-next-door" type who provides tips and life hacks on how to please mothers-in-law by using their recipes.
July 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Drawing from a new dataset of Turkish cooking shows in 2002-2022, I analyze how host-based shows engage in "modeling" regime-prescribed behavior for women.
Think of a "girl-next-door" type who provides tips and life hacks on how to please mothers-in-law by using their recipes.
Think of a "girl-next-door" type who provides tips and life hacks on how to please mothers-in-law by using their recipes.
To take a news break, I watch cooking shows. I went to cooking school before grad school. It's also how I learned Turkish.
But politics is everywhere, as I argue in a forthcoming Politics & Gender article. Here, a contestant calls an ingredient "red grape juice" because saying "wine" is banned.
But politics is everywhere, as I argue in a forthcoming Politics & Gender article. Here, a contestant calls an ingredient "red grape juice" because saying "wine" is banned.
June 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
To take a news break, I watch cooking shows. I went to cooking school before grad school. It's also how I learned Turkish.
But politics is everywhere, as I argue in a forthcoming Politics & Gender article. Here, a contestant calls an ingredient "red grape juice" because saying "wine" is banned.
But politics is everywhere, as I argue in a forthcoming Politics & Gender article. Here, a contestant calls an ingredient "red grape juice" because saying "wine" is banned.
Just back in Istanbul for a summer of figuring out next steps, working on some projects, watching the US go down Turkey’s path.
Some good news to share this time. My article on cooking shows as conservative gender edutainment was accepted at Politics & Gender.
MasterChef Türkiye başlasın artık!
Some good news to share this time. My article on cooking shows as conservative gender edutainment was accepted at Politics & Gender.
MasterChef Türkiye başlasın artık!
June 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just back in Istanbul for a summer of figuring out next steps, working on some projects, watching the US go down Turkey’s path.
Some good news to share this time. My article on cooking shows as conservative gender edutainment was accepted at Politics & Gender.
MasterChef Türkiye başlasın artık!
Some good news to share this time. My article on cooking shows as conservative gender edutainment was accepted at Politics & Gender.
MasterChef Türkiye başlasın artık!
Looking forward to this event with some great media/Turkey scholars @bilgeyesil.bsky.social, @aysenurdal.bsky.social, Aslı Iğsız, J. Siguru Wahutu
Join us April 24 in person at NYU or online: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us April 24 in person at NYU or online: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Looking forward to this event with some great media/Turkey scholars @bilgeyesil.bsky.social, @aysenurdal.bsky.social, Aslı Iğsız, J. Siguru Wahutu
Join us April 24 in person at NYU or online: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us April 24 in person at NYU or online: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Amid political power grabs and mass protests in Turkey, I'm lucky to host @bilgeyesil.bsky.social on April 2. Her new book analyzes media tools the ruling AKP uses in trying to control narratives across English-language platforms.
Join us at SAIS! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/talking-ba...
Join us at SAIS! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/talking-ba...
March 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Amid political power grabs and mass protests in Turkey, I'm lucky to host @bilgeyesil.bsky.social on April 2. Her new book analyzes media tools the ruling AKP uses in trying to control narratives across English-language platforms.
Join us at SAIS! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/talking-ba...
Join us at SAIS! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/talking-ba...
Opposition contender İmamoğlu arrested.
100s of those protesting this were detained.
Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.
Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
100s of those protesting this were detained.
Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.
Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
March 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Opposition contender İmamoğlu arrested.
100s of those protesting this were detained.
Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.
Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
100s of those protesting this were detained.
Lawyers assigned to represent protesters were detained.
Izmir Bar Association leaders found no one at court to present their objections. They taped their documents to the court’s door (their photo).
As we try to make sense of Trump's head-spinning moves on the world stage, I was glad to discuss grand strategy in comparative perspective with a stellar group at ISA.
More to come: My book project with @berkesen.bsky.social + Tudor Onea on populist grand strategy is now under contract with Oxford.
More to come: My book project with @berkesen.bsky.social + Tudor Onea on populist grand strategy is now under contract with Oxford.
March 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As we try to make sense of Trump's head-spinning moves on the world stage, I was glad to discuss grand strategy in comparative perspective with a stellar group at ISA.
More to come: My book project with @berkesen.bsky.social + Tudor Onea on populist grand strategy is now under contract with Oxford.
More to come: My book project with @berkesen.bsky.social + Tudor Onea on populist grand strategy is now under contract with Oxford.
A tiny part of me keeps hoping for the big reveal when we learn this is all some kind of Plato's cave-Truman show-survey experiment.
But from studying populist authoritarianism I know this is how it happens, that the US was never immune, and that those who thought it was are part of the problem.
But from studying populist authoritarianism I know this is how it happens, that the US was never immune, and that those who thought it was are part of the problem.
February 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A tiny part of me keeps hoping for the big reveal when we learn this is all some kind of Plato's cave-Truman show-survey experiment.
But from studying populist authoritarianism I know this is how it happens, that the US was never immune, and that those who thought it was are part of the problem.
But from studying populist authoritarianism I know this is how it happens, that the US was never immune, and that those who thought it was are part of the problem.
Some hardy federal workers braved below-freezing temps to protest beyond-draconian cuts at HHS. Probably more media crew than demonstrators around 8:30am
February 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Some hardy federal workers braved below-freezing temps to protest beyond-draconian cuts at HHS. Probably more media crew than demonstrators around 8:30am