It's nice to see this generous - but also usefully critical - review of The Urban Brain, from Jeremy Freese, in the new issue of the American Journal of Sociology: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.10…

Looking forward to being part of Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway symposium — The problem of Critique & Truth-Telling in Public. Organised by Diana Stypinska & Tom Boland. All welcome: email Diana for tickets. 26-27th April 2024. My idea of fun.

Friends, in addition to Charles Mills, who should I be reading on the use of a chronopolitics (i.e. that i am/you are in or our of time) to constitute a certain kind of racialized, counter-modern subjectivity via nostalgia, collective memory etc?

I wrote for Irish Independent about the weird/bad ruritarian fantasy-world of Raised by the Village independent.ie/entertainment/…

Two permanent sociology lectureships in the EXCELLENT sociology department at Maynooth. The salary scale is up to €95k, FYI.

Yeah, literally no consequence for Ireland, whatever this cringe shower of cap-doffers seem to think.

Excited to announce our Belfast book launch for the 'Routledge Handbook of the NI Conflict and Peace'. It will take place at PRONI on Thursday 23 May 2024 at 4pm and everyone is welcome (as long as they register on the eventbrite!). eventbrite.co.uk/e/disciplinary…

**FABULOUS** 3yr postdoc in medical soc/anth/geog/etc to work with the genuinely brilliant and genuinely lovely Jesse Proudfoot.

Chris was a wonderful scholar, leader, colleague, friend. We will miss his humour, grace, kindness & solid leadership, the ease with which he led College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences & championed the arts, humanities &social sciences UCC Ireland Deepest condolences to Chris's family & friends from all in ISS21

When you proclaim yourself ‘stifled’ via your weekly column in the Sunday Independent

This is an objectively funny research specialism when your own father was a senior cabinet member in several different Irish governments.

The political scientist, expert in Irish politics & political parties,writing about Trans issues would be like me writing about climate change.I have a bit of knowledge, an opinion or two, but absolutely no expertise.I would never write a column on the subject #notanexpertopinion