University of Manchester Sociology department
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Research and teaching updates from Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK. Celebrating our 60th anniversary in 2024.
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Very generous review by Sivamohan Valluvan (Warwick Sociology) of Fighting Identity for Identities Journal
'Fighting identity and enchanting culture: reflections on working-class conviviality'
tandfonline.com/eprint/GG4YYND…
Last chance to register for:
Class, cultural knowledge & barriers to mobility
Visiting The Leverhulme Trust Prof, Annette Lareau (UPenn)
📆2.30pm, 29 April 2024, Manchester (in person only)
Followed at 4pm by drinks reception for our 60th anniversary 🎉
…au-barriers-mobility.eventbrite.co.uk
VACANCIES: 2 X lecturer and 1 X Senior Lecturer University of Manchester Sociology department. Last few days to send us an application (deadline 29 April).
📢CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Global social challenges: New research for navigating chaos and finding hope in the 21st C
📆10-5pm, Weds 12 June, Manchester
➡ Send an abstract (by 7 May) forms.gle/WwFqejRR4vyr9F…
UoM School of Social Sciences UoM SoSS PhD NWSSDTP MethodsNW
Every Cook Can Plan: Utopian Ideas for Economic Democracy
Dr Troy Vettese (European University Institute)
Drew Pendergrass (Harvard University)
Tues 30 April, 1.30-3pm
Chemistry Building G.54
Part of Utopia and the Return of History Conf. All welcome, no need to register 4/5
How can we teach sociology in order to best bring alive the discipline? Find out by registering for our free online event, ‘Teaching Sociology in Higher Education: Pedagogical Practices & Possibilities’, on 8 May tinyurl.com/2ekbt59y #sociology
Researchers from MUARG have spent the last 18 months examining how faith spaces in Greater Manchester Combined Authority support diverse groups of older people within their communities
'They found that faith spaces provide spiritual wellbeing, belonging + a sense of community'
manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…
LECTURE:
🗣Prof Annette Lareau (UPenn)
📆2.30pm Mon 29 April 2024 (followed by drinks reception)
Prof Lareau will be exploring how social mobility is shaped by invisible barriers eg class, race, family background. All welcome!
UoM School of Social Sciences LSE Sociology
📢Don't miss out on Professor Orkun Akseli's fascinating and engaging inaugural lecture 'Secured Transactions in Global Lawmaking'
📅Tomorrow, 4-6pm
Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-le…
All are welcome, the event is hybrid and followed by a drink's reception!
TOMORROW: we've moved this event to a bigger room and so there are still some tickets up for grabs to hear Keith Boykin in discussion with Gary Younge on the lies & myths around racism 👇🏾
Creative Manchester School of Arts, Languages and Culture UoM School of Social Sciences Identities Journal blackbritainbeyond Decolonise UoM Social Responsibility
📢Why does everything have to be about race?
Keith Boykin debunks the lies, myths, & misinformation around race with history, knowledge, & truth. In discussion with Gary Younge
📆5pm, 23 April 2024, Manchester - see link for updated room
🎫eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-does-eve…
TOMORROW: #TeenageKicks zine and collage workshop, 4.30pm at Glasgow Glasgow Women's Library. All welcome!
Publishing today!
Dr Kurt Sengul Elsa Bengtsson Meuller (she/they) David Farrell-Banks Jean Beaman Kayla Preston~King Luc DoctorOfLeisure Cousineau, PhD
Yutaka Yoshida Katherine Williams C_Hörst (she/ her) John Drury
Richard McNeil-Willson Dr. Michael C. Zeller Anna Meier Dr Isis Giraldo Gary Younge Katy Brown
📕tinyurl.com/4xk7k33w