Back to teaching today, so also back to the intoxication playlist of pre-lecture alcohol & drug songs for my Intoxication and Society module.

Let's be committed to not saying 'committed'.

Suicide has not been a crime in the UK since 1961. When we use terms like 'committed suicide', we make the issue more difficult to talk about and prolong the pain for the person's loved ones.

What should you say instead? Read on...

A call for papers for a one-day workshop on Wednesday 10th July 2024 at NTU exploring past, present and future research into drinking spaces and places.

📢CFP: Routines, rhythms and affective intimacy in everyday life
🗓️ 11th June 11am-4pm
📍Centre for Social Justice Research - University of Westminster
‼️ Keynote from Helen Holmes
✍️ Abstracts ➡️ Emily Falconer by 24th April

Having written about beer festival atmospheres for a book chapter a few years ago (wvupressonline.com/node/663), I'm more than a little fascinated by this festival where 'the vibe… just wasn't there'.
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Congratulations Emeka W. Dumbili In 'Reconfiguring Drinking Cultures, Gender, & Transgressive Selves', Emeka draws together his years of excellent research on young people's drinking culture and practices in Nigeria. A brilliant contribution to scholarship on gender & youth drinking.

Public House 2030: Will pubs still be here at the end of the decade? One-day workshop on the future of British pubs on Friday 26 April 2024 - limited availability, first come first served. Join us at Newcastle Business School Northumbria Uni #pubs #beer #takeontomorrow

One that Drinking Studies peeps might be interested in - good to see Greg Mulholland, The Pub Champion and Thomas Thurnell-Read on the bill! Looking forward to attending this great looking event! #pubs

Great to see Dave Elder-Vass back on home turf delivering the Annual Sociology Lecture for Lboro Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy ! Dave is talking to students and staff about his 2022 book 'Inventing Value'. cambridge.org/core/books/inv…

After Dariusz Galasiński 's excellent talk about linguistic certainty and wine tasting notes I've given in to the urge to share the wine tasting scene from Black Books #DSN24 youtu.be/YAQ4BD9fHvs?si…

Somne of the UCL research on LGBTQ pubs Thomas Thurnell-Read just mentioned can be found in Ben Campkin's brilliant book Queer Premises bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-premi… and there's more here too ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/archi… #DSN24

Brilliant presentation by Victoria Wells on the use of visuals in pub writing and research. Visuals of pub exteriors showing changes of use over time. #DSN24

Some Bristol sights on the morning run ahead of the final day of #DSN24 Drinking Studies

Proud supervisor watching Ellie Moore deliver a brilliant presentation on her research on non-drinking students' experiences of UK uni campuses Lboro Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy Drinking Studies #DSN2024

Huge thanks, praise and respect to Drinking Studies founders and directors Dr Deborah Toner and Mark Hailwood who are standing down after 14 years building a previous thing - a genuinely interdisciplinary, collegiate and welcoming community, and for many of us an academic 'home'.

There’s an exciting new opportunity to undertake PhD research with me and the brilliant Jilly Boyce Kay on Creative Communities, Digital Platforms, and Inclusion! More details here: lboro.ac.uk/study/postgrad… or please contact us for an informal chat!

Summer University courses on: Youth, Drugs and Alcohol, Social Science Approaches, and Substance Use Disorders: Critical Interventions and Recovery. Once again, we will run these two popular courses at Aarhus University.
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An interesting day ahead at the SHI Foundation symposium on sociologies of health, sport and illness, hosted by Loughborough School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences.

Its the Drinking Studies conference this weekend for folks who can't be in Bristol in person there's a hybrid session on SATURDAY morning on 'Writing Abstinence, Writing Absence?' with the like of Claire Davey Dr Belinda Lunnay & Ellie Moore!

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Call for Papers for a The BSA postgraduate regional event on 'Drug Policy and Drug Cultures – Ambiguities and Tensions' taking place on 26 April at Aston University.
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