Programme - Critical Currents; - BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group

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#whiteness #law #criticalcurrents #media #representation #colourwashing #diversity #journalism #bourdieu #britishmedia #representation #blacklivesmatter #blackhistory #inequality #mediainequalities… |... Two brillant papers on #whiteness and #law today by Abíọ́dún Abdul SFHEA and Aurėja Stirbytė! Thank you to all who attended. You can request slides by contacting the presenters using their contact det...

Our next session of #CriticalCurrents will be on #media and #representation on 12/05 @1pm on Teams. 2 presentations: 1) Bourdieusan analysis of the UK cultural industries; & the 2) the role of journalist in prod neg representations of #Muslims.

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#AcademicSky

Apologies. This session is next week, 14th April, at 1pm!

Join us next Tuesday for our third session of #CriticalCurrent. This session will look at #whitness and the #law with two presentations by Abíọ́dún Abdul and Aurėja Stirbytė. Bring your lunch, and enjoy our online conversation! 🥙 Link in the programme!

Philosophies of the South: Towards Pluralistic Decolonial Humanisms

Coming up: Mon. Mar. 30 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"Towards Pluralistic Decolonial Humanisms"

Nelson Maldonado-Torres with Felwine Sarr
How philosophies emerging from histories of colonialism might help reimagine humanity and our relationship to the planet.

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📢 Advancing Racial Justice: Convention on the State of Data 2026
📅 Thurs 16 April, London

How can we use data to reduce racial injustice? Free conference from @ethnicityuk.bsky.social Race Equality Fdn & @jrf-uk.bsky.social

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Programme - Critical Currents; - BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group

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Programme - Critical Currents; - BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group

✨ Thank you to Dr Burgher and Dr Akintoye for their brilliant presentations at our last #CriticalCurrents session! 👏 #Whiteness & #Law will be 14 April at 1PM on Teams, with Abíọ́dún and Aurėja. Link below 1/3

#Whiteness #Law #Racism #FarRight #Autoethnography #Scotland #Sociology #WhitenessStudies

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SEMINAR:

🗣️'Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism' - Alison Phipps
📅1-2.30pm, 23 April 2026
📌Hybrid (Manchester and online)

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Join our next session with amazing colleagues working on #race & #ethnicity. #BlackAcademics #AcademicSky #Sociology

In her paper, Dr Burgher asks: Can an #art practice using #porcelain encourage constructive dialogue about the ongoing role of ideological #whiteness in #racialinjustice?

Dr Akintoye's paper analyses the historical and contemporary #policing experiences of #Black communities to gain insight into how policing drives racial disproportionalities in the CJS, particularly #stopandsearch.

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📆🚔🫖We're looking forward to 2nd session titled #Policing and #AntiRacistPraxis with Dr Akintoye and Dr Burgher on 10th March, from 1PM-2PM.

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#WhitenessStudies #Racism #Antiracism #Arts #Porcelain #SocialJustice #BlackLivesMatterUK #BLM

Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’ What if ADHD isn’t a deficit of attention, but an intensified curiosity? A new study explores how reframing ADHD could transform education

Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"???

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Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’.

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From sociology graduate students and recent grads to sociologists working everywhere—there’s a place for everyone at ASA. And now, when you join or renew your membership by 11:59 pm ET Feb. 12, you’ll have a chance to win a $100 VISA gift card! https://bit.ly/Winter26Drive

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We’re excited to launch our online research seminar series this Tuesday at 1pm 🎉 with Sara Khash and lisa minerva luxx!

Full programme and link to join can be found here: tiny.cc/2ohy001

#ArabStudies #BlackStudies #DuBois #Ethnicity #MENA #SWANA #Palestine #Syria #Sudan

We are delighted to welcome Professor Les Back as BSA President, stepping up from Vice President. Les is Head of Sociology in the School of Social & Political Sciences @uofgsociology.bsky.social. Thanks to Rachel Brooks as she completes her term as President es.britsoc.co.uk/professor-le...

The Sociological Review Foundation Public Lecture 2026 with Angela Saini Save the date Save the date for the Sociological Review Foundation’s Public Lecture with Angela Saini at SOAS, London, exploring human classification and health inequalities.

SAVE THE DATE: science writer and broadcaster Angela Saini will deliver The Sociological Review Foundation Public Lecture on 2 September 2026 at the SOAS Gallery Lecture Theatre in London.

➡️ Sign up to the first be notified when early bird tickets go on sale:

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📆 🌍 We’re delighted to announce the programme for the Study Group’s research seminar series, Critical Currents! Join us for the first event next Tuesday at 1pm on Microsoft Teams.

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Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026, followed by a drinks reception.

University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026:

‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration & Citizenship’
Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol)

📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 (followed by drinks reception)

All welcome!
@britsoci.bsky.social
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arjec 2026

Details below of a Summer School on Anti-Racism, Social Justice and the European City taking place in Padua this July. The summer school is an independent, collaborative platform bringing together postgraduate students, activists and scholars, including our own @giopicker.bsky.social

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An important call to save sociology!

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Theory and Society: Zygmunt Bauman Book Launch

If you missed our event (www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26928/...), we are pleased to share that the video recording of the talks is now available on the BSA YouTube channel:
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New episode out now, an interview with Mónica Morena Figueroa, Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge about her work on decolonisation, antiracism and much else.

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Appreciate the advice! We’ll definitely start adding alt text to our next posts