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Explore the social, cultural and political legacies of the Windrush Generation in contemporary Britain.
Book now for ‘WindRush: Migration, Memory, Culture and Conversations’, a free BSA Postgraduate event, 24 June, Brixton, London tinyurl.com/4mc6mc4j
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BSA members - are you interested in being a BSA Alcohol Study Group convenor?
The convenor helps shape the direction of the Group, support its members, and builds a space for sociological research and collaboration in the field of alcohol studies. Deadline 15 May. tinyurl.com/3bn5trms
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Learn more about motherhood research over 50 years – book now for the Human Reproduction Study Group Annual Conference, 18 May, De Montfort University.
Over the past 24 years, this conference has attracted national and international speakers tinyurl.com/4vzvhf4e #sociology
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Call for Papers by 1 May for ‘Matter, Rhizomes, and More-than-Human Sociology Annual Conference 2026’, a BSA New Materialisms Study Group event on 22 June, at Goldsmiths, University of London tinyurl.com/2p67edm4 #sociology
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Call for Papers by 11 May for ‘Exploring Emotions and Social (In)justice: Meanings, Imaginings, (Re)framings’, a @bsa-emotions.bsky.social free online event, 18 and 19 June
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#cfp #sociology
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.
More:
www.linkedin.com/posts/bsa-ra...
#AcademicSky
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Want to know more about using creative methods to forward social justice aims within and beyond sociology? Book now for ‘The Tangled Roots of Creative Research and Social Justice’, A BSA Postgraduate Forum free event, 3 June, University of Bristol tinyurl.com/3wtz5the
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Want to know more about using creative methods to forward social justice aims within and beyond sociology? Book now for ‘The Tangled Roots of Creative Research and Social Justice’, A BSA Postgraduate Forum free event, 3 June, University of Bristol tinyurl.com/3wtz5the
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Congratulations to the winners of this year’s WES Sage Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence!
This year’s winning paper, Digitalisation and the Remaking of the Ideal Worker, examines the concept of the ideal worker as digitalisation becomes embedded in the workplace:
doi.org/10.1177/0950...
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Book now for ‘Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Activist Scholarship’, a free online joint event from @bsatheory.bsky.social and @bsa-asmr.bsky.social Study Groups, 12 May tinyurl.com/mpmx3e44
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Book now for ‘Lives in Motion: Auto-biographical negotiations of migration, identity and belonging among racially minoritised older adults in the UK’, a BSA Auto/Biography Study Group online event, 7 May tinyurl.com/3xzxtttz #sociology
21 April 14:30 BST Online
Theorizing from Lived Experience: Feminist and Queer Theory
A roundtable with:
Jo Littler (Goldsmiths) @jolittler.bsky.social
Billy Holzberg (KCL)
Nicola Smith (Birmingham)
Lois McNay (Oxford)
Free and open to all. To register, follow the link tinyurl.com/4dw285x6
Are researchers relying too heavily on the first-person vantage point?
Find out at 'Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Feminist and Queer Theory', a free @bsatheory.bsky.social online event, 21 April
tinyurl.com/4dw285x6
Last chance to apply to be on the BSA’s Board. Nominations close soon for three new trustees - one Membership Services Trustee and two Teacher Trustees. Deadline tomorrow, 14 April
www.mi-nomination.com/bsatrustee
The conference is coming to an end. Thank you all for attending – see you next year for #britsoc27!
The closing plenary begins at 2pm, when Les Back speaks on ‘Sociology’s Past and Future: 75 years of the BSA’ Lecture Theatre B #britsoc26
An event, ‘Navigating the Publishing Process’, takes place at 11am in Lecture Room B #britsoc26
Welcome to another packed day, the third and last of the BSA 2026 Annual Conference #britsoc26
The Work, Employment and Economic Life (WEEL)conveners are officially checking in. We’ve got some exciting things in the pipeline for the community.
Left to Right: Chris Land, Caroline Barret, Karen Tatham, Viviane Galata
#BSA2026 #Britsoci
More Cambridge jobs! Research Assistant/Associate in Sociology: Data Collection and Analysis (Part Time, Fixed Term) @camsociology.bsky.social
Further info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD489/r...
Congratulations to @sophiebishop.bsky.social who wins the BSA’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for her book, Influencer Creep: How Optimization, Authenticity, and Self-Branding Transform Creative Culture - judges called it “elegantly written and thoroughly researched”
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The 75th Social takes place at Whitworth Hall at 7pm, pre-booking essential #britsoc26
The second plenary begins at 5.45pm, when Maitrayee Chaudhuri, Beata Nagy and Bandana Purkayastha ‘Explore the Commonalities Solidarities & International Challenges for Global Sociology’, Lecture Theatre B, University Place #britsoc26
An event on ‘Writing a Great WES Article: Publishing Insights from the Editors’ takes place in Room 1.218 at 4pm #britsoc26
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We are very happy to announce the winning paper of the Sociology Sage Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence!
Not Talking about Climate Change: Everyday Interactions, Relational Work and Climate Silences, explores self-silencing and the meanings attached to climate talk:
doi.org/10.1177/0038...
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Today!👣
Join Charlotte Bates and Emma Jackson for the launch of Walking: A sociological field guide at the @britsoci.bsky.social conference.
They will be joined by a panel of authors to discuss their chapters on dog walking as a brown disabled man, navigating campus on foot, and more.
An event on ‘From PhD Thesis to Monograph: A Workshop for PhD Students and ECRs’ takes place in Room 1.218 at 2pm #britsoc26
An event Celebrating 60 Years of Sociology Journal takes places in Lecture Theatre A at 11am #britsoc26
An Early Career Forum event on ‘Teaching Scholarship in Sociology: Pathways to Publication & Impact’ takes place in Lecture Theatre B at 9am #britsoc26
Welcome to the second day of the BSA 2026 Annual Conference. It’s another packed day today! #britsoc26