BSA Race & Ethnicity
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BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group - providing a network and forum for those working in the area of sociology of race and ethnicity. On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bsa-race-ethnicity-study-group/
📊 Our 2025–26 Annual Report is out! A huge thank you to everyone who has helped grow the Study Group over the past year. Swipe through for highlights, from community growth and #CriticalCurrents to our plans for 2027. 💜 1/2 #Sociology #RaceAndEthnicity #AcademicSky #BSA #HigherEd #SocialScience
POSTPONED TO October 7. We're really sorry for this last minute change. We hope to see many of you next academic term!
BSA Race & Ethnicity@bsarace.bsky.social · last mo.REMINDER: 7th July, 1pm, online will be our 6th seminar which will focus on #Palestine 🇵🇸🍉 with two powerful presentations. We're exceptionally proud to welcome Dr Madeline-Sophie Abbas and Yara Shahine Gharable before our summer "break" 🌞. (See abstracts and link below) 1/2 #friendship #Sociology
REMINDER: 7th July, 1pm, online will be our 6th seminar which will focus on #Palestine 🇵🇸🍉 with two powerful presentations. We're exceptionally proud to welcome Dr Madeline-Sophie Abbas and Yara Shahine Gharable before our summer "break" 🌞. (See abstracts and link below) 1/2 #friendship #Sociology
ICYMI: "Decolonizing Knowledge" Radha D'Souza in conversation with Rinaldo Walcott On the intellectual and political stakes of challenging dominant forms of knowledge produced through colonial and imperial histories. #Philosophy www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXX...
Decolonizing Knowledge: Radha D'Souza with Rinaldo Walcott (Philosophies of the South)
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Join us TODAY at 1pm for the next #CriticalCurrents seminar exploring #whiteness, #museum research, colonial collections, and #decolonisation through two fascinating papers by O'Brien and dr Wanniarachchi. #Museums #Decolonisation #Race #MuseumStudies #WhitenessStudies #Colonialism #Sociology
VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (focus on race, ethnicity, intersecting inequalities) @uomsociology.bsky.social 4 years from 1 Oct 2026, £42,254 p.a., full time Closing date: Weds 17 June 2026 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
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We're meeting next week for a session on #media and #representation! You can find the bios, abstracs and Teams link in our programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #Ethnicity #Race #OscarsSoWhite #BFTA #BritishAwards #BritishTV #Cinema #Representation #Sociology #CulturalStudies
Programme - Critical Currents; - BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group
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BSA Race & Ethnicity@bsarace.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur 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
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
#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...
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Apologies. This session is next week, 14th April, at 1pm!
BSA Race & Ethnicity@bsarace.bsky.social · 4mo agoJoin 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!
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!
BSA Race & Ethnicity@bsarace.bsky.social · 5mo ago✨ 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
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. www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/philo...
Philosophies of the South: Towards Pluralistic Decolonial Humanisms
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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 raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/advancing-ra...
✨ 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
Programme - Critical Currents; - BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group
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SEMINAR: 🗣️'Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism' - Alison Phipps 📅1-2.30pm, 23 April 2026 📌Hybrid (Manchester and online) events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5d5908...
Join our next session with amazing colleagues working on #race & #ethnicity. #BlackAcademics #AcademicSky #Sociology
BSA Race & Ethnicity@bsarace.bsky.social · 5mo ago📆🚔🫖We're looking forward to 2nd session titled #Policing and #AntiRacistPraxis with Dr Akintoye and Dr Burgher on 10th March, from 1PM-2PM. Programme/link can be found here: tinyurl.com/criticalcurr... #WhitenessStudies #Racism #Antiracism #Arts #Porcelain #SocialJustice #BlackLivesMatterUK #BLM
📆🚔🫖We're looking forward to 2nd session titled #Policing and #AntiRacistPraxis with Dr Akintoye and Dr Burgher on 10th March, from 1PM-2PM. Programme/link can be found here: tinyurl.com/criticalcurr... #WhitenessStudies #Racism #Antiracism #Arts #Porcelain #SocialJustice #BlackLivesMatterUK #BLM
Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"??? www.positive.news/society/yout...
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
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VACANCY (2 of 2...) Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
The Department of Sociology is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Sociology (Teaching & Research) with qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class.
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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
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...
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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:
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.
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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. ⚡ Check out the programme here: tiny.cc/2ohy001 #race #ethnicity #AcademicSky #BSA #sociology #researchseminars
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 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-bor...
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.
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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!
British Sociological Association@britsoci.bsky.social · 8mo ago'Sociology under Attack', the new Sociology journal special issue, is now live! Articles in this special issue demonstrate that the value of Sociology is not restricted to what it does, but how it does it. Read now below. doi.org/10.1177/0038...
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: youtu.be/jzPNl3O5Up0?... #Sociology #SocialTheory #Bauman #BSATheory
Theory and Society: Zygmunt Bauman Book Launch
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open.spotify.com/episode/6rzg... 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.
