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ESA RN03 Midterm Conference: Memory, Crisis and Future - Georg-August-University Göttingen

Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mid-Term Conference “Memory, Crisis and Future” ESA RN 03 “Biographical Perspectives on European Societies” in association with the Institute of Sociology at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/698249.html

Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference
Queen’s University Belfast
7th – 8th May 2026
**Call for Papers**

mailchi.mp/7a7c78c6bbbc...

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Sep 4

SAI Conference '26
Queen’s University Belfast
7 – 8 May '26
Conflict, Change, Solidarity

Social relations on the island of Ireland and across the diaspora take shape against a history of remarkable change & conflict, often underpinned by multiple and complex solidarities mailchi.mp/7a7c78c6bbbc...

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Sep 4

SAI Conference

Queen’s University Belfast

7th – 8th May 2026

**Call for Papers**

Conflict, Change, Solidarity

Proposals (max 250 words) and short bios (max 100 words) should be sent by 15th October 2025 to: [email protected]. Decisions on abstracts will be emailed by 31st October 2025.

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · Sep 2

New open access book edited by #ESARN11 member Sarah Pritz, along with Heike Paul:

Sentimental State(s): Affective Politics of Order and Belonging

Available here: cloud-neu.transcript-verlag.de/index.php/s/...

#emosoc #sociology

oa9783839474174.pdf

transcript cloud - Willkommen bei transcript

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Sep 2

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) is establishing a Politics and Society Development Group for the Leaving Certificate subject Politics and Society.

The call for expressions of interest for places is now live. Here's the link:

ncca.ie/en/updates-a...

Home - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

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Theresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · Aug 1

New article with Niall Gilmartin, @dyutic.bsky.social yours truly which calls for feminist sociology to pay more attention to the border on the island of Ireland. @sociologyireland.bsky.social
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Beyond trucks and tariffs: What might a feminist analysis of the UK/Irish border * offer? - Theresa O’Keefe, Niall Gilmartin, Dyuti Chakravarty, 2025

In the wake of Brexit, the border on the island of Ireland has received unprecedented scholarly and journalistic attention. A quick search using Google Scholar ...

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jul 24

SOCIOLOGY - Auguste Comte youtu.be/OhVamhT4Q3s?...

The 19th century thinker Auguste Comte invented a religion without a God in it. It was a fascinating move that deserves to be studied today

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SOCIOLOGY - Auguste Comte

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jul 8

ESA-RN 11

“SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS”

11th Mid-Term Conference

Queen’s University Belfast

The 11th Midterm Conference of the ESA Sociology of Emotions Research Network takes place at Queen’s University Belfast from 26-29 August 2025 on the theme ‘Emotions in Post-/Conflict & Post-/Crisis Societies’

SOCIOLOGY - Theodor Adorno

Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jul 8

***** Save the Date *****

The SAI Annual Conference will take place at Queen’s University Belfast on the 7th – 8th May 2026. A Call for Papers will be circulated soon - watch this space!

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jul 4

SOCIOLOGY - Theodor Adorno youtu.be/4YGnPgtWhsw?...

Theodor Adorno was a thinker who worried about what people get up to in their leisure time. He called Walt Disney the most dangerous man in America…

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How to write a personal statement for sociology

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jun 30

How to write a personal statement for sociology...

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Whether it’s by doing a job at McDonalds or volunteering to work in your community, show how your life has given you an interest in sociology

What to do with a degree in sociology

Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jun 30

What to do with a degree in sociology...

www.theguardian.com/money/2011/m...

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Sociology graduates often go for people-focused careers such as social work, counselling and careers advice

'When dads are supported, the whole family benefits'

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · Jun 25

Great chat about @valtglas.bsky.social's brilliant new book on Christain Zionism in the North -- an important contribution to the sociology of religion and the sociology of Ireland/Northern Ireland/Irish Studies!

www.routledge.com/Judaizing-Ch...
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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jun 15

When dads are supported, the whole family benefits...

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Happy Father's Day!

When research focuses just on mothers, fathers' voices and the chance to build more balanced parenting supports and policies get lost

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jun 15

SOCIOLOGY - Max Weber

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Max Weber explained that modern capitalism was born not because of new technology or new financial instruments. What started it all off was religion...

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SOCIOLOGY - Max Weber

This book provides a short introduction to the emergence and development of sociology in Ireland until the present day. The institutionalization of the discipline came relatively late as it remained u...

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jun 11

Sociology in Ireland: A Short History

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This book provides a short introduction to the emergence and development of sociology in Ireland until the present day...

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Sociology in Ireland

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jun 11

SOCIOLOGY - Émile Durkheim www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9W0...

Emile Durkheim was a French 19th century sociologist who focused on what modern capitalism does to our minds - and concluded that it might, quite literally, be driving us to an early grave

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SOCIOLOGY - Émile Durkheim

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The SOCIOLOGY of CLIMATE CHANGE

Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Sociology of Climate Change sociologyofclimatechange.com

Fully understanding climate change requires using one’s sociological imagination – what C. Wright Mills argued was the ability to see the relationship between individual lives and the effects of larger social forces

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the causes and consequences of a warming world

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · May 25

Sociology in Ireland: Some random ... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

"The pivot to digital platforms for work, play, leisure, worship and sociality generally, creates a real challenge for how we conceptualise society post-pandemic, as does the rise in algorithm-driven, surveillance society"

Sociology in Ireland: Some random reflections - Mary P Corcoran, 2021

2021 has been a year for looking back as well as forwards. In this article, I reflect on the state of languishing induced by lockdown, and the intensification o...

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Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) @sociologyireland.bsky.social · May 25

Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’

Proposed scheme involves talent scouts offering attractive packages to tempt academics and lecturers from abroad