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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 21h

A reminder about our first Sociological & Cultural Studies seminar of the year, taking place tomorrow, with @raulperez.bsky.social - hosted jointly with colleagues in Politics & IR, and with the journal @identitiesjournal.bsky.social

Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Join us Friday for our co-organised colloquium with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes'
Dr Raúl Pérez

10 Oct, 11-12.30
Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @raulperez.bsky.social

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 21h

This special session, with @sriprateekraj.bsky.social and @dramylind.bsky.social, and chaired by our colleague @matthewwaites.bsky.social, is coming up on the 15th October.

Matthew Waites (he or they) @matthewwaites.bsky.social · 1d

Join me with Amy Lind and Prateek Srivastava for this queer feminist double bill in the Sociological and Cultural Studies Seminar Series, 15 October, 3.30pm, room 432 St Andrews Bldg, all welcome! @uofgsociology.bsky.social @dramylind.bsky.social @sriprateekraj.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Amy Lind and Prateek Srivastava queer feminist seminar at University of Glasgow 15 October 3.30-5.00pm, room 432 St Andrews Building, all welcome.

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Our next #IdentitiesEvent!

'From Colonial Subjects to #Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness'

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 3d

Join us for The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 'How to do Migration Studies in Dark Times', Thursday 27 November, Tickets available: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso... @thesociologicalreview.org

Select tickets – The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2025: How to do Migration Studies in Dark Times – James McCune Smith Building - Room 438AB, The University of Glasgow

The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2025: How to do Migration Studies in Dark Times – James McCune Smith Building - Room 438AB, The University of Glasgow, Thu 27 Nov 2025 - The Sociological Review ...

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 8d

Join our upcoming event, co-organised with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes' with Dr Raúl Pérez

11.00am-12.30pm, In person: Hugh Fraser Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bldg, University of Glasgow

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 3d

🎉 Congratulations to @sachahilhorst.bsky.social!

”‘Corruption talk’ and the politics of class in 21st century Britain”, a co-authored paper drawing on Dr Hilhorst’s award-winning doctoral thesis, is out now #openaccess in The Sociological Review journal.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 4d

Our colleagues Dominic Pasura and Nomatter Sande are inviting submissions for this international workshop on 'Religion, Mobility and Youth in Transnational Perspective’ taking place here at the University of Glasgow, 30 April – 1 May 2026. Call for papers below - please circulate.

Call for Papers: Mapping the Future: Religion, Mobility and Youth in Transnational Perspective – RASTAY

rastay.org

Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 4d

All are warmly invited to this exhibition which, as part of World Mental Health Awareness Week, explores the impact of climate change on mental health and how photography can help us tell the stories of those impacts (afternoon of Oct Tues 7th, in the Advanced Research Centre - details below).

Storytelling Through Photography: Climate Change and Mental Health

Photo exhibition

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 6d

Our next #IdentitiesEvent!

'From Colonial Subjects to #Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness'

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

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SGSSS @sgsss.bsky.social · 6d

SGSAH/SGSSS are delighted to announce a series of student presentations to mark Black History Month 2025. Online, free & open to all, showcasing cutting edge doctoral research. Coming up soon:

Unarchigal (உணர்ச்சிகள்)—Modalities of Resistance

8 October, 2pm
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SGSAH/SGSSS Black History Month Event - Unarchigal

Wed 8 Oct, 14:00 - 15:00 [BST]: Together with SGSSS, we are delighted to announce a special interactive session to mark Black History Month 2025. This free, online and open-to-all session will be pres...

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a little Friday thought from William Morris, who died on this day in 1896: "...the first step toward the fresh new-birth of art must interfere with the privilege of private persons to destroy the beauty of the earth for their private advantage, and thereby to rob the community.”

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 7d

Join next Friday for our co-organised colloquium with @uofgsps.bsky.social Politics & International Relations & @uofgsociology.bsky.social

'The Souls of White Jokes'
Dr Raúl Pérez

10 Oct, 11-12.30
Room 257, Wolfson Medical Bld, University of Glasgow

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @raulperez.bsky.social

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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 7d

Three new books have entered our Essential John Berger series!

ART AND REVOLUTION
A SEVENTH MAN
FROM A TO X

"Any book by John Berger is an event." – Times Literary Supplement

Shop the series on our website today!

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Stop Oxevision @stopoxevision.bsky.social · Aug 23

Our paper - ‘Towards a Mad Technoscience: revealing, repurposing, and reimagining carceral mental health technologies’ is out now (limited access here) bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

You can get full access to our original here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 7d

Last call for abstract submissions to next year's @britsoci.bsky.social conference in Edinburgh...

British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t miss out! Abstract submissions invited for the BSA’s 75th anniversary conference, 8-10 April 2026, University of Edinburgh – a fixture in the sociological calendar unlike any other.

Submission deadline: TOMORROW, Friday 3 October 2025 tinyurl.com/23sjk4nh #sociology

Image text: Don’t miss out! Abstract submissions invited for the BSA’s 75th anniversary conference, 8-10 April 2026, University of Edinburgh – a fixture in the sociological calendar unlike any other. Submission deadline: THIS FRIDAY, 3 October 2025 tinyurl.com/23sjk4nh #sociology

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British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Submit your paper for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference by Monday 20 October.

There is no predetermined theme. We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology.

More info ➡️ lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · 15d

📣 We're currently accepting papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference!

The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.

We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 8d

Caste aside? Researcher Madhuri Kamtam hears from female workers in India’s multimillion-dollar tobacco industry who remain exploited, excluded and ignored owing to their caste and gender – and who are claiming their rights. Out now in The Sociological Review magazine.

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Close-up of a Dalit woman’s hands rolling a beedi cigarette, surrounded by tobacco and tendu leaves, representing the invisible labour of women fighting for recognition and rights in India’s beedi industry.

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 8d

The latest edition of @identitiesjournal.bsky.social is out now, including a symposium on @mlamont.bsky.social's 'Seeing Others'.

Identities

Volume 32, Issue 5 of Identities

eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 9d

Our latest Sociological & Cultural Studies blog has just been posted. In it Karolina Benghellab discusses the hidden forms of violence and detention that are a deliberate consequence of Europe's increasingly militarised, and hugely costly, border regimes. Please read and share...

Tracing migration journeys in empty squats along the Balkan Route.

Karolina Benghellab discusses the real consequences of Europe's increasingly militarised border regimes.

www.gla.ac.uk

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Harvey Humphrey @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social · 9d

If you are a @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff or student interested in intersex, non-binary and trans studies join us for our GLINTS launch event later this month on October 21st: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glints-lau... also enjoy this image of some our publications (books and zines!) from our stall.

A stall featuring books and zines written by co-directors and members of GLINTS. Also features our own zine beautifully crafted by Kirstie Ken. The table also has a trans flag on.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 9d

#OtD 30 Sep 2014 Xu Lizhi, a poet and rural migrant who worked at the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China, died by suicide at the age of 24. Learn more about Xu and other Chinese migrant worker poets in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-...

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Urban Studies & Social Policy @uofgussp.bsky.social · 9d

USSP's Professor of Social and Public Policy @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social will deliver this year's Challenge Poverty Week Lecture 🎤
🗓️ Thu 9 October | 6pm | Glasgow Caledonian University
Hosted by @povertyalliance.org + @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social | Register now: www.tfaforms.com/5196599

Image of Professor Ruth Patrick with text overlay 'The Challenge Poverty Week Lecture 2025' and lecture title 'Imagining better: social security, hope/lessness and how we might and must make change happen'. Image include logos for the Poverty Alliance, Scottish Poverty & Inequality Research Unit and Glasgow Caledonian University.

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 11d

Have you listened to the latest from the #Identities Podcast?

Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race

With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart

Listen to the episode:
open.spotify.com/epi...

@uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 13d

First published in 2016, and read by me since then on a regular basis, I feel it's time for @academicdiary.bsky.social important #AcademicDiary again

Academic Diary - Les Back | Goldsmiths Press share.google/GDd3fj4SL2rN...

Academic Diary - Les Back

Les Back has chronicled three decades of his academic career, turning his sharp and often satirical eye to the everyday aspects of life on campus and the larger forces that are reshaping it.

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 13d

2/ '...one that seeks to explore and celebrate the connection between our capacity to engage in critical resistance and our ability to experience pleasure and beauty'. From 'An Aesthetic of Blackness - Strange and Oppositional'.

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