Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow
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Critical sociology, criminology and anthropology at the University of Glasgow.
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This year’s Cultural Sociology Sage Prize winner discusses how ways of conceptualizing national belonging and geopolitical ideologies shape how cultural products are inserted into global art and literary worlds.
Read the full article, now for free.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This year’s Cultural Sociology Sage Prize winner discusses how ways of conceptualizing national belonging and geopolitical ideologies shape how cultural products are inserted into global art and literary worlds.
Read the full article, now for free.
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Read the full article, now for free.
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'#Migrant farm workers and stratification'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Giuliana Sanò
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New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Giuliana Sanò
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'#Migrant farm workers and stratification'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Giuliana Sanò
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New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Giuliana Sanò
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If you're around Glasgow this Friday, there are still a few spaces left for this talk by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social organised by the Socialist Theory & Movements Research Network. Starting 15.00 in LT 412, Boyd Orr Building. Register below.
A talk by George Monbiot: Capitalism, Power and Environmental Justice
George Monbiot will discuss some surprising histories of exploitation, and explore what a new radical politics might look like.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If you're around Glasgow this Friday, there are still a few spaces left for this talk by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social organised by the Socialist Theory & Movements Research Network. Starting 15.00 in LT 412, Boyd Orr Building. Register below.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Today! There's still time to register for a space at this wonderful event to mark nine years of the Colombian peace process.
Join us on 25 Nov at 5pm (42 Bute Gdns) for a special joint event with the Scottish Peace Platform to mark nine years of the Colombian peace process.
@andreigomezsuarez.bsky.social will share reflections on conflict and peacebuilding from his excellent new memoir, We Are Not Made of Sugar.
@andreigomezsuarez.bsky.social will share reflections on conflict and peacebuilding from his excellent new memoir, We Are Not Made of Sugar.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Today! There's still time to register for a space at this wonderful event to mark nine years of the Colombian peace process.
Looking forward to welcoming Shahram Khosravi for The Sociological Review Annual Lecture. There’s still time to register for a ticket before Thursday’s event!
GLESGA CALLING: will you be in Glasgow this week? Are you interested in sociology, anthropology and migration?
If so, please join us for our Annual Lecture 2025 on Thursday, as acclaimed scholar Shahram Khosravi speaks on doing migration studies in dark times.
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If so, please join us for our Annual Lecture 2025 on Thursday, as acclaimed scholar Shahram Khosravi speaks on doing migration studies in dark times.
🎟️ Book your tickets buff.ly/n8QjRkd
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Looking forward to welcoming Shahram Khosravi for The Sociological Review Annual Lecture. There’s still time to register for a ticket before Thursday’s event!
Citizenship and Migration Research Network PhD Conference 2026: Call for Abstracts (PhD students in Scotland) Deadline 19 December
Unbordering Futures: Migration Studies in Urgent Times
CMRN / GRAMNet PhD Conference
4-5th March 2026, University of Edinburgh
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Unbordering Futures: Migration Studies in Urgent Times
CMRN / GRAMNet PhD Conference
4-5th March 2026, University of Edinburgh
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November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Citizenship and Migration Research Network PhD Conference 2026: Call for Abstracts (PhD students in Scotland) Deadline 19 December
Unbordering Futures: Migration Studies in Urgent Times
CMRN / GRAMNet PhD Conference
4-5th March 2026, University of Edinburgh
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Unbordering Futures: Migration Studies in Urgent Times
CMRN / GRAMNet PhD Conference
4-5th March 2026, University of Edinburgh
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With the start of the latest round of the Ashes, Andy Smith reflects on the extent to which English cricket has become a game for the elite.
👉 Read our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog piece here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
👉 Read our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog piece here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
With the start of the latest round of the Ashes, Andy Smith reflects on the extent to which English cricket has become a game for the elite.
👉 Read our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog piece here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
👉 Read our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog piece here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...
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#OtD 19 Nov 1915 Joe Hill, Swedish-American @IWW union member and songwriter was executed by firing squad for a murder he did not commit. In his final letter he wrote: "don't waste any time in mourning. Organize." Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#OtD 19 Nov 1915 Joe Hill, Swedish-American @IWW union member and songwriter was executed by firing squad for a murder he did not commit. In his final letter he wrote: "don't waste any time in mourning. Organize." Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Criminologist and friend Fergus McNeill speaking to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament debating chamber today.
🔗 to watch @fergusmcneill.bsky.social's full speech, in Prisoners Week, to @scotparl.bsky.social 👇 #Criminology #CrimSky #Prison #PrisonersWeek
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🔗 to watch @fergusmcneill.bsky.social's full speech, in Prisoners Week, to @scotparl.bsky.social 👇 #Criminology #CrimSky #Prison #PrisonersWeek
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November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Criminologist and friend Fergus McNeill speaking to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament debating chamber today.
🔗 to watch @fergusmcneill.bsky.social's full speech, in Prisoners Week, to @scotparl.bsky.social 👇 #Criminology #CrimSky #Prison #PrisonersWeek
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🔗 to watch @fergusmcneill.bsky.social's full speech, in Prisoners Week, to @scotparl.bsky.social 👇 #Criminology #CrimSky #Prison #PrisonersWeek
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Please see below details of a new two-year research associate post, working with @nasarmeer.bsky.social on the Nuffield-funded project ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers’. The deadline for applications is Wed 10th December. Please share.
Research Associate at University of Glasgow
Recruiting now: Research Associate on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Please see below details of a new two-year research associate post, working with @nasarmeer.bsky.social on the Nuffield-funded project ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers’. The deadline for applications is Wed 10th December. Please share.
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Looking forward to being at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 25 Nov to mark 9 years of the 2016 #Colombia #Peace Agreement - thanks @glalarn.bsky.social for the invite!
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November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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'Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide'
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
'Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide'
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
New Commentary piece on the #IdentitiesBlog, by our co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social:
www.identitiesjourna...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #farright
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OUT NOW: our Virtual Issue of The Sociological Review journal, a companion to The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2025 with Shahram Khosravi.
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring migration, refugees & borders, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
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📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring migration, refugees & borders, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
OUT NOW: our Virtual Issue of The Sociological Review journal, a companion to The Sociological Review Annual Lecture 2025 with Shahram Khosravi.
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring migration, refugees & borders, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring migration, refugees & borders, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
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Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social has written an obituary for Elspeth King in The Guardian.
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
Elspeth King obituary
Museum director and curator of the People’s Palace in Glasgow who reshaped it into a living record of the city’s social history
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November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Our Custodian, @sorchadallas.bsky.social has written an obituary for Elspeth King in The Guardian.
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
King transformed how Scotland’s museums told the stories of everyday people—https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/elspeth-king-obituary
The next round of the Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship is now open. Details are below; deadline is 8th January 2026. The fellowship offers 6 months support for an early career researcher whose work is informed by progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation. Please do share.
Research Assistant (Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship)
Job Purpose This postdoctoral writing fellowship has been established in recognition of Neil Davidson’s enduring work as historian, theorist, teacher and activist. The fellowship is intended to sup...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The next round of the Neil Davidson Writing Fellowship is now open. Details are below; deadline is 8th January 2026. The fellowship offers 6 months support for an early career researcher whose work is informed by progressive and radical traditions of critical investigation. Please do share.
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I’ve put the full text of the paywalled piece I wrote at the weekend on Instagram here www.instagram.com/p/DRJoBzTAmA...
Dominic Hinde on Instagram: "Here’s the full text of my piece published at the weekend on what I learned writing Drifting North and why Scotland has a crisis of meaning."
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November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I’ve put the full text of the paywalled piece I wrote at the weekend on Instagram here www.instagram.com/p/DRJoBzTAmA...
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Doing migration studies in dark times? There’s no time like the present to reflect on this issue.
Join us in Glasgow on 27 November as Shahram Khosravi delivers The Sociological Review Annual Lecture, with @carinrunciman.bsky.social, Karolína Augustová and Tawona Sitholé.
Tickets: buff.ly/4LDmx13
Join us in Glasgow on 27 November as Shahram Khosravi delivers The Sociological Review Annual Lecture, with @carinrunciman.bsky.social, Karolína Augustová and Tawona Sitholé.
Tickets: buff.ly/4LDmx13
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Doing migration studies in dark times? There’s no time like the present to reflect on this issue.
Join us in Glasgow on 27 November as Shahram Khosravi delivers The Sociological Review Annual Lecture, with @carinrunciman.bsky.social, Karolína Augustová and Tawona Sitholé.
Tickets: buff.ly/4LDmx13
Join us in Glasgow on 27 November as Shahram Khosravi delivers The Sociological Review Annual Lecture, with @carinrunciman.bsky.social, Karolína Augustová and Tawona Sitholé.
Tickets: buff.ly/4LDmx13
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Add the winning paper of the Cultural Sociology journal Sage Prize to your weekend TBR!
Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas focus on the effects culture has on shaping cultural globalization, arguing that diffusion itself is a cultural practice.
Read now for free!
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas focus on the effects culture has on shaping cultural globalization, arguing that diffusion itself is a cultural practice.
Read now for free!
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Add the winning paper of the Cultural Sociology journal Sage Prize to your weekend TBR!
Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas focus on the effects culture has on shaping cultural globalization, arguing that diffusion itself is a cultural practice.
Read now for free!
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Peggy Levitt and Andreja Siliunas focus on the effects culture has on shaping cultural globalization, arguing that diffusion itself is a cultural practice.
Read now for free!
doi.org/10.1177/1749...
Have you listened to the New Books Network (Sociology) Podcast hosted by Professor Matt Dawson? You can read about how Matt's love of books lead him to host the podcast in our September blog issue. 📚🎧
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November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Have you listened to the New Books Network (Sociology) Podcast hosted by Professor Matt Dawson? You can read about how Matt's love of books lead him to host the podcast in our September blog issue. 📚🎧
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Today is Michael Rosen Day! If you want to celebrate @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, then listen to our sister-podcast Working Class Literature's double-episode with him about socialist fairy and folk tales!
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-...
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today is Michael Rosen Day! If you want to celebrate @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, then listen to our sister-podcast Working Class Literature's double-episode with him about socialist fairy and folk tales!
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-...
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl-...
Join us for our next SCS seminar, Wed 19th November, from 15.30 in Rm 432, St Andrews Bldg. Dr. Yotam Gidron's talk ('Pentecostalism, Christian Zionism, and regime survival in Uganda') will explore the political role of Christian Zionism in Uganda and in Africa more broadly.
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Join us for our next SCS seminar, Wed 19th November, from 15.30 in Rm 432, St Andrews Bldg. Dr. Yotam Gidron's talk ('Pentecostalism, Christian Zionism, and regime survival in Uganda') will explore the political role of Christian Zionism in Uganda and in Africa more broadly.
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Register to attend next week's #IdentitiesEvent!
'Eastern Europe’s ‘Peripheral Whiteness’: Class and Gender Racialization among Polish Migrants and Returnees'
In collaboration with University of Glasgow Central & East European Studies (CEES)
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'Eastern Europe’s ‘Peripheral Whiteness’: Class and Gender Racialization among Polish Migrants and Returnees'
In collaboration with University of Glasgow Central & East European Studies (CEES)
@uofgsociology.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Register to attend next week's #IdentitiesEvent!
'Eastern Europe’s ‘Peripheral Whiteness’: Class and Gender Racialization among Polish Migrants and Returnees'
In collaboration with University of Glasgow Central & East European Studies (CEES)
@uofgsociology.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
'Eastern Europe’s ‘Peripheral Whiteness’: Class and Gender Racialization among Polish Migrants and Returnees'
In collaboration with University of Glasgow Central & East European Studies (CEES)
@uofgsociology.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
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Food for thought: explore our Virtual Issue of The Sociological Review journal, a companion to our Annual Lecture 2025 with Shahram Khosravi.
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring migration, refugees and borders, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring migration, refugees and borders, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Food for thought: explore our Virtual Issue of The Sociological Review journal, a companion to our Annual Lecture 2025 with Shahram Khosravi.
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring migration, refugees and borders, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
📑 12 #openaccess #freetoview papers exploring migration, refugees and borders, introduced by Editor-in-Chief @carinrunciman.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/7KaED6U
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If you’ve read Drifting North you may recall a handsome and enigmatic character who joins me in the North Sea on the trip to an oil rig. Well that very same man has a very exciting book out himself later in the year www.amazon.co.uk/Injury-All-U...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you’ve read Drifting North you may recall a handsome and enigmatic character who joins me in the North Sea on the trip to an oil rig. Well that very same man has a very exciting book out himself later in the year www.amazon.co.uk/Injury-All-U...