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Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest Contribute to a forthcoming Special Section in The Sociological Review journal

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The Sociological Review journal is now inviting expressions of interest to contribute to a forthcoming Special Section of the journal, focusing on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Undisciplining II

The Lowry, Salford

10–12 September 2024

The Sociological Review Foundation’s Undisciplining II conference took place from 10 to 12 September 2024 in Salford, England. Academics and educators, artists and activists, and thinkers and doers across many fields came together to ask: “Who is sociology for?”

Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project Open-access resources on social theory, inequality, empires, migration, the environment and more

The Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project has now completed its ambitious programme of open-access resources for students, teachers and educators, with the goal of transforming school, college and university curricula through a critical engagement with the broader histories that have shaped modern societies.

Artificial Societies: Confronting Social Engineering after the Techlash

Date & Times: , 09:30 - 17:30 UTCLocation: University of Warwick Register to attend

Social life is increasingly being the object of interventions from engineering and economics. Platforms, artificial intelligence and Big Tech are driving a growing engineering of the social, often without transparency and accountability. This event encourages interdisciplinary dialogue to problematise our present, explore alternatives, and address societal concerns amid growing public backlash against Big Tech.

This event is part of the Sociological Review Seminar Series and has been funded by the Sociological Review Foundation. The grant was awarded to Matías Valderrama Barragan, Addie McGowan, Elif Buse Doyuran, Greta Timaite and Meenakshi Mani.

Year-End Editorial Review 2024

Each month on our Instagram channel we present a selection of works from a visual artist that responds to our current theme.

“I call upon the curatorial powers of my grandmother to tell you about how our 2024 Image-Makers in Residence shared their politically personal (and personally political) visualisations of the social world.” – George Kalivis

A tile-like collage of all the images in this article.

Image-Maker in Residence year-end editorial collage.

Copyright 2024 The Sociological Review Foundation and its online visual residents. All rights reserved.

Bedside Books for December 2024

Edited by Emma Craddock

In Bedside Books we showcase short takes on books new and old, fiction and non-fiction, academic and non-academic. In our December column, Debapriya Ganguly, Toni Tileva, Dorothy Kalita, Juliette Wilson-Thomas, Adrienne Lee Atterberry and Joanna Allan share their insights on titles they’ve recently read.

Spatial Delight

Spatial Delight is a ten-part podcast about space, society and power inspired by British geographer Doreen Massey. From a London laundromat to a public park in Berlin, from a contested waterfront in Kochi to the Egyptian desert, this series seeks to inspire listeners to think about space and place as full of power, and to imagine political alternatives to the current world order. Presented, written and produced by Dr Agata Lisiak, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, and hosted by The Sociological Review.

Connected Sociologies

The Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project is a project of The Sociological Review. It is an educational platform that provides open-access resources for students, teachers and academics who are interested in decolonising school, college and university curricula.

Toussaint Louverture by Jeanne Menjoulet licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Discover Society

Discover Society is a free online magazine of social research, analysis, and commentary.

Remembering Ranajit Guha Volume 4, Issue 1

Edited by John Holmwood, Discover Society’s first issue of 2024 remembers Ranajit Guha (1923–2023), the Indian historian, scholar and founding spirit of subaltern studies who led a long life of political engagement and scholarly reflection. Contributors: Alice Corble, Adi Cooper, Sanjay Seth, Gurminder K. Bhambra, Maya Unnithan, Jane Cowan and Moushumi Bhowmik.

Image: Professor Ranajit Guha

Politics After the Pandemic

In Politics After the Pandemic, anthropologist Erica Lagalisse looks transnationally at cultural changes in the wake of the pandemic, its impact on capitalism and other structures of oppression, and considers how social movements, educators and researchers are responding. In a three-part mini-series, she speaks with Elżbieta Drążkiewicz about “conspiracy theory” as social critique.