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The British Sociological Association (BSA), promoting sociology in the UK. Also on @britsoci.bsky.social
- We’re delighted to announce that Professor Gurminder K Bhambra has been elected as the next BSA President. We look forward to working with @GKBhambra over the next few years to continue the work of the Association. Read more: ow.ly/RkRL50GLarw
- Devastating news of sociologist redundancies at @GoldsmithsUoL Heart-breaking for those involved. Our solidarity and sympathy is with all affected.
- Call for proposals for a new @bsaeducation seminar series, ‘Pedagogies of hope’, running from September to December. Deadline 5 July #sociology @achalagupta
- The BSA is pleased to announce that our next President will be Professor Rachel Brooks, of the University of Surrey @_rachel_brooks #Sociology bit.ly/46gZZNa
- New BSA President, @GKBhambra gives her welcome address: “This is a critical moment for sociology and a critical moment for us as sociologists – the challenge before us is to develop a sociology that will secure our planetary future” bit.ly/3s40Q1W #sociologist
- Professor Diane Reay grew up in a council estate in a coal mining part of Derbyshire “I had to fight not to be in the bottom set; I was told that girls like me don’t go to university,” she says in this podcast on education bit.ly/2HDxP7J
- Call for papers for ‘Emotions and Society: Inequalities and Solidarities’ a @BSAemotions symposium, 28-29 June, online. ‘We invite researchers to submit work on the connections between emotions, inequalities and solidarities.’ Deadline 29 May bit.ly/3WiBtb8 #cfp
- The conclusion of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report contradicts a considerable body of scientific research by sociologists (and other disciplines) that evidences the structural factors affecting racialised groups in the UK
- Congratulations to @RemiJS90, University of Manchester, winner of this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for his book, ‘Black Mixed-Race Men: Transatlanticity, Hybridity and “Post-racial” Resilience’ bit.ly/2GdaB7h #britsoc19 @OfficialUoM
- BSA gives Lifetime Achievement Awards to: Margaret Archer, @AcademicDiary, Avtah Brah, @AnthonyGiddens, @lynnjamieson, Ann Phoenix, John Scott, Beverley Skeggs, and Laurie Taylor #britsoc23 Congratulations and well deserved
- Funding opportunity! The British Academy is giving non-UK scholars in any humanities or social science discipline the opportunity of a 4-year research position in the UK. Full details at:
- ‘It is not too late to rethink the cuts at Goldsmiths, Kent, Huddersfield, Lincoln, Hull and many other institutions - urgent action is needed to protect UK research capacity’ Read BSA current and past presidents: tinyurl.com/5389sb34 @_rachel_brooks @susanjhalford
- BSA President @susanjhalford writes to University of Leicester VC on the proposed closure of Critical Management Studies and Political Economy
