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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Working on activism, social movements or revolutions? Submit an abstract to the 2027 BSA Conference! Activism-related abstracts are organised under the Theory stream this year, so please choose THEORY as your preferred stream on the submission website. tinyurl.com/3v9derb3

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Looking forward to chairing this event. If you're interested in political theory, history of the Black Panthers, or activist strategy today, this might be the event for you! Free and open to all, but spaces are limited. Register here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I co-authored this piece introducing the new Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions group in the BSA's Network Magazine. Check out the piece on pp. 46-47, and download the full issue here: www.britsoc.co.uk/publications... @britsoci.bsky.social

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This brilliant photo marks the end of my first @sasemeeting.bsky.social conference as a co-organiser for the Alternatives to Capitalism Network. It was a pleasure to get to hear about all the exciting new research being conducted on alternatives. See you all in Glasgow next year💫

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BSA Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions Study Group @bsa-asmr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New in-person talk by AK Thompson Against and Beyond Recognition: Learning from the History of Black Freedom Struggles in the US 28 May, 5:30-7 pm BST University College London Institute of Education, Room C.3.14 Open to all but registration is required: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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Against and Beyond Recognition: Learning from the History of Black Freedom Struggles in the US

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BSA Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions Study Group @bsa-asmr.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Join us at UCL on 28 May, 5:30 pm BST, for a talk with AK Thompson👇 Register here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Our Theorising from Lived Experience Seminar Series @britsoci.bsky.social called for such a day of workshopping ideas. We'll have discussants, a plenary & early career working papers/chapters. Share with your #ECR friends and students! More info and submission guidelines are here: tiny.cc/p803101

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Theorising from Lived Experience: An Interdisciplinary Workshop for Early Career Researchers

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Join us for another stimulating conversation, this time on Activist Scholarship, with Professor Akwugo Emejulu, Dr Panos Theodoropoulos, and AK Thompson. 12 May 2026, 4pm BST, online. Free & open to all as always. To register: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Another banging roundtable by the BSA Theory section. Unfortunately, we can't record these sessions, so if you're interested, do register to attend👇👇 tinyurl.com/4dw285x6

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This was such a lovely gathering. What a great start to the new group🎉

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BSA Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions Study Group @bsa-asmr.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Coming up soon! Join us for an activist archive tour with food and drinks on 10 April in Manchester. For registrations, DM us or drop us an email at asmrstudygroupbsa@gmail.com

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Call for Abstracts: "When Creativity Confronts Crisis: Navigating the Polycrisis Through Arts and Media Activism" Editors: Kristina Kolbe & Birgan Gokmenoglu Deadline for abstracts (250-300 words) and short bios (150 words): 23 March 2026 Contact me or Kristina with any questions and submissions!

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Glad to be joining The Sociological Review's editorial board💫

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I am proud of being a part of this new group on Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions within the British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social. We'll soon announce the details of our launch event at the 2026 BSA Conference in Manchester, so follow us if interested in radical change!

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This was a great conversation on radical forms of care, political organising, resistance, burnout, and much more. If you'd like to watch the recording, it's now available online.

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Looking forward to this conversation today at 7pm GMT.

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

First seminar of a series of three starts next week! Our speakers will be Alexis Gros, Lucy Osler, and Sebastian Raza. For info and registration visit: tinyurl.com/yxfu2dra

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Theorizing from Lived Experience: A Roundtable on Phenomenological Approaches

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Online event (3 Mar) on Criminalised Care, Hope & Solidarity based on responses to the book Pirate Care. I'm looking fw to discussing radical care as praxis across various initiatives with the authors and contributors. Link to register: lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... vagabonds.xyz/hope-and-ref...

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Hope and refusal in an era of criminalized care: Responses to Pirate Care (3 March 2026, online) - VAGABONDS

Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity contends that, today, our movements for collective liberation are increasingly defined by the calling to care for one another in defiance of...

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I was lucky to be invited to contribute to this wonderful initiative led by @cerasellachis.bsky.social for @pdse.bsky.social. It was refreshing to think about all the pirate carers around the world with so many contributors. I wrote on Re-Politicizing Care for Social Change. Link in first comment.

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🥳🥳The Alternatives to Capitalism Research Network is now live on bluesky. Click on the link to find out more about the Network, its wonderful organisers (incl. me) and the Network's call for papers for SASE 2026 in Bordeaux. The deadline to submit an abstract is 16 December 2025⏱️⏱️

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Interested in Alternatives to Capitalism🔨? Our call for papers for the 2026 SASE Conference in Bordeaux is out! Deadline: 16 December 2025. We encourage pre-formed panel submissions and individual papers. Looking fw to renewing our faith in humanity. @sasemeeting.bsky.social sase.org/networks/i-a...

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Network I: Alternatives to Capitalism | SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics

The broad aim of research Network I is to advance the international, comparative and interdisciplinary study of alternatives to capitalism.

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Excited to join Lara Monticelli, Torsten Geelan, and Jan Groos to co-organise the Alternatives to Capitalism Network @sasemeeting.bsky.social! Check out the Network, our new call for papers, and guidelines here: sase.org/networks/i-a... @bcusociology.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

24 October in London at 6:30pm I'll be at the After Collective event on capitalism and its alternatives with Panos Theodoropoulos @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @intrrgum.bsky.social Join us for an inspiring discussion, antii-capitalist solidarity & pizza! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/4nv7s7rb

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Excited to be a part of the BSA Theory Group over the next few years!

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

TODAY: Publicly available online panel on Critical Pedagogies and Praxis in and Against Capitalism @sasemeeting.bsky.social, organised by me and Yasemin Bavbek. Check out the link for the panel description, papers, and Zoom link here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I'll be at the @bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Symposium @camsociology.bsky.social on Friday May 23rd, discussing how to do social theory. See the programme and the participants below 👇👇

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BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Only 2 days left (including today) to submit a short paper for the BSA Theory Symposium! Discussants: 🟢Sarah Bufkin - @unibirmingham, 🟣Birgan Gokmenoglu - @MyBCUm, 🟡Teodor Mladenov - @dundeeuni, 🔵Kristin Surak - @LSEnews. #Sociology #SocialTheory #AcademicSky www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory

A BSA Early Career Regional Funded Symposium (organised by the BSA Theory Study Group)

23 May 2025
University of Cambridge, UK

About the Event

The process of producing social theory is often assumed to be self-explanatory within academic institutions. With the current ‘crisis’ of higher education and intensification of academic precarity disproportionately affecting theoretical scholarship, centres, departments, and institutes, the co-organisers of this Symposium wish to create a space for Early Career scholars interested in social theory to receive feedback on their ongoing research/papers and discuss the day-to-day experiences, challenges, and opportunities of continuing to undertake theoretical scholarship.

We are honoured to announce that our guest discussants are Sarah Bufkin (Assistant Professor in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham), Birgan Gokmenoglu (Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University), Teodor Mladenov (Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Dundee), and Kristin Surak (Associate Professor in Sociology at the London School of Economics).

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🧵Happy to announce our Special Issue on the #Political and #Transformative Uses of #Time is out! Coedited by me & E Colin Ruggero. Many thanks to all our contributors and to @timeandsociety.bsky.social. Hope it will be useful for those thinking time politically. journals.sagepub.com/toc/tasa/34/1

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Intro to the SI #Political and #Transformative Uses of #Time is published! Coauthored by me and Colin Ruggero. Drawing on time's entanglements with power, inequality, and social justice, we reflect esp. on collective temporal agency: @timeandsociety.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Felix Ringel's insightful Afterword to our SI Political and Transformative Uses of Time is out! He focuses on the co-constitution of pols & time thru a close reading of the SI's contributions. See here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @timeandsociety.bsky.social

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Afterword: Time and Politics - Felix Ringel, 2024

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Birgan Gokmenoglu @birgangokmenoglu.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This will be a great day of workshopping and discussing ways of doing theory at @camsociology.bsky.social in May. I'll be one of the discussants, w/ Sarah Bufkin @unibirmingham.bsky.social, Teodor Mladenov @dundee.ac.uk & Kristin Surak @lsesociology.bsky.social. Here's the cfp for ECRs:

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Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Submit your short paper for ‘The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory’ Symposium by 28 Feb - a space for Early Career scholars interested in social theory to receive feedback & discuss day-to-day experiences & challenges of undertaking theoretical work www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

About the Event

The process of producing social theory is often assumed to be self-explanatory within academic institutions. With the current ‘crisis’ of higher education and intensification of academic precarity disproportionately affecting theoretical scholarship, centres, departments, and institutes, the co-organisers of this Symposium wish to create a space for Early Career scholars interested in social theory to receive feedback on their ongoing research/papers and discuss the day-to-day experiences, challenges, and opportunities of continuing to undertake theoretical scholarship.

We are honoured to announce that our guest discussants are Sarah Bufkin (Assistant Professor in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham), Birgan Gokmenoglu (Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University), Teodor Mladenov (Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Dundee), and Kristin Surak (Associate Professor in Sociology at the London School of Economics).

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