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Tim Newburn @timnewburn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

JOB: Senior Lecturer in Criminology/Criminal Justice, Newcastle University jobs.ac.uk/job/DTB032/sen… #criminology

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#CfP: 'Anger, Rage, Resentment as Drivers of Political Identity' - International workshop at University Passau, Germany, March 4-5, 2027. Deadline for abstracts: October 4, 2026. Details and full call here: www.sobi.uni-passau.de/politische-t... #emosoc #sociology #socialtheory

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Anger, Rage, Resentment as Drivers of Political Identity • Universität Passau

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Perfect time to invade Dublin. Every Guard and soldier in the country is in West Clare. Don't tell the Vikings.

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The stupidity would be funny if it didn't have such awful consequences...give these lads a visit if you can to offset this bullshit.

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Véronique Altglas @valtglas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Call for Papers – RC22 Soc. of Religion, ISA World Congress 2027. The sociology of religion's core concepts were largely forged in Euro-American contexts. This session invites papers that put them to the test from non-Euro-American vantage points. isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20... — deadline 14/10.

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Session: Whose Sociology of Religion? Provincialising Core Concepts (XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 4 - 10, 2027))

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Join us in Waterford in May for another fantastic SAI Conference! All the details, including the really interesting #cfp, are in the link below. #sociology #socialtheory #phdchat

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

An awful rattle of 'Kobies' and 'Kobis' about to be conceived in Castlebar in the next few days.... Ireland to return to pre-famine population levels in 2027. Ya head it here first. #Mayo

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Absolutely delighted for Mayo. The cows in Belmullet will explode!?

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This is an important new book on the intersections between emerging technologies and emotional governance. Recommended. #emosoc #sociology

Cover of the book 'Governing Global Emotions: Technology and the New Science of Feeling' by Jessica Pykett

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A very useful text, should be of interest to #emosoc people, and #sociology more generally.

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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 26/06/2026

Lösungen für alle Probleme

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ASEN @asenevents.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

170 people have signed our letter opposing the closure of the MSc in nationalism at the University of Edinburgh so far - can we get to 200 by Monday? asen.ac.uk/edinburgh...

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Reading: New paper from Ian Burkitt in Emotion Review: 'Nostalgia for an Age Yet to Come: Alienation, Neo-Emotions, and Radical Politics in Contemporary Capitalism' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #emosoc #socialtheory #sociology #rn11

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George B. Radics @georgeradics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Join us on June 10th for a very interesting talk! I'll be talking about a chapter in my book Emotional Filipinos. See you there! #sociology @isa-sociology.org #RC58 #emotions #race

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Once you notice bisexual lighting being used, you can not unsee it. This is intentional.

a novel optical illusion is described in which purple structures are perceived as purple at the point of fixation, while the surrounding structures of the same purple color are perceived toward a blue hue

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This table is absolutely chilling - and I stress that this is produced by experts whose job it is to calculate risk, a body not known for exaggeration 3/

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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Whichever of the purple dots you look at turns more purple.

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Just a reminder, please register if interested/coming! #sociology #emosoc

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 29/05/2026

‘Most scoring systems are not really games at all. They are means of reducing the variety and complexity of human experience into a version that is easier to package up and parcel out.’ David Runciman on keeping score. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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David Runciman · Trivial Pursuits: Gamification

Any scoring system can be abused once it gets captured. But the fact remains that a scoring system can also be the most...

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A special #FridayTunes for the weekend before I get a week of annual leave - this is Big Thief doing a wee acoustic session in a field in Ireland last month. It dropped about an hour ago. Sublime. youtu.be/p_38V7fNp34?...

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Big Thief: Outdoor Acoustic Session

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Do consider signing this if you are part of the #IrishResearch ecosystem .

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

ÆRN Workshop: Affect, Emotion, and the Politics of Crisis at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social , with a (hybrid) keynote from the brilliant Deborah Gould (UC Santa Cruz). All welcome! Details and registration here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/affect-emo... #emosoc #sociology #socialtheory

ÆRN KEYNOTE LECTURE. What Now? Affect and the Question of Composition. Professor Deborah Gould, University of California, Santa Cruz. Author of Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS. Date: Wednesday, June 10th. Time: 14.30–16.00. Venue: Maths & Physics Teaching Centre / 0G / 017. ÆRN Affect, Emotion, & the Politics of Crisis Workshop. All Welcome! Hybrid Event. Please Register Here. ÆRN — The Affect and Emotions Research Network at Queen's University Belfast. Organised by Dr Clara Fischer and Dr Jonathan Heaney. Supported by a QUB Faculty Research Initiatives Award and by QUB Illuminate funding.

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 24/05/2026

🔵 Sean Kyne (FG) wins the Galway West byeleciton on the 11th count. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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LIVE: Galway West by-election 2026 count

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 23/05/2026

Labour not giving up the ghost on Helen Ogbu's fate… They believe that alone will they (eventually) accrue healthy transfers from SF, SD, Green, PBP and independent Sheila Garrity (who have 20% of the vote between them), but also – unexpectedly – from FF's Cillian Keane, who's in fourth

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I had the opportunity to read this paper a while ago, and I think it makes a really interesting new contribution to the sociology of emotions. Living Entities Through the Sociological Eye of Emotions. A Research Agenda (Vermot & Milanovic, 2026) link.springer.com/article/10.1... #socemot

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Living Entities Through the Sociological Eye of Emotions. A Research Agenda - The American Sociologist

Humanity’s entanglement with other living entities is undergoing profound ecological, ethical, and emotional transformations. While sociology has increasingly engaged with non-human animals, plants, a...

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404 Media @404media.co · 17/05/2026

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

‘Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.” And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting…’ ~ Poe for #BookWormSat

From The Raven, 1910, illustrated by John Rea Neill.

THE RAVEN
OPEN here I flung
the shutter,
when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the
saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above
my chamber door —
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A different style of #FridayTunes tonight but this is where I am. Powerful version of a Joe Heaney sean nós classic. youtu.be/zdwDsXWh46A?...

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Liam Ó Maonlaí: Amhrán na hEascainne [Song of the Eel; Joe Heaney]

YouTube video by Guardians Of The Flame

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy are my six. And I am ALL six.

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Ellis Monk @ellismonk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

A real honor to have this piece written about my work with the Monk Skin Tone Scale. My hope is that momentum keeps building and we can eventually live in a world where we can expect technology to work for everyone regardless of the color of their skin. current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/live...

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Lives saved by sociologist’s fix for skin tone bias

A two-dollar badge is saving lives in hospitals around the world. The product, groundbreaking but simple, is a scale of colors that reflects a more complete range of human skin tones. Developed by Pro...

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

O’Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies at Melbourne University - applications close 3 July mailchi.mp/68125b86d125...

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2027 O'Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies

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UCU @ QUB @ucuatqub.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Along with the General Secretary of @ucu.org.uk, we stood with colleagues of @ucu-ulster.bsky.social outside @ulsteruni.bsky.social this morning in protest at the shocking plans to make 450+ redundancies.

Members of UCU at Queen’s university Belfast and Ulster university stand outside the Ulster University campus, holding banners, flags and placards.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/05/2026

‘We don’t know what successful money launderers are doing in the present moment. All we do know is what unsuccessful ones have been caught doing in the past.’ John Lanchester on money laundering, online early from the next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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John Lanchester · Squillions: Where’s all the cash?

If it were an industry, money laundering would be the third biggest business in the world, behind commercial property...

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Delighted that this 2019 paper of mine has just hit 100 citations on G Scholar. I don't put much store in metrics like this but it's still a nice personal milestone. Emotion as power: capital & strategy in the field of politics: Journal of Political Power: share.google/wgJblIUp49G1... #socialtheory

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Emotion as power: capital and strategy in the field of politics

Recent work across the social sciences have converged on the issue of emotion. In the vanguard of these advances has been the sociology of emotions, broadly defined, which, in various guises – stru...

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Yeah but for me the Jeff/Jeff storylines never really converge and the emotional payoff around Jeff's suffering and Jeff's isolation feel forced rather than felt. And don't get me started on the treatment of the female Jeffs in the book. I prefer the short stories more anyway, like Good Old Jeff.

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Hitting the road after a wonderful @sociologyireland.bsky.social #SAI26 conference. Really stimulating papers, discussions and chats. 2 great keynotes from Louise Ryan and Marsha Henry, a 'distinguised service' award for Kieran Keohane, an IJS best article awarrd for (a different) Louise Ryan. Phew!

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Absolutely great to see our #SOCQUB PhD students publishing great papers before they submit their thesis. Here is a recent example from Shona Rooney on gendered harrassment on Twitch. #sociology #phdchat journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A busy morning at the first day of the @sociologyireland.bsky.social annual conference, chairing and presenting. The first keynote just about to kick off with Prof Louise Ryan (London Met). 2026 Annual Conference – SAI share.google/821p2X0vvD9x... #SAI26

Louise Ryan and Lisa Smyth before the conference keynote

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I can't make this, unfortunately, but if you are knocking around Belfast on Friday evening this will be well worth attending. CQAF at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's - Séamas O’Reilly/ @seamas.bsky.social in conversation with Garrett Carr. www.seamusheaneycentre.com/Events/Prest...

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8.5.26 CQAF: Prestige Drama by Séamas O’Reilly | Seamus Heaney Centre | Queen's University Belfast

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Absolute ráiméis from the Uisce Eireann representative in this. How could any sane person think that this is an appropriate place for a water treatment site? Bonkers. #Kilkee #SpeirGorm

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A #FridayTunes classic for the day that's in it. An evergreen song from the brilliant Dick Gaughan. youtu.be/r6tGpyay0D4?...

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Dick Gaughan - Handful of Earth

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Jennifer O'Meara @jenniferomeara5.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

These beer mats will be all the local pubs for the bank holiday weekend. #SaveKilkeeCliffWalk #Speirgorm

Beer mat with QR code for Save Kilkee Cliff Walk

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If you can afford a few quid to support the campaign and High Court challenge donate yourself here: Fundraiser for Save Kilkee Cliff Walk by Save Kilkee Cliff Walk : Save Kilkee Cliff Walk share.google/LpjthV8nR3OD...

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Donate to Save Kilkee Cliff Walk, organized by Save Kilkee Cliff Walk

Uisce Eireann are proposing to build a sewage treatment plant on the world recognised… Save Kilkee Cliff Walk needs your support for Save Kilkee Cliff Walk

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Emotions & Society is looking for book reviews (500-750 words). Perhaps yourself or your PhD students might be interested in reviewing one of the titles below? If so, pop Maja an email! #sociology #emosoc #socialtheory @bupjournals.bsky.social @bsa-emotions.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

Emotions and Society is looking for book reviews (500-750 words) of the following titles:
If you are interested in reviewing any of these or would like to suggest a different book for review in the journal, please get in touch with Maja Sawicka, Book Reviews Editor (m.sawicka@is.uw.edu.pl).

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