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Critical sociology, criminology and anthropology at the University of Glasgow.

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Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 3h
Disability and Work - NfB & MDN Roundtable on a forthcoming Notes from Below Issue Historical Materialism 2026 conference Saturday, 7 Nov, 12:00pm - 1:45pm GMT Check out NfB's previous issues: notesfrombelow.org/issues @marxdisability.bsky.social @notesfrombelow.bsky.social @histmat.bsky.social
Lydia Hughes
Arianna Introna
Ioana Cerasella Chis
Dante Philip
Luke Beesley
James Brittain

This roundtable is co-organised by the Marxism and Disability Network and the Notes from Below Editorial Collective. It brings together the authors and editorial team of an upcoming issue in Notes from Below, on Work and Disability.

The event will give us the opportunity to briefly present some of the insights developed through the process of collaborating on this issue as well as the arguments the authors and editors have put forward in this issue.
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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WHEN COMPANIES RULE: BOOK TOUR Corporate power is scary, but not new. I'll be talking about my new book, tracing its history from the East India Company to Amazon, and what we can do about it today. Sign up here: www.maha-rafi-atal.com/when-compani... Want me to come to your city? Get in touch!
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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I can’t recommend this book highly enough - The PhD Handbook by Rosie Doyle and Fraser Robertson . It’s a fantastic resource and companion for any PhD student in any field. thesociologicalreview.org/reviews/the-...
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The PhD Handbook by Rosie Doyle and Fraser Robertson
Rosie Doyle and Fraser Robertson reveal the skills of academic life, from power poses to body language in the viva. Les Back reviews The PhD Handbook.
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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Every month is Black History month on sacred ground in Rottenrow where James McCune Smith did his research with Scottish working class women at Lock Hospital which resulted in the first academic paper published by an African American.
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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Very sad news yesterday that BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed is to come off the air. Laurie Taylor has done an incredible service to us all by giving sociological ideas a space to be heard. This is a lovely conversation with him thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/may...
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Laurie Taylor in conversation: A life that celebrates ‘the drunkenness of things being various’
Laurie Taylor talks to Les Back about life as a sociologist of crime and deviance, his long career as a broadcaster and the value of sociology today.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 08/10/2026
Connect with contemporary public sociology, research and critical social thought! Get updates on our events, podcasts, magazine, book reviews, fiction and visual sociology, plus the latest research, open-access articles and opportunities from the journal. 👉 Subscribe buff.ly/jm0Tk4n #AcademicSky
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Word is already getting around, but news this good can't be over-shared: all of Stuart Hall's notebooks have been digitized and archived (in AI-proof form). Kudos and thanks to all those who have helped make this possible. Isn't there an emoji for 'Free Treasure. Please Help Yourself'!?
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Stuart Hall Archiving Project
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
1/ Britain’s party leaders made good use of the thesaurus this season to avoid the word racism. I counted division, hatred, extremism, toxicity, fear, prejudice, grievance, questioning identity or the far right. Anything, apparently, except *that*!
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Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org · 07/10/2026
From the Archive: Roberta Sassatelli, 'Interview with Laura Mulvey: Gender, Gaze and Technology in Film Culture' - reconstructs Mulvey’s work, from her essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ to her reflections on male gaze and visual culture. (2011) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Dr Kirstie Ken English (they/them) @kenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Had a great time at the Arts Lab Showcase representing the Glasgow Lab for Intersex, Non-binary and Trans Studies. Was great fun working the stall with @echomikeromeo.bsky.social & @notrightruth.bsky.social ✨
Sam, Ruth & Kirstie Ken in front of the GLINTS stallThe GLINTS stall with a range of zines and books on it and a trans pride flag in front
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 06/10/2026
Book launch: Reimagining Menopause. Join the editors and authors of The Sociological Review Monograph Reimagining Menopause, a bold collection that moves beyond narrow debates. 📅 Thursday 15 October 2026 🕑 5pm – 6.30pm (UK) 📍 Online webinar Register now: buff.ly/wT4VPqa @lsemedia.bsky.social
Book launch - online
Reimagining menopause 
Join the editors and authors of The Sociological Review Monograph Reimagining Menopause. This bold and timely collection moves beyond narrow debates to offer an inclusive, creative look at menopause through research, artivism and performance. 
Thursday 15 October 2026                         5pm-6.30pm                                                  Online webinar                                                          Open to all                                                         Register at: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/events                           Cover illustration: Emma Franks          Read more at thesociologicalreview.org
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
'Religification, racialization and romantic partners' New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Tahseen Shams Read the blog post ⬇️ identitiesjournal.co... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
SCCJR's Michele Burman gave an interview to 1919 Magazine this week on 'Violence against women: weaponising the legal system' on concerns over abusers using the civil courts to continue to control and terrorise women 👉 1919magazine.co.uk/october2026/...
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 06/10/2026
“It’s like living in the middle stairwell – not reaching the next floor but not remaining on the one below.” Arab migrant women in Istanbul are no longer the people they were back home, yet not fully recognised in their new community, says Neveen Aboueldahab. buff.ly/EgDAnXS #Migration #Sociology
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨Applications close this week for our Artist Development Programme! 📅 Applications close 8 October Find out more and apply: www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/g…
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To mark #BlackHistoryMonth, #Identities is offering #FreeAccess to our curated article collection illuminating Black histories and lived experiences. Read our Black History Month Special Collection: www.tandfonline.com/... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Register for our next #IdentitiesEvent! Still Whitewashing Britain: Race, Class and the UK Citizenship Test 18 Nov, Online With Dr Anna Tuckett, Chaired by @aaronwinter.bsky.social In collaboration w/ @lancasteruni.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk... @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How were empires made? This week's selection of titles explores the economic, political and technological systems that underpinned imperial power, alongside the cultural, social and intellectual frameworks that helped legitimise and sustain it. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/10...
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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Glasgow 21st November 3-5.30pm The Doublet presents 'Pubs for the People' and an afternoon discussion about how pubs help us understand the nation over a few pints. Meet authors Sivamohan Valluvan and Amit Singh in conversation with Les Back www.eventbrite.com/e/pubs-for-t...
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Pubs for the people
The fight for the pint and the nation By Sivamohan Vall! Book Launch!
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New issue from #Identities, out now! Vol 32 No 5 Explore the issue: www.tandfonline.com/... #LatestIssue @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Will be hosting a discussion about Stuart Hall’s life and jazz, along with a showing of The Stuart Hall Project film, with a live performance of Miles Davis music by the Nu Civilisation Orchestra - tickets available now at the Union Chapel, London 9th November unionchapel.org.uk/whats-on/nu-...
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Union Chapel
Union Chapel is a church, live entertainment venue and charity drop-in centre for the homeless in Islington, London, England. Built in the late 19th century in the Gothic revival style, the church is ...
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Matthew Waites (he or they) @matthewwaites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UCU - UCU condemns Turkish state crackdown on LGBTQ+ people and civil society www.ucu.org.uk/article/1467...
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UCU condemns Turkish state crackdown on LGBTQ+ people and civil society
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brilliant to see this. Congratulations to @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social and co-authors.
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you don't have a copy of this yet... get one!
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Join us on the 20th Oct, 6-7.30 pm, in the Adam Smith Bldg, Rm 492 for a lecture by Prof. Stephen Small (University of California, Berkeley): 'Transnational Black culture in Liverpool in the final decades of the twentieth century: legacies of West Africa in so-called ‘the second city of empire’.
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Delighted to announce that the latest Racial Justice Lecture will be given by @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social, on Wed 21st Oct from 19.00. The lecture will ask: 'How do sports videogames contribute to the reproduction of racial and gendered stereotypes in late modern Britain'? Book a place below.
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our latest Sociological & Cultural Studies blog is now available. In 'Welcome to Glasgow’s four corners' @susanabatchelor.bsky.social considers the way in which certain urban spaces - and those who frequent them - come to be constructed as problematic.
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Welcome to Glasgow’s four corners: making a ‘problem’ place.
Susan Batchelor considers the way in which certain urban spaces - and those who frequent them - come to be constructed as problematic.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 30/09/2026
“Novels and poems present #Menopause as a lived experience, not something to be treated by doctors.” In her poem, Jennifer Takhar @univcotedazur.bsky.social explores how “hot-flush lit” celebrates menopausal bodies and pushes for recognition rather than #Stigma. buff.ly/kQvWNPL #FeministLit
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our own Isaac Hoff will be speaking at this forthcoming event, discussing how ideas of crisis and (non)ending get mediated and shared. Register to attend at the link below.
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Virtual Dialogues - Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Times and Moods of Crisis (2), 15 October 2026
This is the second webinar in the Virtual Dialogues series centred on the newly released book Global Cooperation in Times of Crisis: Grasping the Changing Mood...
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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is going to be a great event if you are in London on 23rd October. Early bird tickets available.
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A chance for sociologists, art historians and theorists to exchange perspectives on the aesthetic – book now for ‘The Aesthetic and Culture in the Arts’, a free Arts Postgraduate Research symposium, 7 October, University of Edinburgh. Keynote speaker, Dr Liliana Riga. tinyurl.com/y26mdnft
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you’re around London on the 4th October, join our Neil Davidson postdoctoral fellow Nikhil Mathew, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social, and other speakers to commemorate the defeat of the fascists at Cable Street and to plan for defeating them again.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 25/09/2026
“Public sociology can redistribute expertise, create dialogue and change the very institutions it studies.” The winners of the Sociological Review Foundation’s 2026 Public Sociology Awards explain what inspires their work and why sociology belongs in the wider world. buff.ly/3NaI5GP #Sociology
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Pedagogies of the home and #migrant young people’s educational experiences in post-#Brexit Britain' by Marta Moskal New from #Identities, with #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social #migration
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 26/09/2026
Powerpose? Leanin? Or bare your vulnerability? @lsemedia.bsky.social #feminist Shani Orgad discusses the imperatives to be #confident and #vulnerable - their costs, stakes, and unequal distribution. #Tunein for more, including on #Foucault #Precarity and TV’s #TheBear buff.ly/2XooG9z
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And here's the link to the article...
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The affective politics of planning: Longing for Gadjo-than Rome (1994–2017)
Addressing the rise of “late fascism,” this article places affective politics squarely into the study of urban planning. Focusing on Rome’s municipal plans to house Romani families in segregated ca...
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Out now, from our own @giopicker.bsky.social...
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brilliant to see this … spread the word!
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Matthew Waites (he or they) @matthewwaites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great to see this first article published from my former PhD student Dr Congwei Zheng, on gay men in China engaging with parenting via surrogacy @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Beyond Choice: Constrained Navigation of Surrogacy Destinations Among Chinese Gay Men
This article examines how Chinese gay men navigate surrogacy destinations under conditions of legal complexity, unequal resources and limited recognition of gay parenthood. Drawing on qualitative int...
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Brendan McGeever @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'll be speaking at this colloquium tomorrow on antisemitism and anti-racism at the National Assembly in Paris, organised by @deputeeobono.bsky.social and @gabriellecthl.bsky.social of La France Insoumise. (1/3)
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You can get 20% off my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, from bookshop.org and help support independent bookshops!
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're thrilled to be able to support six new early-career research Fellowships thanks to funding from the Wolfson Foundation. Applications open 21 October. Find out more: bit.ly/47fu2b0
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The British Academy and Wolfson Foundation launch new search for exceptional early-career researchers as funding confirmed for new Fellowships
The British Academy is delighted to announce another round of funding from the Wolfson Foundation for early career research fellowships in the humanities and social sciences.
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Have you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog? '#Race, #gender and the city' by Mélodine Sommier Read the blog post ⬇️ identitiesjournal.co... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social @m3lodine.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sign up below for this online workshop, the first in a new series organised by the Gambling Harms Research UK Centre. Prof. Joht Singh Chandan (Oxford) will be asking what an equitable public health approach to gambling harms might look like, and how it can be developed.
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Building an equitable public health approach to gambling harms
Insight into an interdisciplinary collaboration spanning public health, law, data science, outcome methodology and lived experience.
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Matthew Waites (he or they) @matthewwaites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Valuable online gathering on Friday to address the escalated state repression of #LGBTI+ in Turkey via @isanet.bsky.social
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 22/09/2026
Doors open easily for a select few, but for many they stay firmly closed, write Iris Pissaride and @juliettephd.bsky.social. Our September magazine explores the barriers people encounter and the collective ways they challenge, negotiate and push back. buff.ly/dSgSTpL #Sociology #PublicSociology
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Next #IdentitiesEvent! 'Working to Breaking Point: Una Marson’s Broadcasting Career at the BBC' With Dr Anthony Frampton and Yvette Rowe In collaboration with University of Glasgow Media, Culture & Society www.eventbrite.co.uk... #BlackHistoryMonth @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very important session on the sociology of education - needs to be constantly restated why this field matters and the machine where differences that make a difference are manufactured.
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Are you a UK-based humanities and social sciences researcher interested in applying for an ERC Starting Grant? Join our webinar next week to learn more about the call and gain practical insights to help strengthen your proposal. Learn more: bit.ly/4eGHg5B
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'Navigating the city, negotiating #whiteness: white women’s experiences in and perceptions of Bordeaux (France)' New from #Identities, by Mélodine Sommier With #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/1070... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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