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Looking forward to saying a few words at this celebration.

China is ordering its refineries to halt exports. Flows of crude exports from the Gulf to Chinese refineries, which are in turn generate refined products exports, are an essential part of the world economy.

Adam Hanieh's history of global oil, Crude Capitalism, has a good chapter on this.

Introduction: roaming and rooted – migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth This Special Issue examines the intersections of migration, religion, spirituality and the transnational lives of African youth, offering a decolonial and youth-centred perspective on mobility and ...

Delighted to share word of this special issue of @ersjournal.com co-edited by our own Dominic Pasura and colleagues. 'Roaming and Rooted' brings together 11 articles rethinking migration via lived religion/spirituality and African epistemologies across Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa & the UK.

Looks great, will get back to you on the prison course too today.

Season 4 | Episode 12 | The Importance of Sociology Today, with Professor Les Back - Sociology Staffroom The President of the British Sociological Association, Professor Les Back joins Katie in the Sociology Staffroom to discuss his role, his research and t...

Out now on the Sociology Staffroom podcast, @academicdiary.bsky.social discusses his work and his role as this year's @britsoci.bsky.social president.

Thinking Allowed - The demise of Grand Theory? - BBC Sounds Laurie Taylor charts changes in current sociological study with Les Back and Imogen Tyler.

Great episode of Thinking Allowed with two great contributors @academicdiary.bsky.social and @imogentyler.bsky.social. Well worth a listen! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

You are very kind Gerry, as always.
New season of Recovering Community featuring you on its way.

Really enjoyed doing this interview for the Sociology staffroom sociology-staffroom.captivate.fm/episode/seas...

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Love this!

Sharing here a recent interview in Black Histories with our own @nasarmeer.bsky.social

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed - Next on Upcoming episodes of Thinking Allowed

Something to listen to tomorrow, or at a future date: our own @academicdiary.bsky.social and Imogen Tyler on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed: Tuesday 24th February, at 3.30pm, UK time.

brothercornelwest on Instagram: "There is a spiritual sickness so deep! This is just the tip of the iceberg! But the question really becomes not so much to be preoc…" There is a spiritual sickness so deep! This is just the tip of the iceberg! But the question really becomes not so much to be preoccupied with the sickness, but rather how do we talk about regeneration, revitalization, and a renaissance of integrity, honesty, decency, and service to the least of these! #TruthJusticeLove @abbydphillip

Moral decadence and spiritual sickness, Cornel West so right! www.instagram.com/reel/DU9_wcz...

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I don’t usually cross the steams of my academic and musical lives - but just so sickened by the sexual exploitation and misogyny of powerful and degenerate elites and their rotten tech bro empires - Funk the Patriarchy II 8th March, Glad Cafe www.instagram.com/reel/DU-_VWQ...

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Here's a new article from our own @academicdiary.bsky.social, as well as @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and Maisie Tomlinson, which reflects on how we might teach research methods in ways that help foster a ‘demonstrably alive’ sociological craft.

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Prison violence, sound and survival A prize-winning study of the sounds of prison life, and an exploration of victimisation.

This is a fabulous episode of Thinking Allowed with Kate Herrity and Kate Gooch www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, The demise of Grand Theory? Laurie Taylor charts changes in current sociological study with Les Back and Imogen Tyler.

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Just been down to BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow to record an episode of Thinking Allowed with Imogen Tyler on the value of theory with Laurie Taylor - Imogen is so great to listen to.

Magazine Quarterly open-access magazine focusing on key sociological debates via research-informed articles, interviews, A-level sociology educational resources, book reviews and image-makers.

The new Sociological Review Magazine is out. Brilliant interview with Karl von Holdt by political crisis and sociological engagement by Carin Runciman thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/

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Love this Jimmy Reed’s speech at UofG www.instagram.com/reel/DUs0yev...

Love listening Cornel preach sociology… ‘let the ears of the guilty ones tingle with truth’. www.instagram.com/reel/DUR7OnD...

Had a wonderful trip to speak at the Winter Seminar for the Norwegian Sociological Association… lots of serious thinking and ribald fun - Norwegian pop songs sung loudly in the bar late into the night. Freezing though in Storefjell -20 one night!

Remembering dear friend Caspar Melville today who died last year. Caspar and I would take Goldsmiths students on an annual pop music history walks around Soho, London. Sorely missed RIP. A beautiful spirit.

Professor Les Back takes up role of BSA President - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association We are delighted to confirm that Professor Les Back has taken up the role of BSA President, stepping up from Vice President. Many members will know Les’s work and his...

Congratulations to @academicdiary.bsky.social on the @britsoci.bsky.social presidency! We are so thrilled to have such a caring and visionary leader in our community at a time when we need Sociology more than ever! 🎉
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Babylon (1980) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama 1h 35m

I think Franco Rosso’s movie Babylon would be my tip. I think I’ve shown this film almost every year I have been a University teacher. m.imdb.com/title/tt0080...

Oh thanks so much, looking forward visiting. Looks like a wonderful programme and as you say couldn’t be more topical. I hope that what I have prepared will speak to your theme.

Vinterseminaret 2026 – Program, påmelding og praktisk informasjon - Sosiologen Den 6.-8. februar 2026 blir det et stort utvalg gruppesesjoner, keynotes om "rase" og polarisering og foredrag om krigene og konfliktene som splitter oss.

Looking forward to speaking at the Norsk sosiologforening on Friday, trying to make sense of the dark times we’re living through. sosiologen.no/foreningen/f...

Homicides at lowest level in nearly 50 years, ONS statistics show The 499 homicide cases in the year to September were the lowest in England and Wales since 1977.

‘Lawless Britain’ update, in case you missed it. Homcides in England and Wales currently lower than at any point since the 1970s. Knife crime at its lowest level since 2003… Why aren’t we shouting this stuff from the rooftops? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very excited to have this out received a lovely endorsement from Laurie today… such a Diamond.

Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award Winner Announced - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association We are delighted to announce Professor Bridget Fowler (University of Glasgow) is the 2025 winner of the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award. This prestigious award is judged on service...

Wonderful news - Bridget Fowler received the Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award, 2025. es.britsoc.co.uk/distinguishe...

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen has become braver and more radical as he has got older. It’s the way to end a career like Johnny Cash did before him - “Take a stand in this land for the stranger in our midst” www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...