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Researching and teaching sociology at The University of Manchester since 1964.
Links: https://linktr.ee/UoMSociology
Web: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/sociology
@ethnicityuk.bsky.socialReposted by @uomsociology.bsky.socialJoin us in person (Manchester) or online for Stephen Small's seminar on transnational Black culture in Liverpool next week:
@uomsociology.bsky.socialThanks supervisors @nickthoburn.bsky.social Graeme Kirkpatrick & examiners @post-humanist.bsky.social l & Natasha Schüll.
@uomsociology.bsky.socialCongratulations to Dr Alexandr (Sasha) Lange on his PhD titled 'Algorithmic Dating: Digital Capitalism, Disciplining Queer Desire, & the Neoliberal City’
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/a...
@uomcreativemcr.bsky.socialReposted by @uomsociology.bsky.social📢 Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: A History of Black Theatre, 1827–2025: Celebrating Presence
📅 Until 30 October
📍 Glass Corridor, Samuel Alexander Building. Open to the public 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Faculty of Humanities
@ethnicityuk.bsky.socialReposted by @uomsociology.bsky.socialBOOK LAUNCH: 'Andrea Levy's Novels'
Michael Perfect in conversation with special guests Bill Mayblin & Gary Younge
📅 Tues 3 Nov 2026, 6.45pm–8.30pm
📌 @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
Readings, discussion, Q&A, books!
🎫 Register on Eventbrite
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/andrea-lev...
@uomsociology.bsky.social@uomsociology.bsky.socialToday marks the start of Siobhan O'Neill's research fellowship: 'The Politics of Police Pursuits: State Violence & Anti-Racist Resistance in the UK'. Congratulations Siobhan - here's her linkedin post for more info
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@uomsociology.bsky.social@uomsociology.bsky.socialToday marks the start of @m-latchoumaya.bsky.social's Hallsworth Research Fellowship, which explores the legacies of Indian indenture in the Caribbean across former French and British colonies. Here's Manuela's research profile for more details:
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/m...
@uomsociology.bsky.social@uomsociology.bsky.socialNick Crossley's article 'Music Worlds and Event Networks' published in @culsoc.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the @journals.sagepub.com Prize for Innovation and Excellence. All shortlisted articles are open access - here's Nick's
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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@uomsociology.bsky.social"The reality is you are more likely to be shot dead by someone you know than someone you don’t; most people who are killed by guns kill themselves"
Gary Younge review's Malcolm Gladwell's new book on gun violence in the US (and finds room for improvement)
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
@ethnicityuk.bsky.socialReposted by @uomsociology.bsky.social📝Now #OpenAccess
“‘They've got to make a living’: Alcohol, curry commerce and pragmatic piety on Brick Lane.”
- @seancarey.bsky.social in Anthropology Today:
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@uomsociology.bsky.socialCongratulations to Dr Ashley Collar who passed her viva yesterday - fantastic news!
@wbottero.bsky.social
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@uomsociology.bsky.social🎉Congratulations to Dr Ryan Harries who passed his viva yesterday defending his thesis “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Praxiography of Professionals doing Postmortem Disease among Living People”
@drdjwelch.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
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@ethnicityuk.bsky.socialReposted by @uomsociology.bsky.socialSEMINAR: ‘Transnational Black culture in Liverpool in the final decades of the 20th C: legacies of West Africa in the so-called ‘2nd city of empire’
🗣️ Stephen Small (UC, Berkeley)
📅1-2.30pm Thurs 15 Oct 2026
📌University of Manchester/online
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/20cb3e...
@uomsociology.bsky.socialVACANCY (2 of 2...)
Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’.
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@uomsociology.bsky.socialVACANCY (1 of 2...)
Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with a qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class.
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www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
