Author Archives: Jason Hughes

Hi Folks A quick note to apologise for the many spam messages and emails subscribers to this blog have recently received. It looks like the WordPress site was hacked. I’ve done what I can to stop this and, for the … Continue reading →

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I’m delighted to announce the publication by Routledge of Climate Change, Moral Panics and Civilization, by Amanda Rohloff, edited by André Saramago. Full details of the book here. The book’s author, Mandy Rohloff, will be known to many in the figurational … Continue reading →

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There are two funded PhD positions in the School of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester. One is a Graduate Research Assistantship and the other a Graduate Teaching Assistant post. Full details here: https://www2.le.ac.uk/research-degrees/funding/ssah Closing Date: 20th April 2018 … Continue reading →

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It is my great sadness to inform the readers of this blog that Professor Andy Furlong of the University of Glasgow died aged 60 on Monday 30th January. Andy was a student in the Department of Sociology at the University … Continue reading →

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I’m pleased to announce that booking is now open for the Symposium in Honour of Professor Eric Dunning on the 4th March 2017. Please click here: http://shop.le.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/leicester-conferences/sociology/symposium-in-honour-of-professor-eric-dunning Booking should be pretty straightforward. But please be sure to select the right package. … Continue reading →

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With the support of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) – (CAPES/BRA), in 2016 the International Symposium ‘Civilising Processes’ reaches it sixteenth edition with the expectation of guaranteeing the … Continue reading →

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Dear Colleagues, Some of you may be interested in this track which is part of the European Group for Organization Studies conference which will be held in Naples in 2016. See below the call for papers and the link to … Continue reading →

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Below is a call for papers for one of the sessions at the forthcoming ISA RC33 Conference to be held at the University of Leicester, 11th–16th September, 2016. The full list of session plus further details of the conference (including … Continue reading →

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University College Dublin, 7–8 January 2016 On 7–8 January 2016, the School of Sociology, UCD, will hold a conference to honour the major contribution that Stephen Mennell has made to the discipline of sociology. Stephen who is now Emeritus, was … Continue reading →

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On 7-8 January 2016, the School of Sociology, UCD, will hold a conference to honour the major contribution that Stephen Mennell has made to the discipline of sociology. Stephen who is now Emeritus, was a Professor at UCD from 1993 … Continue reading →

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