Here's something to get us through the middle of the week... a lovely reflection on the life and music of Ray Charles from our own @academicdiary.bsky.social

Then and Now: Re-membering Scottish BME Works and Lives // An exhibition celebrating the culture, heritage, and contributions of BME communities in Scotland - reclaiming narratives and shining a light on stories that shape our society. Part of @blackhistorymonth.org.uk

Still space to join online today at 1pm! 👇🏾https://bsky.app/profile/identitiesjournal.bsky.social/post/3lzfwuqakn427

There's sure to be some fascinating, thought-provoking work on these lists....

Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková and Eva Soares Moura explore the plans made in old age and how older adults relate to the idea of planning in the context of the shortening time perspective. @iss.fsv.cuni.cz‬ Read their SRO Sage Prize nominated paper now. doi.org/10.1177/1360...

A reminder that it's not too late to register to hear Professor David Garland (NYU) talk about his latest book, 'Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment' at this online seminar tomorrow (Wed 24th September, 4pm uk time). Register at Eventbrite, below...

Looking for something new to listen to…? Problem solved!

Hard to pass up this opportunity!

Check out this new podcast for ECRs - I’m proud to have been one of the guests on episode 3, where we talk about the importance of networks and mentors, and where to find them!

The latest entry in our Sociological & Cultural Studies blog has just been published. In ‘Books, Podcasts and the Value of Combining Them’, our own Matt Dawson reflects on why he chose to become a presenter with the New Books Network podcast series, and what he has learned from doing this work.

This is wonderful! Let’s start a campaign to replace Personal Development Reviews with Pigeon Drawings Received!

Brilliant resources for teaching and thinking on a huge range of topics from the Uncommon Sense Podacast and @thesociologicalreview.org. With contributions from our own @academicdiary.bsky.social and @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social

Govan Community Project are hosting a comedy night to raise funds for their excellent work - it takes places at The Stand Comedy Club on the 8th October. Details below...

Join us for our Autumn #IdentitiesEvents Series! Register online: www.eventbrite.com/c...#IdentitiesEvents @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social

Here's a chance to hear Prof. David Garland speaking as part of @thesccjr.bsky.social Social Penalities Across Boundaries Workshop Series. Book yourself a place at the Eventbrite link below.

Spread the word: Stuart Hall essay prize now open…

A new issue of The British Journal of Sociology is out now! Find our latest articles in the #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/oNaSQsN @lsesociology.bsky.social

It might need a trip to Manchester, but here's a great chance for early career researchers of race, racism and ethnicity to meet with Gary Younge for this @ethnicityuk.bsky.social organised workshop on activism and academia - taking place on Thursday 16th October.

How are communities excluded from the affordances of digital technologies, and what can be done to tackle that exclusion? Our colleague Bridgette Wessels is part of a Scottish Government funded project exploring these questions - findings from that research have just been published in this report.

Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships close soon. Open to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences, the scheme supports completing a major research project and gaining university work experience. Apply now: buff.ly/McS8lRk

Are you a cultural theorist who is looking for postdoctoral research project? Research Ireland have a funding scheme opening. If you are interested in the politics of popular culture and intersectional theory, drop me an email at [email protected]

Have you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog? 'Halal labelling in the digital age' by Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati Read the blog post ⬇️ identitiesjournal.co...#IdentitiesBlog? @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Great to see the Live Methods special section in issue form!

A reminder about this forthcoming event from @identitiesjournal.bsky.social in collaboration with Glasgow Media, Culture & Society. Still time to register...

2/ And here's a second new publication from Blair which explores the practical and symbolic significance of English proficiency for Roma migrants navigating and challenging exclusions in relation to public life in Scotland.

1/ We're pleased to share news of two new publications from our colleague Blair Biggar. The first explores the powerful role played by documents in the bureaucratic processes that make or deny the status of the 'citizen', with a focus on the experiences of Roma migrants in Scotland.

Here's a funding opportunity that might be of interest to postdoctoral colleagues - open now with a deadline of November 5th.

Some intriguing and fascinating contributions amongst this year's nominees to this @bsaecf.bsky.social prize.

Our latest Sociological and Cultural Studies blog has just been published. In it Kassandra Moosbrugger invites us to think about different ways of moving through the city and the barriers that might shape access to those possibilities.

Out now: a new review essay from our colleague Janos Mark Szakolczai, published in @crimemediaculture.bsky.social, which considers toxic masculinities, the manosphere, and radicalization.

Here's something a bit special and a bit different - with thanks to @awtsn.bsky.social for facilitating these exciting engagements, and featuring @mindyptolomey.bsky.social, @academicdiary.bsky.social, @kenglish.bsky.social, @erdemavsar.bsky.social, @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social and more...

2/ And the second, drawing on ethnographic research, sheds light on the consequences of radical-right parties in power at the local level.

1/ We're delighted to announce two new publications from our colleague Elisa Belle. The first explores the role of humour in the reproduction of power and gender hierarchies within a far-right party....

Registration is now open for this online event from @identitiesjournal.bsky.social in collaboration with colleagues from the Glasgow Media Group. With contributions from @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social, @marcusjmaloney.bsky.social, Anika Leslie-Walker and @catherinehapper.bsky.social.

New in the Journal of Poverty & Social Justice: our colleague @drsoapsub.bsky.social and @annieirvine.bsky.social use qualitative analysis to question a narrow, medicalised framing of 'work capability', disclosing instead the broader range of structural factors that block access to fulfilling work.

3 year Research Associate post at the University of Glasgow working on the evaluation of #CommunityWealthBuilding, working with myself and colleagues at Glasgow Caledonian and Lancaster now advertised here www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... (now advertised for external candidates too).

Not a lot of time left, but here's a chance for those working on the lived effects of social and economic precarity to propose a paper for this special issue....

Newly published by our colleague Kenneth Ward, this essay discusses the subversive and humanist poetics of Czech filmmaker Karel Kachyňa.

If you know someone who might be interested in taking part, please do take a moment to pass the word about this creative storytelling competition which is being run by our colleague Kassandra Moosbrugger.

@kenglish.bsky.social is running these training sessions next month; they are free to attend for all UofG staff & students.

Here's a new, open access paper from our colleague Lucy Pickering and @drhelenkara.bsky.social, reflecting on the problems with existing processes for managing research ethics, and suggesting how such systems could be improved. #researchethics

It’s not too late to get abstracts in for the BSA conference next year…

The August issue of Sociology is now out! Find articles on neo-villeiny in the fitness industry, intensive motherhood, racial-colonial literacy and more below. journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOC/59/4

🚨 Call for papers! Together with the Crimmigration Control International Network of Studies (CINETS), we're preparing for the bi-annual conference in Leiden, the Netherlands. To submit case studies, research, analyses and artistic methodologies ➡️ www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

Thinking about the possibility of setting up a sociologically informed podcast? Here's a chance to get some guidance about how best to go about doing that, thanks to @thesociologicalreview.org

#CFP 📝 Our 'Interdisciplinary perspectives on empire, colonialism, and anticolonialism' event on 17 October 2025 will bring into dialogue different perspectives of the subject across the arts, humanities and social sciences Find out more and submit a paper by 30 August buff.ly/Avy8Okl

For anyone interested in thinking about how we might bring together the literary and sociological imaginations, here's something special from @theoryculturesociety.org: a reprint of a striking sociological fairy tale from Georg Simmel.

Here's a chance for early career scholars and researchers to share insights from their work with a wider audience, under the auspices of the @thesociologicalreview.org magazine.

Here's a chance to hear our own @dominicmhinde.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Drifting North' in lovely Wigtown at the end of this month... (and some other excellent colleagues are talking there as well!)

#ICYMI: How is “free speech” abused and misunderstood? What’s up with #debateme culture? And what happens when powerful people claim they “can’t say anything anymore”? Hear sociologist of the far right @aaronwinter.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social on this and more. buff.ly/v1CumW2