Imagine if all the world's Presidents were as cool as Catherine Connolly. This is her in action at the PEC at QUB today.

The most read articles published in @bupjournals.bsky.social Emotions and Society in 2025 are available to read for free throughout February 2026. See here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/emso... #emosoc

Are there any good #sociologyofemotions podcasts out there? I am new to the field and would love some recommendations #emosoc

Interesting-looking new paper by Yuval on emotions and nationalism! #emosoc #sociology #polisky

#CfP: Special Issue - The Materialities of Populism(s), Journal of Political Power, @liamfarrellphd.bsky.social and Gary Hussey (Eds). Abstract deadline, 30 April 2026. Detail here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #socialthory #sociology #power #polisky

Marx doesn't always nail it, but when he does...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Something that the frenetic comentators and journos really don't seem to get or say enough is what a fucking boring blowhard Trump really is. He is just a bore. Dull, dumb crap relentlessly spewed all over everyone. Blah blah blah...🥱

@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships are now open Applications are welcome across the #humanities and #socialsciences from early career researchers anywhere in the world to come to 🇬🇧 for 2 years The deadline is 11 March www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

New #emosoc book just out by the brilliant Julie Brownlie (Edinburgh). 'A sociology of kindness as everyday enchantment: On making the world go our way' Order for libraries and the like. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165152/

On Monday 19 Jan we’ll be hosting the booklaunch of Veronique Altglas’s new book Judaizing Christianity and Christian Zionism in Northern Ireland. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

#CfP: 'Bridging Emotions: Affect in Overcoming Social and Political Divides', a hybrid workshop, based in Keio University, Tokyo, 16.05.2026, organized by Takemitsu Morikawa and @cvscheve.bsky.social Submission deadline: 15.02.2026 Details: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/soziologie/a... #emosoc #sociology

15 #PhD positions available in several EU countries as part of the #MITIME doctoral training programme on migration, time and urban inequalities. Two available in UCC on the #sociology of migration. migrationtime.eu/phd-positions

In this article, Waldfogel argues that Christmas gift-giving produces substantial economic inefficiency—what economists call “deadweight loss”—

Kate would love our #sociologicalcinema at the QFT - hope to run a few in the new year. #SOCQUB

Steam page is live now! Head to the link in our bio to wishlist #indiedev #pixelart #cozygames #ireland

This is a great read, even if my (increasingly old fashioned?) 'block' towards psychoanalysis (generally, and as it relates to sociology) remains in place.

I found myself drifting down some old Dublin roads while listening to this... #FridayTunes On Sitric Road, Ye Vagabonds, Live at the Lillipit Press Filmed beautifully by @mylesoreilly.bsky.social youtu.be/hk0kPPyYqf8?...

Our "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland c. 1845-1905" Map is at 4,500 interactions already! It is just updated with our first user addition, locating a pensioner in Ballinrooaun, Galway. A Civil War widow's pension was being paid there until 1958! You can view it here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...

Important new paper just out in @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social by Giacomo Lampredi. (An)Aesthetic Emotions: A Pragmatist View of Sensibility Change tinyurl.com/4r7wvmk6 Heard a version of this at the #RN11 conference in August. Giacomo is an exciting voice in #emosoc and #socialtheory right now.

Gillian Rose - a few links for the thirtieth anniversary progressivegeographies.com/2025/12/09/g...

Myles Balfe, UCC, on the sociology of Guns n' Roses, edgework, and tricky albums. #socialtheory

This looks really interesting.... #socialtheory #emosoc

The songs I listened to most this year. Spotify thinks I'm 28 (just a couple of decades out). And I got another message from Tay Tay, my top artist. And bestie. I love that 'She Cleans Up' snuck in here. youtu.be/MtqMEeaeybk?...

I thought...I thought it was over.... Will Teddington ever end?!

My brillaint #SOCQUB colleague @valtglas.bsky.social will be discussing her most recent book in January at the @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social The seminar is 'Judaizing Christianity and Christian Zionism in Northern Ireland', Jan 19th, 16.30-18.00, in-person/online. See: tinyurl.com/263nbwdh #sociology

Really interesting #CfP for a conference at @sns.it in March. Political Emotions in Times of Conflict: Climate, Inequality, and Democracy cidape.eu/news-events/... #emosoc #sociology #sociatheory #polisky

Interesting

Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Interesting new paper on emotional practice in organizations. Castro, V. R., Mendes, L., & Coutinho, M. L. G. (2025). Investigating Emotional Practices in Organizations: A Proposal for an Analytical Framework. International Journal of Qualitative Methods doi.org/10.1177/1609... #sociology #emosoc

My 2023 paper '(Un)Fixing habitus: affective transactions and the becoming body' is just out in the latest volume/issue (26/3) of @distinktionjournal.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3evry2su Some other great #socialtheory in that issue (e.g. Paul Gorby's paper on the biopolitics of fear and Agamben) #emosoc

This recent podcast from @lrb.co.uk gives some good context on the politics of the region (though not the specific election). open.spotify.com/episode/6PtI...

Another interesting election happening now in Chile, which may see the right-wing drift of recent Latin American politics continuing.

Wait, what!? #Coybig

Carrion and Earth www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

There was moment I thought perhaps we had movement here, but the @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strike is on. You can read more about why here: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423... Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp

This is a better link for this #sociology job at TCD. Year Fixed Term Tenure Track, Full time, gender/sexuality specialism. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI055/a...

My @qubcriminology.bsky.social colleague Kevin Hearty has a brilliant new paper out that should be of interest to #emosoc people. ‘One brother would carry another’: #Emotions, political imprisonment, and the prison memoirs of the ‘blanketmen’ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #sociology #polisky

In celebration of our new trillionare, I am going to count to a trillion. See you in about thrity two thousand years... 'Accumulation of wealth at one pole is, therefore, at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole'

Assistant Professor in Environmental #Sociology, Trinity College Dublin. 5 year fixed term tenure track, full time. Closing Date: 12 Noon (Irish Standard Time), 01 December 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH703/a...

#CfP: Turbulence & Transition: The Economic and Social Consequences of Contemporary Global Events in Ireland. Deadline for article submission to the Economic and Social Review is March 27th, 2026. Details below: www.esr.ie/index.php/es... @sociologyireland.bsky.social @carmelhannan.bsky.social

🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨 Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

“Don’t show them anger because then they think we are criminals.” New blog from Emotions and Society author Betül Özkaya 👇 @jonathangheaney.bsky.social #EmoSoc

@jonathangheaney.bsky.social & I organised a film screening & film discussion on #rewilding with @rubyfree.bsky.social & Hugh Marcus @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social yesterday Inspiring #coexistence conversations! See below to win a film poster! #FestivalofSocialScience #SnowLeopardDay 🌳 🌿 🌍🦤🧪🦊📚💙

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

‘An international stabilisation force is not something most Israelis would like to see. The Palestinian Authority playing a role in Gaza is certainly not something this government would want to see. But it's not a matter of those details.’ Robert Malley on the pod podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Catherine Connolly was the first person to end a phone call with 'bye-byebyebyebye-byebye-bye'. #smearthebejaysus #spéirghorm

Some fresh #FridayTunes - this dropped an hour ago on KEPX. One of my favorite songs from Wet Leg's excellent second album 'moisturizer', which came out in July. The full set is great, too. youtu.be/k80nQyBjmyo?...

#CfP: IPSA Research Committee 36 (political power). What is the Future of Political #Power? For APSA 2026 Boston, MA September 3-6. See: powerstudies.org/apsa-2026-bo... #sociology #polisky