SEMINAR: Denaturalisation & Modernity: Drugs & Racial Capitalism Anne Pollock (KCL) 📅1-2.30pm Thurs 19 Feb 📌Manchester/online All welcome @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/940a34...

The new issue of SAQ is out, featuring my article on Roma workers and the disciplining of labour under Czech racial capitalism: read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...

Join us on the 26th March!

Applications for our trustees vacancies close at 11.59pm on Sunday 15th February.

‘Knowing Yesterday, Shaping Tomorrow: The Lou Kushnick Memorial Lecture’ 🗣️Professor Abdul Alkalimat 📅4–7pm, Thursday 12 March 2026 📌Manchester Central Library Organised by @aiucentre.bsky.social in partnership with The University of Manchester www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/knowing-ye...

VACANCY (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. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

VACANCY (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’. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

📝New article: “‘They've got to make a living’: Alcohol, curry commerce & pragmatic piety on Brick Lane.” - @seancarey.bsky.social latest article in Anthropology Today: how curry house owners balance their faith with commercial pressures to serve alcohol doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Still time to register for our annual lecture this Thursday: Bridget Anderson shares her research on migration and citizenship 👇🏾

📚In the latest issue of Race & Class, Siobhan O’Neill looks at an under-researched aspect of state violence: police pursuits. According to the IOPC, in the last ten years there have been 299 police-related road traffic fatalities in England and Wales. irr.org.uk/article/pion...

Exploring Diaspora Dreams and Everyday Life in the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre Education Trust Archive. Online free seminar via Teams, booking essential on Eventbrite: https://ow.ly/Ni3W50Y4i4s

We have some CoDE family news! Dharmi Kapadia is our new Director (& our outgoing Director, @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social is our new Deputy Director) @uomsociology.bsky.social www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/d...

NEW ARTICLE Methodological assumptions & limitations of life expectancy estimates for minoritised ethnic groups in the UK By Taylor, Stopforth, Kapadia, Nazroo, White & Bécares www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"An individual may resist, but resistance is collective" Gary Younge on what we can learn from the life of Colette Colvin @uomhums.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The BFI and Stuart Hall Foundation present a look back on Hall's impact in media, screening TV programmes he developed with CARM and the Commission for Racial Equality, followed by a panel discussion. 📅 Wed 18 Feb, 6.10pm 📍 NFT3, BFI Southbank 🎟️ £6.50, on sale The 26 Jan, 12pm

University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026: ‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration & Citizenship’ Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol) 📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 (followed by drinks reception) All welcome! @britsoci.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-bor...

University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026: ‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship’ Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol) 📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/university...

SEMINAR: Denaturalisation & Modernity: Drugs & Racial Capitalism Anne Pollock (KCL) 📅1-2.30pm Thurs 19 Feb 📌Manchester/online All welcome @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/940a34...

🎧Listen to @meghanetinsley.bsky.social discussing the ethics of researching the far right on the latest episode of the #EthicsUnboxed podcast @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Dharmi Kapadia comments in this piece on the barriers faced by people from minority ethnic groups as they seek help for gambling addiction. @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/i-didn...

Are you an early career researcher in the arts & humanities with bold ideas? Apply for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship through @uomhums.bsky.social and join a world-class research community. More information: www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun... @ukri.org

CoDE SEMINAR: 'I’m Just a Large Language Model, Please Excuse Me for Being Racist: Racial Inequalities Manifested in Generative Artificial Intelligence' 🗣️Dhiraj Murthy 📅12.30-2pm [UPDATED START TIME], 11 Dec 2025 📍Uni of Manchester & online events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

Our panel event: 5pm today at Uni of Manchester gcnchambers.co.uk/event/reflec... Feat. Jade Akoum, David Conn, Dr Patrick Williams, Pete Weatherby KC, Prof Eithne Quinn @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @ethnicityuk.bsky.social @gcnchambers.bsky.social @uomlaw.bsky.social

REMINDER: our next seminar is from Ulla McKnight, who will be sharing her research on racialised health inequalities. You can join us in person or online, 1pm Thurs 20 Nov 👇🏾

#ERSBookSymposium 📕 What is antiracism, how should it be done, and what are its aims? Brett St Louis @ethnicityuk.bsky.social engages with John Solomos's #Antiracism, exploring the plurality of antiracisms and how to build alliances. @politybooks.bsky.social Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Still time to book for this event in Leicester on Friday on language policing and the right to satire 👇🏾

1 WEEK: Reflecting on Manchester Criminal Prosecutions 📅 17 Nov, 5pm 📍Sam Alex Building Book: https://ow.ly/ibxU50Xe7zX University of Manchester School of Social Sciences School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomlaw.bsky.social CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity Garden Court Chambers

@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

January 2026 special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly (Duke UP) edited by Sarah Bufkin & Ida Danewid theorises racial capitalism in (post)imperial Europe. My contribution discusses the relationship between racialisation of Roma through workfare & debtfare, and high industrial employment in Czechia

@meghanetinsley.bsky.social comments on the importance of representation in memorials in this article about delays to a proposed Muslim war memorial by @weronikas.bsky.social in @hyphenonline.com @uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social hyphenonline.com/2025/11/05/m...

New article from Siobhan O'Neill 📝Understanding UK state violence and resistance in police pursuit killings Out now in @irrnews.bsky.social Race & Class journal @uomsociology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0306...

New article from Siobhan O'Neill 📝Understanding UK state violence and resistance in police pursuit killings Out now in @irrnews.bsky.social Race & Class journal @uomsociology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0306...

🏠 Decent Homes for all 📅 9.45-1pm Fri 21 Nov 2025 📌 Ascension Church Hulme Exploring progress so far, & next steps in, providing good quality, safe, affordable and secure homes for Manchester residents. @ndenoronha.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decent-hom...

SEMINAR: Addressing racialised health inequalities in Sexual health care by using race as a marker of vulnerability to Trichomonas vaginalis infection – what could possibly go wrong? 🗣️Ulla McKnight (Sussex) 📅1-2.30pm, Thurs 20 Nov 2025 📌Manchester/online events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

Join us for this panel event exploring Manchester criminal prosecutions by focusing on the experiences of Jade Akoum, whose brother Yousef Makki was killed in 2019 aged 17. Free - all welcome.

🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship: 'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📝Leading Bangladesh’s government colleges toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 4: principal and vice-principal perspectives - Subrata Kumar Mallick on how college leaders put SDG4 (inclusive/equitable education) into practice in their work www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fully funded PhD opportunity Centring older ethnically minoritised residents' experiences in N Manchester to create more resilient communities Apply by 14 Nov Working with Camilla Lewis @tinebuffel.bsky.social @muarg.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

NEW: Reflecting on Manchester Criminal Prosecutions 📅 17 Nov, 5pm 📍Sam Alex Building Book: https://ow.ly/ibxU50Xe7zX University of Manchester School of Social Sciences School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomlaw.bsky.social CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity Garden Court Chambers

Introduced by @duncanivison.bsky.social, last night Professor of Sociology Gary Younge delivered the inaugural @faberbooks.bsky.social lecture as part of @mcrlitfest.bsky.social It was presented in partnership w/ @ethnicityuk.bsky.social and chaired by Prof Claire Alexander of @uomsoss.bsky.social

📢We have just released a few more tickets for Gary Younge's Faber lecture this Thursday evening 👇🏾 @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @socialresponuom.bsky.social @ethnicityuk.bsky.social

“Courage, vision, planning & fearless work”: the Congress Lives On. 📅 Mon 3 Nov | Manchester Central Library With Gary Younge, Young Identity & Shirley May. Reflection, resistance & creativity to honour Black histories & the 1945 Pan-African Congress. ✊🏾

Just a few days remain to enter this year's Stuart Hall Essay Prize, open until 5pm GMT on Monday November 3, 2025. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, the prize invites new and unpublished writing that connects with Hall’s ideas and impacts broad public discourse.

FABER LECTURE: Pigeonholed: Creative freedom as an act of resistance - Gary Younge 📅 Thurs 16 Oct 2025 7pm 📍Friends’ Meeting House, Manchester 🎫Tickets & more info on Faber website @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social www.faber.co.uk/product/uom-...

📝Not white, not seen: study uncovers France’s racial blind spot New research from @m-latchoumaya.bsky.social writing in @ersjournal.com @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s...

🔗Read more about the story here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s... @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social

Early Career Researcher Network meeting: 🗣 Activism & Academia (followed by 'Pigeonholed', Faber lecture by Gary Younge) 📆Thurs 16 Oct 2025 Manchester www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/activism-a...

Call for papers: 'On the body' conference 7 Nov, Uni of Dundee Race & racialisation in medicine and humanities. More info 👇🏾 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

“A flag doesn’t hold any inherent meaning – it’s about why you put it up and what’s behind it.” Bridget Byrne comments on the recent increase in St George's flags @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/life-style/e...

EVENT: Collaborative Café: Conversations on Racism 📆 12-4:30pm,Thurs 11 Sept 2025 📍Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool Dialogue & discussions on racism & intersectionality. Organised by Dr Niroshan Ramachandran. @uomsociology.bsky.social events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...