2021 events

'Pick up your shit!’: waste, civic activism, and the moral bordering of public space.

Wednesday 24 November 2021

In her analysis of discourteous uses of public spaces in Paris, Dr Carrie Benjamin considers the discourse surrounding incivility and local associations' role in trying to establish a spatial and moral community that protects against these perceived security issues.

Virtual workshop Session on the WRDTP Studentships for all interested students

Thursday 18 November 2021

Virtual workshop, ran by the White Rose Social Sciences DTP, for all students interested in completing a PHD in the Social Sciences.

Making Melancholia: Remembering the Empire and Unsettling the Nation during the First World War Centenary

Wednesday 17 November 2021

This talk explores the £50 million memory-making project ran by the British state about the First World War. Dr Meghan Tinsley considers how this project re-centred metropolitan Britain and rewrote empire as multiculturalism.

Virtual workshop Session on the WRDTP Studentships for Black British Students

Tuesday 16 November 2021

Virtual workshop, ran in collaboration with the Stuart Hall Foundation and the White Rose Social Sciences DTP, for black British students interested in completing a PHD in the Social Sciences.

After Grenfell: Accumulation, debris and urban change in London

Wednesday 10 November 2021

This event, ran by Dr Constance Smith from the University of Manchester, explores the ambiguous afterlife of Grenfell Tower; considering what kind of future may occur at the site and how this impacts politics of presence and absence.

Navigating Religious and Gender Normativities and Identities in Mexico City

Wednesday 3 November 2021

Dr Isaac Ali Siles explores the production and experience of masculinities among Mormon men in the contemporary context of Mexico City.

Brexit and Personal Relationships

Wednesday 27 October 2021

Dr Katherine Davies provides a sociological framing to the lived experiences of families navigating their experience of Brexit and the divisions it causes.

Department of Sociology seminar series: "I tried to find the answer at the bottom of a bottle": understanding drinking practices and transitions during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Wednesday 20 October 2021

Emily Nicholls considers the ways in which the COVID-19 lockdown altered our relationship with alcohol.

Department of Sociology seminar series: the status and relevance of genre in contemporary music cultures and for music sociology

Wednesday 6 October 2021

Join Dr Raphaël Nowak as he makes the cases for musical genres as a cultural category.

CURB Summer term webinars 2: The limits to Urban Revolution: The Transformation of Ankara, Turkey, under the Justice and Development Party

Wednesday 2 June 2021

Dr Mustafa Kemal Bayırbağ, Dr Seth Schindler and Dr Mehmet Penpecioğlu discuss how contemporary capitalism reshapes urban geographies, focusing on Turkey and the city of Ankara.

CURB Summer term webinars 1: Controlling the capital city: Understanding strategies for the pursuit of urban dominance

Wednesday 12 May 2021

Tom Goodfellow and David Jackman discuss the crucial role capital cities play in the production of dominance and the politics of maintaining it, as well as being sites of popular resistance.