Each month #UncommonSense asks guests to introduce a thinker who gives them a fresh perspective. In our latest episode on #community Kirsteen Paton @uofgsps celebrates Sivanandan’s “Communties of Resistance” @versobooks Institute of Race Relations → buff.ly/3y0sjbO

Adding my voice to opposing redundancies in Uk HE - I think there is a closing of minds across the sector that’s a profound threat to the value of education timeshighereducation.com/news/goldsmith…

A piece that I did for The Conversation Africa about the poor controls on covert human intelligence surveillance in South Africa UofG Social Sciences South Africa is trying to put a stop to the abuse of its intelligence agencies - what still needs fixing theconversation.com/south-africa-i… via The Conversation Africa

If you’re interested, you can follow Glasgow Housing Struggles Archive on Instagram: instagram.com/glasgow_housin…

⌛ Two days left to apply to this internship for University of Glasgow PGR students! YouthComplex is looking for a Research Intern to work on a “retrospective investigation” to help prepare for their 30th Anniversary celebration. 👉 Apply by Fri, 2 Aug at glasgow.targetconnect.net/leap/jobs.html….

James Baldwin with Amiri Baraka

James Baldwin with Miles Davis

Interviewed on The Nine about the role of social media in UK riots drpauljreilly.com/2024/08/07/int… cc University of Glasgow UofG Soc & Pol Sci UofG Sociology UofG Social Sciences Glasgow University Media Group Documentary Media Centre

Beautiful essay from Matt Dawson on The Postumous Bauman in Thesis Eleven. Matt Dawson thesiseleven.com/2024/02/02/rev…

Music lessons, or what sociologists learn from music identitiesjournal.com/blog-collectio…

Racialised Capitalism & its Discontents workshop II 🔘 Led by Ashli Mullen & Satnam Virdee UofG Sociology University of Glasgow 🔘 11.00-18.00, 4 September, Roma Cultural Centre, Glasgow 🔘 Funded by the Sociological Review Foundation; free to attend Tickets: buff.ly/3SJLHkw

Will the funding crisis confine UK research to elite universities? timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-fun… via Times Higher Education

Check out this great article in European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS) by Glasgow University Media Group 's Isaac Hoff & Catherine Happer on understanding crisis journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… cc UofG Soc & Pol Sci UofG Sociology UofG Social Sciences

Racialised Capitalism and its Discontents workshop II ▶️ 11.00-18.00, 4 September, Roma Cultural Centre Glasgow ▶️ With Ashli Mullen & Satnam Virdee UofG Sociology University of Glasgow ▶️ Free to attend; funded by the Sociological Review Foundation 🎟️ Tickets: buff.ly/3SJLHkw

I’ve joined ⁦New Books Network 📚⁩ as a host and was utterly delighted to have as my first guest ⁦Lise Butler⁩ for an enjoyable discussion of her wonderful book ‘Michael Young, Social Science and the British Left, 1945-70’. newbooksnetwork.com/michael-young-…

📽️ Watch the recording of our #Identities event, 'What Sociologists Learn from #Music' with Les Back, exploring the relationship between musical life and sociological #identities. Les Back UofG Sociology UofG Soc & Pol Sci #IdentitiesEvents youtu.be/RCH6Do5w7aY

Racialised Capitalism and its Discontents workshop II ▶️ 11.00-18.00, 4 September, Roma Cultural Centre Glasgow ▶️ With Ashli Mullen & Satnam Virdee UofG Sociology University of Glasgow ▶️ Free to attend; funded by the Sociological Review Foundation 🎟️ Tickets: buff.ly/3SJLHkw