Sociology Lens

📢 📢 📢 The September issue of Sociology Lens is now live!

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Exploring Workplace Spirituality in Higher Education Faculty Based on the Ongoing Context of Low Birthrate in Taiwan This study endeavors to measuring workplace spirituality and social desirability among individuals in the context of higher education addressing the challenges posed by Taiwan's low birthrate. It aim....

The study develops & validates an instrument to measure workplace spirituality in Taiwan’s higher education sector—where low birthrates intensify enrollment pressures, esp. in private universities.
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📢 New Article for Sociology Lens.
Exploring Workplace Spirituality in Higher Education Faculty Based on the Ongoing Context of Low Birthrate in Taiwan
by Hsiao-Fen Liu, Yu-Hsi Yuan & Juiching Chiang

📢 📢 📢 Call for Papers for Sociology Lens.
Our guest editors Nabila Islam, Veda Hyunjin Kim and Aaron Yates invite contributions for the upcoming special issue:
“Anticolonial Theories as Objects of Historical Inquiry”
#Sociology #HistoricalSociology #PostcolonialStudies #CfP

She specializes in film theory, sociology of cinema, and visual culture. She is the author of The Spectacle of Politics and Religion in the Contemporary Turkish Cinema and co-author of Female Agencies and Subjectivities in Film and Television. Welcome aboard Ebru.

📢 We are happy to announce that Dr. Ebru Çiğdem Thwaıtes Diken (Department of Film, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey) has joined the Editorial Board of Sociology Lens.

Prof. Gilloch works on social theory, memory, and visual culture, with influential studies on Walter Benjamin and modernity. He is the author of Walter Benjamin: Critical Constellations and Myth and Metropolis. A very warm welcome, Graeme!

His research focuses on media theory, critical theory, and globalization. He is the author of Walter Benjamin and the Media. Welcome to the board, Jaeho Kang.

We are excited to announce that Prof. Jaeho Kang (Department of Communication, Seoul National University, South Korea) to the Editorial Board of Sociology Lens.

📢 We are pleased to announce that Prof. Graeme Gilloch (Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK) has joined the Editorial Board of Sociology Lens.

Her work examines nationalism, political uses of the past, propaganda & conspiracy theories, and cinema studies. Now studying leadership cults & memory (1950–80).

Dr. Kıbrıs-Atabay is a historian of 20th-century Turkish political culture, nationalism & Cold War ideology. PhD in History & Middle Eastern Studies (Leiden); MA in Modern History (Sabancı); BA in IR & History (Koç)—all with high honors.

We’re delighted to share that Dr. Güldeniz Kıbrıs-Atabay has been appointed Associate Editor of Sociology Lens. Her expertise will strengthen our editorial vision and author support. Welcome aboard! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832...

The Origins of the Prussian Agricultural Revolution, 1750–1840 The emergence of Prussia's mid-19th century “agricultural revolution” has been attributed to, variously, the actions of state reformers, the origin of the manorial system centuries prior, or the quot...

This new article in Sociology Lens (the former Journal of Historical Sociology) contains a summary of the main argument of my dissertation. It addresses how the German economy transitioned to capitalism, and emphasizes the contribution of agriculture. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Sociology Lens Call for Papers Anticolonial Theories as Objects of Historical Inquiry

📢 CfP! For an upcoming special issue titled "Anticolonial Theories as Objects of Historical Inquiry", we invite papers that historicize the theory-making endeavors of marginalized individuals and communities in the colonial modern world.
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Sociology Lens Call for Papers Anticolonial Theories as Objects of Historical Inquiry

📢 CfP! For an upcoming special issue titled "Anticolonial Theories as Objects of Historical Inquiry", we invite papers that historicize the theory-making endeavors of marginalized individuals and communities in the colonial modern world.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
🔁 Please repost!

📢 📢 📢 Call for Papers for Sociology Lens.
Our guest editors Nabila Islam, Veda Hyunjin Kim and Aaron Yates invite contributions for the upcoming special issue:
“Anticolonial Theories as Objects of Historical Inquiry”
#Sociology #HistoricalSociology #PostcolonialStudies #CfP

Sociology Lens continues to welcome work that explores the micro-paths of historical processes, the hidden historicities in sociological issues, cultural and postcolonial perspectives, and comparative approaches.
We’re looking for writing that thinks beyond disciplinary lines.

From the Journal of Historical Sociology to Sociology Lens: An Editorial Click on the article title to read more.

A reminder of former editor-in-chief Yoke-Sum Wong’s piece announcing the new vision of Sociology Lens. It still resonates: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Sociology Lens welcomes special issue proposals, especially those engaging the intersections of history and sociology.
To discuss your idea, get in touch with our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Bekir Duzcan: e.duzcan@uu.nl.

The Tyranny of the Abstract Submitting an invited text for the Anthropology and Humanism festschrift “Hundreds for Katie,” I experienced cognitive dissonance between the objectives of ethnographic writing championed by Kathleen...

A thoughtful and timely challenge to how we think about writing and scholarship.
Read the full essay here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

He asks: What if these forms limit how we think and feel?
And suggests that to write about difference, we may need to write differently.

In The Tyranny of the Abstract, Sayer explores how standardized academic conventions — like abstracts and keywords — shape what can be said, and how.

The Tyranny of the Abstract Submitting an invited text for the Anthropology and Humanism festschrift “Hundreds for Katie,” I experienced cognitive dissonance between the objectives of ethnographic writing championed by Kathleen...

We’re proud to open this issue with a Perspective essay by Derek Sayer (coastsofbohemia.bsky.social ) — a leading figure in the field of historical sociology. See his full Perspective article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our June 2025 issue is out now!

We explore the sociological dimensions of history — and bring historical context to today’s sociological questions.
Check out our website for more details: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832...

We are Sociology Lens — formerly Journal of Historical Sociology.
New name, same commitment to sharp sociological thinking in historical context.
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