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Interested in working with us here in Sociological and Cultural Studies in Glasgow? This one-year Lectureship in the Sociology of Class is now open, with a deadline on 20th August. Please spread the word...

It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives

Spotlight: Season 5, Episode 8. Parallel politics. 2025 Elections in England, Canada & Australia. With Mark McGeoghegan, Andrew Lecours, and Ariadne Vromen.

UK, Canada, Australia 🗳️🎙️

Three 2025 elections, one big #UofGSpotlight podcast episode.

From nationalism and campaign narratives to political fragmentation, we're listening back to this bumper episode from our latest season.

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#Elections2025 #Politics

APEX Awards

Are you an established independent researcher interested in cross-disciplinary research? The APEX Awards offers funding for projects that break down the boundaries between science, engineering, humanities and the social sciences. Apply now: buff.ly/EREuI0U

Open letter: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. Please sign and share ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

'The agentive powers of Afro-Cuban dance'

New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Ruxandra Ana

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Explore our Themed Section: Intersections on #Race and #Religion

Published in our latest #Identities issue 32.3:

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#intersectionality #racialization

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

"...two women who were shot by quadcopters while sheltering in their tents...One was breastfeeding her child when she was hit; the second was pregnant."
'I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen?' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Have you read the latest #Identities issue?

Including a Themed Section on Intersections on #Race and #Religion, Guest Edited by Mareike Riedel & Vanessa Rau

Explore issue 32.3:
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'Barriers to entry: the impact(s) of visa queues and national origin on family #migration to the United States'

New from #Identities, by Denise N. Obinna & Adrian M. Bacong:
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#immigration

UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language and Arts Newsletter: uofg.org.uk/cr/AQibzw0Qq...

'#Religion and #race: the need for an #intersectional approach' by Mareike Riedel & Vanessa Rau

From our Themed Section in the latest #Identities issue, 32.3:

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#intersectionality #ThemedSection

Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #76 - Free Movement Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! 

In case you missed it: Free Movement Weekly Immigration Newsletter #76 | Sonia Lenegan

Have you browsed the latest #Identities Newsletter?

Spotlighting activities including one year of our podcast, our most read & trending articles, & our latest events and blog posts.

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There are many viciously xenophobic policy proposals designed to exclude immigrants from welfare systems churned out by far right parties in the EU, but in rhetorical tropes and the timing of specific pitches you can see how much the UK Right is obsessively consumed by American MAGA discourse

From our new blog by academicdiary.bsky.social "She remembers W.E.B. Du Bois as a child, as a man who “loved people.” Paul Robeson visited to play chess with Du Bois. Although LeVerne remembers Du Bois was a terrible loser." www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...

Ursula K. Le Guin — 2025 Prize for Fiction

For more about this year's shortlist:

Mid-Career Fellowships The Mid-Career Fellowships are designed both to support outstanding individual researchers with excellent research proposals, and to promote public understanding and engagement with humanities and soc...

Some people say the biggest gap in research funding is at mid career level. So here is our new call for our mid career fellowship programme which provides buyout for 6 to 12 months to devote to the completion of a major piece of research. Spread the word!
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Have you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog?

'Racism and neoliberalism in Marseille' by Amir Aziz

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#immigration #ethnicity #racism

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New issue from #Identities!

Including a Themed Section on Intersections on #Race and #Religion, Guest Edited by Mareike Riedel & Vanessa Rau

Explore issue 32.3:
www.tandfonline.com/...

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Have you read the latest #IdentitiesBlog?

'The proximity of the 'far' right' by @liamgillespie.bsky.social

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Have you listened to the latest episode of The #Identities Podcast?

Episode 6: #Race and #Sport
With Anika Leslie-Walker, Viji Kuppan, Daniel Burdsey and Paul Ian Campbell

open.spotify.com/epi...

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Some of our other colleagues from @uofglasgow.bsky.social and friends of CPP 🌟

@nasarmeer.bsky.social, @pjdelacour.bsky.social, Ana Basiri, @drlynniwilson.bsky.social and Elisabeth Loose from @johnsmithcentre.com.

More here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

'Islamophobia, racial discrimination law, and the question of self-identification'

From our latest Themed Section, published in #Identities 32.3. Read with #OpenAccess:
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#ThemedSection #race #religion

Happy to share the news that the latest edition of the #Identities newsletter is out now, spotlighting a number of widely discussed recent articles from the journal plus news of forthcoming events and opportunities. @identitiesjournal.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social

The latest issue of The #Identities Newsletter is now online!

Spotlighting activities including one year of our podcast, our most read articles, & our latest events & blogs.

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'Interplay between representing ‘others’ and experiencing peripherality: ethnographic study in a Swiss valley' by Emmanuel Charmillot

From #Identities' latest issue 32.3, with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...

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Bookshops... radicalising our kids...

"It is not difficult to predict how this all ends..."
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