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New Materialisms free Zoom seminar on 26 Oct (1400 GMT/UTC): Dr Elizabeth Ascroft (Goldsmiths University of London) uses assemblage theory to explore how island life shapes young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights on the island of Aruba. britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
New paper by Nick J Fox: 'The becomings of capitalism and liberal democracy: a materialist, micropolitical contribution to political sociology. In the European Journal of Social Theory. doi.org/10.1177/136843102614…
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New Materialisms free Zoom seminar on 26 Oct (1400 GMT/UTC): Dr Elizabeth Ascroft (Goldsmiths University of London) uses assemblage theory to explore how island life shapes young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights on the island of Aruba. britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS
The 20th International Conference on Contemporary Narratives in English invites proposals for: THE POSTHUMAN WOUND: Reimagining Trauma, Vulnerability, and Agency in a More-than-Human World
📍 Zaragoza | 📅 June 7–9, 2027
Full programme for the New Materialisms day conference on 22 June now released. 11 papers plus film, exhibition and keynote. Register by 19 June at britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
Nick J Fox’s keynote paper at the New Materialisms conference on 22 June: ‘Capitalism and the secret state: matter, rhizomes and undercover cops’: how the capitalist state uses undercover policing and covert overseas actions. britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
Last chance to submit an abstract for the 22 June 2026 BSA New Materialisms one-day conference 'Matter, Rhizomes and More-than-Human Sociology'. Submissions close on Fri 1 May.
See flyer for how to submit abstract and/or register, or see: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
New paper by Nick J Fox explores how the UK's capitalist state supports and extends the private provision of healthcare in the era of globalising capitalism by promoting UK private providers to overseas buyers in India and China. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
New paper by Nick J Fox explores how the UK's capitalist state supports and extends the private provision of healthcare in the era of globalising capitalism by promoting UK private providers to overseas buyers in India and China. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
New posthuman feminist paper by Serena Vicario and Nick J Fox assesses how alcohol consumption contributes to the aggregation of human bodies into socially defined categories, including a female/male gender binary. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Almost all papers and book chapters written by Nick J Fox are available to download on Researchgate at: researchgate.net/profile/Nic… Any missing can be supplied privately by contacting Nick there.
About five places left for our in-person conference 'Materiality, Society and the More-than-human' on 23 June at Goldsmiths University of London, with keynote by Lisa Blackman. Full programme and registration (from £10) at: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
Registration open for in-person day conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human' on 23 June (Goldsmiths University of London). Keynote from Lisa Blackman, plus nine papers by new materialist scholars. To register: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
I shall be using BlueSky for my posts on sociology and the new materialisms. If you have an account there, please follow me on that platform. My handle is socnewmat and the feed is called 'Sociology and the new materialisms'. Nick J Fox
Registration and call for papers open for the 2025 in-person day-conference 'Materiality, society and the more-than-human'. Mon 23 June at Goldsmith's, Uni of London. Keynote: Prof Lisa Blackman. Submit abstracts by 7 April to: [email protected] britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
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Call for short stories by Jan 31, 2025 for an anthology from Posthuman Press. Theme: Posthuman Entanglement(s) & Co-Existence. "We need stories as a creative practice to help foster posthuman ethics for a more inclusive and pluralistic present and future" posthumanpress.com/pages/ant…
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Theory and Society: Zygmunt Bauman - Book Launch
Sponsored by BSA Theory Study Group & The Bauman Institute
13 December 2024 (2:00-3:30pm GMT)
Online
Book your ticket now!
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Nick J Fox critiques the neo-Malthusian proposition that drastic global population reduction is essential to counteract the current climate emergency, via a new materialist, rhizomatic and more-than-human
analysis of capitalism. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Last chance to register for free Zoom seminar with Prof Anna Hickey-Moody (Maynooth University, ROI) on: 'Animating the material politics of citizenship.' Tuesday 19 November 2024, at 14:00 – 15:00 GMT. britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
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BSA New Materialisms seminar: Tuesday 19 November 2024, at 14:00 – 15:00 GMT (via Zoom).
Professor Anna Hickey-Moody (Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Maynooth University, ROI)
'Animating the material politics of citizenship.'
Register free at: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…
