Her Majesty the Queen, the longest-reigning monarch this country has known, has died, Buckingham Palace announced today. Her eldest son Charles is now King, having acceded to the throne immediately upon her death thetimes.co.uk/article/queen-…

CFP for the workshop "Violence and its sublimation within the fantasy-reality continuum: Between psychoanalysis and the theory of civilizing process" held in Warsaw from 6-8 December 2022. Please contact [email protected] and/or [email protected] for more details.

📚 NEW: On the Process of Civilisation in Japan: Sociogenetic & Psychogenetic Investigations Dr Wai Lau examines the complex structural & psychological process shaping Japanese society from 7th C using Norbert Elias' theory of figurational sociology. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

The fantastic 'Japan: Courts and Cultures' at The Queen's Gallery ends this Sunday 26 Feb! To celebrate the exhibition, we are giving away the Japan: Courts and Cultures catalogue to a few lucky people. For a chance to win, simply retweet this post. bit.ly/3IDH5aY

Proud to announce my chapter titled “A Clash of Habitus: Britain and the COVID-19 Pandemic” co-written with the amazing Dr. Deborah Giustini is out now in the book “The Quest for Justice” (nobelyayin.com/a-quest-for-ju…).

I am thrilled to announce that I have been notified by the Board of the Norbert Elias Foundation that I have won the Norbert Elias Book Prize for my work “On the Process of Civilisation in Japan” (see link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…).

Just received several thank you messages from my students. I am extremely delighted by their passion to learn. This made my day! 😁

All chapters in, finalising the manuscript for our forthcoming edited collection in the #sociologyoffood inspired by the work of #NorbertElias Palgrave Sociology We have chapters by #StephenMennell #DebbieKasper & Dr Wai Lau among others youtu.be/Ncvkz5x-IxE?si… via YouTube

I am thrilled to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. I look forward to engaging with the Royal Asiatic Society to disseminate research and scholarship about Asia.

Got some fantastic news this morning. I have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society! I look forward to working with the Royal Historical Society to further contribute to historical research in a sociological way.

The latest issue of Figurations, edited by my co-editor Alex Mack and me, is out now. Please click this link to access the current and back issues: norbert-elias.com/figurations-ne….

I had a fabulous two-day guest lecturing Norbert Elias as a Visiting Professor and Co-Convenor at the California State University, Bakersfield. Thank you, Jonathan Basilio, for the wonderful time, and to the students who interacted with me!

I am excited to announce the first event from the BSA Global History and Sociology Study Group, organised by Claire Cunnington! We are now inviting papers for "1885 and its Long Shadow: Sexual Offences in Historical Context." You can find details here: law-school.open.ac.uk/research/resea…

I’ve just joined Bluesky! You can find me there as @drwailau.bsky.social. Looking forward to connecting in new spaces, too.

The NEW The BSA Global Histories & Sociology Study Group is organisiing their 1st event: 📌1885 & its Long Shadow: Sexual Offences in Historical Context 📆11 July 2025 ✍🏾cfp by 16 May - see below Dr Wai Lau law-school.open.ac.uk/research/resea…

I am truly honoured that Professor Yumiko Mizusawa from Seijo University will translate my book into Japanese. I look forward to meeting her again soon!