CfP "Deep Transformations: Emotional Experiences in the Post-Communist Change", Vilnius University. "The conference aims at presenting state-of-the-art research on the emotional dimension of post-communist change". Submit by 1st of July. Details: bit.ly/3eCfiWU

Valeriya Malik's #TrEC_study profile article at @SLLShome Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Journal was added to a free to access collection of highly cited articles that contributed to Journal's Impact Factor of 1.000. Give it a read and check out the other available papers!

Cultural narratives about education that young people in Russia share are class-specific, #TrEC_study interview data shows, but irrespective of social class, most of them find HigherEd a prerequisite for "normal life" bit.ly/3f4PBhI

📢Call for Proposals alert! I'm guest editing a special issue on the #CulturalSociology of #art and #music for AJCS -- American Journal of Cultural Sociology. Deadline October 15, 2020. Early career researchers especially encouraged to submit. palgrave.com/gp/journal/412…

A classic!

Very thought-provoking piece by Omar Lizardo The more severe the diagnosis for theory/theorizing is, the more telling is the very persistence of theory people identity. If we keep devotion even under such unsupportive circumstances, then there must be smth truly valuable inside.

We're now the newly established Moscow Centre for Cultural Sociology, and our new website is under way, but most importantly — we're happy to invite scholars to apply for a post-doctoral position with us! iri.hse.ru/cultural_socio…

We’re hiring!

Tomorrow, Oct. 5th, at the October Edition of Moscow Culture Workshop, we will be discussing the paper by @AndreaVoyer and her colleagues on computational analysis of class distinction-making (it’s fascinating!). Join the live stream on YouTube (we will read comments/questions).

There are still few days left to apply for a tenure-track position in our centre Moscow Centre for Cultural Sociology: ioe.hse.ru/en/ccs/news/54… (deadline January 9th), and a bit more time before the deadline for a postdoc one. Consider joining us!

Congratulations to Larissa Buchholz, whose book The Global Rules of Art is the Winner of the International Book Award for Art. 🎉 Learn more about this trailblazing book: hubs.ly/Q02DKQjr0

What should a simple cultural sociologist like me do to publish in a fancy medicine journal? Find the right team! 😎 Our findings show how emotions sometimes overrule calculative reasoning and rational justifications in decision-making: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

My piece on the role of emotions in meaning-making employing cosmetic surgery as a paradigm case is now out in a paginated issue. Here’s the read-only version: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/V…

New in Theory & Society: I argue that narratives aren’t just sequences—they have tempo. By adding timeliness to narrative theory in sociology, I show how “too late” or “just in time” stems not only from life events but from the narratives we live by. link.springer.com/article/10.100…