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Registration now open for the BSA New Materialisms conference at Goldsmiths University of London on 25 March. Fantastic line-up with plenary from Prof Jessica Ringrose and nine papers from new materialist scholars. britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

Interested in time, chronic illness & sociology? Take a look at our latest paper. We explore the lived experience of chronic illness and its timed treatment and suggest a cripped starting point for treatment discussions. James Burton Dr Helen Eborall tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Last chance (till this Friday) to register for the New Materialisms conference at Goldsmiths, University of London on Monday 25 March. Keynote speaker: Professor EJ Renold on 'Making the more-than of "what matters". ' Register at: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

Sales of alcohol, tobacco, ultra-processed foods need to be seen in context of a capitalist economy, argues Nick J Fox in his paper on ‘the commercial determinants of health’. It’s not about choice and ‘unhealthy’ behaviour. doi.org/10.1016/j.socs…

In ‘Digital healing? Digital capitalism?’, Nick J Fox considers what capacities digital health technologies produce in bodies and the micropolitical impact of the technology in terms of power, resistance and social order. curarejournal.org/ojs/index.php/…

Register now for Dr Raksha Janak (University of Pretoria) free Zoom seminar on Tues 1 Oct at 1400 BST. ‘Girls and the Sexual Violence Assemblage in Rural Spaces in South Africa’. (BSA New Materialisms seminar series). britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

Nick Fox paper 'Artificial Intelligence and the Black Hole of Capitalism: A More-than-Human Political Ethology' argues that AI is already the handmaiden of capitalist enterprise and will suck the world further into its black hole. mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/1…

Register now for free Zoom seminar from the BSA New Materialisms group on 22 October (1400-1500 BST). Helen Garbett on: 'Limpets lead the way: questioning traditional ways of learning, relating, and knowing'. britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

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…

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! britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa… #SocialThery #Sociology #Theory The BSA

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/antholog…

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…

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/10.10…

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…

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 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…

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…