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Join us for a symposium on Prof. Jeffrey Alexander’s new book, Frontlash/Backlash (Polity, 2025), will explore why movements for democratic inclusion so often provoke backlash and fuel political polarization. The event will be chaired by Eric Taylor Woods (Leeds), with interventions from Lone Sorensen (Leeds), Matthias Revers (Leeds), and Maria Rovisco (Leeds), and will conclude...
We are very pleased to be hosting Prof. Albena Azmanova in our contribution to the regular seminar series of the School of Sociology and Social Policy. Prof. Azmanova will be speaking to our Zygmunt Bauman centenary programme theme, 'Theorising the First Quarter Century of the New Millenium', and Dr Austin Harrington will be acting as...
We were delighted to joint-host this seminar with The Centre for Research on Families, Life Course and Generations. We welcomed Dr Steven Threadgold (University Newcastle, Australia), Dr Julia Coffey (University of Newcastle, Australia), and Professor Roger Burrows (University of Bristol) who discussed their important, ongoing work on digital inequalities. The seminar discussed how digital practices such...
We were very excited to welcome Dr Nathan Kerrigan (Birmingham City University), Dr Damian Breen (Birmingham City University) and Dr Yusef Bakkali (De Montfort University) to discuss their recently-published Liquid Racism: Brexit, Education and Road Culture (Bristol University Press, 2025). This event was joint-hosted by the Bauman Institute and the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies. Professor Ipek Demir, outgoing director of...
We were delighted to host the inaugural Bauman Memorial Lecture on Wednesday 14th May in Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre. The speaker was Professor Michèle Lamont, Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies and the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies at Harvard University. Prof. Lamont discussed her book Seeing Others: How...