30
Oct
2024
Wednesday 30 October 2024, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm GMT, online (UK) The British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network is setting up an online writing group for academics, PhD students, early career researchers and anyone with writing goals! The writing groups will be held on Microsoft Teams and be an opportunity for informal,…
04
Nov
2024
Monday 4 November 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm GMT, online (UK) Welcome to our inaugural British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network Book Launch event, Monday 4th November 2-3pm. We are starting with a discussion on ‘Understanding and addressing anti-LGBTQI online hate’, chaired by Professor Jon Garland. The event will be looking at the recent publications…
06
Nov
2024
Wednesday 6 November 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm GMT, online and London, UK Will the 2024 election mark a turning point in American democracy and in the country’s role in the world? Leading experts discuss the 2024 US election and its domestic and international implications. Meet our speakers and chair: Marta Dassù (@martadassu)…
20
Nov
2024
Wednesday 20 November 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm GMT, online (UK) Ellie Buxton (Doctoral Researcher, Loughborough University) Title: Exploring Men’s Perspectives on Making Misogyny a Hate Crime This project is inspired by the recent increase in public conversation around what has been referred to as a ‘national epidemic’ of violence against women in…
25
Nov
2024
Monday 25 November 2024, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm GMT, online (UK) The British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network is setting up an online writing group for academics, PhD students, early career researchers and anyone with writing goals! The writing groups will be held on Microsoft Teams and be an opportunity for informal,…
27
Nov
2024
Wednesday 27 November 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm GMT, online and London, UK Public anxiety about children’s digital lives and wellbeing is reaching a fever pitch, marking a notable turnaround from the decades-long efforts to ensure children are fully digitally included, literate and empowered. While arguments rage over what’s wrong with ‘screen time,’…
02
Dec
2024
Monday 2 December 2024, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm GMT, online and London, UK Across the world, populist agendas on both the left and right threaten to undermine fundamental principles that underpin liberal democracies, so that what were previously seen as virtues of the ‘Open Society’ are now, by many people, seen as vices,…
04
Dec
2024
Wednesday 4 – Saturday 7 December 2024, Prague, Czech Republic Is historical sociology relevant for understanding and addressing contemporary social problems? Papers are invited for a major international conference in Prague on the theme of ‘Social figurations: long-term processes, present concerns and future directions’. This in-person conference is a joint venture between the Faculty…
04
Dec
2024
Wednesday 4 December 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm GMT, online (UK) This hate crime research group webinar will focus on ‘Exploring barriers to justice for people with learning disabilities/neurodiversity who have experienced sexual violence’ with Dr Alison Jobe, Associate Professor in Sociology and Criminology, Durham University and Dr Helen Williams, Senior Lecturer in…
05
Dec
2024
Thursday 5 December 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm GMT, London, UK Join us for this lecture by New York Times bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein in which he will argue that universities should broadly protect freedom of speech. Speech should never be restricted or punished because some people find it illogical, distasteful, cruel,…