AFPP Roundtable: The Futures of Social Movement Research

3.30-5.50pm, Tues 8th June 2021, online via Zoom What are the challenges facing protest and movement scholarship? How can we study mobilization and contentious politics in the Global South? How will the challenges facing movements today affect the activism that we...

Alternative Futures and Popular Protest, 2021

7-9th June, 2021. Free registration and fully online. AFPP is an international, cross-disciplinary conference on social movements, protest and cognate topics. It has drawn participants from over 60 countries, whether based in departments of sociology, politics,...

Livestream: Colin Barker – A celebration of his work.

4-6pm, Monday April 15th 2019 The Harwood Room, Barnes Wallis Building Livestream via YouTube Update: There is now a better quality video of the full session available via YouTube A key event in the programme for Alternative Futures and Popular Protest is a...

Reading Group Series, Semester 1 2018-19

For this semester we’re focusing our readings on the relationship between global sociology and social movements. All welcome; no need to sign up in advance. All sessions in 3.040, Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester. 2-4 pm, Wed 17th Oct Burawoy, M....