Category: Events

Reading group meetings, spring 2014

We've got three new reading group meetings coming up. Thur 27th Feb, 3pm. University Place, 6.207. Discussion of  Fligstein, N., & McAdam, D. (2011). Toward a general theory of strategic action fields. Sociological Theory, 29(1), 1–26. Wed 19th Mar, 3pm....

Reading Group: 22nd Jan with Graeme Hayes

Graeme Hayes will be visiting our next reading group meeting where we'll be discussing whether there is a distinct British tradition of social movement scholarship, as argued in:Brian Doherty, Graeme Hayes & Christopher Roots (forthcoming) 'Britain: No longer the...

Protest Talks 1: Let’s Start a Pussy Riot

Protest Talks 1: Let’s Start a Pussy Riot

Time: 2-5pm, 25th October Place: 3.204 University Place, Oxford Road, Manchester M19 2JJ All welcome. Please register via Eventbrite. Curators of new book Let's Start a Pussy Riot will be discussing the group and the wider implications of their actions in an...

Protest Talks

For 2013-14 we're planning a short series of 'Protest Talks' events covering a range of key issues in the study of social and political movements. The sessions will be designed to encourage inter-disciplinary debate on a range of associated phenomena and to allow lots...