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New Norbert Elias Essay Prize

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Stephen Mennell   With some regret, the Norbert Elias Foundation has decided to discontinue the biennial Norbert Elias Prize for the best first book by a sociological author. Reasons included other prizes being established...

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Two new GTA/GRA posts at the Dept of Sociology, University of Leicester

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Jason Hughes The Sociology Department at the University of Leicester is expanding. An integral part of this expansion involves the development and growth of its postgraduate research community. The latest opportunity is for two fully...

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Two new GTA/GRA posts at the Dept of Sociology, University of Leicester

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Jason Hughes The Sociology Department at the University of Leicester is expanding. An integral part of this expansion involves the development and growth of its postgraduate research community. The latest opportunity is for two fully...

Last edited on: 2014-12-15

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CFP: EASS Sociology of Sport Conference, Dublin

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Paddy Dolan We encourage all figurational researchers with an interest in sport to submit abstracts to the next European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference, to be held in Dublin, Ireland, next June. Further...

Last edited on: 2014-12-09

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Norbert Elias Facebook page

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Stephen Mennell For those who don’t know, there is an official Norbert Elias Face Book Page that has been up and running for some time. Until now it has been used mostly to replicate...

Last edited on: 2014-09-02

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Two GTAs in Sociology

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Jason Hughes Forgive the short notice. As part of the further expansion plans of Leicester’s sociology Department, there are two Graduate Teaching Assistants being advertised for a January 2015 start. The deadline for applications...

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Professor John Goodwin and Professor Henrietta O’Connor Join Sociology at Leicester

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Jason Hughes With effect from 1st August, Professor John Goodwin and Professor Henrietta O’Connor have both joined the Department of Sociology at the University of Leicester. Henrietta and John have a long-standing interest in...

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Revised instructions: Figurational Research Network

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Stephen Mennell At the great conference ‘From the past to the present and towards possible futures’ at the University of Leicester on 20-22 June, we accidentally included in the conference pack a first draft...

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Human Figurations journal lastest issue

Posted on June 11, 2014 by admin The most recent issue of the Human Figurations journal is now available to read onlinehttp://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0003.2*?rgn=full+text Papers Editor’s Introduction: Swimming against the tide… Liston, Katie Towards a Process-oriented Model of Democratisation or De-Democratisation Alikhani,...

Last edited on: 2014-06-11

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Elias Conference: Postgraduate Workshops

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Jason Hughes As regular readers of this blog will know, from 20-22nd June, 2014, the University of Leicester will host a major conference in celebration of the completion of the Collected Works of Norbert Elias...

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