UCD Sociology Seminar Series 2017/18

All seminars take place in Arts Block, room D418 from 1:00 – 2:30 (unless stated otherwise)Semester One
Thursday, 14th September
Pathological Integration: How East Europeans Use Racism to Become British
 Speaker: Dr. Jon Fox (University of Bristol)
Abstract: Pathological Integration: How East Europeans Use Racism to Become British

Wednesday, 20thSeptember
Theorising Changes in Violence
Speaker: Prof. Sylvia Walby (Lancaster University)

Thursday, 28thSeptember
Apology and Forgiveness in Restorative Justice
Speaker: Dr.Meredith Rosser (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Seminar Abstract and Dr. Meredith Rosser Bio available here

Thursday, 12thOctober
Pierre Bourdieu: Theorist of the Iron Law of Social Reproduction?
Speaker: Dr. Bridget Fowler (University of Glasgow)
Abstract: Pierre Bourdieu: Theorist of the Iron Law of Social Reproduction?

Thursday, 19thOctober
How 'Black Deficit' Entered the Academy
Speaker: Prof. Robbie Shilliam (Queen Mary University of London)

Thursday, 16thNovember
Rituals of Exclusion? Identity, Ideology and Inequality in the Centenary Commemorative Speeches of the 1916 Rising
Speaker: Ryan Nolan (UCD)

Thursday, 23rdNovember
Can Human Rights Defeat Nationalism?
Speaker: Dr. Lea David (UCD)

Thursday, 30thNovember
Difficult Encounters: Stops, Searches and Police Legitimacy
Speaker: Prof. Ben Bradford (University of Oxford)
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