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Sociology Speaker Series - 25 September
25 September 2024
16:00 - 17:30
Sociology

Young People Making a Life in the New Era of Fintech

Young people are experiencing their transition to adulthood in an era of rising inequality, unprecedented new risks and the ubiquitous saturation but ever-evolving role of digital technologies in their lives.
Sociology Speaker Series - 2 October
02 October 2024
16:00 - 17:30
Sociology

Administering the ‘Rape Clause’

In 2016, the UK’s Conservative government limited the number of children for whom a low-income family could claim a means-tested benefit (worth up to £3,250 per annum) to two. Shortly thereafter, they announced three ‘exceptions’ to this ‘two-child limit’...
Sociology Speaker Series - 9 October
09 October 2024
11:00 - 12:30
Sociology

Of Eyebrows, Moustaches and Revolutionary Spirit

Lu Xun is seen as the founding father of modern Chinese literature; thanks to the propagandistic efforts of the Chinese Communist Party, he was posthumously framed as a revolutionary fighter wielding his pen for the sake of the nation, and the revolution.

Sociology Speaker Series - 23 October
23 October 2024
11:00 - 12:30
Sociology

The Deadbot Society: AI and the End of the Human Past

The 2020s are marked by a convergence of huge computing power with the greatest memory dump in history. The digital participation of billions – producing, exposing and sharing data and information about personal and public selves and experiences – has forged an astonishing shadow archive of us.
Sociology Speaker Series - 13 November
13 November 2024
16:00 - 17:30
Sociology

Born to Rule. The Making and Remaking of the British Elite

Think of the British elite and familiar caricatures spring to mind. But are today’s power brokers a conservative chumocracy, born to privilege and anointed at Eton and Oxford? Or is a new progressive elite emerging with different values and political instincts?