News
Professor Jim Beckford in The Times
Church of England faces a fresh blow with the loss of leading role in prisons - read full article here
Mark Carrigan featured on BBC News website
What is it like to be asexual?
Professor Liz Dowler in The Observer: 'Plight of the families who must rely on food parcels'
See Professor Liz Dowler's lead letter printed in The Observer on 1 January 2012 at the following link:
Dr Gurminder Bhambra: Publication of 'African Athena'
A new book, co-edited by Dr Gurminder Bhambra (Sociology), Dr Daniel Orrells (Warwick) and Dr Tessa Roynon (Oxford), has just been published. 'African Athena' explores the links between classical, African and Middle Eastern cultures.
Baroness Amos: VandeLinde Inaugural Lecture in New York
Distinguished Warwick Sociology alumna, Baroness Amos, will deliver the inaugural VandeLinde Lecture in New York on 3rd November.
Simon Williams on Radio 4: 'The Politics of Sleep'
Simon Williams was on BBC Radio 4 'Thinking Allowed' on 22 June to discuss his new book 'The Politics of Sleep' (see book cover).
To listen to the podcast visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ta
New Report by Dr Eric Jensen Published on Student Volunteers and Festival-based Public Engagement
Research commissioned by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) was conducted by Dr Eric Jensen at the University of Warwick working with Nicola Buckley of the University of Cambridge and explores the role of university students in festival-based public engagement.
The report was launched 12 July 2011 at a well-attended event at the University of Cambridge.
Sociology Department - Ranked 2nd in the 2011 Times Good University Guide
Sociology continues to come in the top three in all league tables on the quality of teaching and learning that students experience at Warwick.
As well as being 2nd in the Independent and 3rd in the Guardian, we have just learnt that we are placed 2nd in the 2011 Times Good University Guide.
Rethinking the Modern: Colonialism, Empire, and Slavery - 11 & 12 July
Gurminder K Bhambra, convenor of the British Sociological Association's Theory Study Group, is the main organiser of its biennial conference to be held in Birmingham in July 2011 on the theme, Rethinking the Modern: Colonialism, Empire, and Slavery.
Eric Jensen Speaking on ‘New media...new problems?’ 29 June
Eric Jensen is speaking as part of an interdisciplinary event discussing new media and their implications from sociological, economic and cultural policy perspectives.