Events
Teenage Kicks: Girls growing up in Britain 1956-1974
Meg can’t wait to leave home. Cynthia misses her family back in the Caribbean. Pamela is pregnant and her mum wants the baby adopted. Andrea fancies girls. Life in 1960s Britain was changing fast but it wasn’t all miniskirts and pop music. This beautiful installation at Glasgow Women's Library, with illustrations by Candice Purwin in digi..
“Would They Defend Our Eastern Border?” State Allegiances as Potent Connections - Professor Sirpa Wrede
Morgan Centre and Department of Sociology seminar by Professor Sirpa Wrede Centre of Excellence for Research in Ageing and Care, University of Helsinki, Finland This paper considers the multifaceted nature of state allegiances amidst contemporary geopolitical tensions. It argues that conflicts and war revitalise the significance of state alle..
Class, Cultural Knowledge, and Barriers to Mobility - Professor Annette Lareau (UPenn)
Please join us for our very first University of Manchester Department of Sociology annual lecture, given in our 60th anniversary year. We are delighted that our inaugural lecture will be given by Professor Annette Lareau: Class, Cultural Knowledge, and Barriers to Mobility Professor Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania 2.30-4pm, Mond..
Moving out and moving on in the post-war decades: data and methods for researching young people's lives
This free one-day workshop will bring together researchers interested in young people’s experiences of leaving home and striving for independence in the post-war decades. It will foreground methods and sources for researching seemingly mundane aspects of everyday life, such as living arrangements, relationships, leisure and travel. Call for..
Creative approaches to qualitative research
Part of the methods@manchester Summer School. This course offers a hands-on introduction to creative approaches to doing qualitative research. It is designed for researchers and PhD students who already have a background in qualitative research techniques and would like to expand their knowledge to include more creative techniques. The cours..
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