BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group
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Bringing together specialists and non-specialists in contemporary religious issues. Annual Conference: 29th June - 1st July 2006, University of Nottingham
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SAVE THE DATE: We are pleased to announce that the SocRel annual conference for 2026 will be held at the University of Nottingham, from the 29th of June to the 1st of July in the Monica Partridge Building, University Park.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
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The Department of Sociology is looking to recruit a full time Teaching Associate in the Sociology of Postcolonial India from 1 May 2026 on a fixed term basis until 31 July 2029.
Further details can be found on our job opportunities page via this link: shorturl.at/l4XJl
Further details can be found on our job opportunities page via this link: shorturl.at/l4XJl
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Department of Sociology is looking to recruit a full time Teaching Associate in the Sociology of Postcolonial India from 1 May 2026 on a fixed term basis until 31 July 2029.
Further details can be found on our job opportunities page via this link: shorturl.at/l4XJl
Further details can be found on our job opportunities page via this link: shorturl.at/l4XJl
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CLOSING SOON: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the rich diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the rich diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
CLOSING SOON: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the rich diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the rich diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
There’s been a few changes to the Committee since our annual conference, so we thought it would be a good idea to introduce and reintroduce the people behind the scenes. Keep an eye out in the coming weeks as we’ll be sharing a little about each person and their role on the SocRel Committee
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There’s been a few changes to the Committee since our annual conference, so we thought it would be a good idea to introduce and reintroduce the people behind the scenes. Keep an eye out in the coming weeks as we’ll be sharing a little about each person and their role on the SocRel Committee
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This is a key community for the staff and students of our Centre. Save the date, and we hope to see some of you in Nottingham next summer!
SAVE THE DATE: We are pleased to announce that the SocRel annual conference for 2026 will be held at the University of Nottingham, from the 29th of June to the 1st of July in the Monica Partridge Building, University Park.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
December 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is a key community for the staff and students of our Centre. Save the date, and we hope to see some of you in Nottingham next summer!
SAVE THE DATE: We are pleased to announce that the SocRel annual conference for 2026 will be held at the University of Nottingham, from the 29th of June to the 1st of July in the Monica Partridge Building, University Park.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
SAVE THE DATE: We are pleased to announce that the SocRel annual conference for 2026 will be held at the University of Nottingham, from the 29th of June to the 1st of July in the Monica Partridge Building, University Park.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
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Even if you can't join for the launch next week, Jenny's book is available here:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Even if you can't join for the launch next week, Jenny's book is available here:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
Book launch event: Christian Women at University: Faith, Feminism & Feeling at Home.
Nov 20th, 5.30-7.30pm, King’s College London Chapel. Speakers include Kristin Aune, Professor of Sociology of Religion & Naomi Nixon, CEO of Student Christian Movement
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Nov 20th, 5.30-7.30pm, King’s College London Chapel. Speakers include Kristin Aune, Professor of Sociology of Religion & Naomi Nixon, CEO of Student Christian Movement
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November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Book launch event: Christian Women at University: Faith, Feminism & Feeling at Home.
Nov 20th, 5.30-7.30pm, King’s College London Chapel. Speakers include Kristin Aune, Professor of Sociology of Religion & Naomi Nixon, CEO of Student Christian Movement
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Nov 20th, 5.30-7.30pm, King’s College London Chapel. Speakers include Kristin Aune, Professor of Sociology of Religion & Naomi Nixon, CEO of Student Christian Movement
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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if you're an ecr member of the bsa who would like your recent work highlighted on our page, please email the moderator so we can promote it!
January 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
if you're an ecr member of the bsa who would like your recent work highlighted on our page, please email the moderator so we can promote it!
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VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (13 months, starting Jan 2026)
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025
Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025
Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (13 months, starting Jan 2026)
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025
Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Closing date: 20 Oct 2025
Teaching PG modules on ‘Social Theory: Structure, Relations & Interaction’ & ‘Research Design’.
@britsoci.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR England webinar 22 October 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
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Early Career Forum - Administrative Data Research (ADR) England Workshop
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October 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Are Interested in:
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR England webinar 22 October 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
👉 Housing,
👉 Health,
👉 Youth,
👉 Work,
👉 Aging,
👉 Inequality,
👉 Climate change, or
👉 Criminal justice?
If so, join the ADR England webinar 22 October 2025 (13.00-14.30) to learn about funding and knowledge exchange opportunities!
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
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Another BBC piece about the value of theology and religious studies degrees! Three interviews, starting at about 18 minutes 30. @thebasr.bsky.social @bsasocrel.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 21 minutes. Where can a theology degree take you? My (edited) thoughts on @BBCRadio4 this morning
Sunday - First Millennial Saint; Mystery of Musa al-Sadr and Archbishop of Canterbury 'Frontrunners' - BBC Sounds
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Another BBC piece about the value of theology and religious studies degrees! Three interviews, starting at about 18 minutes 30. @thebasr.bsky.social @bsasocrel.bsky.social
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..."no religion" or the "nones", a rising trend in, eg, the UK national census. @loielee.bsky.social Linda Woodhead and others @bsasocrel.bsky.social are developing methods and tools that might transfer well to news audiences. @sethclewis.bsky.social #FOJ25 blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
The nonreligious are Britain’s hidden majority - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Filling out all sorts of forms often and increasingly includes the disclosure of faith, under which the option ‘none’ frequently appears. Yet it is unclear how homogenous the beliefs of those who comp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
..."no religion" or the "nones", a rising trend in, eg, the UK national census. @loielee.bsky.social Linda Woodhead and others @bsasocrel.bsky.social are developing methods and tools that might transfer well to news audiences. @sethclewis.bsky.social #FOJ25 blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Chaired a great SocRel PGR/ECR training session on public speaking, communication, and accessibility this week as PGR Officer.
Grateful to our three brilliant speakers for sharing such insightful and practical advice with great humour!
@bsasocrel.bsky.social
Grateful to our three brilliant speakers for sharing such insightful and practical advice with great humour!
@bsasocrel.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Chaired a great SocRel PGR/ECR training session on public speaking, communication, and accessibility this week as PGR Officer.
Grateful to our three brilliant speakers for sharing such insightful and practical advice with great humour!
@bsasocrel.bsky.social
Grateful to our three brilliant speakers for sharing such insightful and practical advice with great humour!
@bsasocrel.bsky.social
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Great talk by Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social
at #SocRel2025: More than Flirting with Media in the Sociology of Religion. Sharp, funny, and on point — and this meme was a brilliant touch 👇📺😂 #SocRel #MediaAndReligion
at #SocRel2025: More than Flirting with Media in the Sociology of Religion. Sharp, funny, and on point — and this meme was a brilliant touch 👇📺😂 #SocRel #MediaAndReligion
July 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Great talk by Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social
at #SocRel2025: More than Flirting with Media in the Sociology of Religion. Sharp, funny, and on point — and this meme was a brilliant touch 👇📺😂 #SocRel #MediaAndReligion
at #SocRel2025: More than Flirting with Media in the Sociology of Religion. Sharp, funny, and on point — and this meme was a brilliant touch 👇📺😂 #SocRel #MediaAndReligion
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Listening to @carostarkey.bsky.social talk about new, developing research on spiritualism in the North - specifically Morley, which voted in Reform in recent council elections. Suddenly makes the party chair's GMB interview anecdote on paranormal possession less reflexively laughable. #Socrel
July 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Listening to @carostarkey.bsky.social talk about new, developing research on spiritualism in the North - specifically Morley, which voted in Reform in recent council elections. Suddenly makes the party chair's GMB interview anecdote on paranormal possession less reflexively laughable. #Socrel
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A lovely evening celebrating @bsasocrel.bsky.social's 50th anniversary with my better half, and by that I do mean @jen-studies-death.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A lovely evening celebrating @bsasocrel.bsky.social's 50th anniversary with my better half, and by that I do mean @jen-studies-death.bsky.social
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Powerful testimony in the Q&A at Socrel 25 conference Dr Monique Moultrie on the question of being a scholar-activist: what conditions held her back for years and the specific personal and national conditions that compelled her to speak up and out. @bsasocrel.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Powerful testimony in the Q&A at Socrel 25 conference Dr Monique Moultrie on the question of being a scholar-activist: what conditions held her back for years and the specific personal and national conditions that compelled her to speak up and out. @bsasocrel.bsky.social
Abby Day shares fantastic advice for ECRs on Publishing your Thesis in three easy steps
July 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Abby Day shares fantastic advice for ECRs on Publishing your Thesis in three easy steps
Formal welcome at 11.45 in the main lecture room W103 #socrelconference25
July 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Formal welcome at 11.45 in the main lecture room W103 #socrelconference25
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Up and away to BSA SOC Rel today. Looking forward to running our workshop on Race, Class and Religion and taking in some great papers. Happy to connect with folks doing anticolonial research, feminist religious studies, religion and climate change, religion and gender :) @bsasocrel.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Up and away to BSA SOC Rel today. Looking forward to running our workshop on Race, Class and Religion and taking in some great papers. Happy to connect with folks doing anticolonial research, feminist religious studies, religion and climate change, religion and gender :) @bsasocrel.bsky.social
The people behind the social media! Morgana (short hair) here on Bluesky and Ellie (long hair) covering things on our Discord channel #socrelconference25
July 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The people behind the social media! Morgana (short hair) here on Bluesky and Ellie (long hair) covering things on our Discord channel #socrelconference25
The SocRel Conference registration is open! See you soon
July 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The SocRel Conference registration is open! See you soon
We are putting together a slide slow to commemorate our 50th Anniversary & need your help. If you have photos from previous SocRel conferences that we could include, please send them to: Jennie [email protected], Alex [email protected], or Anna-Marie [email protected]
June 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We are putting together a slide slow to commemorate our 50th Anniversary & need your help. If you have photos from previous SocRel conferences that we could include, please send them to: Jennie [email protected], Alex [email protected], or Anna-Marie [email protected]
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Looking forward to gathering with friends and colleagues this July for the SocRel Annual Conference - always a highlight in the sociology of religion calendar.
I’m especially excited to be organising the PGR/ECR workshop this year, focused on communicating research to a range of audiences 🎤
I’m especially excited to be organising the PGR/ECR workshop this year, focused on communicating research to a range of audiences 🎤
Will you be joining us in Durham next month for our 50th anniversary BSA Sociology of Religion Conference? If you haven't registered yet, be quick, it will soon close.
britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
June 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Looking forward to gathering with friends and colleagues this July for the SocRel Annual Conference - always a highlight in the sociology of religion calendar.
I’m especially excited to be organising the PGR/ECR workshop this year, focused on communicating research to a range of audiences 🎤
I’m especially excited to be organising the PGR/ECR workshop this year, focused on communicating research to a range of audiences 🎤
Will you be joining us in Durham next month for our 50th anniversary BSA Sociology of Religion Conference? If you haven't registered yet, be quick, it will soon close.
britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
June 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Will you be joining us in Durham next month for our 50th anniversary BSA Sociology of Religion Conference? If you haven't registered yet, be quick, it will soon close.
britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...