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Sociology Lens (formerly Journal of Historical Sociology)
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November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This year we’re celebrating three awards: the Historical Insight Award, the Sociology Insights Award, and the Sociology Lens Perspective Award.

All awarded articles are now free to access for the next three months. Enjoy reading!

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Sociology Lens Best Paper Awards (2023–2025): Sociology Lens
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November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Areas: historical & social/cultural history; political, economic, gender, urban, environmental, media, body, art; migration; colonial/postcolonial; religion; digital; AI. Deadline: 30 Dec 2025. Find out more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Sociology Lens: Reviewer Recruitment
Sociology Lens is looking for new reviewers to join our growing community. As the journal has expanded from its roots in historical sociology to include a wider range of contemporary topics, submissions have also increased.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
See our the first special virtual issue collection named "Sociology of the Screen: From Cinema to Digital Media" here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Our first special virtual issue: Sociology of the Screen – From Cinema to Digital Media: Sociology Lens
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November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our editors have selected papers that explore how cinematic and digital screens, media practices, and visual cultures shape social life in different contexts. You can find the collection below, bringing together articles published across different issues of Sociology Lens.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Written with Bourdieu-inspired reflexivity, the article questions the epistemological boundaries of the discipline and invites readers to rethink the formal conventions of sociological writing.
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Writing like a Bourdieusian Scholar: From The Craft of Sociology to the Writing Patterns in Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales
This paper is a debate on why Bourdieusian scholars have never fully embraced the “Introduction/Literature review/Data & methods/Results/Discussion” (ILDRD) article format which is mainstream in Nort...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This debate examines writing practices in the social sciences through the intellectual legacy of Pierre Bourdieu, how the “methodic circle” emerged as an alternative to the standard Introduction–Methods–Results format, using materials from the archives of Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Combining queer historical analysis, archival depth, and fieldwork, the authors explore visibility, belonging, and collective memory in rural life — offering a powerful contribution to contemporary queer sociology. Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
The Legacy of Matthew Shepard: Queer Erasure and the Lives of Rural LGBTQ+ Young Adults
Applying a queer historical framework, this study examines the legacy of Matthew Shepard while centering the perspectives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, Two–Spirit, and other people o...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Supported by the University of Wyoming, this article traces the symbolic legacy of Matthew Shepard — a student murdered in a 1998 hate crime — while amplifying the voices of LGBTQ+ youth living in rural America, a group often overlooked in the literature.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The study traces how children encountered early mass culture, reviving the social history of Direklerarası and reading Ottoman modernization through everyday life. Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Early Acquaintances with Modern Mass Culture in Late Ottoman Istanbul: The Experiences of Child Audiences at Direklerarası
Direklerarası, the core of Ramadan entertainment in late Ottoman Istanbul, rose to prominence toward the end of the nineteenth century at about the same time as entertainment hubs in Paris, Berlin, T...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM