Critical Theory and Practice Seminar

The UK and Cambridge Housing crises: an Open Dialogue

Gemma Burgess (Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research),Martyn Everett (Activist, UNITE Community), Diana Minns (Representative of Council Housing tenants), Kevin Price (Executive Housing City Councillor) .

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Tuesday 31 May 2016, 17:00-18:45

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

Humanitarian Technologies

Dr Mirca Madianou (Media and Communications, Goldsmiths) & Dr Jonathan Ong (Media and Communication, Leicester).

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Thursday 11 February 2016, 14:00-15:30

All POLIS Department Seminars and Events

Global Capitalism and its Critics: Discussion Group

Guy Standing, Professor of Development Studies at SOAS.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Thursday 12 November 2015, 17:00-18:30

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

Research with Geo-Social Network Data

Cecilia Mascolo (University of Cambridge).

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Thursday 11 June 2015, 14:00-15:30

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Ex Oriente Lux: the legacy of Lukács, Mannheim and Hauser

Dr Tamas Demeter, David Hume Fellow, University of Edinburgh; Research Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Friday 05 June 2015, 17:00-18:00

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

Doing social research with social media: the question of participation

Noortje Marres, Sociology, Goldsmiths.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Tuesday 02 June 2015, 14:00-15:30

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

Facebook as a Research Tool for the Social Sciences

David Stillwell, Deputy Director, The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Tuesday 19 May 2015, 14:00-15:30

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

Multiplex Network Approach to the Analysis of (Offline and Online) Social Ties

Desislava Hristova, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Thursday 23 April 2015, 14:00-15:30

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

Big Data and Fine Details: The Importance of Qualitative Approaches in the Study of Social Media and Political Phenomena

Paolo Gerbaudo, Digital Humanities, King's College London.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Thursday 05 March 2015, 14:00-15:30

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

Annual Keynote (title TBC)

Christian Fuchs, Professor of Social Media, Communication and Media Research Institute, Centre for Social Media Research, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Monday 02 February 2015, 13:00-14:30

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

Doing Social Research with Social Media: The Question of Participation

Noortje Marres, Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Goldsmiths.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Thursday 04 December 2014, 14:00-16:00

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

@ is for Activism and Beyond

Joss Hands, Reader in Media and Critical Theory, Department of English and Media, Anglia Ruskin University.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Thursday 13 November 2014, 14:00-16:00

Researching (with) Social Media reading group

"Out There"

Alex Taylor, Human Experience & Design Group, Microsoft Research.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Wednesday 22 October 2014, 12:00-14:00

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The catastrophic costs of secrecy and surveillance: why national security leaks are good for you

Chase Madar is a civil rights attorney in New York and the author of The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story behind the Wikileaks Whistleblower. He has written for the London Review of Books, Le Monde diplomatique, The American Conservative, CounterPunc

Chase Madar.

Seminar room, Sociology Department, Free School Lane .

Friday 15 November 2013, 17:00-18:30