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SEMINAR:

🗣️'Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism' - Alison Phipps
📅1-2.30pm, 23 April 2026
📌Hybrid (Manchester and online)

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What does the Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton mean for the future of British politics? Our panel responds Greens first, Reform second, Labour trailing – and the Tories losing their deposit. This felt like a rejection of the status quo

'The problems are real – but the solutions Reform offered were not. Its politics relies on fear and scapegoating, and the racism feels barely disguised'
Remi Joseph-Salisbury comments on the Gorton & Denton by-election
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Text repeats title and speaker name from above. Event is in person (Boardroom, Arthur Lewis Building University of Manchester, and online). Logos of university of manchester and CoDE

SEMINAR:

Denaturalisation & Modernity: Drugs & Racial Capitalism
Anne Pollock (KCL)

📅1-2.30pm Thurs 19 Feb
📌Manchester/online

All welcome
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events.teams.microsoft.com/event/940a34...

The new issue of SAQ is out, featuring my article on Roma workers and the disciplining of labour under Czech racial capitalism:

read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...

Join us on the 26th March!

Applications for our trustees vacancies close at 11.59pm on Sunday 15th February.

Knowing Yesterday, Shaping Tomorrow: The Lou Kushnick Memorial Lecture Professor Alkalimat inaugurates the new annual lecture series commemorating our founder Professor Lou Kushnick.

‘Knowing Yesterday, Shaping Tomorrow: The Lou Kushnick Memorial Lecture’
🗣️Professor Abdul Alkalimat
📅4–7pm, Thursday 12 March 2026
📌Manchester Central Library
Organised by @aiucentre.bsky.social in partnership with The University of Manchester
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/knowing-ye...

VACANCY (1 of 2...)

Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with a qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class.

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www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

VACANCY (2 of 2...)

Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’.

Please share - thanks!
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Sean's article featured on the back cover of Anthropology today. Photo shows delivery driver and parked car outside the Brick Lane Islamic Shop and Mini mart

📝New article:

“‘They've got to make a living’: Alcohol, curry commerce & pragmatic piety on Brick Lane.”

- @seancarey.bsky.social latest article in Anthropology Today: how curry house owners balance their faith with commercial pressures to serve alcohol
doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Still time to register for our annual lecture this Thursday: Bridget Anderson shares her research on migration and citizenship 👇🏾

📚In the latest issue of Race & Class, Siobhan O’Neill looks at an under-researched aspect of state violence: police pursuits.

According to the IOPC, in the last ten years there have been 299 police-related road traffic fatalities in England and Wales.
irr.org.uk/article/pion...

Exploring Diaspora Dreams and Everyday Life in the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre Education Trust Archive. Online free seminar via Teams, booking essential on Eventbrite: https://ow.ly/Ni3W50Y4i4s

Dharmi Kapadia

We have some CoDE family news! Dharmi Kapadia is our new Director (& our outgoing Director, @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social is our new Deputy Director)
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www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/d...

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Methodological assumptions and limitations of life expectancy estimates for minoritised ethnic groups in the UK: implications for validity, practice, and policy Experimental life expectancy estimates calculated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the period 2011 to 2014 show significantly longer li…

NEW ARTICLE

Methodological assumptions & limitations of life expectancy estimates for minoritised ethnic groups in the UK

By Taylor, Stopforth, Kapadia, Nazroo, White & Bécares

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Claudette Colvin’s life should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops | Gary Younge Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge

"An individual may resist, but resistance is collective" Gary Younge on what we can learn from the life of Colette Colvin
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BFI and Stuart Hall Foundation present: Reflecting on Stuart Hall's Impact. Part of 'Constructed, Told, Spoken: A Counter-History of Britain on TV', a new season at the BFI. Event programme: Open Door: It Ain’t Half Racist Mum (BBC Community Programme Unit / Campaign Against Racism in the Media, 1979) Language is the Key (Yugesh Walia, 1985) + panel discussion. Wednesday 18 February 2026, 6.10pm. Screen NFT3, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank London, SE1 8XT. Tickets £6.50, on sale Thursday 15 January, 12pm.

The BFI and Stuart Hall Foundation present a look back on Hall's impact in media, screening TV programmes he developed with CARM and the Commission for Racial Equality, followed by a panel discussion.

📅 Wed 18 Feb, 6.10pm
📍 NFT3, BFI Southbank
🎟️ £6.50, on sale The 26 Jan, 12pm

Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026, followed by a drinks reception.

University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026:

‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration & Citizenship’
Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol)

📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 (followed by drinks reception)

All welcome!
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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-bor...

University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026:

‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship’
Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol)

📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026

@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/university...

Text repeats title and speaker name from above. Event is in person (Boardroom, Arthur Lewis Building University of Manchester, and online). Logos of university of manchester and CoDE

SEMINAR:

Denaturalisation & Modernity: Drugs & Racial Capitalism
Anne Pollock (KCL)

📅1-2.30pm Thurs 19 Feb
📌Manchester/online

All welcome
@uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/940a34...

🎧Listen to @meghanetinsley.bsky.social discussing the ethics of researching the far right on the latest episode of the #EthicsUnboxed podcast
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'I didn't know where to turn': Why ethnic minorities with gambling addictions struggle to get help Research has shown that people from ethnic minorities are less likely to gamble than their white counterparts - but are more likely to suffer harm from gambling and less likely to seek help.

Dharmi Kapadia comments in this piece on the barriers faced by people from minority ethnic groups as they seek help for gambling addiction.

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news.sky.com/story/i-didn...

Are you an early career researcher in the arts & humanities with bold ideas? Apply for the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship through @uomhums.bsky.social and join a world-class research community.

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CoDE SEMINAR: 'I’m Just a Large Language Model, Please Excuse Me for Being Racist: Racial Inequalities Manifested in Generative Artificial Intelligence'

🗣️Dhiraj Murthy
📅12.30-2pm [UPDATED START TIME], 11 Dec 2025
📍Uni of Manchester & online
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

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Reflecting on Manchester Criminal Prosecutions: Yousef Makki - Garden Court North Chambers Pete Weatherby KC will be speaking at the University of Manchester's panel on the unlawful killing of Yousef Makki.

Our panel event: 5pm today at Uni of Manchester
gcnchambers.co.uk/event/reflec... Feat. Jade Akoum, David Conn, Dr Patrick Williams, Pete Weatherby KC, Prof Eithne Quinn
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REMINDER: our next seminar is from Ulla McKnight, who will be sharing her research on racialised health inequalities. You can join us in person or online, 1pm Thurs 20 Nov 👇🏾

#ERSBookSymposium 📕

What is antiracism, how should it be done, and what are its aims?

Brett St Louis @ethnicityuk.bsky.social engages with John Solomos's #Antiracism, exploring the plurality of antiracisms and how to build alliances. @politybooks.bsky.social

Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0141...