A new publication for Ellen Annandale

Ellen Annandale has just published the 2nd edn of the Sociology of Health and Medicine (Polity Press)

http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745634623
What the reviewers say:

"The second edition of Annandale’s Sociology of Health and Medicine is a stellar introduction to the field by a superb scholar. Annandale’s lucid prose and richly theoretical approach take readers through the history of medical sociology, its connection with and contribution to sociological theory, and its uses for making sense of global health inequalities. In addition, the book seamlessly incorporates feminist perspectives on gender and health with detailed discussion of contemporary topics in health sociology".
Susan Bell, Bowdoin College

"Annandale has done it again! A fully revised and rewritten second edition of The Sociology of Health and Medicine, with global extensions now too. One of the best medical sociology textbooks around, in short, has just got better".
Simon Williams, University of Warwick

New AHRC Grant Awarded

Many congratulations to Sharon Macdonald who is partner in a successful large AHRC award (to start in April 2015) .

The team, led from UCL, and including CIs at Exeter and Linnaeus as well as Sharon at York (and including many other non university partners) have been awarded a large 4 year AHRC 'beacon' grant.

The overall grant is called 'Assembling Alternative Futures for Heritage' and it is intended to act as a 'beacon' for the 'Care for the Future' theme; and the York part-project is called 'Curating profusion'.

A postdoctoral researcher will be based in the Department and the University is due to contribute a PhD studentship starting in 2015.

July Graduation Ceremony Photographs

Here are the photographs from the University of York Graduation Ceremony on Friday 18 July.

There are more general photographs available via the web page at http://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/about/news-and-events/news/2014/july-graduation (available late Monday evening after web update)

If you would like a higher definition photograph please let me know and I shall email one to you.  (Email: sociology-pg@york.ac.uk )

If you are still considering going onto further study we run 6 MA/MSc courses which may be of interest to you.  We continue to recruit until mid September so it isn't to late to apply:  http://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/postgraduate/

International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York)

This symposium took place on  Monday and Tuesday 14/15 July in the Department of Sociology.

Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium provided a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour.

There is a twitter feed to enable everyone to follow the discussions at #moodatyork

Speakers Commission on Digital Democracy

Brian Loader appeared as an expert witness for the Speakers Commission on Digital Democracy on Tuesday 15 July. Details at
http://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/ddc-news/engagement-meeting/

The Commissioners heard contributions on engagement and facilitating dialogue amongst citizens, before opening up the meeting to a final 30 minute public question and answer session with the audience and via Twitter using #DDCEngage

New working paper by Paul Johnson on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014

Paul Johnson’s new working paper provides a critical analysis of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 and the process by which it was enacted by the Parliament of Uganda. Drawing on Hansard (the Official Report), as well as other parliamentary documents, Paul examines how the legislation was shaped and formed during its passage through Parliament. Through a detailed analysis of four key criminal offences created by the legislation, he argues that Ugandan legislators have enacted law that is not only unjust but is often ambiguous, incoherent or redundant. He concludes by suggesting that an examination of the parliamentary process, and the legislation that resulted from it, can provide an important means of questioning and challenging the legitimacy of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 and the Parliament that made it.


The working paper can be downloaded from SSRN here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2466100

York is active with events and reports

The Department of Sociology has been featured in this month's edition of the British Sociology Association Network magazine highlighting all the events and activities that have taken place in the past few months.

Every event and seminar is posted on the Sociology blog at http://uoysociology.blogspot.co.uk/  Do keep up with us all by bookmarking this link

• Research students organised an annual sociology postgraduate researcher conference, entitled Access and Opportunity, which focused on multi-disciplinary research and international collaboration. 
• The department and the Centre for Urban Research (Curb) hosted a one-day symposium entitled 'Marxism with soul: Marxist humanism after Marshall Berman'. The event was organised by Dr Gareth Millington 
• The European Sociological Association's PhD summer school 'A sociological imagin-ation for the 21st century' is taking place at York from 27 to 29 July. It is directed by the Head of Department, Professor Ellen Annandale.
• Dr Rowland Atkinson has published the edited collection Shades of Deviance: A Primer on Crime, Deviance and Social Harm, with accounts of war, murder, paedophilia, human experimentation, stalking, sexting and other issues.
• Dr Nathan Manning, with Dr Anna Barker, University of Bradford, and Dr Ala Sirriyeh, Keele University, has published a report based on research on Bradford's City Park.
• Dr Merran Toerien facilitated a week-long workshop 'Conversation analysis: a hands-on workshop' at Rhodes University, South Africa, funded by a British Academy International Partnership and Mobility Award.
• Dr Sian Beynon-jones presented her research on temporalities and abortion at the BSA Yorkshire Medical Sociology group inaugural meeting in Sheffield