UCL Sociology Network Annual Lecture 2022
Contemporary Sociology and the Reconstruction of its Canons
Speaker
Professor Gurminder K Bhambra, FBA, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, Department of International Relations, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex and President, British Sociological Association
Welcome and introduction
UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence
Q&A Chair
Dr Katherine Twamley, Associate Professor of Sociology, Social Research Institute, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society
About the Event
The idea of a set of figures that establish a core conceptual framework, or set of themes, organising the discipline of sociology is, as Raewyn Connell argues, a relatively recent phenomenon. The initial presentation of a foundational generation, from 1890 to 1920, was set out by Talcott Parsons in the 1930s. It included Durkheim and Weber and their understandings of modern society. It did not, however, have place for Du Bois who was their contemporary. This foundational period also coincided with the height of European empires, including the ‘scramble for Africa’, and culminated in a world war between imperial powers. Yet, colonialism and empire lie outside the dominant framings of modern society and are largely attributed to earlier historical periods and civilisations. While the social movements of the sixties brought Marx, and concerns with capitalist economic relations, into the core of sociology, they did not challenge the colonial absences. In this talk, I discuss the conceptual architecture of sociology that has been bequeathed to us via a focus on the foundational generation and argue for the need to reconstruct it through an address of the broader, shared histories that have produced our present.
More about the speakers:
https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p27518-gurminder-bhambra
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/provost/ucl-president-provost
https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=KTWAM37
Registration and more info:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/events/2022/mar/ucl-sociology-network-inaugural-annual-lecture
Find out more about the UCL Sociology Network:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/collaborative-social-science/ucl-sociology-network
SUBMIT a question or comment for Gurminder Bhambra that will be reviewed during the lecture
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Speaker
Professor Gurminder K Bhambra, FBA, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, Department of International Relations, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex and President, British Sociological Association
Welcome and introduction
UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence
Q&A Chair
Dr Katherine Twamley, Associate Professor of Sociology, Social Research Institute, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society
About the Event
The idea of a set of figures that establish a core conceptual framework, or set of themes, organising the discipline of sociology is, as Raewyn Connell argues, a relatively recent phenomenon. The initial presentation of a foundational generation, from 1890 to 1920, was set out by Talcott Parsons in the 1930s. It included Durkheim and Weber and their understandings of modern society. It did not, however, have place for Du Bois who was their contemporary. This foundational period also coincided with the height of European empires, including the ‘scramble for Africa’, and culminated in a world war between imperial powers. Yet, colonialism and empire lie outside the dominant framings of modern society and are largely attributed to earlier historical periods and civilisations. While the social movements of the sixties brought Marx, and concerns with capitalist economic relations, into the core of sociology, they did not challenge the colonial absences. In this talk, I discuss the conceptual architecture of sociology that has been bequeathed to us via a focus on the foundational generation and argue for the need to reconstruct it through an address of the broader, shared histories that have produced our present.
More about the speakers:
https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p27518-gurminder-bhambra
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/provost/ucl-president-provost
https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=KTWAM37
Registration and more info:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/events/2022/mar/ucl-sociology-network-inaugural-annual-lecture
Find out more about the UCL Sociology Network:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/collaborative-social-science/ucl-sociology-network
SUBMIT a question or comment for Gurminder Bhambra that will be reviewed during the lecture
TELL US about your suggestions for the UCL Sociology Network (one free text question and your contact details)
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