The latest research and thought on contemporary sociology presented by leading sociologists. 

All staff and students, graduate and undergraduate, are welcome.  This year’s series is convened by Professor Patrick Baert.

Time: 12.30 – 2pm                  
Dates: alternate Tuesdays during term time 
Venue: Sociology Seminar Room, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RQ 

Access information: The seminar room is accessed via two flights of steps/a lift and then a further two flights of stairs accessed through a heavy set of doors. There is no step-free access. The lift is not accessible to wheelchair users, but may assist with other mobility issues. Please contact enquiries@sociology.cam.ac.uk with any questions.

Michaelmas Term 2025

21st October: Discrimination and health inequalities 

                      Speaker: Prof Martin Aranguren, Sciences Po Centre for Research on Social Inequalities 

4th November: Recent thoughts on the ecology of addiction

                     Speaker: Prof Darin Weinberg, University of Cambridge 

18th November: Violence and Lies: the exercise of power from the conquest of the Americas to the climates crisis

                     Speaker: Dr Lorenzo Posocco, University of Copenhagen 

2 December- No such thing as society? Lessons from AI on the street

                      Speaker: Prof Noortje Marres, University of Warwick 

Previous seminars

Easter Term 2025

20 May - Frantz Fanon and the Diagnosis of Social Pathologies
                                Speaker: Dr Sarah Bufkin, University of Birmingham
                                YouTube Link

6 May - Hey ChatGPT, are you racist? An exploration of sociopolitical inequalities manifested in Generative Artificial Intelligence
                                Speaker: Dr Dhiraj Murthy, The University of Texas at Austin

Lent Term 2025

25 February - Born to Rule: the Making and Remaking of the British Elite
                                Speakers: Professor Sam Friedman and Professor Aaron Reeves,
                                London School of Economics
                                YouTube Link

11 February - The Love Jones Cohort: Examining the Lifestyles of those Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class
                                Speaker: Dr Kris Marsh, University of Maryland
                                YouTube Link

28 January - The Struggle for Meaning in Post-Assadist Syria
                                Speaker: Dr Zeina Al-Azmeh, University of Cambridge
                                YouTube Link

Michaelmas Term 2024

26 November - Non-White Meta-Categories in the US and UK -
                                Speaker: Mari Sanchez, Harvard University
                                YouTube Link

12 November - The Sociology of Religion without 'Religion'?
                                Speaker: Dr Lois Lee, University of Kent
                                YouTube Link

29 October - The Love of Books in the UK
                                Speaker: Dr María Angélica Thumala Olave, University of Edinburgh
                                YouTube Link

15 October - The Problem of White Normativity
                                Speaker: Professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University
                                YouTube Link