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Clayton Boeyink

Dr Clayton Boeyink (he/him) is a Research Fellow at the Centre of African Studies, situated within the School of Social and Political Science.

John Devaney

Professor John Devaney (he/him) is the Centenary Chair of Social Work and Head of the School of Social and Political Science.

Katucha Bento

Dr Katucha Bento is Lecturer in Race and Decolonial Studies in the Dept of Sociology and the Associate Director of RACE.ED Network. Her work is grounded in Black Feminisms (Latinx, […]

Kinship: Structure and Process (Postgraduate)

This course examines some of the ways in which people in different societies conceptualise and live out relatedness. It shows how notions about relatedness are linked to notions about gender, […]

Intimate Relationships (Undergraduate)

For most of us, the first intimate relationships that we experience are family relationships, although at other stages of our life-cycle non-familial relationships may dominate. The course explores different sociological […]

Shan-Jan Sarah Liu

Dr Sarah Liu is a Senior Lecturer in Gender and Politics in the School of Social and Political Science. She is an Associate Editor of Representation: Journal of Representative Democracy and Coordinating […]

Understanding Technology

Many of the students taking the MSc in Science and Technology in Society will have no prior training in the interdisciplinary field of science, technology and innovation studies. Focussing on […]

Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World: Key Concepts, Controversies and Challenges

How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? How is gender constructed in different contexts and what are the material consequences? How can gender analyses empower us to act […]

Topics in Social Theory

This course is intended to allow students to deepen their understanding of theoretical debates, issues and key thinkers, as well as helping them to develop a critical perspective on existing […]

The Social Life of Food

The course provides a framework for understanding key concepts and contemporary debates about food, as well as critically evaluating how past, current and future food-related issues are framed and dealt […]

The Anthropology of the Body

The course engages with both established and developing contemporary scholarship and debates concerning anthropological approaches to the body. The course aims to enrich and supplement broader disciplinary studies across medical […]

South Asia in the World

South Asia in the World is an interdisciplinary course which offers undergraduate students a first understanding of the Society, Politics, Culture and Economics of South Asia and provides a critical […]

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