The British Journal of Sociology

NEW - Listen to the 2011 BJS Public Lecture podcast
Citizenship and Immigration: Rights and Obligations of Inidividuality
Speaker: Dr Yasemin Soysal

JUST PUBLISHED - 2010 BJS Public Lecture Article
On Wednesday 20th October, John Hagan spoke at the 2010 BJS Public Lecture on The Displaced and Dispossessed of Darfur. John's paper, together with comments by Tim Allen, Vincent A. De Gaetano, Michael Mann, Claire Moon and Martin Shaw, were published in the March 2011 issue of the Journal.

Watch the 2009 BJS Public Lecture - Bringing the Penal State Back In by Loïc Wacquant
Wacquant spoke at the recent BJS Public Lecture on Tuesday 6th October 2009 at the LSE. Click here to watch the video-cast recorded at the LSE.

Read the issue and watch the podcast from the 2008 Public Lecture
The hugely popular BJS 2008 Annual Public Lecture given by Professor Rob Sampson, Disparity, Diversity and Social (dis)order in the contemporary city, held at the LSE on 21st October 2008, is now available for free online - simply click here to read this issue online today.

Read the hugely popular 2007 Annual Public Lecture given by Judith Butler on Sexual politics, torture and secular time

Listen to The BJS author Dr Lee Miller, Department of Sociology, Sam Houston State University in Texas, on Thinking Allowed. Dr Lee Miller talks about her paper Hazards of neoliberalism: delayed electric power restoration after Hurrican Ike

BJSPrize - Winner Announced
The BJS editors are pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural BJS prize - Double-edged swords? - by Claire Saunders (published in Volume 59, Issue 2)

Listen to the prize winner's podcast
Claire Saunders talks about what motivated her to write the article. She summarises the main arguments from the paper and what it means to the study of social movements. To listen to the podcast, please click here.

Read the Special Issue - Varieties of second modernity: extra-European and European experiences and perspectives
Edited by Ulrich Beck and Edgar Grande

NEW! Watch the interview with John Hagan about the 2010 BJS Public Lecture, The Displaced and Dispossessed of Darfur
Following the 2010 BJS Public Lecture, Richard Wright, editor-in-chief of The BJS, interviewed John Hagan about his work. We are pleased to be able to offer you a videocast of this interview. To watch the videocast, please click on the image below.

Podcast - An interview with Professor Rob Sampson and Professor Richard Sennett
Click here to listen to this interview chaired by Professor Richard Wright (Editor-in-Chief of The BJS).

Podcast - BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed
Laurie Taylor talks to Anthony King, author of The Afghan War and "postmodern" memory: commemoration and the dead of Helmand. Please click here to listen to the podcast of the programme or on the title above to read the article.

The BJS turned 60 last year. To mark this occasion the editors have chosen two articles from each of the journal's six decades that, in their view, have had a significant and enduring impact on sociology. Each of the articles is accompanied by contemporary commentary that critically assesses the legacy. To read this Anniversary Issue, please click here.

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