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Event Report – Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Retirement Conference

Report by Willa Sachs Willa Sachs is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Yale University and a Junior Fellow at the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology. Last October, friends, students, and colleagues of Jeffrey C. Alexander gathered in Yale University’s Humanities Quadrangle to celebrate his retirement after an academic career spanning over five decades. The conference, entitled “Working Towards Meaning Together: Jeffrey Alexander’s Legacy for … Continue reading Event Report – Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Retirement Conference

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Newsletter Announcements – Spring 2025

Interested or available in serving as an Editor or Co-Editor of the Culture Section Newsletter for the 2025/2026 academic year? Please send an initial inquiry email to the Newsletter team at asaculturenews@gmail.com Culture Section Award Winners John Mohr Dissertation Improvement GrantWinner: Şeyma ÖzdemirUCSB Honorable Mention:Kristen MillerCUNY Honorable Mention:Yucheng LiuUCSB Stuart Hall Award for Advancing the Study of Racial or Ethnic InequalityPatricia A. BanksMount Holyoke College Mary … Continue reading Newsletter Announcements – Spring 2025

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Reports on the Culture and Contemporary Life Series

Gender, Religion, and Nationalism in Global PerspectiveFebruary 11, 2025By Rachel Rinaldo The February episode of the Culture and Contemporary Life Talk Series, hosted by the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association, kicked off the 2025 series by bringing together renowned scholars to discuss the intersections of gender, religion, and nationalism. Australian sociologist Raewyn Connell, along with political scientist Nandini Deo (Lehigh University) and Saskia Schaefer … Continue reading Reports on the Culture and Contemporary Life Series

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Interview with Musa al-Gharbi

By Manning Zhang We had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Musa al-Gharbi, the author of the widely acclaimed We Have Never Been Woke, a book that has sparked conversations both in the U.S. and around the world. Dr. al-Gharbi, a sociologist by training, and an Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University, connected with Manning Zhang, our student editor from Brandeis University, … Continue reading Interview with Musa al-Gharbi

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Культурна фільтрація та гібридна війна в умовах російської окупації України

Culture Section Newsletter – Summer Issue 2025 Фіона Грінленд Російська федерація — загарбницька імперія[1]. Засобами гібридної війни вона вносить розбрат у народи з метою встановити над ними свою владу. Нинішня війна спирається на брехню, що Україна — це «неіснуюча нація». Захисники прав людини стверджують: російська фільтрація — це систематична спроба викорінити українську національну ідентичність. В центрі уваги мого есею — саме ця культурна фільтрація та … Continue reading Культурна фільтрація та гібридна війна в умовах російської окупації України

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Newsletter Announcements – Winter 2025

Announcements Publications Brittany Friedman. 2025. Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Brittany Friedman, Gabriela Kirk-Werner, and April D. Fernandes. 2024. “Reforming the Shadow Carceral State.” Theoretical Criminology 28(4): 437-458. Mueller, Jason C. 2024. “The (Im)Possibility of Anti-Systemic Politics: Uprisings, Exilic Spaces, and Alain Badiou,” Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis 3(2) 1-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2765-8414.1079. Mueller, Jason C. 2024. … Continue reading Newsletter Announcements – Winter 2025

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