From Words to Worlds: The Power of Fiction in Sociological Research – Srishti Ganguly
Mapping Sociological Realities Through A Fictional Lens Employing fiction as a sociological source for research may appear unconventional, yet its…
Sociologists’ Futurity Formation Through Hauntology – Sheng-Hsiang Lance Peng
At its core, Sociology thrives when it casts its gaze outward, going into the knots of human society: its myriad…
Sociology of South Asia: Postcolonial Legacies, Global Imaginaries edited by Gowri Vijayakumar and Smitha Radhakrishnan (2022): A Review by Mamoon Bhuyan
In the edited volume Sociology of South Asia Postcolonial Legacies, Global Imaginaries (published by Springer in 2022), Gowri Vijayakumar and Smitha Radhakrishnan introduce…
Sociological Theory Beyond the Canon by Syed Farid Alatas and Vineeta Sinha (2017) A Review by Neeraj Naidu
The sociology curriculum of most universities legitimizes, institutionalizes, and reproduces not just the fact that the origin of sociology as…
Global Sociology and Building Bridges: A Conversation with Geoffrey Pleyers
Geoffrey Pleyers is an F.R.S-FNRS researcher and professor of Sociology at the University of Louvain, Belgium. He is also the…
The Role of Professional Bodies in the Development of Sociology
Bandana Purkayastha is the Vice President for National Associations in the International Sociological Association (ISA). She is a Board of…
Intersections Between Global Social Theory and Sociological Theory: A Lecture by Sujata Patel
‘ Sujata Patel has been the 2021 Kerstin Hesselgren Visiting Professor, at Umea University, Sweden; Distinguished Professor, at Savitribai Phule…
Doing Sociology in a Technological Institute: An Interview with Ravinder Kaur
Ravinder Kaur is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian…
“You are asking us to discount all perspectives, but to think in only ‘one’ Perspective”: ‘Common Sense’ in a Private University Sociology Class – Anindita Chakrabarty
A common phrase with which many of us began our Sociology classes at the undergraduate level is ‘Sociology is not…
Re-imagining Sociology in India: Feminist Perspectives edited by Gita Chadha and M.T. Joseph (2020): A Review by Mansi Malhotra
In the honor of feminist sociologist Kamala Ganesh, the book Re-imagining Sociology in India: Feminist Perspectives edited by Gita Chadha…