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Department of Sociology
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE

Email: Sociology.admin@lse.ac.uk|
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 7309/7708
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7955 7405

See Who's who| for a complete list of all people working in the Department and how to contact them.

We are based on the second floor of St Clement's Building.

LSE Sociology is one of the premier sociology departments in the world, with a dynamic research culture, eminent staff and associated researchers, and an international student body. It was also the first sociology department in the United Kingdom, and has played a unique historical role in defining and developing the discipline - nationally and internationally - since 1904.

LSE Sociology has long been noted for its empirical rigour, its involvement in the urgent public and policy issues of the day, and its global perspective.

QS World University Rankings 2013 puts the Department first in Europe and fourth in the world for sociology.

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Judy Wajcman to receive CITASA Career Achievement Award
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Professor Judy Wajcman has been selected at the 2013 recipient of the CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award. CITASA is the Communications and Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association.

For more on this plus the results of Professor Mike Savage's Great British Class Survey and other departmental news follow the link above.

Things to Do with Words: Illustrations from Italian Fascism (1919–1922) and Georgia lynchings (1875–1930)|

Monday 3 June, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

In his public lecture Professor Roberto Franzosi (Emory University) will illustrate a quantitative social science approach to texts developed by the speaker, Quantitative Narrative Analysis (QNA), and show how narrative data lend themselves to cutting-edge tools of data visualization and analysis as dynamic network graphs and maps in Google Earth and other GIS software. It will also show how QNA data provide the basis for fascinating digital humanities projects. This lecture is free and open to all on a first come first served basis.

Undergraduate Open Day 3 July|

If you are thinking of applying for a place at LSE the Open Day offers you the chance to hear subject talks from academic staff, meet current students, visit some of our student accommodation, and pose your questions directly to staff from a range of departments, including Financial Support, Undergraduate Admissions, and the Students' Union. Follow link above for more information, including how to book a place

Tribute to Stan Cohen on Radio 4 Thinking Allowed|

Dr Claire Moon joined other academics including eminent sociologists Stuart Hall, Conor Gearty and Howard Becker for a special programme presented by Laurie Taylor which paid tribute to the work and legacy of one of the most significant sociologists of our times, highlighting his unique personality and ongoing influence on sociology and human rights - follow link above to listen to the programme.

MSc Dissertation Week 1-5 July 2013|

The LSE Teaching and Learning Centre will be holding a range of workshops on all aspects of dissertation planning and writing including creative techniques, making an original argument, structure, visual impact and more - plus a session for people thinking of going on to do a PhD and a careers Q & A. Follow link above for more details and to book.

Recent publications by LSE Sociology faculty include:

A report for the British Politics and Policy at LSE blog by Professor Mike Savage on the results of the largest British class survey ever conducted: The British class system is becoming more polarised between a prosperous elite and a poor ‘precariat’|

An article by Dr Patrick McGovern in Sociology (journal of the British Sociological Association, February 2013): Contradictions at Work: A Critical Review|

A special issue of the Journal of Classical Sociology (February 2013) guest edited by Dr Nigel Dodd in memory of David Frisby: Special Issue on Georg Simmel and David Frisby|

An article by Dr Ayça Çubukçu for a special issue of The Journal of Human Rights (Volume 12, Issue 1, 2013): Humanitarianism and Responsibility:
The Responsibility to Protect: Libya and the problem of transnational solidarity|

An article by Dr Suzanne Hall in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
Volume 20, Issue 1, 2013 Special Issue: Settling Differences in a Land of Strangers: The Politics of Belonging|.

City, Street and Citizen: The Measure of the Ordinary
|Suzanne Hall, Routledge, 2012

Suzanne Hall is lecturer in the Department of Sociology and teaches in the Cities Programme.

'With the precision of an architect’s eye and the attentiveness of an ethnographer’s ear Suzanne Hall offers us a profound and urgently needed account of the multicultural life in Britain. This
book should be read widely by anyone who has a serious interest in the future of city life.' Les Back, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths

Together: the rituals, pleasures and politics of cooperation|
Richard Sennett, Yale University Press and Allen Lane, 2012

Richard Sennett is Professor of Sociology at LSE and University Professor at New York University.

Books by Departmental Staff|
A selection of titles by LSE Sociology faculty. For fuller details of publications follow the links from Who's who to academic staff pages.