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Birgan Gokmenoglu
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Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University | PhD
@lsesociology.bsky.social | Researching time and temporality, grassroots politics, social transformation | she/her
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Excited to join Lara Monticelli, Torsten Geelan, and Jan Groos to co-organise the Alternatives to Capitalism Network @sasemeeting.bsky.social! Check out the Network, our new call for papers, and guidelines here: sase.org/networks/i-a...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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24 October in London at 6:30pm I'll be at the After Collective event on capitalism and its alternatives with Panos Theodoropoulos @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @intrrgum.bsky.social Join us for an inspiring discussion, antii-capitalist solidarity & pizza! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/4nv7s7rb
October 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Excited to be a part of the BSA Theory Group over the next few years!
bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · Sep 1
The (2022-present) BSA Theory Study Group convening team is delighted to welcome five new convenors!

They are:
Sarah Bufkin - University of Birmingham
Birgan Gokmenoglu - Birmingham City University
Neal Harris - Oxford Brookes University
Zheng Liu - Univ of Bristol
Maria Volkova - Univ of Exeter
Ioana Cerasella Chis University of Birmingham Send an email. Joe Davidson University of Cambridge Send an email. Mr Sebastian Raza University of Cambridge Send an email. Sarah Bufkin University of Birmingham Send an email. Birgan Gokmenoglu Birmingham City University Send an email. Neal Harris Oxford Brookes University Send an email. Zheng Liu University of Bristol Send an email. Maria Volkova University of Exeter Send an email.
September 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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TODAY: Publicly available online panel on Critical Pedagogies and Praxis in and Against Capitalism @sasemeeting.bsky.social, organised by me and Yasemin Bavbek. Check out the link for the panel description, papers, and Zoom link here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...
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July 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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I'll be at the @bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Symposium @camsociology.bsky.social on Friday May 23rd, discussing how to do social theory. See the programme and the participants below 👇👇
bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · May 6
We're delighted to share the programme for the 23rd of May Symposium 'The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory', with four paper workshops and other sessions throughout the day, at the University of Cambridge.

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The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory 23 May 2025 Programme ❖ 10:00am - 10:30am Registration, Meet & Greet ❖ 10:30am - 12:00pm Workshops Workshop A (Sarah Bufkin discussant) • Nabila Islam (Brown University) • Hochan Kim (University of Oxford) Workshop B (Birgan Gokmenoglu discussant) • Ningxiang Sun (University of Edinburgh) • D'Arcy Ritchie (University of Birmingham) • Vanessa Schofield (University of Leeds) ❖ 12pm - 1pm Lunch ❖ 1:00pm - 2:30pm Workshops Workshop C (Teodor Mladenov discussant) • Sacha Hilhorst (London School of Economics) • Sara McHaffie (Northumbria University) • Barbara Neukirchinger (Hochschule Bremen - City University of Applied Sciences) Workshop D (Kristin Surak discussant) • Christian Koutny (University of Hertfordshire) • Sophie Shall (Glasgow Caledonian University) • Maria Volkova (University of Exeter)
May 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Only 2 days left (including today) to submit a short paper for the BSA Theory Symposium!

Discussants:
🟢Sarah Bufkin - @unibirmingham,
🟣Birgan Gokmenoglu - @MyBCUm,
🟡Teodor Mladenov - @dundeeuni,
🔵Kristin Surak - @LSEnews.

#Sociology #SocialTheory #AcademicSky
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The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory A BSA Early Career Regional Funded Symposium (organised by the BSA Theory Study Group) 23 May 2025 University of Cambridge, UK About the Event The process of producing social theory is often assumed to be self-explanatory within academic institutions. With the current ‘crisis’ of higher education and intensification of academic precarity disproportionately affecting theoretical scholarship, centres, departments, and institutes, the co-organisers of this Symposium wish to create a space for Early Career scholars interested in social theory to receive feedback on their ongoing research/papers and discuss the day-to-day experiences, challenges, and opportunities of continuing to undertake theoretical scholarship. We are honoured to announce that our guest discussants are Sarah Bufkin (Assistant Professor in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham), Birgan Gokmenoglu (Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University), Teodor Mladenov (Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Dundee), and Kristin Surak (Associate Professor in Sociology at the London School of Economics). Number 2
February 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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🧵Happy to announce our Special Issue on the #Political and #Transformative Uses of #Time is out! Coedited by me & E Colin Ruggero. Many thanks to all our contributors and to @timeandsociety.bsky.social. Hope it will be useful for those thinking time politically.

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February 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Intro to the SI #Political and #Transformative Uses of #Time is published! Coauthored by me and Colin Ruggero. Drawing on time's entanglements with power, inequality, and social justice, we reflect esp. on collective temporal agency: @timeandsociety.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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February 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Felix Ringel's insightful Afterword to our SI Political and Transformative Uses of Time is out! He focuses on the co-constitution of pols & time thru a close reading of the SI's contributions. See here:
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Afterword: Time and Politics - Felix Ringel, 2024
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February 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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This will be a great day of workshopping and discussing ways of doing theory at @camsociology.bsky.social in May. I'll be one of the discussants, w/ Sarah Bufkin @unibirmingham.bsky.social, Teodor Mladenov @dundee.ac.uk & Kristin Surak @lsesociology.bsky.social. Here's the cfp for ECRs:
bsatheory.bsky.social BSA Theory Study Group (British Sociological Association) @bsatheory.bsky.social · Jan 22
Call for Short Papers (750 - 1,000 words by 28th February 2025, 5pm GMT)

The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory (One-Day Symposium)
A BSA Theory & BSA Early Career Forum Event due to take place on Friday, 23rd May 2025!

More details here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Reposted by Birgan Gokmenoglu
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Submit your short paper for ‘The Process and Implications of Doing Social Theory’ Symposium by 28 Feb

- a space for Early Career scholars interested in social theory to receive feedback & discuss day-to-day experiences & challenges of undertaking theoretical work
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
About the Event The process of producing social theory is often assumed to be self-explanatory within academic institutions. With the current ‘crisis’ of higher education and intensification of academic precarity disproportionately affecting theoretical scholarship, centres, departments, and institutes, the co-organisers of this Symposium wish to create a space for Early Career scholars interested in social theory to receive feedback on their ongoing research/papers and discuss the day-to-day experiences, challenges, and opportunities of continuing to undertake theoretical scholarship. We are honoured to announce that our guest discussants are Sarah Bufkin (Assistant Professor in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham), Birgan Gokmenoglu (Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University), Teodor Mladenov (Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Dundee), and Kristin Surak (Associate Professor in Sociology at the London School of Economics).
January 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM