BSC Learning and Teaching Network – Managing Difficult Conversations in the Classroom
Hear about innovative approaches towards managing challenging criminological conversations in this free online seminar that explores a series of pedagogically-informed approaches to managing difficult conversations in learning spaces. The 90-minute seminar comprises two 30-minute presentations, followed by 30 minutes for questions and networking. Cultivating trauma-informed pedagogies in criminology: Insights from student victim-survivors. Julia Downes (The Open […]
Race and Justice Seminar Series
Counterterrorism in the UK: The Policing of Muslims in the name of fighting armed Muslim Groups In this session, Rizwaan Sabir will critically map the connections between counterinsurgency warfare and the domestic ‘war on terror’ being fought in the United Kingdom through policing, counterterrorism, and counter-extremism policy, law, and practice. The session will draw upon Sabir’s […]
Reimagining Probation and the Rehabilitation of Offenders conference
The BSC Midland Regional branch and University of Wolvershapton 1-day conference: Reimagining Probation and the Rehabilitation of Offenders. This conference aims to explore new developments, policies, and practices in probation and the rehabilitation of offenders. University of Wolverhampton – City Campus Wulfruna Street Wolverhampton WV1 1LY This conference aims to explore new developments, policies, and […]
BSC Historical Criminology Network seminar series: Workshopping Critical Race Theory in British Criminology: Why the Outrage?
Anti-Fascism, Decolonisation & Critical Race Theory. Presenter Biographies & Session Information Dr Esmorie Miller is a Lecturer in Criminology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. Workshopping Critical Race Theory in British Criminology: Why the Outrage? Chair: Lizzie Seal Register here.
BSC Race Matters Network Race and Justice Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr Niina Vuolajärvi and Prof Nick Mai Panel Title: Migration and Sex Work. Registration link: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_view?id=35804 Speaker 1: Niina Vuolajärvi Title: Looking for a different kind of abolitionism. Sex Work, Migration and the Feminist Politics of Care Niina Vuolajärvi is an Assistant Professor in International Migration at the European Institute, London School of Economics and […]
BSC Historical Criminology Network seminar series
BSC Historical Criminology Network seminar series: Anti-Fascism, Decolonisation & Critical Race Theory. Presenter Biographies & Session Information Dr Evan Smith is a Lecturer in History at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Moral Panics and the Free Speech ‘Crisis’ on Campus: Using Critical Criminology to Examine the History of ‘No Platforming’ at British Universities Chair: Liam Miles This seminar will be […]
BSC Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Group Meeting
The meeting will be at Sheffield Hallam University on Weds 8th March 2023 – the theme is Social Justice Research: Making Change Happen? The theme of this one day workshop will focus broadly on social justice and criminal justice research and academic work with practitioners, external organisations and partners. We are keen for speakers to reflect upon […]
BSC Race Matter Network Race and Justice Seminar Series
Speakers: Dr David R Goyes and Prof Katja Franko. Title: Profiting from Pablo: Consumerism, Memory and Global Hierarchies of Victimhood. Katja Franko is Professor of Criminology at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo. Katja’s primary research interests are in globalization, migration and border control, international police co-operation, and on the uses of […]
BSC Hate Crime Network online event: Sexual Harassment in the Night-Time Economy.
BSC Hate Crime Network online event: Sexual Harassment in the Night-Time Economy. 23 March, 2-3pm with guest speaker Michelle Cunliffe, Nottingham Trent University. Abstact Sexual harassment is a global issue that disproportionately affects women (Gouseti, 2020: Stanko, 1990; Vera-Gray, 2016). Sexual harassment in public spaces, in particular in the Night-Time Economy, is relatively sparse. Whilst […]
BSC Learning and Teaching Network free online seminar
BSC Learning and Teaching Network free online seminar: Creating Student Communities in Criminology. Hear about innovative ways in which a sense of community has been fostered amongst criminology students in this free online seminar. The BSC Learning and Teaching Network is delighted to host this free online seminar, that explores a series of innovations […]
Blog online writing workshop
Attention BSC members You know that blog post you’ve been thinking about / working on / finishing off or ages? Do you need a gentle push to get it started / finished / submitted? If so, read on… The British Society of Criminology wants to assist and encourage submissions to the BSC Blog to showcase […]
BSC Race Matters Network: Race and Justice Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr Sarah Turnbull, University of Waterloo Title: Discover a world of cultures’: Diversity work as gendered racial governance in British immigration detention Register here. Dr Sarah Turnbull, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo and a faculty member of the Balsillie School for International Affairs where […]