Les Back
@AcademicDiary
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Teaches sociology at the University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined March 2011
Just wanted to let you know that I will not be posting any longer on X thanks to all the follows in the past I will be posting in future at @academicdiary.bsky.social.
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RT @alpashah001: A pilgrimage to the Cable Street Mural in London, a celebration of the kind of cross community antifascist coalitions we s….
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RT @qm_ucu: “while scholarship is rewarded individually, it cannot be practised alone; it is a shared collective endeavour or it is nothing….
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RT @DavidStorey60: "While scholarship is rewarded individually, it cannot be practised alone; it is a shared collective endeavour or it is….
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RT @BenAndersonGeog: Sobering, important reflections here - but Les Back’s @AcademicDiary particularly spoke to me, not least in holding on….
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RT @gerrymccartney1: Grateful to Zoe Williams at @guardian for the mention of our book in today's paper #socialmurder #austerity
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RT @AhmedNMuse: It was a pleasure meeting Les Back @AcademicDiary 2day at z #PhDThrive_Connect event. Les interviewed me back in 2014 when….
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RT @Ohgettothepoint: #injustice he’s guilty as hell and everyone knows it - including and especially Jack Smith.
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Du Bois last message to the world - what an extraordinary thing.
W.E.B. Du Bois’s Last Message. Du Bois left us so much to learn from and build upon.
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RT @HousmansBooks: Paul Gilroy, one of the foremost theorists of race and racism, has very generously donated several hundred books from hi….
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RT @NickMegoran: RIP David Lodge. You are missed in the modern university with its funding crisis, audit culture, reputation management, a….
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RT @luca_cangemi: @GramsciSociety @AcademicDiary @FraserMycroft @venablespj @SolGamsu @Mark_Sw1ft Good wishes for the new year (grazie di e….
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RT @GramsciSociety: @luca_cangemi @AcademicDiary @FraserMycroft @venablespj @SolGamsu @Mark_Sw1ft Grazie di tutto Luca, vieni a trovarci an….
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RT @GPI_Archive: Today we celebrate the life of John La Rose (1927–2006) on what would have been his 97th birthday. A visionary poet, publi….
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RT @EzraCollective: Drum solo at Barrowlands. * .* .* .Come hear a drum solo at Wembley on Friday and join the Ezra Collective family. La….
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RT @EzraCollective: Thank you @RollingStoneUK so grateful to be winners of The Group Award. This is bigger than the 5 of us - was importan….
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RT @harryjsisson: This image is driving MAGA and Donald Trump CRAZY. It would be such a shame if you spread it everywhere… 🤣 .
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RT @UofGSociology: Here are two new studies that place a particular focus on class. Firstly, Andrew Smith's exploration of how class shapes….
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