Happy about this recognition: 'Depleted Households: "Domesticating" Economic Sanctions' (@HumanityJ) received honorable mention from the Arlene Kaplan Daniels Paper Award by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (@SSSP1org). https://t.co/GucEFQnxow

Our @jadaliyya dossier invites the reader to consider the following questions: "What kinds of solidarity are possible under war? How can critique avoid capture by the logics it opposes? What forms of collective life endure when reform & revolution feel exhausted?" with @adavari21

Back from ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat where I co-taught in the PhD Lab—an intense space of exchange with 14 brilliant students. Sadly the only Iranian participant was denied a visa. Borders shape not just who speaks, but what can be said. Next lab: Doha 2026. @sfuintlstudies

#EnoughIsEnough

Nothing I have ever studied or taught has prepared me for this phase. When a sitting U.S. president publicly threatens a civilian capital with annihilation on social media, turning genocidal language into official communication, IR’s clean theories of calibrated violence and

Don't miss it! On May 2, join us for a discussion with Sari Hanafi and Abdie Kazemipur, two leading scholars of/from the Global South, to explore how distinct secular frameworks emerge in diverse cultural and political contexts. RSVP: https://t.co/TVXUm8NQrv

Imp thread on 🇱🇧: Each municipal territory in Dahiya includes dozens of neighborhoods dense w contested histories, palimpsests of memories& multiple ranges of socio-spatial practices connecting humans& nonhuman things. Each bombing erases thousands of these. This is what I mourn.

"Erasing history & context is key to building consent for war & war crimes ." 👇🏽

In Fall 1982, MERIP produced a special issue on the war in Lebanon, including first hand reports of the fighting, perspectives from Elias Khoury, Salim Tamari, Zachary Lockman, Noam Chomsky, Judith Tucker, Joan Mandell, Nubar Hovsepian and more. https://t.co/80U5Qs6blK

🔊 The ISA invites early-career sociologists to participate in its International Laboratory for PhD Students in Social Sciences: Interpretation and Analysis in Global Sociology. 📅 July 1-6, 2025 📍 Rabat, Morocco ⏰ Applications: November 15, 2024

✨️Our double issue on Gender & Public Space is out ✨️5 guest editors @whyloiter @sofiazaragocin @feminist_rogue @iromip & myself ✨️27 articles on countries such as 🇩🇿🇦🇷🇦🇺🇨🇱🇪🇬🇪🇹🇬🇷🇮🇳🇮🇩🇮🇷🇯🇴🇰🇪🇱🇧🇵🇰 🇵🇸🇲🇽🇲🇦🇵🇪🇿🇦🇪🇸🇱🇰🇸🇾🇹🇳🇹🇷🇬🇧🇺🇾 👉🏽 Open access Intro offers a map to navigate the field.

Join us on Sept 26 as Dr. Nazanin Shahrokni explores how the Iranian state uses gender segregation as a governance tool, regulating women’s bodies and movements to assert its identity as an “Islamic” state. https://t.co/apdvgXRu9s

Co-editing this issue was an enriching experience. It was a truly collective effort through which we all learned and thrived 🙌 The special issue of @GaDjournal on gender & public space will be out this month ✨️

Join us for the launch of our special issue on gender & public space, edited by @whyloiter @feminist_rogue @iromip @sofiazaragocin & myself! The first of two conversations will take place on 6 September. Hear authors discuss cases from Mexico, Lebanon, Chile, Uruguay & much more!

Friends familiar w the Middle East music scene 🎶 I’m looking for suggestions of songs from the Middle East to play @ the beginning of my classes.If you have any favorites or hidden gems please share in comments! Would be ideal if you could suggest songs that tie into politics.

🔊 Submit your abstracts for the International Sociological Association Forum in Rabat, Morocco, July 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣

Energized by intense and spirited presentations by @ShahrokniN and Youyenn Teo @SASE_Meeting today on the topic of Global Politucal Economy of gorge Household. The convergences around the hustle of family life and depleted care providers resonate across contexts

Michael Burawoy deserves every award, not (only) for his scholarly brilliance but for the sheer dedication and love (and occasional jabs) he gives to hundreds of students, mentes, and colleagues. He is a model of a truly generous scholar & human being.

BREAKING NEWS! SFU's Faculty vote in favour of two BDS motions--divestment from arms and boycott of Israeli military, corporations, and universities. A huge and landmark victory in standing up against the genocide, starvation, occupation, and apartheid of Palestinians.