Here are some of the resources I’ve developed for theory teaching.
I’ve been teaching theory since my first full-time academic position, bac in 2009. At Durham, I currently (2021/2) teach two undergraduate theory modules (Modern and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Social Theory and Politics of Knowledge) and one postgraduate theory module (Public Sociology: Theory and Practice), but theory is at the core of what I do. Some of the resources I share here have been developed for these modules, others not. Feel free to use them but make sure you cite/credit properly, and, even better, let me know. Make sure you read the disclaimers first.
Books in 2025
If you read my blog, you’re probably familiar with my (attempt at a) tradition to post the most meaningful books I’ve read in the preceding year. I started this in 2021, when – not least connected to my work on epistemic positioning and the differential valuation of people who do not fit a particular ‘type’…
On drying up
There is a sentence in Se Trouver, a beautiful collection of interviews Laure Leter conducted with Anne Dufourmantelle (who happens to be one of my favourite thinkers and writers ever, sadly prematurely dead and, in an even more regular biographical detail of thinkers who are not men, too little known) – where Dufourmantelle says: “Ainsi,…
Preservation
This is part 2 in the series Against academic monocultures: an (anti)workshop. Part 1, Abundance, is available here. For the time being, I have decided to not run Zoom meetings, as there wasn’t enough interest in the first one; if you would like to run/organise one yourself, please feel free to do so, and if…
Against academic monocultures: meeting 1
Hi all, Just a brief message to say if you didn’t get the link to Part 1 in Against academic monocultures, the post/prompt is here and the first sharing meeting is today (3 October) 2-3pm, Zoom link here. If you missed this one (sometimes the post does not go out to late subscribers), don’t worry,…
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Jana Bacevic 