Sex, Gender & Sexuality

Sociologists of sex, gender, and sexuality explore changing gender relations, sexual practices, inequalities, and identities across national boundaries.

Watch: Dr. Terrell Carver “Masculinities, Gender and International Relations”

Watch: Dr. Terrell Carver “Masculinities, Gender and International Relations”

The Sociology Research Forum hosted Dr. Terrell Carver (University of Bristol) for his talk, “Masculinities, Gender and International Relations,” on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.

Prof. Aryan Karimi to deliver talk “Reconsidering the Origins of Assimilation Theories” as part of the Center for Migration Studies New Voices Speaker Series

Prof. Aryan Karimi to deliver talk “Reconsidering the Origins of Assimilation Theories” as part of the Center for Migration Studies New Voices Speaker Series

In his lecture, Prof. Karimi aims to address the theoretical impasse faced by migration studies by examining existing assimilation theories against the Popperian scientific criteria.

Watch: Dr. Allison Pugh’s Distinguished Speaker Lecture

Watch: Dr. Allison Pugh’s Distinguished Speaker Lecture

Thanks to Dr. Allison Pugh for kicking off our 2022/2023 Distinguished Speaker Series with her lecture, “The Stratification of Human Contact: The Present and Future of Connective Labour.” 

Prof. Musto comments on the separation of sport by gender in recent Atlantic piece

Prof. Musto comments on the separation of sport by gender in recent Atlantic piece

Prof. Musto argued that “part of the reason why we have this belief that boys are inherently stronger than girls, and even the fact that we believe that gender is a binary, is because of sport itself, not the other way around”.

Prof. Aryan Karimi writes op-ed for The Conversation, discussing the failure of implementing multiculturalism techniques in Europe as compared to Canada

Prof. Aryan Karimi writes op-ed for The Conversation, discussing the failure of implementing multiculturalism techniques in Europe as compared to Canada

Prof. Karimi’s piece argues the transplantation of Canadian style multiculturalism is bound to fail in European countries characterized by monoculturalism, lest a a new form of multi-ethnicity make a comeback in the region.

Q&A with Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani for their new roles as Editors of Contexts

Q&A with Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani for their new roles as Editors of Contexts

A Q&A session with Prof. Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani where they talk about their new roles, expectations, and what they hope to contribute to the Contexts for readers and scholars.

UBC Sociology graduate students presenting at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting

UBC Sociology graduate students presenting at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting

UBC Sociology PhD students Tom Einhorn, Allison Laing, Parker Muzzerall, and Rose Xueqing Zhang are traveling to Los Angeles this week to present their research at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. We are excited to share some of what they will be presenting.

Prof. Becki Ross revisits her article about memorializing sex workers in Talking Papers

Prof. Becki Ross revisits her article about memorializing sex workers in Talking Papers

“Sex workers were always feeling, because of the stigma and criminalization of their work, that they were always at risk of violence, of murder, of all variety of whorephobia from every institution,” Prof. Ross says.

Prof. Amin Ghaziani invited to the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study as a Guest of the Director

Prof. Amin Ghaziani invited to the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study as a Guest of the Director

The NIAS-KNAW (Humanities and Social Sciences) is one of the oldest Advanced Study Institutes in Europe committed to promoting interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research for scholars. They issued a press release announcing Prof. Ghaziani’s stay.

Sociology Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani Appointed Editors of Contexts

Sociology Profs. Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani Appointed Editors of Contexts

Congratulations to Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani who are the new editors of Contexts, which brings the best sociological research to the general public and scholars outside the discipline.