Events
The BSA is committed to providing a range of services for its membership including the really important constituency of postgraduate students. The BSA provides a wide range of events open to all including postgraduates - take a look at our forthcoming events.
Forthcoming Postgraduate Events
Coordinated and organised by postgrads for postgrads, these events express the diversity and dynamism of the postgraduate experience. Regional Postgraduate Day Events provide a variety of events throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and they are an annual series in the BSA calendar. The BSA Annual Conference has dedicated Postgraduate events and networking sessions.
2 April 2025 (10:30-16:30 BST)
PGR Writing Workshop - A BSA Postgraduate Regional Event
Social Sciences Building, Level 12, Room 12.21/25, University of Leeds, UK
8 April, 2025 (10am-5pm BST)
Becoming an Anti Racist Scholar: One-Day Action Workshop and Anti-Racist Blog Showcase - A BSA Postgraduate Regional Event
Room 5, Showroom Workstation, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX
12 May 2025
Originality and Creativity in Everyday Arts - A BSA Regional Postgraduate Day Event - Submission deadline: 7 March 2025
The University of Edinburgh, UK
21 May 2025 (12:30-4:30 BST)
‘Insider-Outsider’: Navigating Challenges and Complexities in Cross-national and Cross-cultural Fieldwork - Submission deadline: 31 March 2025
University of Leeds, UK
10 June 2025 (10:00-18:00 BST)
Material Culture & Emotions: A BSA Regional Postgraduate Day Event - Submission deadline: 25 March 2025
The Oculus, University of Warwick, University Road, CV4 7AL
30 June 2025
Beyond the ‘archival turn’: Making and using sociological archives - A BSA Early Career Regional Funded Symposium
Leicester (Venue TBC)
Past Postgraduate Events
- Event Slides Available: Publishing from your PhD: Crafting Articles and Reviews with Sociological Research Online took place on 21 February 2025.
- Event Slides Available: “From Thesis to Monograph”: A guide to getting your first book! took place on 10 June 2024. It was a relaxed, informative session on taking your PhD “From Thesis to Monograph” with the editors of Sociological Futures (BSA/Routledge): Caroline Oliver (UCL), Louise Ryan (London Metropolitan University) and Katherine Twamley (UCL).
- Event Slides Available: PhD to Published: Demystifying Publication for Postgraduate Researchers took place on 10 November 2023. The workshop explored why we write for publication, our motivations and barriers, and the desire to show impact from our work. It also delved into the journal process – including open access – and discussed terminology, timescales, and traditions in academic writing.
Take a look at our archive of past postgraduate events.