News and Events

The Director of the Center for Theory, Dr. David Arditi, will be presenting this weekend at the Southern Sociological Society in Atlanta, GA. The panel is called “Creative Workers, Creative Communities” and Dr. Arditi’s presentation is titled “Musical Showcase as Confidence Game.” This project outlines one of the chapters in his forthcoming book The Ideology of Getting Signed. Full line-up of…Continue Reading SOUTHERN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

IMAGES NEW SIGN! BEN AGGER THEORY LIBRARY QUEERING STORYTIME COMING SOON: BEN AGGER THEORY LIBRARY We have a space, we have books, we just need to set-up. Keep your eye out for the Grand Opening of the Ben Agger Theory Library part of the Center for Theory. SOMETHING’S ALWAYS HAPPENING…Continue Reading SOMETHING’S ALWAYS HAPPENING

ASIDES DAVID ARDITI ON THE IDEOLOGY OF GETTING SIGNED Director of the Center for Theory, Dr. David Arditi, recently spoke on “That Creative Industries Podcast” about his upcoming book The Ideology of Getting Signed. MARXIST SOCIOLOGY BLOG The Marxist section of the American Sociological Associationstarted a new blog in the Fall of 2018. They have been posting some great posts about…Continue Reading MARXIST SOCIOLOGY BLOG

The Sociology program at the University of Texas at Arlington will offer a new theory course this Fall (2019) entitled “Social Theory Through Popular Culture.” The course is open to all UTA students. Sociology students can take this in lieu of Sociological Theory (but students can take both theory classes, too!). The idea is to read original theorists (from…Continue Reading SOCIAL THEORY THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE