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To commemorate the importance of Ben Agger, Professor of Sociology at UTA, and Founding Editor of FAST CAPITALISM, we are accepting analytical, critical, historical or theoretical articles about the life and work of Ben Agger to publish in a special issue of FAST CAPITALISM  in the coming months. Ben was an influential sociologist, dynamic teacher, and trail-blazing…Continue Reading CALL FOR PAPERS – SPECIAL ISSUE ABOUT BEN AGGER FAST CAPITALISM

Digital Humanities is a contested field. With little agreement on exactly what Digital Humanities means it has been deemed both the savior of the humanities and, as recently claimed in the London Review of Books, a “neoliberal tool” (Allington, et al, 2016) bent on destroying traditional humanities departments. Yet, despite the disagreements and debates, we believe…Continue Reading CFP HANDBOOK OF METHODS IN THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES

Newsroom Dr. David Arditi, assistant professor of Sociology at University of Texas Arlington, has been named director of UTA Center for Theory with the goal of managing and expanding the Center at the University. The Center for Theory is a point of pride for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts.  It focuses on…Continue Reading UTA CENTER FOR THEORY APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR

Dear Colleagues, I am David Arditi, and as you may have heard, I was recently appointed to serve as Director of the Center for Theory. For many of you, my name is brand new, but I just completed my fourth year at UTA as an Assistant Professor. For the first 3 years, I was in…Continue Reading LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Ben Agger, founding Director of the Center for Theory, passed away suddenly during the Summer of 2015. The following is an article written by The Shorthorn, the University of Texas’ student newspaper. BEN AGGER, SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR, DIE BY KATHRYN CARGO, THE SHORTHORN STAFF Ben Agger will never know how life-changing he was to Chad Austin….Continue Reading IN MEMORY OF BEN AGGER