Videos

Sociotube

Here we will be presenting films and videos on the everyday lives of sociologists from different parts of the world – teaching, doing research, engaging publics, attending conferences, and so forth.

Challenges for a Global Sociology

In March 2009, the ISA Council of National Assocations held a conference in Taipei, under the theme Facing an Unequal World. "Challenges for a Global Sociology" is a short documentary filmed at the conference (and later edited) by Annie Lin and Ana Villarreal, capturing major challenges faced by sociologists from different parts of the world.

One Day in the Life of a Sociologist: Esther Oliver

"One Day in the Life of a Sociologist" is a film series depicting sociology in action. Here is one day in the life of Esther Oliver, a sociologist at CREA (Institute for Overcoming Inequality) in Barcelona. We hope to have many more such short films from around the globe.

Raewyn Connell anti-inaugural lecture, Sept 5, 2014

“The Knowledge Industry and Counter-Power: Subversive Futures for Intellectual Workers” Official Last Lecture, or anti-inaugural, Raewyn Connell, Professor Emerita, University of Sydney, Australia

XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology

Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology
13-19 July 2014, Yokohama, Japan

ISA World Congress of Sociology YOKOHAMA 2014

ISA Presidents at ISA World Congress of Sociology 2014

Junior Meets Senior Sociologists, ISA World Congress of Sociology 2014

XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology

11-17 July, 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden

Sociology on the Move

Presidential address by Michael Wievorka, France, ISA President 2006-2010

Possible Futures

Craig Calhoun, New York University, USA

Sustainable development seen from China

Peilin Li, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, P.R. China

Historical changes and challenges to sociology

Elisa Reis, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lecture by Jeffrey Alexander

Harvard University, USA  Winner of M. Dogan Foundation Prize

ISA Colloque d'intégration en sociologie

20-22 Novembre, 1997, Montréal, Canada

The International Sociological Association organised ten regional conferences in preparation for the XIV ISA World Congress of Sociology held in Montreal, July 1998 on the theme "Social knowledge, heritage, challenges, and perspectives." Papers presented at those conferences were published by the ISA.

The below videos record discussions held at the "integration" colloquium chaired by the project coordinator, Immanuel Wallerstein, ISA President 1994-1998.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4