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Faculties & Departments
Department of Sociology
Welcome
UNDERGRADS!
For information on modules available for 2009-2010 please click here.
Sociology & Politics Timetables / Handbooks 2009-2010
Are you interested in studying Politics? Information on Politics at NUI Maynooth
POSTGRADS!
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Are you interested in understanding the current downturn and its implications for society in Ireland and further afield? Would you like to learn more about the inter-relationships between society and space from a multi-disciplinary perspective? Do you want to develop your critical thinking and analytical skills? Then you have come to the right place. Find our more about our two new exciting M.A. programmes. For more details on the course contents check out our slide presentations on 'Societies in Transition' and 'Society & Space'
Recent News and Events
- If you are interested in visual sociology please check out details of the Department's forthcoming workshop.
- "Breaking the Silence around Domestic Violence", a public talk hosted by The Sociology & Politics Society.
- Fintan O'Toole, (The Irish Times) will give a public lecture entitled 'Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger'.
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A major half day symposium takes place on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin on the subject of the role of public intellectuals at a time of crisis. Please see flyer here. Places are free but must be pre-booked.
- International Research Conference on alternative spiritualities, new religious movements and the New Age in Ireland: Maynooth, October 30th - 31st 2009.
- Dr. Peter Murray, Department staff member, publishes book on Facilitating the Future? US Aid, European Integration and Irish Industrial Viability, 1948-73
- Dr. Majella McSharry, Graduate of Sociology launches book.
- Conference on 22 October 'Researching the Church in Ireland' co-sponsored by the Sociology Dept. and the Council for Research & Development.
- Sociology Seminar Series 2008 - 2009
- BCI funds research on broadcasting, migration and diversity.
- Dr. Michael Murray has won the prestigious Eda Sagarra Prize for his PhD dissertation on transnational governance and environmental politics (completed in this department in 2004). Read some of Michael's research. Congratulations, Michael!
- Applications for Postgraduate Courses are now being accepted online . Applications for masters and PhD research degrees are accepted on an ongoing basis during the year.
- Need photographs for reports, publications, presentations or your website?
See NIRSA's photo library of over 3,500 photos at www.photoarchive.ie
Recent Books from Sociology at NUI Maynooth!
Welcome to the Sociology department at NUI Maynooth - a centre of sociological teaching, research and public debate.The Department of Sociology has a long history, going back to 1930, when a Chair of Sociology was established in Maynooth College.
Sociology is a varied subject, with almost any area of social life open to sociological analysis. It is more a way of thinking about the world than the study of any specific area. For C. Wright Mills the ‘sociological imagination’ enabled us to link the individual and society, biography and history and to show how ‘private troubles’ are shaped by ‘public issues’.
The department consists of twelve lecturing staff and a senior executive assistant.
We are active in a number of areas:
TEACHING:
The department has over 900 undergraduate students, taking degrees in Arts, Social Science, Media Studies and Community Studies. We offer an MA in Sociology on the topic of “Understanding Social Change: Politics, Culture, Community”. There are currently almost 40 research postgraduate students in the department. Our teaching is fully modularized and our student body is very diverse with a wealth of different experiences and interests.
RESEARCH
We are active in a wide range of research areas with particular areas of strength in:
- Knowledge Society: Technology and Politics
- The Politics of Global Change
- Social Networks, Social Institutions and the Life Course
- Urban/Suburban Studies
We publish our research in a variety of academic outlets as well as having developed a range of outlets for wider audiences.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Our teaching and research uses sociology to shed light on the crucial issues facing Ireland and the world - including the changes of the Celtic Tiger years, dilemmas of economic and cultural globalization, the emergence of the new suburbs around Dublin, patterns of drug use, and a variety of other topics. Through public seminars and publications aimed at academic and non-academic audiences we aim to bring our research to as wide a public audience as possible - creating a 'public sociology'.
Please contact us if you are looking for further information on courses in the department, on postgraduate study, on our research and publications or if you wish to be added to our mailing list for events in the department. Our offices are to be found on the third and fourth floors of St. Anne's building, which is located on the North (new) Campus.
Welcome to the exciting world of sociology!