Woldscape
A rattan sculpture woven by Prof Mike Mulkay, former Head of Department (1984 - 1988), who now has his own studio in Millington.
Welcome to the Department of Sociology
Welcome to the Department of Sociology at the University of York. The Department is now widely recognised as one of the leading research and teaching centres in the United Kingdom, and has an established cluster of research centres pursuing work at a national and international level. We were one of the first to be established in the University, and, in 2008, we organised a major conference on '45 Years of Sociology at York' exploring our work on the sociology of culture, crime, language and interaction, health and science, gender, and social informatics.
We offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes and on these web pages you can find out detailed information about the Department, about its degrees, about admissions policy and procedures, and about its staff and their research interests.
We are an open and friendly Department keen to attract students from the UK and overseas as well as to work with colleagues nationally and internationally on collaborative research.
Professor Andrew Webster, AcSS
Head of Department
USA National Commmunication Association 2008 Dissertation Award
Congratulations to Dr Estefania Guimaraes who has won the (USA's) National Communication Association 2008 Dissertation Award, Her PhD dissertation "Talking about Violence: Women reporting abuse in Brazil" was described as "truly outstanding". Prof Celia Kitzinger supervised her dissertation and Estefania was awarded her PhD at York earlier this year.
Departmental Seminars - Autumn Term 2008
The Schedule for the Autumn Term Seminar Series is now available on the departmental news page and Yorkshare.