The Interpretation, Method and Critique (IMC) Seminar Series promotes and celebrates work in interpretive and critical methodologies and methods in the social sciences. It is interdisciplinary and welcoming of all research that places intersubjective meaning-making at the centre of social scientific inquiry, or that identifies with one or more traditions in critical theory and praxis.
Seminars are on Fridays, 12 - 1pm, Australian Eastern Time (Standard/Daylight) unless otherwise indicated.
Some past IMC seminars videos are available online.
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Upcoming Events
How Cases Speak to One Another: Using Translation to Rethink Generalization in Political Science Research (Nicholas Rush Smith, CUNY)
Nicholas Rush Smith (City University of New York - City College)
Regardless of method, political scientists often seek to develop arguments that can be generalized to a population of cases. But is this the…
Out of Harm’s Way: How Australian Music Venues and DIY Events Make Safe Spaces (Emma Crocker, ANU)
Emma Crocker (Australian National University)
Australian music venues, bars, and DIY (do-it-yourself) music events post ‘safe space’ policies to walls, Instagram pages, and bathroom doors. These…
Historical ethnography and the study of elites (Rod Rhodes, Southampton)
Professor Rod Rhodes (Southampton University)
In principle, it is possible to observe British elites in action, but such access is rare. Therefore, Rhodes’s study of court politics is not…
Past Events
Vision and method in global historical sociology (George Lawson)
George Lawson (ANU)
Historical sociology is a long-established interdisciplinary field concerned with incorporating temporality in the analysis of social processes.…
Access and Ethics in Prison Research (Farah Godrej)
Farah Godrej, University of California, Riverside
How do the requirements of “scholarly” research—including and especially ethics reviews by institutional bodies—serve to shape and constrain…
Three Faces of Revolution: Egypt and Other Places (Mona El-Ghobashy)
Mona El-Ghobashy, New York University
The Arab uprisings of 2010-11 renewed scholarly interest in revolutions as a conceptual category. At the same time, ‘democratic transition’ was also…