Posting Reason:

New Position

Location:

Main Campus

Academic Period:

2027 Winter Semester

Faculty:

Faculté des sciences sociales / Faculty of Social Sciences

Academic Unit:

École d’études sociologiques et anthropologiques \\ School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies

Course Title:

Sociological Theory: Power and Inequalities

Course Code:

SOC3120

Section:

A00

Course Description:

How are social relations structured and contested in various societies and what kind of hierarchies and subjectivities do they produce? This course reviews the various sociological theories that allow us to understand issues of power, inequality and resistance at several levels of analysis: at the level of daily individual interactions, of groups and collective mobilizations, as well as of global processes in relations to local experiences. Themes for discussion may include the dynamics, normativities and agentivities of class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and race. The relationships between these theories, including the tensions, conflicts and exclusions they generate.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/05/01

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/06/01

Expected Enrolment:

88

Approval date:

2026/05/01

Number of credits:

3

Work Hours:

39

Hourly Rate:

Enseignement / Teaching: $239.47 (2024-2025)

The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31.

These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay.

These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification.

Course type:

B

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

Lundi | Monday 19:00-22:00 - - In person

Requirements:

M.A. in sociology and completed sociology Ph.D. coursework or a more advanced training in sociology. Demonstrable track record of expertise in the field of sociological Theory: Power and Inequalities in the form of previous teaching experience in the same or similar course or through publications in the field.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

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