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Aftercolorblindness Plakat 2

After Colorblindness: The Emerging Racial Order in the US

Ray argues that the colorblind racial order in the United States is ending, if not already over. The colorblind era is defined by formal race neutrality in legal proceedings and sanctions for the types of overt discrimination that was normal under Jim Crow. Current white nationalist movement ideologues, thinking about and planning the remaking of the state, are distinct from the colorblind era, as they call for state interventions that further white dominance. Join us to hear Victor Ray unpack the emerging racial order and its implications for the United States today.

Lecture on Thursday, 20th of November, at 14:15 at the Institute for Sociology, in the lecture room (SCH5), Scharnhorststraße 121. Contact Ines Michalowski.

Introduction to QISPOS and SLcM

This introduction is aimed at students of all sociology degree programs for whom the examination management systems QISPOS or SLcM are new. Following a brief introduction, you will have the opportunity to complete your exam registrations on site. Students from higher semesters are also welcome to seek advice if they encounter any issues with QISPOS.
You can carry out your exam registrations either on one of the computers in the computer lab or by bringing and using your own mobile device such as a laptop or tablet.

Date: November 19, 2025, 12:00 p.m. (c.t.), Room 121.503 (right-hand computer seminar room in the Institute of Sociology)

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Institute Colloquium

Why are there classic state wars again? Have we learned nothing from the wars of the last century?

Dr. Kevin-Rick Doß seeks the answer to these questions not only in collective repression processes, but also in the phenomenon of “poverty of experience”. We experience a lot, but we cannot convert this experience into social experience: what we experience can no longer be narrated, it is muted.

Where is this poverty of experience reproduced? Perhaps also where sociology has directly reflected on the relationship between war and history? To what extent can the nature of war be made narrable, and why does this narrability fail?

This exciting lecture will be given at the next institute colloquium on December 17, 2025. It starts at 2:00 p.m. in the conference room (553a) at the Institute of Sociology. No registration necessary!

Career Advice

New at the institute of sociology:

Sociology students can take advantage of career advice in the institute of sociology from the Employment Agency Münster-Ahlen.
Further information can be found here.

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Welcome-Event for First-Semester Students 2025

New at the University of Münster? Just started studying Sociology? Especially in the beginning, it can be quite challenging to find your way around a new institute. To make your start a little easier, we would like to warmly welcome all new students on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.!

Join us for the First-Semester Welcome Event in the courtyard (in case of bad weather: SCH 121.5) and get to know the lecturers, the SoPoPool, BEMA, and the student office.

Planned schedule:
1) Welcome by the Managing Director
2) Introduction of the departments
3) Presentation of BEMA, SoPoPool, the erasmus office, and the student office
4) Informal part with drinks, music, and snacks

results of the seminar slot distribution online

The IfS announces that the results of the seminar slot distribution for the coming semester are now available online. All students who applied for a seminar slot are invited to check the overview to see which seminars they have been assigned to.

The procedure for allocating seminar slots was carried out exclusively for the seminars listed in this
list. For all other courses, no allocation procedure was necessary, i.e., a place is guaranteed if registration has been completed in the HIS/LSF portal.
Further registrations for a few remaining places will be possible shortly in the HIS/LSF portal.

If you have any questions or require clarification, the student office will be happy to help.
 

| Deadline: 15.9.

Re-writing exams | Sose 2025

The registration for the late registration exam with indication of the matriculation number takes place until 15.9.2025 (Exclusion date) via the service office (ifs.beratung@uni-muenster.de)

Date 1: Tue, 23.9.2025, 10 am c.t. (admission from 10:00 am), room SCH 121.554 (or lecture hall SCH 121.5):

  • Inside out - Outside in: Introduction to sociological theory, Prof. Dr. Renn
  • Family, school, youth - socialization in childhood and adolescence, Dr. Heimken

Date 2: Thu, 25.9.2025, 10 am c.t. (admission from 10:00 am), room SCH 121.554 (or lecture hall SCH 121.5):
  • Statistics II, Dr. Heyse
  • Societal structure, culture and social practice, Prof. Dr. Michalowski
  • Societal structure, culture and social practice, Prof. Dr. Tezcan

From the winter semester 2026/27, there will be a new Erasmus partnership between the IfS and the Uniwersytet Gdański in Poland.

The Institute of Sociology in Gdańsk is one of the most renowned sociological institutions in Poland and offers a wide range of courses in Polish and English (especially in the field of social sciences).

The application deadline is January 31, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact the Erasmus Advisory Service at IfS Münster.

| New Chair | Methods

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Legewie returns to the Institute

On June 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Legewie will take over the professorship for Methods of Empirical Social Research at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Münster. He has already stood in for the professorship in the winter semester 2023/24 and in the summer semester 2024 and can now be reached again at his previous e-mail address (nlegewie@uni-muenster.de).

We are delighted to welcome him back and look forward to working with him in the future!

Regulation on dealing with suppressed numbers

For the protection of the employees, FB06 does not accept calls with a suppressed phone number. If it is not possible for you to transmit your number for technical reasons, please contact the person you wish to speak to in advance by e-mail.