Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR)

Profile

Kevin is Senior Lecturer in Sociology. He was previously a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey. His sociological expertise includes sociological approaches to war and violence; contemporary social and cultural theory, particularly critical and post-structuralist theories of discourse and subjectivity; the body and embodiment; the sociology of technology.

Kevin’s current research agenda focuses upon the material culture, technological networks and global assemblages of contemporary war and violence, exploring three core interlinked concerns: (i) Violence and Social Theory; (ii) War, Militarization and Embodiment; and (iii) The Sociology of the Arms Trade. 

Higher Degree Teaching/Supervision

Kevin contributes to a variety of MA courses and offers PhD supervision in the areas of Sociological Approaches to War and Violence, Social and Cultural Theory, Technology and New Media.

Publications

• McSorley, K. (2012) ‘Helmetcams, Militarised Sensation and “Somatic War”’, Journal of War and Culture Studies, 5:1, 
• McSorley, K. and Maltby, S. (2012) ‘War and The Body: Cultural and Military Practices’ Special Issue Introduction, Journal of War and Culture Studies, 5:1
• McSorley, K. (2012) (ed.) War and the Body: Militarisation, Practice and Experience London: Routledge pp.256
• McSorley, K. (2012) ‘The paradox of war and embodiment‘ in War and the Body: Militarisation, Practice and Experience London: Routledge pp.256
• McSorley, K. (2012) 'Rethinking War and Embodiment' in War and the Body: Militarisation, Practice and Experience London: Routledge pp.256
• Burridge, J. and McSorley, K. (2012) 'Too fat to fight’? Obesity, bio-politics and militarization in the United States‘ in War and the Body: Militarisation, Practice and Experience London: Routledge pp.256
• McSorley, K. (ed) (2012) Special Issue of Journal of War and Cultural Studies on ‘War and the Body: Cultural and Military Practices’
• McSorley,K. (2010) 'The reality of war? Politics written on the body' New Statesman
• McSorley, K. (2008) 'The Mark of Cain: War, Media and Morality' The War and Media Network 
• McSorley, K. (2003) ‘The Secular Salvation Story of the Digital Divide’ Ethics and Information Technology, 5, 2, p75-87
• McSorley, K. (2003) 'Performing Corporate Accountability' Salford Papers in Social Research: University of Salford. ISBN 0904483398
• McSorley, K (2001) 'Discourses of The Digital Divide' The Philosopher’s Magazine, 14, 32-33

Conference Convening

• June 2010 – War and the Body, International Interdisciplinary Conference, London UK 

Professional Activities

• Executive Board of the Social Theory Research Network, European Sociological Association

Selected Conference Presentations

• Violence and Social Theory presented at 9th European Sociological Association conference, Lisbon 2nd-5th September 2009
• Social Theory, Mobility and Immobility presented at European Sociological Association Research Network Conference: Social Theory and the Sociological Discipline(s), Innsbruck 11th-13th September 2008
• Talking About Technology and Exclusion presented at Society for the Social Studies of Science (4s) Conference: Acting With Science, Technology, Medicine, Rotterdam 20th-23rd August 2008
• Manuel Castells' Networking Logic presented at 8th European Sociological Association Conference: Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society, Glasgow 3rd-6th September 2007
• The Global Branding of Inequality presented at 6th European Sociological Association Conference, Murcia, Spain, Sept 23rd – 26th 2003
• Supranational Narratives of the Digital Divide presented at Society for the Social Studies of Science (4s) Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Nov 5th – 8th 2002 (awarded travel grant)
• Reflexivity Constructing Corporate Accountability presented at European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) Annual conference, York, UK, 31st July- 3rd Aug 2002
• Material Discourses of Immaterial Inequality presented at ‘Immateriality in Theory and Practice’ ESRC Seminar Series, University of Salford, 8th April 2002
• Mobile Fragments: Hyperbole and Heterogeneity in Mobile Cultures presented at ‘Mobilize!’ conference, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, May 29th 2001 

Professional Activities

•  Executive Board of the Social Theory Research Network, European Sociological Association