Dr. Babak Amini (he/him) is an Honorary Research Associate who recently completed his SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship at UBC. Professor Thomas Kemple is a CENES Associate Head and Director of Graduate Studies. Dr. Amini and Dr. Kemple recently co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Classical Sociology.
Here’s what Dr. Amini had to say about the project:
“My latest research focuses on the impact of the First World War on the foundations of social sciences. As part of this research, supported by SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, I co-edited (with Prof Thomas Kemple) a special issue of the Journal of Classical Sociology, “Social Theorists and the First World War.” This international collaboration involving some of the leading scholars in the field examines the ways in which emerging or established social theorists from Continental Europe and the United States were personally and politically involved in and affected by the First World War, and considers how the war shaped their sociological theories. In addition to the introductory chapter, co-authored with Prof Thomas Kemple, I published an article on Antonio Gramsci and the First World War, which delves into his voluminous journalistic work during the war and outlines some of the central themes that he explored in this period.”
