- The 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association, "Social Relations in Turbulent Times", will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 7-10 September 2011. See the website of the conference at http://www.esa10thconference.com/
- Nina Kahma will publicly defend her doctoral dissertation at the University of Helsinki on Friday 23 September 2011. Emeritus Professor Matti Alestalo from the University of Tampere will act as the opponent. The title of the thesis is Yhteiskuntaluokka ja maku ["Social class and taste"] and it will appear in a publication series of the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki.