Malcolm was a colleague during my two-year stint at ISER between 2004 and 2006.So many of the other memories on here chime with me and have reawakened others of my own. We had things in common: we were islands of sociology among our labour economist and demographer colleagues; we were long-distance weekly commuters. We enjoyed a bit (okay a lot) of levity and we liked to talk about inequalities - class and otherwise. I too remember him wandering the Butler building in his socks - not just in the evening but in the middle of the afternoon while we both had a tea break. ISER's famous for its technical virtuosity, and he had the requisite skills, but I'll remember him more for his humanity. He was a stimulating but generous critic. He was always engaged with, sometimes sceptical of, the many seminar presentations we attended together. But he was also the guy most likely to be setting out the bowl of twiglets and cleaning up the wine glasses afterwards. And making sure the visiting speaker was properly hosted, and got a lift to the restaurant and back. A good citizen, an exemplary colleague, and a thoroughly decent bloke.
Malcolm was a colleague during my two-year stint at ISER between 2004 and 2006.So many of the other memories on here chime with me and have reawakened others of my own. We had things in common: we were islands of sociology among our labour economist and demographer colleagues; we were long-distance weekly commuters. We enjoyed a bit (okay a lot) of levity and we liked to talk about inequalities - class and otherwise. I too remember him wandering the Butler building in his socks - not just in the evening but in the middle of the afternoon while we both had a tea break. ISER's famous for its technical virtuosity, and he had the requisite skills, but I'll remember him more for his humanity. He was a stimulating but generous critic. He was always engaged with, sometimes sceptical of, the many seminar presentations we attended together. But he was also the guy most likely to be setting out the bowl of twiglets and cleaning up the wine glasses afterwards. And making sure the visiting speaker was properly hosted, and got a lift to the restaurant and back. A good citizen, an exemplary colleague, and a thoroughly decent bloke.
