Les Back
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Les Back (born 17 December 1962) is a professor of sociology at the University of Glasgow[1] and former Director of the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a researcher and author of books and academic studies on topics including racism, music and urban cultures.[2]
Les Back was born in Croydon, South London. Back's first job was as a youth worker.[3] He studied at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at Goldsmiths, University of London, receiving his PhD in social anthropology in 1991. He subsequently worked at the Institute of Education, Birkbeck College and the Department of Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham before returning to Goldsmiths in 1993.
