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There are 11 days left to submit to TASA 2019, Diversity & Urban Growth. As previously mentioned, there are multiple conference funding options available including the inaugural Carer's Travel Bursary and all have the same deadline as submissions; May 27. The other scholarships available are:

Helping to promote TASA

One way to help promote our association is to acknowledge your TASA membership in your email signature & bio. If you have a profile with The Conversation, you could include something there too like Peta Cook, Yolande Strengers, Brady Robards & David Rowe have. Something simple like 'I am a member of The Australian Sociological Association'.

Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to Anna Denejkina who recently completed her
PhD titled 'Impact of intergenerational trauma transmission on the first post-Soviet generation', University of Sydney.

A warm congratulations is also extended to TASA Executive Equity & Inclusion Portfolio Leader Meredith Nash who gave birth on May 7 to baby August.

Journal of Sociology

2021 Special Issue - call for guest editors

Interested in being a guest editor of a 20121 special issue of TASA's Journal of Sociology? Please submit expressions of interest of no more than 3000 words in length to Kate Huppatz and Steven Matthewman by Monday 24th June, 2019. Read on...

Health Sociology Review

2021 Special Issue - call for papers

Sex, Health & Technology Special Issue The Role of Bio-medical, Bio-mechanical, and Bio-digital Technologies in Sex, Sexual Health, and Intimacy. Full papers due: January 17th 2020. Read on...

TASA 2019 Awards

The Awards currently open for nominations are:

Distinguished Services to Australian Sociology Award (closes May 31)
Outstanding Service to TASA Award (closes May 31)
TASA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching in Australian Sociology (closes June 15)
TASA Sociology in Action Award (closes June 15)
Early Career Researcher – Best Paper Prize (closes June 30)

TASA 2021

Host the 2021 TASA Conference: Call for Expressions of Interest

We are seeking expressions of interest for hosting the November 2021 TASA Conference. Expressions of Interest deadline: Friday July 12. Read on...

Employment Opportunity

Lecturer, Gender and Sexuality Studies Deakin University Location: Geelong - City, Geelong - Waurn Ponds, Melbourne - Burwood Application deadline: 23 May. Read on...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

There are 2 PhD scholarships on offer (1 based in Sydney and 1 in Perth) as part of the Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project: The African Diaspora and Pentecostalism in Australia: New Perspectives on Materiality, Media and Religion:

Application deadline: June 30. Read on...

Multiculturalism, Migration and Youth
Two PhD scholarships, Deakin University Application deadline: May 31. Read on...

Looking to employ a sociologist?

Our Looking for Work registry is there to help sociologists looking for work but it is also there to assist those looking to employ a sociologist. The registry can be accessed on TASAweb here.

Members' Publications

Books

Simone Fullagar, Wendy O’Brien & Adele Pavlidis (2019). Feminism and a Vital Politics of Depression and Recovery. Palgrave Macmillan

Read on...

Drawing upon insights from feminist new materialism the book traces the complex material-discursive processes through which women’s recovery from depression is enacted within a gendered biopolitics. Within the biomedical assemblage that connects mental health policy, service provision, research and everyday life, the gendered context of recovery remains little understood despite the recurrence and pervasiveness of depression. Rather than reducing experience to discrete biological, psychological or sociological categories, feminist thinking moves with the biopsychosocialities implicated in both distress and lively modes of becoming well. Using a post-qualitative approach, the book creatively re-presents how women ‘do’ recovery within and beyond the normalising imperatives of biomedical and psychotherapeutic practices.

Journal Articles

Peterie, M., Ramia, G., Marston, G., & Patulny, R. (2019). Emotional Compliance and Emotion as Resistance: Shame and Anger among the Long-Term Unemployed. Work, Employment and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017019845775

Informed News & Analysis

Kellie Bousfield & Jacquie Tinkler (May 10, 2019) Teaching is too often seen as a fall-back option, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. The Conversation.

Petra Bueskens (May 10, 2019) Fertility Strikes: Modern Motherhood And The De-Regulated Patriarchy. New Matilda.

Andrew Jakubowicz (May 9, 2019) Foreign-born voters and their families helped elect Turnbull in 2016. Can they save ScoMo? The Conversation.

Kris Natalier and Kay Cook (9, 2019) May Child support: 'When we interview women, they cry and cry and cry'. The Guardian.

Nexus

Roger Wilkinson (May 1, 2019) FROM THE NEW EDITOR

Fabian Cannizzo (May 1, 2019) CAREERING AT THE PERIPHERY OF ACADEMIA

Roger Wilkinson (May 1, 2019) DOCTORAL COMPLETIONS

Thematic Group Events

Erin Carlisle (May 1, 2019) ACTIVIST MOVEMENTS AND SOCIAL THEORY: POWER, RESISTANCE AND PROTEST SINCE 1968

Julia Cook & Signe Ravn (May 1, 2019) TASA YOUTH 2019 SYMPOSIUM: THE ETHICS OF ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND REPRESENTATION

Claire Parfitt (May 1, 2019) THE AGE OF PRECARITY WORKSHOP AND A NEW THEMATIC GROUP

TASA 2018 Scholarship Recipients

Angela Leahy (May 1, 2019) ANGELA LEAHY – TASA 2018 PRECARIOUS WORK SCHOLARSHIP

Daile Rung (May 1, 2019) DAILE RUNG, CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY

Claire Parfitt (May 1, 2019) CLAIRE PARFITT, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Lutfun Nahar Lata (May 1, 2019) LUTFUN NAHAR LATA, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

Ashleigh Haw (May 1, 2019) ASHLEIGH HAW, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Lara McKenzie (May 1, 2019) LARA MCKENZIE PRECARIOUS WORK SCHOLARSHIP REPORT

Blogs

Poynting, S. (2019) ‘‘Julian Assange and State Crime’, International State Crime Initiative Working Paper, 8 May http://statecrime.org/state-crime-research/julian-assange-and-state-crime/

Podcasts

Elizabeth Humphrys (May 14, 2019) Anti-politics and how to watch election night. The Tally Room.

Members' Keynote Invitations

Have you been invited to give a keynote? If so, we'd love to hear about it so that we can list the details in the weekly newsletter here.

Petra Bueskens has been invited to give a keynote at the A-MIRCI conference ‘Beyond Mothering Myths: Motherhood in an Age of Neoliberalism and Individualisation’, The University of Sydney, 10-12 July, 2019.

Petra Bueskens will also be speaking on a panel at the La Trobe University event ‘Feminism, yes. But what kind of feminism?’ Tuesday 11 June 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm.

Promotions

Have you been promoted recently? If so, we'd love to hear about it so that we can share the details in the weekly newsletter here.

Social Sciences Week (SSW)

Social Sciences Week is an opportunity for social scientists to engage non-academic audiences with cutting edge social science research, to showcase the diversity and relevance of social science. It will include interactive community and school-based events, bringing the social sciences to life, particularly for the next generation of university students, social scientists and citizens. We encourage you to plan an event/s for Social Sciences Week this year; 9 - 15 September. Please note, the final date to register an event to be part of Social Sciences Week is Thursday, 1 August 2019.

Rethinking Critical Femininities: Feeling, Feminist Practice, and Beyond 13 September 2019, at the University of Melbourne, Parkville campus The aim of this event will be to develop a critical femininity studies network in the region, with a special issue to follow the symposium. Submission deadline: extended to May 22. Read on...

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Call for Participants

New: The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) and the Regional Universities Network (RUN) is conducting a joint study on the factors and inequalities that influence students’ non-completions in Australian regional universities (CQUniversity, Southern Cross University, Federation University Australia, University of New England, University of Southern Queensland, and University of the Sunshine Coast). These factors might be positive or negative. E.g., a student finding a job/moving away or leaving due to financial difficulties.

CAPA’s Research Officer, & TASA member, Dr Lara McKenzie (research@capa.edu.au) is seeking participants for approximately 1 hour-long interviews or focus groups throughout May. Read on...

Public Lecture

New: The Good University: What Universities actually do and why it’s time for radical change A Public Lecture by Professor Raewyn Connell (University of Sydney) May 31, 6pm - 9pm, ACST, University of South Australia, City West campus, Adelaide Registration free but essential. Read on...

Research Seminar and Short Film Screening

New: A research seminar and short film screening to explore gender and sexuality diverse participation in sport, in celebration of IDAHOBIT day Tomorrow, Friday May 17, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Western Sydney University City Campus. Read on...

Work, Labour & Economy (WLE) new TG

Call for Abstracts: Reflections on the Change the Rules Campaign To celebrate the launch of the new thematic group Work, Labour & Economy, the thematic group convenors would like to extend a call for abstracts for a special panel at this year’s Australian Sociological Association (TASA) conference reflecting on the Australian Council of Trade Union’s Change the Rules campaign. We extend a particular invitation for contributions from those working outside the academy. Submission deadline: May 20. Read on...

Creativity and methodological innovation in the sociology of familial and intimate relationships

Families and Relationships Thematic Group Workshop Western Sydney University, Paramatta city campus, Sydney, 29th November, 2019. This one day meeting will bring together researchers at all stages of their career who are seeking to forge responsive and creative methods for investigating familial and intimate relationships. Keynote presenters

Submission deadline: August 2. Read on...

Symposium & Postgraduate Workshop

Social Suffering in the Neoliberal Age: Classificatory Logic and Systems of Governance 18-19th July,Western Sydney University, Parramatta South Campus, Sydney, Australia This symposium examines neoliberal systems of governance and its daily practices of managing, regulating and subordinating individuals, peoples and communities. Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 24 May. Read on...

Post Grad Workshop Wednesday, 17 July Chris Grover , University of Lancaster, will work with post grads to develop their papers in preparation for the symposium alongside exploring core issues in relation to their HDR project. Up to 3 travel reimbursements are available valued to a total of $400.00 per applicant. Please submit your request at time of submitting your HDR / symposium abstract. Read on... (note, this is the same link as above).

These are free events but places are limited.

Call for Applications/Nominations as Scientific Director of the International Institute for the Sociology of Law

The International Institute for the Sociology of Law, IISL, Onati, is issuing a call through the Research Committee for the Sociology of Law of the International Sociological Association for nominations for the position of Scientific Director of IISL. Nomination deadline: July 1, 2019. Read on...

Awards

2019 CHASS AUSTRALIA PRIZES The Australia Prizes honour distinguished achievements by Australians working, studying, or training in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) sector, including academics, researchers, practitioners, philanthropists, policy makers, and students. There are four different prize categories available and self nominations are welcome. Submission deadline: June 21. Read on...

Workshops

Embodied methodologies for researching wellbeing Tuesday 13 August, 9am - 4pm Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Parklands Drive (venue TBC)
This one-day workshop is for PhD candidates, ECRs and others interested in exploring embodied and creative methods for wellbeing.
This is a fully catered event and is free to attend. Submission deadline: June 14.Read on...

Re/imagining Personal Data University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1 October 2019 Registration and lunch are free, but places are strictly limited. Please contact Deborah Lupton as soon as possible with an email noting that you’d like to register to secure your place. Read on...

Seminars

Trust, Young People and Digital Media 4th Annual Meeting of the Young Creative Connected (YCC) Research Network 30 September to 1 October, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland There is no fee to participate in this seminar, and lunches will be provided. There are a limited number of registrations though. If you are interested in attending, please contact Michael Dezuanni.

Call for Chapters

Social theory, digital education and the Global South: Critical perspectives The book aims to explore the interplay between digital media practices and education (in primary, secondary, further, higher, and adult and community education, as well as informal education) in the context of the Global South. Submission deadline: June 30. Read on...

Call for Papers - Journals

Nationalism’s Futures Sociology Special Issue Deadline for submission of full papers: 10 June 2019. Read on... For any queries regarding this special issue, please contact:
Bridget Byrne, Helen Holmes, Vanessa May, Shaminder Takhar.

Symposiums

New: 2019 Workplace Mental Health Symposium 2 – 3 September, Brisbane Submission deadline: May 31. Read on...

Being-With and Being-For Animals: The Status and Role of Method in Contemporary Sociological Animal Studies Monday July 8th, Australian National University This symposium, jointly hosted by TASA and the School of Sociology at the Australian National University, will focus on examining the ways in which animals are now coming to be sensed, experienced, known and re/presented in contemporary sociological research. Submission deadline: May 31st. Read on...

Australian Women’s Leadership Symposiums The Australian Women's Leadership Symposiums are a national series of events focused on the experiences of women leaders in the contemporary workforce. An attendance discount of 25% is currently available by entering code ANSY19 at the time of booking (available until each symposium sells out). For more information and to book, read on...

Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium
Monday 28th – Wednesday 30th October 2019 Hear insights from experts who are working to improve mental health services within rural and remote areas and discover what you can do to provide and advocate for equal mental health care for all Australians Submissions deadline: June 28. Read on...

Conferences

TASA 2019 - Diversity & Urban Growth Keynote Speakers: Maggie Walter, Deborah Stevenson and Rob Stones Western Sydney University, Sydney Submission deadline: May 27. Read on...

New: Advancing Equality at Work and Home: Strengthening Science and Collaboration The 2020 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference June 25-27, 2020, New York Hilton Midtown in New York City. Submissions open in July and close November 1, 2019. Read on...

Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 14- 18 July 2020 Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Contested Identities: Critical Conceptualisations of the Human The South African Society for Critical Theory (SASCT) Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 22- 23 November Submission deadline: September 7. Read on...

10th Urban Space and Social Life: Theory and Practice Challenges to Diversity and Inclusion June 14 - 17, Osaka University (Toyonaka Campus), Osaka, Japan Submission Deadline: May 22. Read on...

Millennial Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies and Lumbersexuals Massey University, Wellington New Zealand, December 10-11 Submission deadline: August 30. Read on...

Youth Studies and the Challenges of Late Capitalism in a Globalised World Journal of Youth Studies Conference December 2nd-4th 2019, University of Newcastle, Australia Submission deadline: June 28. Read on...

Data Futures Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
30 September, 9 am – 5 pm, followed by drinks and the launch of the SAM Media Futures Lab. Read on...

SAVE THE DATE SAANZ Conference 2019 - Sociology for Everyone. University of Auckland, 3-6 December

TASA Documents and Policies

You can access details of TASA's current Executive Committee as well as documents and policies, including the Constitution, Code of Conduct, Grievance Procedures & TASA's History, via TASAweb here.

Accessing Online Materials

From March last year, the list of available Sage Sociology full-text collection online journals jumped from 36 to 91 peer-reviewed journals encompassing over 63,000 articles.

To access those journals, as well as the Sage Research Methods Collection & the Taylor and Francis Full Text Collection, please click here for instructions, if needed.

Gift Memberships

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Upon receiving the above details, TASA will email the recipient with full details on how they can take up the gift membership. You can view an example of that email in both Word (39kb) and Pdf (159kb) formats. You will receive an invoice, via email, after the recipient completes the online membership form.

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The theme of the forthcoming Congress (July 2022) is Resurgent Authoritarianism: Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies. We welcome, and encourage, you to spread the word using this flyer.

Save the date: XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, 2022

The International Sociological Association has undertaken the development of the Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI) to create the global database of sociologists.

GMSSI aims to identify, connect, and enable global collaborations in sociology, and support sociologists who encounter multiple barriers, economic and political, which impede participation in global exchanges.

GMSSI aims to increase the visibility of sociologists and their knowledge production and also be an important resource for sustained interaction with the media on a range of issues.

Your participation is important to the success of GMSSI in building this global sociological community.

To start: Go to https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/gmssi/callforparticipants.cgi where ISA briefly explain what the site is about and where there is a link to sign in or sign up. You do not need to be an ISA member to be listed on the GMSSI