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Welcome back to TASA's weekly newsletter. We hope you've had a great start to 2019.  If you happened to miss TASA 2018's presidential address or the panels/keynotes you can catch up on those presentations via TASA's Sound Cloud account.

2019 TASA Awards

In case you are not aware, TASA bestows several prestigious awards. The full details of each Award and conference scholarship, including their deadlines, are accessible via TASAweb for you to peruse. Please note, one of our biennial awards, the Jean Martin Award (JMA), is now open for nominations. The Award recognises excellence in scholarship in the field of Sociology and aims to assist with establishing the career of a recent PhD graduate. 

Heads of Sociology departments/schools and interdisciplinary Social science departments and other departments with a major commitment to Sociological analysis within Australian tertiary institutions are invited to submit candidates for the JMA Award. Individuals may also submit their thesis on their own behalf. The Award is open for theses for which a PhD has been formally awarded between the period March 1st 2017 to 28 February 2019. The nomination deadline is March 1. Read on...

Looking for Work Registry

There are many members of TASA who are looking for work, from sessional teaching through to applied consultancy research. We have created the Looking for Work registry to provide a way for our members who are looking for work to connect with people looking to employ sociologists. We also acknowledge many of our members are employed precariously, and we hope this registry might help in building connections and networks towards more stable employment. The registry of sociologists looking for work can be accessed on TASAweb here. 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Opportunities

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Policy and Regulatory Aspects of Synthetic Biology. University of Queensland, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, St Lucia. The postdoctoral fellow will undertake a research program that contributes to our understanding of the national and international regulatory contexts in which synthetic biology technologies exist.                                                                                              Application deadline: 4 February Read on...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Digital Human Rights. University of Queensland, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, St Lucia. The postdoctoral fellow will undertake a research program to develop our understanding and analysis of digital human rights, in both developed and developing country contexts.                                          Application deadline: 4 February. Read on...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

New: Nottingham Trent University are offering over 50 fully-funded PhD studentships that are open to international students.                                                                                          Application deadline: February 25. Read on...

New: Call for applications to the PhD program at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy. They have 17 fully funded PhD grants (for 4 years). The program is entirely held in English and the call has
no restriction of nationality.
Application deadline: 28 February. Read on...

CSIRO, in collaboration with the University of Queensland, is offering 8 PhD scholarships for social researchers in the field of ‘Responsible Innovation’ for projects starting in the first half of 2019. There are projects on diverse topics, some of which might be of specific interest to the social science/development studies community. Specific topics that might be of interest to you include: new personalised foods and impacts for health; social, legal and ethical implications of the digital revolution in agriculture; and the impact of cultural diversity on the development and use of novel biological systems. But there are many more that might also pick your interest.                                                                                If you, or someone you know is looking for a post graduate research opportunity, this could be for you!. Please visit https://graduate-school.uq.edu.au/csiro-uq-ri for further details of projects on offer, and for details of how to apply.                                                Applications close 31 January with a start date scheduled for April. Please contact Kristen.lyons@uq.edu.au for more information.

The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) at Western Sydney University have a scholarship opportunity on a project, 'Youth Mobilities and Digital Lives: Understanding Transnational Mobility's Impacts Through Social Media'. The PhD project will be based at ICS with the opportunity to work with the ICS-based supervisor, Dr Shanthi Robertson, on social media analysis/digital ethnography techniques to understand the impacts of transnational mobility on young people’s social, civic and economic lives.                                                                                                 Applications deadline: 31 January. Read on...

Two fully-funded, internationally open PhD opportunities at Deakin University, to study human-animal relations as social in urban India – these are part of an ARC Discovery project ‘Animals and urban planning: Indian cities as Zoöpolises’.                                  Application deadline: 31st January. Read on...

Personal News

We extend our warm congratulations to Luke Gahan, who became engaged over the holiday period to his long term partner Patrick.

Members' Publications

Books

Book Reviews

Bryan S. Turner (2019) Book Review: John Carroll, Land of the Golden Cities: Australia’s Exceptional Prosperity and the Culture that Made It. Journal of Sociology.

Journal - Articles

Hamilton, M., Botfield, J., Newman, C.E., Persson, A., valentine, k., Bryant, J., Wallace, J. (2018) Hidden carers for an increasingly hidden illness? A scoping review of the needs of informal carers of people with HIV in the contemporary treatment era. International Journal of Carers and Caring, 2(4): 529-549. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788218X15411705099442

Grant, Ruby, Kim Beasy, Sherridan Emery and Bianca Coleman (2018) ‘Beyond Safety?: Teachers and school staff approaches to LGBTI-inclusion in Tasmanian Schools.’ International Journal of Inclusive Education. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13603116.2018.1555866

Grant, Ruby and Meredith Nash (2018) ‘Educating Queer Sexual Citizens? A qualitative feminist exploration of bisexual and queer young women’s sex education in Tasmania, Australia.’ Sex Education. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681811.2018.1548348 

Brijnath, B., Gahan, L., Gaffy, E., & Dow, B. (2018). “Build Rapport, Otherwise No Screening Tools in the World Are Going to Help”: Frontline Service Providers’ Views on Current Screening Tools for Elder Abuse. The Gerontologist, Advanced Access publication December 20, 2018. doi:10.1093/geront/gny166

Waling, Andrea & Pym, Tinonee. (2019). C’mon, no one wants a dick pic’: Exploring the cultural framings of the ‘dick pic’ in contemporary online publics.  Journal of Gender Studies. 28(1): 70-85.

Botfield, J.R., Zwi, A.B., Lenette, C., Newman, C.E. (2019) Ethical Considerations of Using Walking Interviews to Engage Migrant and Refugee Young People in Health Service Research. SAGE Research Methods Cases. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526473073

Cui, J, Mao, L, Rose, G., Newman, C.E. (2018) Understanding Client Empowerment: An Online Survey of Social Workers Serving People with Mental Health Issues. Published online in The British Journal of Social Work on 2 July 2018.  https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy057

PETERIE, Michelle (2018) 'Technologies of Control: Asylum Seeker and Volunteer Experiences in Australian Immigration Detention Facilities'. Journal of Sociology. DOI: 10.1177/1440783318796301

NEIL, David and PETERIE, Michelle (2018) 'Grey Networks: The Contradictory Dimensions of Australia’s Immigration Detention System'. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. Volume 59, Issue 1. Pp. 132-144. DOI: 10.1111/apv.12183

PETERIE, Michelle (2018) ‘Personal Care as Political Activism: Refugee and Asylum Seeker Friendship Programmes’. Australian Journal of Social Issues. DOI: 10.1002/AJS4.58  

PETERIE, Michelle (2018) 'Deprivation, Frustration and Trauma: Immigration Detention Centres as Prisons'. Refugee Survey Quarterly. Volume 37, Issue 3. Pp. 279–306. DOI: 10.1093/rsq/hdy008 

Informed News & Analysis

Rachel Busbridge & Mark Chou (January 16, 2019) Forcing Australia Day citizenship ceremonies on councils won’t make the issue go away. The Conversation.

Helen Forbes-Mewett (January 15, 2019) was on SBS news on Tuesday, described as a sociologist, commenting on international student mental health following a coroners report that had drawn on Helen's work.  To view, click here and sign in to SBS on Demand (Helen is on from 18:11).

Christopher Mayes (January 11, 2019) Cultivating a nation: why the mythos of the Australian farmer is problematic. The Conversation. 

Rachel Busbridge (January 7, 2019) The far-right may think they own ‘nationalism’, but we can reclaim it as a force for good. The Conversation. 

Blogs

Annetta Mellon (January 7, 2019) Death Literacy Intros - let's talk about death without euphemisms. No, really. 

Annetta Mellon (January 12, 2019) Death Literacy Intros: how death literacy literally saves you money and time!

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. 

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. 

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Competition for Early Career Researchers

The Universities Australia Pitch It Clever Competition:  This competition is for early career researchers to pitch their research within a 1 - 2 minute video. A selection of Vice Chancellors judge the entries and there are prizes in cash and prestige for the winners (including a People's Choice Award).                                                                                          Submission deadline: January 24. Read on...

PhD Summer School and One Day Conference

Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities
24 January 2019 in Sydney, Australia
Hosted by the Community Economies Strategic Initiative, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University                                                                                          Registrations now open.  Read on...

Call for Papers - Journals

Aesthetics of Form as Social Philosophy. Re-reading Lukács                        Special issue of: Zagreber Germanistische Beiträge                                                    Submission of abstracts deadline: 31st January. Read on...

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.

2019 Special Issue Call for papers: Disability and Children's Rights.                      The Canadian Journal on Children’s Rights (CJCR)                                                       Submissions deadline: April 1, 2019. Read on...

Summit

New: THE  Research Excellence Summit: Asia-Pacific                                                           Research for the public good                                                                                                    19 - 21 February, Sydney                                                                                                                        Early bird registration deadline: January 31. Read on...

Symposiums

New: TASA Youth 2019 Symposium. Organised by TASA’s Sociology of Youth thematic group with support from TASA and the Youth Research Centre                              The Ethics of Engagement, Participation and Representation                          University of Melbourne, 21st February                                                                                            Registration is now open. 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...

Rural Issues Symposium - The future of rural sociology in Australia, 2019         La Trobe, Bendigo, Friday 28th June, 2019.                                                                                  Keynote presentations from Professor Barbara Pini, Griffith University and Professor Robyn Eversole, Deputy Director of the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of Technology. In recognition of the unique social experiences of rural, remote, and regional residents, the symposium aims to bring together students, researchers, applied sociologists, community and social services professionals and academics engaging with a range of issues pertinent to rural, remote and regional Australia.                                                                                                                                            Abstracts and scholarship applications due: Friday 22nd March, 2019. Read on...

Conferences

New: Excellence and Gender Equality: Critical Perspectives on Gender and Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences                                                  Australian National University, 26-28 June                                                                            Submission deadline: March 6. Read on...

New: Indigenous Conference Services is now accepting papers and offers early bird promotion for its upcoming 2019 Indigenous Conferences which takes you to Cairns, Brisbane, Darwin and Alice Springs. For more details, read on...

New: 2019 International Conference and Workshops on Survey Research Methodology       7-9 August,Taipei Taiwan                                                                                                          Submission deadline: March 5. Read on...

SAANZ Conference 2019 - SAVE THE DATE The Disciplinary Areas of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Auckland will host the 2019 Sociological Association of Aoteroa New Zealand conference. The conference will house a dedicated stream of the Asia-Pacific Science, Technology & Society Network. We also welcome the Gender and Sexuality Group. The conference will be held at the city campus, 3-6 December, 2019. The theme is: Sociology for Everyone. The conference will commence with a pōwhiri (welcome ceremony) at Waipapa marae. The first keynote speaker will be Linda Tuhiwai Smith. There are several more confirmed keynote speakers. Details will follow in the new year.

Political Emotions Conference                                                                              Sociology of Emotions and Effect Thematic Group  conference                                  22 July 2019, Adelaide, Australia                                                                                                  Scholars from any discipline who are thinking about politics and emotions in a social context are invited to send an abstract of 150 words, plus a short biography, to political.emotions@gmail.com by 5pm, Monday 18 February 2019, AEST. Read on...

Education in an Era of Risk - the Role of Educational Research for the Future
ERC: 2 - 3 September 2019, ECER: 3 - 6 September 2019, Universität Hamburg Submissions close: January 31. Read on...

International Conference on Survey Research Methodology                                   8-9 August 2019․Taipei Taiwan                                                                                                Submission deadline: March 5. Read on...

7th International and Interdisciplinary Emotional Geographies Conference      17-19 July 2019                                                                                                                                        Keynote speakers include fellow member, & incoming Applied Sociology Portfolio Leader, Catherine Robinson.                                                                                                 Themed Sessions submission deadline: December 10.                                              Abstract submission deadline: 4 March 2019. Read on...

Illuminating the SOCIAL in Social Problems                                                                 The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)                                                        August 9-11, 2019, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, NY.                                    Submission deadline: January 31. Read on...

Accessing Online Materials

From March this 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.

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