Dear  ,

If possible, we would like your help in increasing TASA's membership to 800! There are currently 753 members. If each member could encourage one non-member to join or renew we could easily get to the 800 mark:-) Below are 4 different membership flyers specific to certain categories. We'd be very grateful if you could share these flyers electronically and / or display them in your work / study area. Thank you!

• High School Students
• Undergraduate / Honours Students
• Postgraduate Students
• Non-Students

Employment Opportunity

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Sociology of Ageing/Social Gerontology 

Sociology Programme, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked 13th globally and 1st amongst the world’s best young universities.

They invite applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Sociology from candidates with expertise in the sociology of ageing/social gerontology. Candidates should possess a PhD in Sociology or a related social-science discipline at the time of appointment, demonstrable evidence of excellence in research and teaching, and a commitment to university service. The University emphasizes cutting-edge research and teaching and boasts strong support for each. The successful applicant is expected to teach in English at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Application deadline: April 14. Read on...

Can you assist?

The following request has been received via TASA's Facebook account:  Hi all, can anyone recommend a simple introductory video (less than 5 mins) on Frederick W. Taylor that i can use in an introductory lecture on work?I have been using this one from youtube, but it is a bit old school.

If you know of such a video, could you please send the details to Sally in the TASA Office.

If you have contact details for a Fiona Mackie, who was a sociology lecturer at LaTrobe in the 80s and 90s, could you please email Sally in the TASA Office.

Awards

Sociology in Action Award

TASA's Sociology in Action Award is open for nominations. This award recognizes contributions to the practice of sociology outside of academic settings. It is conferred on a TASA member who has made an outstanding contribution to sociological practice in Australia.                                                                                                                                                Nominations close on June 15. Read on...

Jean Martin Award

The Jean Martin Award recognises excellence in scholarship in the field of Sociology and aims to assist with establishing the career of a recent PhD graduate.                     Nominations close on April 1. Read on...

Members' Publications

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

Clark, E. Lessons from the past: Family involvement in patient admission and discharge, Beechworth Lunatic Asylum, 1900-1912.  Published on line 23 February 2017. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.

Anthony Lyons, Wendy Heywood, Bianca Fileborn, Victor Minichiello, Catherine Barrett, Graham Brown, Sharron Hinchliff, Sue Malta & Pauline Crameri (2017) The Sex, Age, and Me study: recruitment and sampling for a large mixed-methods study of sexual health and relationships in an older Australian population.  Culture, Health & Sexuality DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1288268  Link to full text (50 free e-prints, click this link: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/xyuhrFbXqTV6ifrATS4s/full)

Bianca Fileborn, Graham Brown, Anthony Lyons, Sharron Hinchliff, Wendy Heywood, Victor Minichiello, Sue Malta, Catherine Barrett & Pauline Crameri (2017) Safer Sex in Later Life: Qualitative Interviews With Older Australians on Their Understandings and Practices of Safer Sex. The Journal of Sex Research, DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1280121                                                                                                               

Wendy Heywood, Anthony Lyons, Bianca Fileborn, Victor Minichiello,Catherine Barrett, Graham Brown, Sharron Hinchliff, Sue Malta & Pauline Crameri (2016) Self-reported testing and treatment histories among older Australian men and women who may be at risk of a sexually transmissible infection.  Sexual Health

Celal Bayari. Economic Geography of the Australian Mining Industry. Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie. 2016. ISSN: 1467-9663. Word count: 8,750.

Celal Bayari. Chinese Economy and Central Asia. Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review. 11(3): 1-14. 2015. December. ISSN 1813-0534. Word count: 8,999.

Noh, J-E. (2017). Contextualisation of human rights discourse by NGO workers in the context of Bangladesh. Journal of International Development. (DOI: 10.1002/jid.3274)

Xiaoying Qi. (2017) ‘Neo-traditional Child Surnaming in Contemporary China: Women’s Rights as Veiled Patriarchy’. Sociology. First online DOI: 10.1177/0038038516688613.

Alston, Margaret, Clarke, Josephine & Whittenbury, Kerri 2017, ‘Gender relations, livelihood strategies, water policies and structural adjustment in the Australian dairy industry’, Sociologia Ruralis, doi: 10.1111/soru.12164

Stephenson N, McLeod K, Mills C, 'Ambiguous encounters, uncertain foetuses: Women's experiences of obstetric ultrasound', Feminist Review, 113 pp. 17-33. ISSN 0141-7789 

Stephenson N, Mills C, McLeod K, 'Simply providing information': Negotiating the ethical dilemmas of obstetric ultrasound, prenatal testing and selective termination of pregnancy​', Feminism and Psychology pp. 1-20. ISSN 0959-3535 ​

Informed News Analysis & Commentary

Louise Keogh: Why it might be time to reconsider the money spent on genetics research, The Conversation

Peter Robinson: Faggots, punks, and prostitutes: the evolving language of gay men, The Conversation

Riaz Hassan: Australians aren’t as Islamophobic as we’re led to believe, The Conversation

Petra Bueskens: Australia Needs A Universal Basic Income, And We Should Start With Mothers, Huffington Post

Podcasts

Meredith Nash: Shapes of motherhood: female body image before and after pregnancy, ABC RN Life Matters

Blogs

Alan Scott: Dominant Theories

Nexus: Doctoral completions

Have you completed a PhD, professional doctorate or similar degree in recent months? If so, we would like to publish details in Nexus. To ensure we get the details right, please complete this form and email it to the editors at nexus@tasa.org.au. Congratulations!

Journal of Sociology (JoS)

The March issue of JoS leads with an appreciation of the work of Ulrich Beck. Featured articles include work on animal studies, class, family, Islamic religiosity, migration, risk, social mobility, the strong programme and welfare rights.

Look out for the call for expressions of interest for the 2019 special edition. Coming soon.

Research Funding

The National Library in Canberra awards funded and non-funded short-term Fellowships for research based on their extensive collections. The Fellowship supported by the Minerals Council of Australia includes social research in its aims and its terms also include researchers who are employed professionally rather than in universities.                     Applications close on 30 April. Read on...

Global Dialogue: Call for New Editor

The present Editor of Global Dialogue, Michael Burawoy, will complete his term of service at the end of December 2017. The International Sociological Association seeks an editor for Global Dialogue, the association’s newsletter and magazine. The new editor will take on responsibilities from January 2018 a term of three years with the possibility of renewal. Below is further information on the publication, on the tasks associated with the editorship and instructions on how to indicate your interest in the position. Read on...

Competition for Junior Sociologists

The International Sociological Association (ISA) has announced the organization of the Seventh Worldwide Competition for Junior Sociologists. The winners will be invited to participate in the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology which will take place in Toronto, Canada in July 2018. Junior Scholars mean people who obtained their first Master's degree (or an equivalent graduate diploma) in sociology or in a related discipline, less than 10 years prior to March 31, 2017.                                                                                                      Submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

Events

ARCSHS Distinguished Lecture Series: Raewyn Connell

South of My Nights: Colonial Reflections on Sex, Gender, Death and Survival Wednesday 29 March 2017 5:30 pm,  Melbourne. Nibbles and drinks provided.                         This is a free event but registration is essential. Read on...

A masterclass and symposium with Vincent Dubois

Cultural fields, cultural domination – a masterclass and symposium with Vincent Dubois A A one day masterclass: New perspectives on cultural domination’- and giving the keynote address at ‘Rethinking the Cultural Field’, a one day symposium on cultural field studies.  10 – 3pm Wednesday, April 5th, University of Canberra 

A one day symposium: Rethinking the Cultural Field                                                                        9.30 – 4pm Thursday April 6th, University of Canberra                                                                        

All welcome  (For catering purposes, please rsvp to Katie.Hayne@canberra.edu.au)

The full details on both events are available here. 

Workshop

 Mixed Race in Asia and Australasia: Migrations, Mobilities and Belonging                                    12 - 13 October, Singapore                                                                                                                                Paper submission deadline: April 1 . Read on... 

Seminars 

Mosque education in inner northwestern China between tradition and modernity                                                                                                                       TODAY March 2, 4pm - 5pm, Melbourne                                                                   Markus Fiebig, PhD candidate, Freie Universität Berlin.                                       Please rsvp to Tom Barnes. Read on...

Symposiums

Digital Food Cultures symposium                                                                                                  Friday 20 October, University of Canberra                                                                                                   This symposium is directed at the social, cultural, political and ethical dimensions of representations and practices related to using digital technologies for food production, consumption, preparation, eating out, promoting healthy diets or weight loss, marketing, ethical consumption, food activism and environmental and sustainability politics.             Abstract submission deadline: June 1. Read on...

Conferences

New listing:

International Digital Divide Conference                                                                                                       24-26 May 2017, San Diego, California, USA                                                                                             Submission deadline: March 6, 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Time. Read on...

Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South: An International Conference 10-13th July, Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns, Australia. Distinguished speakers include:

• Professor Jianhong Liu, University of Macau
• Professor Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney
• Professor Chuen-Jim Sheu, National Tapei University
• Professor Guoling Zhao Peking University, China
• Professor Stephen Tomsen, University of Western Sydney
• Professor Elliot Currie, University of California
• Professor John Braithwaite, RegNet, ANU

Abstract submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

International conference and master lectures                                                                                               The Human Person in View of Contempory Civilisational Processes                       March 29 - 30, the Faculty of Historical and Social Sciences at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.  The official language of the conference will be Polish and English. Read on...

Knowledge/Culture/Ecologies                                                                                 November 15-18, 2017
Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago - Chile                                                                                              Call for papers open. Read on...

8th Urban Space and Social Life:  Theory and Practice                                          Transforming Urbanity: People and Cities on the Move                                         9 - 12 June, Malyasia                                                                                                       Call for Papers, Photos for Exhibition, and Photo Essays                                        Submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South: An International Conference”                                                                                                                                                           Co-hosted by the Crime and Justice Research Centre (QUT) and the Asian Criminological Society                                                                                                                                                                           10-13th July 2017, Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns, Australia                                                             Abstract submission deadline: 31 March. Read on...

Social Boundaries of Work. Methodological and Practical Problems of Research on Work and Employment in Modern Societies                                   27-28 of October, Institute of Sociology of the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) Submission deadline: April 30. Read on...

XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology                                                                                                 Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities                            Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. Read on...

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