Dear ,

The Keynote Speakers for TASA 2019 - Diversity & Urban Growth - have been announced. They will be Maggie Walter, Deborah Stevenson and Rob Stones. We hope to see you there. Submissions will close on May 27. Full conference details are located on the conference website. We welcome, and encourage you, to help us circulate the call for papers as far and wide as possible.

In response to the Massacre in New Zealand

Expressions of our deepest sympathy to our Aotearoa-New Zealand colleagues in SAANZ

Dear Associate Professor Matthewman (Steve)

I write to you on behalf of the TASA Executive to express our deepest sympathy to our Aotearoa-New Zealand colleagues in SAANZ following the Christchurch terror attacks. We offer a particular message of support to members in Christchurch, members of Muslim heritage and those directly affected by Friday’s tragedy. The shocking and callous attack on the Muslim community at a time and place both sacred and vulnerable was an attack on a city finding its feet after previous tragedy. It is also a profound attack on shared values of peace, tolerance and respect for diversity and human rights. Many of our TASA members have deep connections to New Zealand and are feeling the impact of this attack but we also recognise with horror that the person responsible was Australian and his violent extremism cultivated here. Your TASA neighbours have you in our thoughts but realise it is also a time for action. It is a time to commit sociology, to renew our efforts to understand and counter the roots of extremism and hate, particularly at this time the dangers of white supremacy, its narrative and the politics that supports it.

As friends and colleagues, you are in our hearts this week and we offer solidarity as the New Zealand community heals and repairs.

Dan Woodman

Terrorism has No Religion

Scott Poynting (March 18, 2019) ‘Terrorism has No Religion’. Criminology Collective, a blog by a community of critical, feminist and decolonizing scholars who are mostly based at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington. Together they present research and commentaries that promote a critical understanding of harm, violence, victimization and justice in Aotearoa-New Zealand and beyond. Scott's article was subsequently published in Counter Punch.

Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to fellow member Ben Lyall who is celebrating their first sole-authored publication:

Lyall, B (2019) ‘Fitness for sale: The value of self-tracking in secondhand exchange’, The Information Society 35(3) DOI:10.1080/01972243.2019.1582569 / URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01972243.2019.1582569

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. Hosting the conference is an ideal opportunity for a university, department or other workplace to showcase their achievements, and promote their strengths. Alternatively a collective of sociologists in and outside of the university sector in a particular city or region may wish to use the conference to highlight the benefits of sociology to a broader audience. Expressions of Interest deadline: Friday July 12. Read on...

Health Sociology Review

General Call for Papers

New: With a rising impact factor (2017 IF is 1.196), a new editorial team, and more articles from around the globe than ever before, Health Sociology Review (HSR) is a major resource for health sociology researchers, public health researchers, Indigenous scholars, health policy makers and health professionals grappling with the complexities of contemporary health and healthcare.

Incoming editors, Professor Karen Willis and Associate Professor Sarah MacLean together with Associate Editors (Dr Katherine Carroll, Dr Luke Gahan, Dr Kim McLeod, Dr Fernando De Maio and Dr Megan Williams) are committed to publishing the latest research on health, healthcare, wellness and welcome your contribution.

Please submit your article here. If you wish to discuss a possible paper for HSR, please feel free to contact fellow members Karen Willis or Sarah MacLean.

Special Issue 2020 - Call for Expressions of Interest

Health Sociology Review (HSR) is an international peer-reviewed journal, which publishes high quality conceptual and empirical research in the sociology of health, illness and medicine. Published three times per year, the journal prioritises original research papers. Each year the journal publishes a special issue on a matter of central importance to health sociology and related fields, edited by guest editors. Submission deadline: Monday March 25. Read on...

TASA Awards

The Awards currently open for nominations include:

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)

Doctoral completions

If you, or someone you know, has completed a PhD, professional doctorate or similar degree in recent months we would like to publish the details in Nexus. To submit the details, please complete this form and forward to the editor at nexus@tasa.org.au for inclusion in the March issue of Nexus.

Looking for Work Register

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.

Employment Opportunities

Assistant Professor The Institute of Sociology of the Pontifical Catholic, University of Chile Application deadline: March 31. Read on...

Fellowship Opportunities

New: Postdoctoral Fellow - The University of New South Wales (UNSW) invites Postdoctoral Research Fellows to apply for 3 positions in the Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Research Centre. The three Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions will play important roles in the development of the research program of the new Vitalities Lab established by fellow member Deborah Lupton in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Application deadline: April 14. Read on...

National Library Fellowships are open to researchers from Australia and overseas undertaking advanced research projects. Application deadline: April 30. Read on...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

New: As part of fellow member Rebecca Olive's DECRA, UQ is finding a PhD scholarship associated with her project, ‘Understanding ecological sensibilities in recreational lifestyle sport’. There is not existing candidate, so this is a genuinely open call for domestic and international students to apply. Exciting! You can find details about the scholarship, the application process and Rebecca's project here.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: An opportunity is available for an outstanding PhD scholar to conduct research in Sociology on the topic of Knowledge-Making in Australian Society: Sociology and its Social Impact. The project will be investigating how social knowledge has been produced over the past 80 years, and how such knowledge has been circulated between the academy, the media, the policy community, parliament and the broader community. Sydney University with Fran Collyer Extended application deadline: April 16. Read on...

Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society has a PhD scholarship available: Tech, sex and intimacy: a survey to understand the role of new technologies in Australian’s sexual and intimate lives. They are seeking a person with quantitative skills and interests in gender, technology & sexuality. Application deadline: March 29. Read on...

A four-year doctoral scholarshipis available for an outstanding scholar to work with SHARP Professor, and fellow member, Deborah Lupton & her team in the new Vitalities Lab, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW, Sydney. Application deadline: COB 31 March. Read on...

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

Members' Publications

Books

Raewyn Connell (2019) The Good University: What universities actually do and why it’s time for radical change. Monash University Publishing.

‘Raewyn Connell’s case for the good university will resonate with the people who do the work to make education and research happen, who care about the students and their colleagues and know their responsibility to the public who rightly expect so much from our universities.’ Jeannie Rea, Immediate Past President, National Tertiary Education Union

he higher education industry might seem like it’s booming, with over 200 million students in universities and colleges worldwide and funds flowing in like never before. But the truth is that these institutions have never been unhappier places to work. Corporate-style management, cost-cutting governments, mobilisations by angry students and strikes by disgruntled staff have all taken their toll — in almost every country around the world. It’s no wonder that there is talk of ‘universities in crisis.’

But what should a good university look like? In this inspiring new work, Raewyn Connell asks us to consider just that, challenging us to rethink the fundamentals of what universities do. Drawing on the examples offered by pioneering universities and educational reformers around the world, Connell outlines a practical vision for how our universities can become both more engaging and more productive places, driven by social good rather than profit, and helping to build fairer societies.

Read on...

Book Review

Shu, Hu (2019) Review: Sharon Ee Ling Quah, Perspectives on Marital Dissolution: Divorce Biographies in Singapore. International Sociology34(2): 222-225, https://doi-org.ezproxy.uow.edu.au/10.1177/0268580919831636b.

Journal Articles

Amy Thomas, Hannah McCann, Geraldine Fela, 2019. ‘In this house we believe in fairness and kindness’: Post-liberation politics in Australia's same-sex marriage postal survey’, Sexualities (online first), https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460719830347

Matthew Wade (2019) Tactics of the ‘Ugly Australian’: Morality, masculinity, nationalism and governance amid a cheating controversy in sport. Journal of Sociology.

Johnston-Ataata, K. (2019) 'Space and the navigation of intimacy in intergenerational Tongan-European Australian relationships during partnering and early parenthood.' Emotion, Space and Society. (Published online 8th March 2019)

Hughes, M., Whitaker, L. and Rugendyke, B., 2018. ‘I would call it a social capital building exercise’: the nature of networks that enable women with a refugee background to access sustainable employment in regional Australia. Journal of Social Inclusion, 9(2), pp.73-85.

Informed News & Analysis

Na'ama Carlin (March 18, 2019) What I learned from my year of having no things. SBS Life.

Sophie Lewis, Karen Willis and Rebecca Olson (March 15, 2019) If you’ve got private health insurance, the choice to use it in a public hospital is your own. The Conversation.

Philippa Collin (March 14, 2019) Young voters may hold the key to the NSW state election: here’s why. The Conversation.

Na'ama Carlin (February 6, 2019) Ill-Met By Gaslight. Meanjin.

Na'ama Carlin (February 6, 2019) Don't sit and watch antisemitism rising. Eureka Street.

Blogs

Scott Poynting (March 18, 2019) ‘Terrorism has No Religion’. Criminology Collective, subsequently published in Counter Punch.

Alan Scott (March 2019) A Responsibility of the Sociologist.

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

Call for Participants

New: Examining intergenerational shifts in masculinity and homosociality Student researcher: Brittany Ralph (PhD project - confirmed 18th Feb) Supervisors: Assoc Prof Steven Roberts and Dr Brady Robards There's a lot of commentary about masculinity going around - want to have your voice included in that conversation? Then here is your chance. If you're an Australian man aged 20-30, the researchers want to talk to you and your father (biological or otherwise) about male friendship, what it means to be a man, and how this is changing over time. Each of you will participate in an individual, 60-90 minute interview, for which you will be reimbursed with a $30 Coles/Myer Gift Voucher. To find out more, contact fellow member Brittany.

Zines

So Fi Zine is a sociological fiction zine for arts-based research, creative sociology, and art inspired by social science. It publishes short stories, poetry, photography, photo essays, cartoons, and other creative works. Edition #5 will be published in June 2019. Submission deadline: April 15. For full details, see sofizine.com

Workshop

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

New: Sociologists at Monash This seminar will feature two papers, one from visiting PhD researcher Rosie Nelson (University of Bristol) - The Embodiment of Queerness: Interpretations, Interactions, and Experiences of Gender Amongst Nonmonosexuals in Britain and the second a joint paper between Rosie and Brady Robards (School of Social Sciences) - Social media use among bisexual and nonmonosexual young people in Australia. Thursday 28 March, 12:00 - 1.00 pm, Monash University, Clayton. Read on...

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.

Social Sciences Week - Run an Event

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.

Funding Opportunity

Funding of up to $7,000 for humanities sector women available. Women & Leadership Australia is administering an initiative to support the development of female leaders across Australia’s humanities sector. Expression of Interest deadline TOMORROW March 22. Read on...

Call for Abstracts for Edited Collection

New: Youth, Place and Social Transformation Beyond the Global City Editors: David Farrugia (University of Newcastle, AU) & Signe Ravn (University of Melbourne, AU) Abstract submission deadline: May 1. Read on...

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

2019 Call for Papers of the official journal of the
Portuguese Sociological Association, Journal SOCIOLOGIA ON LINE. This Call for Papers is continuously open. Publications aiming to be
considered for the remainder of 2019 should follow the schedule - 2nd Issue: April 30th 2019 & 3rd Issue: August 31st 2019. 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...

Public Lecture

David Lyon: Surveillance Culture, Surveillance Capitalism and Data Politics 26 March, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm AEDT, Deakin University, Burwood For more details, and to register, read on...

Symposiums

NOTE DEADLINE EXTENSION: 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: EXTENDED TO Friday April 5. Read on...

Digital Mega-Studies of the Future. A multi-disciplinary Symposium that will bring together leaders from across the research, digital, consumer, legal and policy spheres, to identify the unique characteristics of these studies from different perspectives and forecast future opportunities and challenges for digital mega-studies.
University of Melbourne on 2 April. For full details and the registration link, please Read on...

Religion and Race/ialisation in Australia Friday, 26 April 2019: 10.30am – 4.00 pm, Western Sydney University Speakers: Professor FethiMansouri (Deakin University), Professor Kevin Dunn (Western Sydney University), Associate Professor Farida Fozdar (University of Western Australia), Dr Jennifer Cheng (Western Sydney University) Registration: Limited free registration, please RSVP to rosemary.hancock@nd.edu.au

Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity and Migration 2-3 of August, Parramatta City Campus, Western Sydney University Submission deadline: April 10. 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

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

17th Polish Sociological Congress 11-14 September, Wrocław Me, Us, Them? Subjectivity, Identity, Belonging Registration & submission deadline: Extended deadline TOMORROW March 22. Read on...

Note: There is a special English-speaking session on education, social inequality, and everything in between, open to both quantitative, qualitative & mixed method approaches. Here is a link to an invitation to TASA members.

Recalibrating Diasporas: Asia Pacific and the Spaces Beyond 27-28 June, Murdoch University, Perth Submission deadline: March 25. 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 Read on...

The Australian Social Policy Conference 9 - 11 September, UNSW, Sydney Submission deadline: 29 April. Read on...

Rural sustainability in the urban century XV World Congress of Rural Sociology, 8-12 July 2020, Cairns, Australia Session proposals deadline: April 26. 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...

Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 15 - 17 July, Queensland Submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

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

Summer School

New: the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna organises the
Marie Jahoda Summer School 2019 on the issue ‘Divorce and Children.
Consequences – Perspectives – Progress’. The Summer School takes place
from September 16 to 20, 2019 in Vienna. For details, please read on...

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

Gift memberships are available with TASA. If you would like to purchase a gift membership, please email the following details through to the TASA Office:

First name of gift recipient;
email address of gift recipient;
the membership category you are gifting (see the Membership Categories & Fees section of TASAweb);
the cost of the membership; and
who the Membership Invoice should be made out to;

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.

Newsletter Submissions

We encourage you to support your colleagues by sharing details of your latest publications with them via this newsletter. No publication is too big or too small. Any mention of sociology is of value to our association, and to the discipline, so please do send through details of your latest publication (fully referenced) for the next newsletter, to the TASA Office. Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning.

To ensure your publications listed in this newsletter are referenced correctly by third party users, it would be greatly appreciated if you could email your publications to TASA's Office in a referenced format.

Links to content in this newsletter do not imply any official endorsement by The Australian Sociological Association or the opinions, ideas or information contained therein, nor guarantee the validity, completeness or utility of the information provided. Reference herein to any products, services, processes, hypertext links to third parties or other information does not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation.

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