The Australian Sociological Association: Members' Newsletter
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The countdown has officially started; there are 25 days left to submit to TASA 2019 Diversity & Urban Growth conference. The May 27 deadline is set to give thematic group conveners & authors enough time for the reviewing/resubmitting process before the July 26 acceptance announcement deadline. The submission details can be accessed on the conference website.
open letter in support of Brazilian Sociology
Colleagues across the globe are signing an open letter in support of Brazilian Sociology after the Brazilian President made threats to withdraw funding from sociology programs. DanWoodman (TASA President) and other association members have added their name to the signatories in the Open letter from U.S. and global sociologists in support of Brazilian sociology departments. We welcome and encourage you to add your name in support of Brazilian Sociology.
Congratulations
A warm congratulations is extended to fellow member James Arvanitakis who has just accepted a 12-month Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Wyoming. You can read about the announcement here.
Journal of Sociology
2021 Special Issue - call for guest editors
Interested in being a guest editor of a 2021 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...
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 2019 Conference Scholarships
The conference scholarships open for nominations are:
- Carer’s Travel Bursary
- Postgraduate Conference Scholarship
- Conference Scholarship for TASA Members with Disabilities
- Conference Scholarship for Sociology in Action
- Jerzy Zubrzycki Postgraduate Conference Scholarship
Note: This year, the submission deadline for all conference scholarships and bursaries is the same as the deadline for conference abstract/paper submissions: May 27, 2019.
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 Opportunities
New: Lecturer, Gender and Sexuality Studies Deakin University Location: Geelong - City, Geelong - Waurn Ponds, Melbourne - Burwood Application deadline: 23 May. Read on...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow University of Queensland There are up to 12 postdoctoral positions available. Quantitative, qualitative, evaluation or applied data science and willingness to go outside your comfort zone. Application deadline: May 8. Read on...
Teaching Fellows School of Social Sciences Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences (Three fixed-term, part-time positions) The University of Waikato, New Zealand Application deadline: TOMORROW May 3. Read on...
Lecturer, Women's and Gender Studies Flinders University The Lecturer will contribute to quality research and the planning and delivery of topics within the suite of undergraduate and postgraduate topics/courses in Women’s and Gender Studies. This includes the development of teaching materials, delivery of lectures/tutorials or other innovative teaching and learning strategies. Application deadline: May 13. Read on...
Senior Research Fellow in Sociology/Women's and Gender Studies Flinders University The Senior Research Fellow will undertake research in Gender Inequality that contributes to Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies and follow an interdisciplinary approach. This position will contribute towards the Inequality Research Theme, as well as the Sociology and Women’s Studies research environments. Application deadline: May 13. Read on...
PhD Scholarship Opportunities
New: 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:
2. School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth
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
Fabian Cannizzo & Nick Osbaldiston (Eds.) The Social Structures of Global Academia. Routledge.
Higher education and research are now at the centre of economic and social policy in advanced information societies. Global networks of researchers, finance, students and policymakers invoke collaborative sociological perspectives. What it means to be an academic and to work in a technologically advanced knowledge industry has undergone transformations that cross national borders. The future of knowledge production, social development, prosperity and the freedom of ideas are caught in the swelling of global tides.
The Social Structures of Global Academia exposes readers to a variety of issues that are impacting academics across the globe. The volume includes contributions by leading social scientists and innovative research from emerging scholars. Its anchoring themes include academic ethics, the affective cultures of scholarship, changing funding structures and social control of the currents of scholarly life.
Book Chapters
Fabian Cannizzo and Nick Osbaldiston (2019) An Introduction to the Social Structures of Global Academia, Ch. 1, in Fabian Cannizzo & Nick Osbaldiston (Eds.) The Social Structures of Global Academia. Routledge.
Nick Osbaldiston, Fabian Cannizzo and Christian Mauri (2019) Academic Service: Attachment, Belief and Hope, Ch. 4, in Fabian Cannizzo & Nick Osbaldiston (Eds.) The Social Structures of Global Academia. Routledge.
Fabian Cannizzo (2019) Academic Craftwork: On Authenticity and Value in Academia, Ch. 6, in Fabian Cannizzo & Nick Osbaldiston (Eds.) The Social Structures of Global Academia. Routledge.
Christian Mauri (2019) Formulating the Academic Precariat, Ch. 11, in Fabian Cannizzo & Nick Osbaldiston (Eds.) The Social Structures of Global Academia. Routledge.
Raewyn Connell (2019) Fields of Struggle: University Work and Global Change, Ch. 13, in Fabian Cannizzo & Nick Osbaldiston (Eds.) The Social Structures of Global Academia. Routledge.
Journal Articles
Lupton, D. (2019). ‘I’d like to think you could trust the government, but I don’t really think we can’: Australian women’s attitudes to and experiences of My Health Record. DIGITAL HEALTH. https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207619847017
Fabian Cannizzo, Christian Mauri & Nick Osbaldiston (2019) Moral barriers between work/Life balance policy and practice in academia, Journal of Cultural Economy, DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2019.1605400
Forbes-Mewett, H. and Pape, M. (2019). "Social Capital and the US College Experiences of International Student-Athletes and Non-Athletes". Journal of International Students. Online first https://ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/772
Robin Howard, Priscilla Dunk-West & Kristin Natalier (2019) Relationship Separation and Help-seeking: Reporting on an Agency Study, Australian Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2019.1599404
Patulny, R, Ramia, G, Feng, Z, Peterie, M, Marston, G (2019). ‘The strong, the weak and the meaningful: do friends or acquaintances help us get ‘any’ job, or ‘meaningful’ work?’ International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Online First, (Q2: SJR .30) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-11-2018-0193
Cameron Parsell, Lynda Cheshire, Zoe Walter & Andrew Clarke (2019) Social housing after neo-liberalism: new forms of state-driven welfare intervention toward social renters, Housing Studies, DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2018.1563673
Andrea Waling, Anthony Lyons, Beatrice Alba, Victor Minichiello, Catherine Barrett , Mark Hughes, Karen Fredriksen‐Goldsen & Samantha Edmonds (2019) Experiences and perceptions of residential and home care services among older lesbian women and gay men in Australia. Health and Social Care in the Community.
Alba, Beatrice., Lyons, Anthony., Waling, Andrea., Minichiello, Victor., Hughes, Mark., Barrett, Catherine., Fredriksen-Goldsen, Karen., Blanchard, Michelle., & Irlam, Corey. (2019). "Demographic and psychosocial predictors of housing security in older lesbian and gay Australians" The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. doi:10.1177/0091415019843449.
Lupton, D. (2019). ‘It’s made me a lot more aware’: a new materialist analysis of health self-tracking. Media International Australia. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X19844042
Informed News & Analysis
Garth Stahl & Amanda Keddie(April 29, 2019) Power of emotions and gender in education and in the work of educational researchers. EduResearch Matters.
Kristin Natalier & Terese Edwards (April 29, 2019) Child Support and the F Word. The Power to Persuade.
Yvette Maker (April 23, 2019) Living on the disability pension: 'It's like the slow dimming of the light'. The Guardian.
Blogs
Fabian Cannizzo (April 28, 2019) The Consequences of Being a ‘Good’ Early-Career Academic. The Social Thinker.
Deborah Lupton (April 28, 2019) Vitalities Lab Newsletter Number 2. This Sociological Life
Ann Game (April 26, 2019) Holidays
Abidin, Crystal. 2019. “K-pop social media, (Anti-)fan labour, and Networks of (mis)information.” wishcrys.com, 11 April 2019. https://wishcrys.com/2019/04/11/k-pop-social-media-anti-fan-labour-and-networks-of-misinformation/
Videos
Angela Leahy (May 1, 2019) TASA 2018 Precarious Work Scholarship. Nexus.
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.
Raewyn Connell will be giving a keynote at XIX Congresso Brasileiro de Sociologia, 9-12 July 2019. Raewyn's topic is 'Sociology for All'.
Helen Forbes-Mewett (Monash University). 'Shifting perceptions of international student mental health'. Holistic Health Centre Conference, Mental Wellbeing of Chinese International Students. Multicultural Hub, Melbourne, 27 June, 2019
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)
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: May 15. Read on...
Note: two travel bursaries of $300 each will be available for TASA members who are postgrads/sessional staff/unwaged. If you would like to be considered for the travel bursary please include your CV and note your interest when you submit your abstract. Information on TASA membership is available here.
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.
Other Events, News & Opportunities
Forum & Book Launch
“Is eating a settler-colonial act?” History, justice, and the future of food The Institute of Postcolonial Studies (IPCS), North Melbourne May 9, 7:30pm - 9:30pm An IPCS panel with Stefano de Pieri, Lauren Rickards, Nick Rose & Christopher Mayes The forum will explore some questions raised in Christopher Mayes’s new book Unsettling Food Politics: Agriculture, dispossession and sovereignty in Australia, which will be launched at the event. 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...
Increasing your academic visibility 7 May, 2pm - 3pm, UNSW Kensington Campus With Deborah Lupton. 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
Transgenre in Tomorrowland Gender and Sexuality Studies seminar Deakin University, 4pm, TOMORROW 3 May at Deakin Downtown, Melbourne. For more details and to register, 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.
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
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
New: 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...
New: 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...
Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) 2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 22-24 May, Washington, DC USA Keynotes: Vinton Cerf and Larry Irving Submission deadline extended: 6 May 2019 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Time. Read on...
TASA 2019 - Diversity & Urban Growth Keynote Speakers: Maggie Walter, Deborah Stevenson and Rob Stones Western Sydney University, Sydney Submission deadline: May 27. 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...
Rural sustainability in the urban century XV World Congress of Rural Sociology, 8-12 July 2020, Cairns, Australia Session proposals deadline extended: MAY 10. Read on... Note, abstract submissions and registration will open 31 May. Venue, travel and visa information is available on the Congress website.
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
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, & subsequently on TASAweb, 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.
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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.
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
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