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Did you know that TASA has several prestigious Awards that members can nominate for (or be nominated for)? Depending on where you are at in your sociological journey, you may be eligible to nominate for one of the Awards listed below:

Stephen Crook Memorial Prize - Closes April 30. Read on...
Raewyn Connell Prize - Closes April 30. Read on...
Outstanding Service to TASA - Closes May 31. Read on...
Distinguished Service to Australian Sociology - Closes May 31. Read on...
Sociology in Action - Closes June 15. Read on...
Outstanding Contributions to Teaching in Australian Sociology - Closes June 15. Read on...
Early Career Researcher – Best Paper Prize - Closes June 30. Read on...

Congratulations

Our warm congratulations are extended to the following fellow members on receiving funding in the latest Australian Research Council Linkage grants:

Joanne Bryant (JoS EiC) & Christy Newman (JoS EiC): Fostering Aboriginal sexual well-being by building on strengths.
Alex Broom, Emma Kirby & Mark Davis: Navigating an uncertain antimicrobial future: a sociological study.
Gary Dowsett: LGBTI experiences of cancer survivorship and care.

Our warm congratulations are also extended to fellow member, and TASA Secretary, Luke Gahan, who received that exciting email recently letting him know that he had successfully completed his PhD pending some minor edits. Luke has also been nominated for the Nancy Millis Medal awarded to theses in the top 5%.

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. Please complete this form and forward to the editors at nexus@tasa.org.au for inclusion in the March issue of Nexus. Congratulations!

Employment Opportunities

Lecturer in Sociology

University of New England: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)

Continuing, full-time
$ 93,336 to $ 110,619 per annum (Level B)
Plus 17% employer superannuation. Salary packaging options are available
Relocation assistance provided

About the role: The Discipline of Sociology at UNE seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Sociology, Level B, who will teach and have expertise in social research methods and a research and publication record in one or more core areas of the discipline.

Skills & Experience: Applicants must have a PhD (awarded or submitted) in Sociology or an area relevant to the sociology programs at UNE. Specifically, this post requires teaching and research expertise in social research methods and aspects of social structure and social change. Other essential criteria include a demonstrated research trajectory in relevant sociological fields, demonstrated excellence in teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level, and good communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to teach sociology online and face-to-face.

Closing date: Sunday 5 March. Read on...

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Human Services

A full-time, continuing, position is available at The University of Canterbury, New Zealand in the School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, College of Arts. They are looking for a focussed, research active academic proficient in teaching and pedagogical practice. The ability to foster collegiality by developing links with other College academic units and research centres (including our Social Work programme), is highly desirable; as is the initiative to integrate technology into teaching, and the passion to engage and encourage students. Preference may be given to applicants with a PhD in human services, public sociology, development studies, criminal justice, or a similar critical social science discipline. Application deadline: March 11. Read on...

Research Manager – Yamatji Marpla Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC) Perth

Challenging leadership role of an experienced technical team for anthropological research to support Native Title for the Pilbara, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of WA. Support legal services and Knowledge Partnerships initiatives and all related reporting, budgets, project activity and stakeholder management in line with YMAC’s strategy. Please contact Doug McKay, Executive Consultant, for a confidential discussion on 08 9323 0208 or apply via https://jobs-apac.hudson.com searching for “Research Manager” or reference “6B/17877”.

For details, please go to the Social Sciences Week website.

Members' Publications

Books

Craig Browne Critical Social Theory, London: Sage, 2017.Craig Brown (2017) Critical Social Theory, Sage

In this accomplished, sophisticated and up-to-date account of the state of critical social theory today, Craig Browne explores the key concepts in critical theory (like critique, ideology, and alienation), and crucially, goes on to relate them to major contemporary developments such as globalization, social conflict and neo-liberal capitalism.

Read on...

Journal - Articles

Stephen Kerry (2018) Payback: The Custom of Assault and Rape of Sistergirls and Brotherboys; Australia’s Trans and Sex/Gender Diverse First Peoples, Violence and Gender. To view this article, please click on this open access link available for 30 days starting 2nd February.

van Kooy, J and Bowman, D (2018) ‘‘Surrounded with so much uncertainty’: asylum seekers and manufactured precarity in Australia’ Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1427563

MacLean S, Pennay A & Room R. (2018). 'You’re repulsive': Limits to acceptable drunken comportment for young adults. International Journal of Drug Policy, 53: 106-112. PDF available at https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1WNbP3PEroHKtI

MacLean S. (2018). Conducting research interviews with marginalised young people about a sensitive topic. Sage Research Methods Cases. London: Sage Publications Limited. Online ISBN: 9781526430878. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526430878

Alston, M, Clarke, J and Whittenbury, K (2018) ‘Contemporary Feminist Analysis of Australian Farm Women in the Context of Climate Changes’ Social Sciences, 7(2), doi:10.3390/socsci7020016.

Informed News & Analysis

Luke Gahan & Christy Newman, 'Same-sex parents who separate facing extra challenges in a system playing catch-up'

Blogs

Roger Patulny, 'All the Lonely People'

Kim Toffoletti, 'From sport widows to sport fans: research tracks evolution of women supporters'

Alexia Maddox, 'A Digital Bermuda Triangle: The Perils of Doing Ethnography on Darknet Drug Markets'

Podcasts

Gavin Smith, 'Expert: Surveillance: why and how we are being watched'

Videos

Gavin Smith, 'Dr Gavin Smith speaking about Sociology'

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.

Fellow member Edgar Burns has been kept busy with with invited seminar presentations:

Auto-Ethnography: Strengths and Limitations.
Ideas for Teaching VCE Year 11-12 from Sociology of Communities.
Getting your Teaching and Learning work into Refereed Journal Articles.

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.

Thematic Groups

The next thematic group funding submission deadline is March 1st, 2018. If you have an idea for an event, we encourage you to share details with your fellow members/group conveners. More details about the funding round will follow soon.

A warm welcome to new Media thematic group co conveners Joni Meenagh & Aleesha Rodriguez. Both have come on board to assist Hannah Garden who has been running the group solo for a year now.

International Sociological Association

Global Mapping of Sociologists for Social Inclusion (GMSSI)

The International Sociological Association (ISA) 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 they offer a link to sign in or sign up. You do not need to be a member of ISA to participate.

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Separation and Same Sex Parented Families

Fellow member Luke Gahan (TASA Secretary) will present his research on Separated Same-Sex Parented Families. This is the first study of its kind in Australia – and one of only a few worldwide, exploring changing social attitudes and recent trends in same-sex divorce from countries where marriage equality has existed for some time. Luke will discuss parents’ experiences of shared care over two and sometimes three households. Thursday February,5:15pm, Bendigo. For full details, and to register, read on...

Panel Discussion and Book Launch

Film Screening and Q&A

When talking about Melbourne's weather, the common descriptive phrase used is: ‘four seasons in one day‘. Our geographical location - wedged between southern Arctic winds and the hot northerly desert - means that weather forecasts could include sunshine and rain in a single day, or a 20-degree difference in temperature from one day to the next. The weather, however, is not something we simply experience, as hot or cold or windy. It shapes where we live, how we live, how we work, our neighbourhoods, our relationships with others and with the environment. These topics, emerging from the guiding question of 'how does the weather impact on our lives?', are explored in Professor Jennifer Mason's fascinating documentary Living the Weather.

Following the screening, Professor Monica Minnegal will host a Q&A, where Jennifer will discuss making the film as research, her new book Affinities (Polity 2018), and how we live with the weather.

Wednesday February 14, 4:30 - 6:30pm. The University of Melbourne. Read on...

Call for Papers - Journals

Popular Music and Society invites article proposals for a special issue on Regional and Rural Popular Music Scenes. Guest-edited by Andy Bennett, David Cashman, and Natalie Lewandowski Proposals due by June 30. Read on...

Journal for the Academic Study of Religion invites contributions to a Special issue Religion at the Royal Commission. Abstract submission deadline: March 1. Read on...

Journal of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, New University of Lisbon (CICS.NOVA). This Call for Papers is continuously open and papers should be sent to forum@fcsh.unl.pt. Read on...

Routledge Studies in Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South
Call for Proposals The series provides an opportunity to illustrate the work of emerging and established scholars who are challenging traditional paradigms in the fields of crime and justice. Read on...

Consumer Vulnerability: Advancing a multidisciplinary perspective of vulnerability The Editors are looking for interdisciplinary perspective on consumer vulnerability. Submission deadline: 12 February. Read on...

Call for Book Proposals

Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research Read on...

Call for Themed Issues

Journal of Applied Social Theory Call for Themed Issues Submission deadline: April 30. Read on...

Workshops

TQ2U is an international touring version of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology’s (IIQM) globally acclaimed ‘Thinking Qualitatively’ (“TQ”) workshop series. February 17 - 18, Canberra. Read on...

Symposiums

Australian Mothering in Contemporary and Historical Perspective 15-16 February, The University of Melbourne. Read on...

Conferences

New: European Sociological Association Research Network 29 Social Theory Mid-term Conference Refigurations of Society, Sociological Perspectives on Modernity in Transition September 5-6, Berlin, Germany Submission deadline: April 7. Read on...

Interconnections, social transformation and global mobility: a way towards the future 14th Asia Pacific Sociological Association (APSA) 5 - 7 October, Hakone, Japan Submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

Health and Illness in the Neoliberal Era RN16 - Sociology of Health and Illness 18 - 20 April, University of Turin, Italy. Read on...

Power & Governance: Forms, Dynamics, Consequences Tampere, Finland, 27–29 August 2018 Submission deadline: March 30. Read on...

Caring of People in a Pluralistic Way: Towards an Interdisciplinary Management of Persons with Mental Disorders Morocco, 7 - 9 May Submission deadline: April 25. Read on...

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

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