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Employment Opportunity

Sessional Teaching Opportunity at UTAS Sydney (Rozelle Campus). Facilitate workshops with health profession students about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing in the second half of second semester. For more information please contact Dr Kim McLeod kim.mcleod@utas.edu.au 03 6324 5045

Doctoral completions: Nexus

Have you completed a PhD, professional doctorate or similar degree in recent months? If so, we would like to publish details in Nexus. Please contact the editors at nexus@tasa.org.au and we can send you a brief form to complete so that we get the details right. Congratulations!

Members' Publications

Helping to promote TASA

On the right are two images taken from Jenny Chesters's latest article in The Conversation. These images show how you can include a reference to TASA in your disclosure statement & in your Conversation profile.

Jenny's article can be accessed here.

Books

Stephen Kerry (2018) Trans Dilemmas: Living in Australia’s Remote Areas and in Aboriginal Communities. Routledge.

Trans Dilemmas presents the findings of a three-year research project which examined the lived experiences of trans people in Australia’s Northern Territory. The book argues that whilst trans people, who live in remote areas, experience issues which may not be distinct from those living in urban areas and the inner-city, these issues can be aggravated by geographic and demographic factors.

Read on...

Journal Articles

Emma Kirby, Alex Broom, Alexandra Gibson, Jennifer Broom, Trent Yarwood, Jeffrey Post (2017) Medical authority, managerial power and political will: A Bourdieusian analysis of antibiotics in the hospital, Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine

Lyall, B. and Robards, B. (2017) ‘Tool, toy and tutor: Subjective experiences of digital self-tracking’ Journal of Sociology [OnlineFirst]: 1-17.

Informed News & Analysis

Jenny Chesters: Egalitarian or Edwardian? The rising wealth inequality in Australia, The Conversation

Podcasts

Justin Smith & Nicholas Hookway & : Eavesdrop

Thematic Groups

Health Sociology

Health Sociology conveners Ally and Sophie are very happy to announce the launch of the Health TG TASA subsite.

2017 TASA Health Day

New: Registration is now open for TASA's 2017 Health Day. Mobilising health sociology for impact: How can complex understandings of injustice and inequality be used in policy and practice? Friday 13th October 2017, UNSW Sydney

Social Theory

Emotions and Social Theory: Reflexivity, Critique and Structure Friday 24th November, University of Wollongong Main Campus Keynote Speakers: Jack Barbalet, Mary Holmes and Rob Stones The Social Theory thematic group of TASA and the Contemporary Emotions Research Network (UOW) are thrilled to announce a collaborative workshop on emotions and social theory at the University of Wollongong. Submission deadline: August 18. Read on...

Sociology of Religion Symposium

Chasms and Bridges: Religion and Secularity in a Polarised World 29th September: Western Sydney University City Campus Key Note Addresses: Professor Marion Maddox and Associate Professor Alphia Possamai-Inesedy

Bursaries: 8 travel bursaries are available for rural and out-of-state post-graduate students and unwaged/unaffiliated ECRs (up to 5 years post-PhD) of up to $150. If you would like to apply for a bursary, please provide a short statement indicating your place of residence, details of your student status/candidature (for post-graduate students), or details of your PhD award and current work status (for ECRs). You must be a TASA member to be eligible for a bursary. Please send your expressions of interest and bursary applications to rosemary.hancock@nd.edu.au by August 18. Read on...

Other Events

Scholarships - TASA 2017 Conference

You may be eligible to apply for a TASA 2017 conference scholarship. It includes registration and travel funding. The deadline for all scholarships is September 30. Full details on each one is accessible via the links below:

ISA World Congress, Torronto, 2018

New: Making a Contribution – Sociological Theory and Method for Contemporary Healthcare Systems Research XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, July 15-21, 2018. RC15 Sociology of Health Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Religion & Non-Violent Social Movements XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. RC22 Sociology of Religion (host committee) Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Migration, Language Integration and Inequalities XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. Joint session: RC25 Language and Society (host committee)
RC31 Sociology of Migration Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Sociology, Theory and Complementary and Alternative Medicine XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. RC15 Sociology of Health (host committee) Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Forms of Collectivity Among Contemporary Youth
XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. RC34 Sociology of Youth (host committee) Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

War, the Military and Societal Transformation XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. RC16 Sociological Theory (host committee) Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Continuity and Change in the Family Life Course (9895) Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. RC06 Family Research (host committee) Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Experiences of and Responses to Disempowerment, Violence and Injustice within the Relational Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Two Spirited (LGBTQ2) People XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. RC06 Family Research (host committee) Submission deadline: September 30. Read on...

Research Participants Wanted

New: Positive post-separation parenting: What works for Australian parents?Do you have a good relationship with your former partner? We would like to hear about your experiences, to find out what works in building good relationships between separated parents. Read on...

Research Exhibitions

Across July-August, fellow member Peta Cook has fifteen research exhibitions from her Reclaiming the Self project that are being held in various locations in Clarence City Council (Tasmania). This is being used in conjunction with the review of their Positive Ageing Strategy, in which Peta is assisting. For full details of the exhibitions, please Read on...

Seminars

‘HASS Careers – Where do you want to go and how will you get there' August 17, Melbourne There will be sessions on employment, applying for funding, publishing, and peer-mentoring, with an interactive session on engaging with your audience. Seats are limited (the venue can seat 45-50pax). Read on...

Symposiums

New: Narratives of War Symposium - Generations of War 17-19 November, University of South Australia, Adelaide Abstract submission deadline: August 14. Read on...

Women and Sport: Bringing together industry and academic experts in women's sport for a day of discussion, networking and agenda setting. This is a free event but places are limited so please register. Already we have a diverse range of commercial and community sport representatives coming, along with researchers in various fields. Tuesday 28 November, 9 am - 5 pm. Griffith University, Gold Coast campus. Follow this link for further details or email a.pavlidis@griffith.edu.au.

Workshops

New: ‘Thinking Qualitatively’ (“TQ”) workshop series. 23 - 23 September, Bendigo, Victoria TQ2U: Bendigo is an international touring version of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology’s (IIQM) globally acclaimed ‘Thinking Qualitatively’ (“TQ”) workshop series. This workshop series attracts participants from all academic disciplines at all stages of their career. Individuals conducting research in universities and colleges and/or professional settings as well as students and clinicians are welcome to attend. TQ2U allows participants to engage with experts in qualitative inquiry and learn about specific methods, techniques, and approaches to qualitative research as well as skills development. Read on...

researcHERs @ UoM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Join researcHERs @ UoM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, a one-day event where the University of Melbourne community comes together to improve the representation of women on Wikipedia. Join in for the day, or attend a workshop or two to learn how to improve existing content, and how to create new articles. Registrations close on August 20. Read on...

Public Seminar

Estimating the societal cost of methamphetamine use in Australia: A free public seminar with Steve Allsop and Robert Tait, National Drug Research Institute. Wednesday, 23 August 2017 @ 12.30pm-1.30pm. Read on...

Conferences

New: Third annual WA Migration and Mobilities Update conference Social Inclusion across the life course: youth, ageing and intergenerational issues 6th September. The University Club, UWA, Perth, Western Australia For more information and registrations, please read on...

International Life Course Conference Sydney, Australia, 24-26 October, Novotel Sydney Brighton Beach.
The conference will bring together researchers, policy makers, and community stakeholders, to showcase the latest research and solutions for reducing social disadvantage. Read on...

Respect Existence or Expect Resistance Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand 6-10 December, Dunedin, New Zealand Submission deadline: September 10. Read on...

Association of Industrial Relations Academics, Australia and New Zealand conference (AIRAANZ) 'Jobs and Change in Uncertain Times' : 32nd Annual AIRAANZ Conference
Adelaide, South Australia
7-9 February 2018 Submission deadline: 15 September 2017 Read on...

Journals - Call for submissions

Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest, is pleased to announce they have a partnership with a new publisher, Berghahn Journals. In tandem with their new publisher, they are issuing a renewed call for submissions to their journal. Read on...

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.

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Looking for 7 quick and easy things you can do to help promote TASA and Sociology? You will find them in this tip sheet!