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There is just over a week to go before the official start of TASA 2018, at Deakin University, Burwood. We hope you are able to attend. If you can't, please do follow us on Twitter, if you can, and Facebook, where some of the sessions will be livestreamed. 

Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to fellow member Adam Possamai for being selected the Sociologist of the month for November by Current Sociology. His articles “Popular and lived religions” and “Mastering the devil: A sociological analysis of the practice of a Catholic exorcist” will be free access all November.

TASA 2018

Queer Drinks

Queer Drinks organised by the Genders & Sexualities thematic group conveners.                Tuesday November 20, immediately after the AGM. 
Nevermind Bar, 336 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn
If you have registered for this event, you will have a green circle on the back of your name tag, which will be handed to you at the conference registration desk. 

Conference Documents

In case you missed this last week, we are very happy to be able to share the following conference documents with you. Click on each colored button below to access the conference resources. 

Grant Opportunities

Early Career Research Small Grants Scheme 2018

ECR and PhD scholars can apply for up to $5000 in research funding as part of the Freilich Foundation's Early Career Research Small Grants Scheme                          Application deadline: November 26. Read on...

Fellowship Funding

2019 Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Fellowship                                                     The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)                                                      Application deadline: February 1, 2019. Read on...

Employment Opportunities

New: Research Assistant                                                                                                              The Institute for the Study of Social Change (ISC) is seeking expressions of interest for a casual Research Assistant who will be involved in a major project entitled “Anticipatory Care: An action learning project with Tasmanian communities of place and culture”.  This project is a collaboration between the ISC and the Tasmanian Department of Health, the Sax Institute and The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre.                                                                                                                      Application deadline: November 19. Read on...

Research Assistant (online) in Governance of Emerging Technologies, IE Center for the Governance of Change, Madrid                                                                              Application deadline: November 11. Read on...

Associate Professor in Sociology & Anthropology                                                University of Newcastle. Full-Time, Ongoing.                                                                       Application deadline: TODAY November 8. Read on...

Research Fellow                                                                                                                                La Trobe University                                                                                                                            Application deadline: November 11. Read on...

Scholarship Opportunities

New: The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) at Western Sydney University have a scholarship opportunity on a project, 'Youth Mobilities and Digital Lives: Understanding Transnational Mobility's Impacts Through Social Media'. The PhD project will be based at ICS with the opportunity to work with the ICS-based supervisor, Dr Shanthi Robertson, on social media analysis/digital ethnography techniques to understand the impacts of transnational mobility on young people’s social, civic and economic lives.                                                                                                       Applications deadline: 30 November. Read on...

Deakin University are now offering a scholarship to a highly motivated PhD candidate to work on the Youth Mobilities, Aspirations and Pathways (YMAP) project. Applicants are invited to propose a project on any aspect of the impacts of transnational mobility on young people’s social and/or family ties, citizenship and civic lives, and/or economic opportunities and transitions to adulthood. The proposed doctoral project must align with the focus of the YMAP ARC project. This PhD will be based at Deakin and supervised by Professor Anita Harris with external supervision from Prof Baldassar and Dr Shanthi Robertson.                                                                                                                                  Applications deadline: 3 December. Read on...​​

The Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University have a scholarship opportunity on a project, 'India's Changing Cities and Informal Work'. The project is suitable for candidates with strong interests in informal work, migration and cities.          Application deadline: November 11. Read on...

Members' Publications

Books

Journal - Articles

Ruth Jeanes, Ramón Spaaij, Jonathan Magee, Karen Farquharson, Sean Gorman & Dean Lusher (2018) Developing participation opportunities for young people with disabilities? Policy enactment and social inclusion in Australian junior sport. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics. Published online: 04 Nov 2018

Poynting, S. and Briskman, L. (2018), ‘Islamophobia in Australia: From Far-Right Deplorables to Respectable Liberals’, Social Sciences 7, 213, Special Issue ‘Race/Ethnicity, Crime and Social Control’. [doi:10.3390/socsci7110213]

Informed News & Analysis

Jessica Richards et al. (7 November, 2018) Note to governments: sports stadiums should benefit everyone, not just fans. The Conversation. 

Brendan Churchill (4 November, 2018) Financial crisis hit young men hard - and they're yet to recover. Sydney Morning Herald. 

Tania McMullen (4 November, 2018) Kelly Orsini faces the challenge of parenting a child with ADHD - and dealing with the uninformed judgement of other parents. The Courier. 

Blogs

Florence Chiew & Ashley Barnwell (5 November, 2018) Methodological Intimacies: Contagion, Competition and the Figure of the Twins. 

Anoushka Benbow (4 November, 2018) Human, all too human: how does ‘human optimisation culture’ speak to our epoch? nightgardenia

Alan Scott (3 November, 2018) Dominant Theories

Nalini Haynes (3 November, 2018) Representations of Albinism in Australian High School English Texts: Literature Review (draft)

Podcasts

Nicholas Hookway (26 October, 2018) Celebrity and royalty: is it one and the same? ABC Radio, Hobart. 

Websites

Nalini Haynes: DysHuman

Micro-vlog

Micro-vlog series (just 2 minutes!)                                                                                        Zoei Sutton and Ben Lohmeyer host "2-Minute Truths” - a quick-fire interview with remarkable academics about their research and academic lives.                                        Week 2 guest star: Theresa Petray - “Something to start doing is taking the weekend off, completely, from phd work”.  You can access the micro-vlog on Zoei & Ben's 2 Minute Truths website.

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

Workshop

New: Situated Intersectionality and Gendered Migration                                          15th November from 12.30pm - 2:30pm. UNSW Kensington Campus                   Professor Nira Yuval-Davis will lead a discussion on methodologies. This workshop will explore the ways that situated intersectionality methodology can add to our understanding of gendered migration and everyday bordering. Students, particularly those at the graduate level are also warmly invited to come to the workshop.                                      Registration free but required. Read on...

Competition

Student Paper Competitions and Outstanding Scholarship Awards                   The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)                                                     Submission deadline: January 31, 2019. Read on... 

Seminar

Global Compact on Migration                                                                                              12 November, Sydney                                                                                                           This public seminar brings together key policy makers involved in migration policy and planning at the highest level to consider how the Australian government and civil society actors can support, implement, monitor and review the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)                                                                                                          The discussion will be facilitated by fellow member Melissa Phillips                      This is a free event but registration is essential for catering purposes. Read on... 

Public Lectures

New: Everyday bordering, autochthonic politics and the double crisis of governability and governmentality                                                                                        14th November 6pm, UNSW Kensington Campus                                                                    In this lecture Professor Nira Yuval-Davis examines the systemic crises of neo-liberal globalisation: the governability of ‘nation-states’ and the governmentality of their citizens. She explores the rising popularity of autochthonic populist politics as a response to these crises, and everyday bordering as a policy response to both the crises and rising populism. Professor Yuval-Davis uses the changing politics and policies in the UK that resulted with Brexit to illustrate these developments.                                                                                    Registration free but required. Read on...

Shape-shifting violence through land-based retellings: Indigenous responses to colonial gender-based violence                                                                               Associate Professor Sandrina de Finney (University of Victoria, Canada)                                   14 November, 5:30pm, Deakin Downtown, Melbourne                                                               For the full details, and to register, please read on...

Activist Movements and Social Theory: Power, Resistance and Protest since 1968                                                                                                                                                     The Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture
168 Lonsdale st, Melbourne
Friday, 23rd November 4:30pm                                                                                                      Speakers include fellow member Theresa Petray                                                              Bursuries available for TASA postgraduate members.                                                  For more details, and registration, Read on...

PhD Summer School and One Day Conference

Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities
January 2019 in Sydney, Australia
Hosted by the Community Economies Strategic Initiative, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University                                                                                          Registrations will open December 5.  Read on...

Call for Proposals - Journal

New Editor of Men and Masculinities                                                                        Sage are currently accepting editor applications for a three-year term commencing July, 2019 (this start date is negotiable). The search committee will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2018. Read on...

Call for Papers - Journals

Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities                                                                  Special issue on Cultural and Social Anthropology                                                                Submission deadline: December 31. Read on...

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...

Call for Chapters - Book

Theorising the university: critical perspectives on institutional research  Edited by Mark Murphy, Ciaran Burke, Cristina Costa and Rille Raaper                                    Submission deadline: December 1, 2018. Read on...

Call for Submissions - Edited Book

The Rise of the Far-Right:Technologies of Recruitment & Mobilization         After decades of existing on the social and political margins, far-right groups and movements are enjoying increasing success and claiming a place in mainstream electoral politics. This call for submissions invites scholars to contribute a chapter to an edited book bringing together research that describes what factors lie behind this rise in the far-right, giving attention to how these groups recruit new members and mobilize action, and their use and involvement with media technologies.                                                            Submission deadline: November 15. Read on...

Symposiums

Sport, Culture and Gender: Where Are We Now?  This event is hosted by the Religion & Society Research Cluster and the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Western Sydney University.                                                                                                        TODAY 8 November 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Parramatta, NSW 2150                                      Keynote Speaker: Fellow TASA member and TASA 2018 Local Organising Committee member Kim Toffoletti, Deakin University:Who is visible in sport and recreation? Thinking through gender and cultural diversity                                                              Registration free but essential. Read on...

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: Friday 22nd March, 2019. Read on...

Conferences

New: Youth Futures: Connection and Mobility in the Asia-Pacific                            15 - 16 November, 9am to 4pm, Deakin Downtown, Melbourne                                               For the full details, and to register, read on...

New: EGOS 2019 Subtheme 54: Exploring the Labour Dimension of Sustainable Organizations: Ideologies, Struggles, Solutions (Markus Helfen, Andreas Pekarek, Rick Delbridge)                                                                                              Continuing the interdisciplinary exchange between the fields of organization studies and employment relations from two preceding EGOS sub-themes in 2017 and 2018, next year's theme concentrates on the ideologies, struggles and solutions around the labour dimension of the sustainable organization. We invite contributions that explore how labour shapes and is shaped by questions of organizational sustainability and what this means for future world(s) of work.                                                                                              Deadline for short paper submissions: January 14, 2019. Read on...

New: 7th International and Interdisciplinary Emotional Geographies Conference, 17-19 July 2019                                                                                                                                        Keynote speakers include fellow member, & incoming Applied Sociology Portfolio Leader, Catherine Robinson.                                                                                                 Themed Sessions submission deadline: December 10.                                              Abstract submission deadline: 4 March 2019. Read on...

Illuminating the SOCIAL in Social Problems                                                                 The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)                                                        August 9-11, 2019, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, NY.                                    Submission deadline: January 31, 2019. Read on...

Economy & the Possible: Alternative, Missed and Reified Futures in Contemporary Society                                                                                                                      20-21 May 2019 in Warsaw (Poland)                                                                          Submission deadline: 10 December. Read on...

EUROPE AND BEYOND: BOUNDARIES, BARRIERS AND BELONGING
14th ESA Conference, 20-23 August 2019 to be held in Manchester / UK. 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:

1. First name of gift recipient;
2. email address of gift recipient;
3. the membership category you are gifting (see the Membership Categories & Fees section of TASAweb);
4. the cost of the membership; and
5. 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.

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