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Apologies for the late newsletter, it's been a tad busy here at TASA 2018!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all involved with the organisation and running of TASA 2018. The LOC team are listed here with some of them in the first image below.

Rose Butler
Bernie East
Anna Halafoff (bottom R)
Anita Harris
Amelia Johns
Doug Lorman
Alexia Maddox (middle L) 
Vince Marotta (bottom L) 
Andrew Singleton (top L)
Kim Toffoletti (top R)
Jessica Walton
Grazyna Zajdow (convener middle R) 

In case you haven't caught up here are the 2018 Prize winners:

Congratulations to all 2018 Prize winners

Congratulations to the 2018 Distinguished Service to Sociology winner David Rowe (L) pictured with TASA President Dan Woodman (R). This award is made to a TASA member who has demonstrated outstanding, significant and sustained service to Australian sociology over many years.

Congratulations to the 2018 Stephen Crook Memorial Prize winners (from L to R) Alan Petersen, Megan Munsie, Claire Tanner & Jane Brophy (Casimir MacGregor unable to attend) for Stem Cell Tourism and the Political Economy of Hope.

2018 Stephen Crook Memorial Prize Chair Johanna Wyn presenting the prize above. 

Congratulations to the 2018 Raewyn Connell Prize winner Natalie Jovanovski (R), pictured with 2018 RCP Chair Alex Broom (L), for Digesting Femininities

Congratulations to the Journal of Sociology – Best Paper Award 2017 - 2018 winner Michelle Peterie (middle), pictured with JoS EiCs Kate Huppatz (L) & Steve Matthewman (R), for Docility and desert: Government discourses of compassion in Australia’s asylum seeker debate. 

Congratulations to the 2018 Sociology in Action Award winner Catherine Robinson (R) pictured with TASA President Dan Woodman (L). 

Congratulations to the 2018 Early Career Researcher – Best Paper Prize winner Karla Elliott (R), pictured with TASA Vice-President Alphia Possamai-Inesedy (L), for Caring Masculinities: Theorizing an Emerging Concept.

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 Opportunity

Research Assistants                                                                                                               Barang Regional Alliance (‘Barang’) is a not-for-profit leading structural reform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on Darkinjung land in the Central Coast of New South Wales. We are seeking quotes for research assistance for our upcoming Youth Summit on 23 February 2019. The skills we seek are: understanding of cultural safety for Indigenous youth; qualitative research expertise: group interviewing; ethnographic note-taking; and analysis of qualitative data. We ideally seek to recruit two sociologists who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. You must be based in the Central Coast or able to travel here for the event. If you’re interested, please contact: Zuleyka Zevallos, 0413 146 838, or Zuleyka@barangregionalallianceltd.org.au

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...​​

Members' Publications

Journal - Articles

Lyn Craig & Brendan Churchill (2018) Labor Force Status, Transitions, and Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Stress: Direct and Cross‐Spousal Influences. Journal of Marriage and Family. 

Informed News & Analysis

Kim Toffoletti (16 November, 2018) Creative thinking brings more parents to conferences. Invenio.

Denejkina, A. (15 November, 2018) In Russia, feminist memes buy jail time, but domestic abuse doesn't​. Foreign Policy 

Michelle Brady & Belinda Hewitt (15 November, 2018) Marriage has changed dramatically throughout history, but gender inequalities remain. The Conversation. 

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 recent keynote invites include:

• "In Our Time: From Southern Neoliberalism to Cooperative Futures", opening keynote at Alternative Futures and Regional Prospects conference, University of Newcastle (Sydney), 22 November '18 
• "Truth, Power and Pedagogy", Keynote to international conference of Gender & Education Association, Newcastle (NSW), 10 December '18.

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

Xinjiang Initiative

I am one of over two hundred and sixty scholars and others who would like to bring to everyone’s attention to the fact that several hundred thousand, possibly over a million, Uyghurs and members of other ethnic minorities are being held indefinitely in extra-judicial internment camps in Xinjiang, China. These are arbitrary detentions, based not on suspicion or proof of any crime, but rather solely on religious and ethnic persecution. These detentions not only violate international human rights standards, but also have no proper basis even in Chinese law. Facing a situation like this, China scholars and the broader academic community cannot remain silent. Thank you for your attention. To support this call, please forward your name, position and affiliation to Michael Clarke at ANU. 

Competition

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

Public Lecture

Activist Movements and Social Theory: Power, Resistance and Protest since 1968                                                                                                                                                     The Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture
168 Lonsdale st, Melbourne
TOMORROW 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...

Symposiums

New: Language, Technology, and Communication in Healthcare.                            Interdisciplinary research and engagement for 21st century healthcare                                    Monday 10 December, 1:15 pm – 7:00 pm, University of Melbourne                                        This event is free but registration is required. 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: Time is Money, and Beyond: The Temporality of Action and Consequences                                                                                                                                6-7 May 2019 in Warsaw, Poland                                                                                              Submission deadline: 15 December. Read on...

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...

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...

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