Dear  ,

It's official! The TASA 2017 submissions portal is now open. Submissions focussing on the conference theme of ‘Belonging in a Mobile World’, as well as other areas of interest to TASA thematic groups, are invited. The mobilities turn in sociology has generated questions about different modes of belonging in a world characterised by global flows and precarities. The media report growing levels of permanent and temporary migration, undocumented migration, and movements of people seeking asylum. Governments respond, opening borders, curtailing movement. While becoming hypermobile, superdiverse, and cosmopolitan, immobility is a lived reality for many.                           Submissions deadline: June 1. Read on...

Employment Opportunity

Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Sociology of Ageing/Social Gerontology 

Sociology Programme, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked 13th globally and 1st amongst the world’s best young universities.

They invite applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Sociology from candidates with expertise in the sociology of ageing/social gerontology. With a new interdisciplinary graduate program in Gerontology, they are especially interested in candidates with strong quantitative research skills  and who are able to conduct research and teach in one or more of the following areas: the sociology of care, the life course (with a specific focus on the ageing and elderly), family dynamics, healthcare, and/or the impact of digital technologies on ageing populations. Candidates should possess a PhD in Sociology or a related social-science discipline at the time of appointment, demonstrable evidence of excellence in research and teaching, and a commitment to university service. The University emphasizes cutting-edge research and teaching and boasts strong support for each. The successful applicant is expected to teach in English at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Application deadline: April 14. Read on...

Jean Martin Award

The Jean Martin Award recognises excellence in scholarship in the field of Sociology and aims to assist with establishing the career of a recent PhD graduate.                     Nominations close on April 1. Read on...

Members' News & Publications

Journal Articles

Scott Fitzpatrick, David Perkins, Teresa Luland, Dale Brown & Eamonn Corvan (2017). The effect of context in rural mental health care: Understanding integrated services in a small town. Health & Place, 45, 70-76. 

Mallman, Mark & Helen Lee (2017) ‘Isolated learners: young mature-age students, university culture, and desire for academic sociality’,International Journal of Lifelong Education. Published online first 13 March 2017, pp. 1-14. 

Haarsager, Jennie, Rathika Krishnasamy, and Nicholas A. Gray. "Impact of pay‐for‐performance on access at first dialysis in Queensland." Nephrology (2017).

Informed News Analysis & Commentary

Eduardo de la Fuente:  Brutalism, a campus love story – or how I learned to love concrete, The Conversation

Blogs

Deborah Lupton: Feeling data – the role of touch in data sense

James Arvanitakis : How to survive a PhD: 22 tips from Dean of Grad Studies 

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. To ensure we get the details right, please complete this form and email it to the editors at nexus@tasa.org.au. Congratulations!

Journal of Sociology (JoS)

The March issue of JoS leads with an appreciation of the work of Ulrich Beck. Featured articles include work on animal studies, class, family, Islamic religiosity, migration, risk, social mobility, the strong programme and welfare rights.

Look out for the call for expressions of interest for the 2019 special edition. Coming soon.

Research Funding

The National Library in Canberra awards funded and non-funded short-term Fellowships for research based on their extensive collections. The Fellowship supported by the Minerals Council of Australia includes social research in its aims and its terms also include researchers who are employed professionally rather than in universities.                     Applications close on 30 April. Read on...

Global Dialogue: Call for New Editor

The present Editor of Global Dialogue, Michael Burawoy, will complete his term of service at the end of December 2017. The International Sociological Association seeks an editor for Global Dialogue, the association’s newsletter and magazine. The new editor will take on responsibilities from January 2018 a term of three years with the possibility of renewal. Below is further information on the publication, on the tasks associated with the editorship and instructions on how to indicate your interest in the position. Read on...

Competition for Junior Sociologists

The International Sociological Association (ISA) has announced the organization of the Seventh Worldwide Competition for Junior Sociologists. The winners will be invited to participate in the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology which will take place in Toronto, Canada in July 2018. Junior Scholars mean people who obtained their first Master's degree (or an equivalent graduate diploma) in sociology or in a related discipline, less than 10 years prior to March 31, 2017.                                                                                                      Submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

Events

Exhibitions / Public Forums

Imagining food: art, aesthetics and design                                                                                     Opening: Today, 5.00pm - 6.30pm Thursday 16 March, Tasmania                           The exhibition, that includes work from fellow member Peta Cook,  is on until April 7. Read on...

Proof of Life:  Studio Sessions and a public forum                                                                   Public forum: 'Are we really alive?' 
This Saturday 18 March, 12:00 noon, Hobart                                                         Peta Cook will talk about her project Reclaiming the Self where she provided seniors with digital cameras so they could document their own process and signs of the ageing process. Read on...

Reclaiming the self: How older people perceive and experience their ageing      An exhibition of research work by Dr Peta S. Cook                                                                Exhibition closes Friday 31 March, Hobart. Read on...

ARCSHS Distinguished Lecture Series: Raewyn Connell

South of My Nights: Colonial Reflections on Sex, Gender, Death and Survival Wednesday 29 March 2017 5:30 pm,  Melbourne. Nibbles and drinks provided.                         This is a free event but registration is essential. Read on...

A masterclass and symposium with Vincent Dubois

Cultural fields, cultural domination – a masterclass and symposium with Vincent Dubois A A one day masterclass: New perspectives on cultural domination’- and giving the keynote address at ‘Rethinking the Cultural Field’, a one day symposium on cultural field studies.  10 – 3pm Wednesday, April 5th, University of Canberra                                                        A one day symposium: Rethinking the Cultural Field                                                                        9.30 – 4pm Thursday April 6th, University of Canberra                                                                        All welcome  (For catering purposes, please rsvp to Katie.Hayne@canberra.edu.au)         The full details on both events are available here. 

Workshop

 Mixed Race in Asia and Australasia: Migrations, Mobilities and Belonging          12 - 13 October, Singapore                                                                                                                                Paper submission deadline: April 1 . Read on... 

Seminars 

Exploring the security impact of autonomous weapon proliferation in the Asia Pacific                                                                                                               TODAY, Thursday March 16, 4pm - 5pm, Melbourne                                             Austin Wyatt, PhD candidate, IRPS@ACU                                                                        Please rsvp to Tom Barnes. Read on...

Symposiums

Digital Food Cultures symposium                                                                                                  Friday 20 October, University of Canberra                                                                                                   This symposium is directed at the social, cultural, political and ethical dimensions of representations and practices related to using digital technologies for food production, consumption, preparation, eating out, promoting healthy diets or weight loss, marketing, ethical consumption, food activism and environmental and sustainability politics.             Abstract submission deadline: June 1. Read on...

Conferences

New: Women in the Asian Century: Challenges and Possibilities                     University of Western Australia, 26-28 September                                                                               With a particular focus on 'Gender-Based Violence', this conference aims to draw together scholars and activists working on this issue in Asia and Australia, to foster a discussion on the various challenges and strategies involved in addressing Violence Against Women in different contexts.                                                                                                                                           Submissions deadline: March 31. Read on...

New: 17th European Society for Health and Medical Sociology Biennial Conference       Old tensions, emerging paradoxes in health: rights, knowledge, and trust        7-8 June 2018, Lisbon-Portugal                                                                                                         Submission deadline: April 17. Read on...

XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology                                                                                                 Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities                            Toronto, Canada, on July 15-21, 2018. Read on...

Making space for feminism in the neo-liberal academy                             Feminist and Women's Studies Association Biennial Conference                                                      Submission deadline: March 24. Read on...

5th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference                                          6-7 June, Prague Conference Centre, Prague, Czech Republic                                Submission deadline: March 24. Read on...

Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South: An International Conference 10-13th July, Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns, Australia.                                                                       Abstract submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

Knowledge/Culture/Ecologies                                                                                 November 15-18, 2017
Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago - Chile                                                                                              Call for papers open. Read on...

8th Urban Space and Social Life:  Theory and Practice                                          Transforming Urbanity: People and Cities on the Move                                         9 - 12 June, Malyasia                                                                                                       Call for Papers, Photos for Exhibition, and Photo Essays                                        Submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

Crime and Justice in Asia and the Global South: An International Conference”                                                                                                                                                           Co-hosted by the Crime and Justice Research Centre (QUT) and the Asian Criminological Society                                                                                                                                                                           10-13th July 2017, Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns, Australia                                                             Abstract submission deadline: 31 March. Read on...

Social Boundaries of Work. Methodological and Practical Problems of Research on Work and Employment in Modern Societies                                   27-28 of October, Institute of Sociology of the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) Submission deadline: April 30. Read on...

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