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The inaugural Social Sciences Week event submission deadline is fast approaching. Social Sciences Week is an opportunity for social scientists to engage non-academic audiences with cutting edge social science research, to showcase the diversity and relevance of social science. It will include interactive community and school-based events, bringing the social sciences to life, particularly for the next generation of university students, social scientists and citizens. The final date to register an event is next Wednesday August 1. We encourage you to add your event, no matter how big or small, to the growing list of events highlighted on the Social Sciences Week website.  

TASA 2018

Asylum Seeker and Refugee Rights Advocacy in Australia

This esteemed panel, featuring Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs, David Manne and Fadak Alfayadh, will examine the TASA Conference theme of precarity, rights and resistance focused on asylum seeker and refugee rights advocacy in Australia. Read on...

Scholarships

Some important pending deadlines for the conference are:

• August 24 for all TASA 2018 Conference Scholarship applications:

1. Conference Scholarship for TASA Members with Disabilities;
2. The Jerzy Zubrzycki Postgraduate Conference Scholarship;
3. TASA Postgraduate Conference Scholarship;
4. TASA Conference Scholarship for Sociology in Action; and
5. TASA Precarious Work Scholarship Fund; 

• September 7 for conference registration to be included in the program. To register now, click on the purple button below.

Employment Opportunity

Research Assistant / Fellow - Rural Health Evaluation

Monash Rural Health Bendigo is seeking a research assistant in rural health evaluation based at its Rural Clinical School, Mercy Street, Bendigo. Ideally the candidate will have a Master of Public Health or similar, or honours-level research skills, or a PhD or professional doctorate graduate. The candidate will have an understanding of rural health systems, national and state policy, be able to apply qualitative and quantitative methods and work extensively with stakeholders.                                                                              Proposed start date: From 1 September 2018. Read on...

PhD Opportunity

HDR Scholarship - Multiculturalism, Migration and Youth

New: A PhD scholarship is available to initiate and conduct research on the topic 'A Transcultural Approach to Belonging and Engagement among Migrant Youth' at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Burwood. The PhD student will undertake research on migrant youth, human mobility and multiculturalism. Empirically this research will focus on Australia, although comparative research with Canada and the UK is also welcome.                                                                                                           Applications close 5pm, Wednesday 31 October 2018. Read on...

The number of Social Sciences Week (SSW) events are growing. You can check them all out on the SSW website here. 

Why are Australian Men so prone to loneliness? And what we are going to do about it?

New: Professor Peter Beilharz will moderate the panel discussion                Speakers: Professor Adrian Franklin (UniSA); Dr Katrina Jaworski (UniSA); Professor Bruce Tranter (UTAS)                                                                                                                           It is widely claimed that loneliness is now a very significant social problem, some saying it has reached epidemic levels.  Reaching for medical metaphors is entirely appropriate for an emotional condition that is compared with smoking and obesity in its caustic impact on our health and wellbeing.  Yet, GPs are at a loss when it comes to helping those seeking their help for loneliness.  Those organisations who are concerned with rising levels of suicide among men also know that serious, enduring loneliness is a very significant suicide risk factor, at all ages.  Governments are wising up to the challenge, though they too are only just beginning to grasp the scale of the problem.  In 2017, the significance of contemporary loneliness is such that it now carries Ministerial responsibility in the UK.  In Australia, there is no such coordinated effort, yet the presenters of this panel discussion will show why it is desperately needed, and why so much hangs on sociology to provide the right intelligence on it.                                                                                                             September 12, 2018. Adelaide. Read on...

Public Lecture – AI IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK: Everyday Life and the Digital Revolution

In this provocative lecture, Cambridge-trained sociologist Anthony Elliott argues that much of what passes for conventional wisdom about the AI Revolution is either ill-considered or plain wrong.  The reason?  AI is not so much about the future, but is rather a revolution already well underway – albeit one which is unfolding in complex and uneven ways across the globe.                                                                                                                     13th September, Western Sydney University. Read on...

Digital Society: New Frontiers in Sociological Research

This one-day symposium explores new and emerging social research into digital spaces and phenomena, as well as methods that use online digital data.                                    Keynote speaker: Deborah Lupton                                                                                Australian National University, Canberra. 11 September.                                      Researchers are invited to participate in a one-day event to explore the intersection of culture, digital media and online spaces. If you are using digital methods or just grappling with this emerging area, we encourage you to attend and engage with cutting-edge research and methods in digital sociology. Submission format options include:

• 300 word abstracts for the paper sessions (15 min presentations)
• Proposals for research notes and paper presentations sessions

Submission deadline: August 10. Read on...

Symposium: Migration, Social Inclusion and the Multicultural City

This one-day symposium will be held on Friday, 14 September,  9am - 5pm. Western Sydney University, Parramatta City Campus. The event will bring together academics, government and NGO agencies, community workers and industry, with the aim of identifying and discussing the pertinent challenges today – new and persistent – in the intersections of global migration and social inclusion in Australia’s multicultural cities. Read on...

The Beaumont Children: investigations and implications of cold-cases

We are pleased to announce that the Crime and Governance thematic group will be hosting this Social Sciences Week (SSW) event. The event, The Beaumont Children: investigations and implications of cold-cases, will be held on the 11th September at the University of Newcastle's Sydney Location. It will involve a panel discussion with two specialist forensic investigators, Dr Xanthé Mallett and Duncan McNab, and a fellow member, Ben Lohmeyer. The group hope to attract a diverse audience to this event.       For more details, & to register, please read on..

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

Members' Publications

Books

Journal - Articles

Peta S Cook,  Anthea Vreugdenhil & Brienna Macnish (2018). Confronting ageism: The potential of intergenerational contemporary art events to increase understandings of older adults and ageing. Australasian Journal on Ageing.

Raewyn Connell (2018). Decolonizing Sociology. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews.

McDonald, Brent., Rodriguez, Lena & George, James Rimumutu (2018) ‘If it weren’t for rugby I’d be in prison now’: Pacific Islanders, rugby and the production of natural spaces. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 

Informed News & Analysis

JaneMaree Maher & Kate Fitz-Gibbon (July 19, 2018). Explainer: what is parricide and how common is it in Australia? The Conversation.

Zines

Edition #3 of So Fi Zine is out now. Featuring sociological fiction and art by TASA members, plus guest editorials by Les Back and Nirmal Puwar. Read it online at sofizine.com.

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

Free Sociology Content

You can enjoy free content throughout the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology 2018 via Sage Publishing. Read on...

The top cited articles published in Families, Relationships and Societies in 2016 and 2017 are all free to access in July 2018 here. 

International Sociological Association

Newly elected ISA Executive Committee 2018 - 2022

isagram 163, June 2018. 

Letter from the ISA President, June 2018

Social Sciences Week

Workshop: The place of public sector innovation labs in policy systems. September 10, Melbourne. Read on...

Seminar: The Beaumont Children: investigations and implications of cold-cases. September 11, Sydney. Read on...

Symposium: Digital Society: New Frontiers in Sociological Research. September 11, Canberra. Read on...

Panel: Politics – In parliament and beyond. September 11, Canberra. Read on...

Public Lecture: What happened to ‘Prison as a last resort’? Time now to consider the path to abolition. September 11, Sydney. Read on...

Panel: Why are Australian Men so prone to loneliness? And what we are going to do about it? September 12, Adelaide. Read on...

Public Lecture: 2018 Fay Gale Lecture #1: Professor Genevieve Bell. September 12, Sydney. Read on...

Public Lecture: 2018 Peter Karmel Forum. September 12. Read on...

Public Talk: Gender, identity and why words matter. September 12, Hobart. Read on...

Public Lecture: AI IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK: Everyday Life and the Digital Revolution. September 13, Sydney. Read on...

Public Lecture: 2018 Keith Hancock Lecture #2: Creating Pathways to Child Wellbeing in Disadvantaged Communities. Professor Ross Homel AO. September 13 Melbourne. Read on...

Public Lecture: 2018 Paul Bourke Lecture: Dr Daniel King. September 13, Adelaide. Read on...

Symposium: Migration, Social Inclusion and the Multicultural City. September 14, Sydney. Read on...

Public Lecture: 2018 Fay Gale Lecture #2: Professor Genevieve Bell. Decolonising Artificial Intelligence? September 14, Adelaide. Read on...

Seminar

The Deakin University Gender and Sexuality Studies ‘First Fridays' seminar series               Historical Perspectives on Queer Visibility and National Belonging in Indonesia                                                                                                                                4pm on 3 August at Deakin Downtown (at 727 Collins St, near Southern Cross Station).  Read on...

Symposiums

Open Access, Data Sharing and Archiving of Qualitative Research Workshop
9 August, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne Registration is free, but required. Read on...

Pentecostal Charismatic Christianities in Oceania                                                             17 August, Alphacrucis College, Parramatta, NSW. Read on...

Rural Crime and the Law: from community concerns to institutional action      29-30 November, University of New England, Armidale, NST                                      Keynotes: Professor Russell Hogg, QUT, and Mr Steve Bradshaw, retired Assistant Commissioner NSW Police Force.                                                                                    Submission deadline: October 1. Read on...

A TASA Postgraduate and ECR workshop, ‘Behind the Scenes: How to Run Academic Events and Organise Collaborative Publishing,’ will be held at Griffith University (South Bank campus) on Thursday September 27, 2018. This is a free workshop for Postgraduate and ECR members of TASA. 

This workshop will feature a panel with Professor Andy Bennett (Griffith) and Dr Brady Robards (Monash), chaired by Ashleigh Watson (Griffith), as well as practical activities aimed at demystifying the organisation of academic events and collaborative publishing. This event is being run in conjunction with the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research’s Language, Culture and Belonging Symposium (LCBS2018).                    For information and registration, please read on... 

Doing Gender: Relationships, Emotions and Spaces of Learning              Monday, August 13th, Deakin Downtown, 9.30-2.30pm                                            Conveners: Amanda Keddie (Deakin University) and Garth Stahl (University of South Australia)                                                                                                                                             The one-day symposium is focused on discussing previous and current research on emotions and gender which inform our thinking about young people’s experiences with learning today. For more details and to register, read on...

Conferences

Owning Future Change, Youth Health Conference                                                              This year they are accepting abstracts for oral papers, posters and 90 minute symposia.       7 - 9 November,Gold Coast                                                                                        Submission deadline: July 20. Read on...

Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies (multidisciplinary)                              8–9 November 2018
Deakin Downtown, Melbourne                                                                                            Submission deadline: July 31. 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.

Newsletter Submissions

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