Dear  ,

Fellow member Raewyn Connell is the 2017 recipient of The Jessie Bernard Award, which is given annually in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. 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.                                                                                                     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 this Saturday April 1. Read on...

Members' Publications

Book Reviews

Genine Hook: Book Review: Lia Bryant and Katrina Jaworski (eds), Women Supervising and Writing Doctoral Theses: Walking on the Grass

Christina Ho: Book Review: Joel Windle, Making Sense of School Choice: Politics, Policies, and Practice under Conditions of Cultural Diversity

Journal Articles

Malatzky, C. (2017). Australian women's complex engagement with the yummy mummy discourse and the bodily ideals of good motherhood. Women's Studies International Forum, 62, 25-33. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2017.02.006

Meredith Nash, 'It's just good to get a bit of man-talk out in the open': Men's experiences of father-only antenatal preparation classes in Tasmania, Australia', Psychology of Men & Masculinity

March edition (Volume 53, Issue 1) of the Journal of Sociology is now available. Articles by TASA members include:  

Matthew Bunn: A disposition of risk: Climbing practice, reflexive modernity and the habitus

Mark Mallman: Not entirely at home: Upward social mobility and early family life

Rose Butler: Children making sense of economic insecurity: Facework, fairness and belonging

Taghreed Jamal Al-deen, Joel Windle: ‘I feel sometimes I am a bad mother’: The affective dimension of immigrant mothers’ involvement in their children’s schooling

Val Colic-Peisker: Ideology and utopia: Historic crisis of economic rationality and the role of public sociology

Alex Broom, Jennifer Broom​: Fear, duty and the moralities of care: The Ebola 2014 threat

Danielle Nockolds: Working sole parents and feminist perspectives on the intersection of gender and time

Duncan Law, Nicole Pepperell: Sociology and the mirror of nature: Robert Brandom and the strong programme

Informed News Analysis & Commentary

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, JaneMaree Maher, Jude McCulloch & Sandra Walklate: Victoria leads the way on family violence, but Canberra needs to lift its game, The Conversation

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: TOMORROW March 31. Read on...

Events

Masterclass for postgraduate and early career researchers                   Expressions of interest are invited for a masterclass with Associate Professor Rob Shields (University of Alberta, Canada), hosted by the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, North Ryde. The Masterclass is free and includes morning tea.            Expressions of Interest deadline: April 7. Read on...

Exhibitions / Public Forums

Imagining food: art, aesthetics and design                                                                                     Tasmania                                                                                                                                                                     The exhibition, that includes work from fellow member Peta Cook,  is on until April 7. 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 TOMORROW Friday 31 March, Hobart. Read on...

Seminars

New: Normalizing Intolerance: Elections and Primordialism in Indonesia            6th April, 1 - 2pm, Melbourne with Dr Sandra Hamid. Read on...

Change and Inequality in the Lives of Young People                                     Presenter: TASA President, Dan Woodman                                                       3rd April, 12.30 – 2pm,  University of Melbourne                                                                                     All welcome, no need to book. 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... 

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

TASA's Annual Conference                                                                                   Belonging in a Mobile World, 27 - 30 November, Perth                                                          The 4 keynote speakers &  and 2 plenary sessions have been locked in.                                             Submission deadline: June 1. Read on...

Indigenous Conference Services (ICS) are jointly hosting with the Indigenous Wellbeing Centre (IWC) to stage The 2017 National Indigenous Drug & Alcohol Misuse Conference                                                                                                     21 – 23 August, Brisbane. Read on...

IRiS International Conference 2017 -  global perspectives on research co-production with communities                                                                                                                    14 - 15 September, Birmingham                                                                                                             Submission deadline: April 5. Read on...

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...

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...

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 extended: APRIL 20. 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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