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In case you missed it, the TASA Executive are pleased to announce that Sara James, La Trobe University, was elected unopposed to the Thematic Group Portfolio Leader position for the next Executive term, 2019 - 2020.

As you may have read, we really appreciate members sharing their publications for this newsletter. Everything emailed to us also gets tweeted via TASA's Twitter feed. If you have a Twitter account, please do include your Twitter handle, & any other Twitter handle you would like us to include in the tweet, when you email your publication details to admin@tasa.org.au.

Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to fellow member Nikki Moodie who, along with their co-author, has been awarded the 2018 Best Paper Award in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education for their paper, 'Settler grammars and the Australian professional standards for teachers'.

Sociologists looking for work

As you may have read in a recent TASA newsletter, if you are a sociologist looking for work, we invite you to complete the form on TASAweb to be listed in our public registry of sociologists looking for work. We are using Google Docs to manage this registry, so you will need an account with Google to complete the form and to update your information in the future. Please contact Brady Robards (our Multimedia Portfolio Leader) if you have any questions or concerns. Members on the list may be regularly spotlighted

Spotlight

Sociologist looking for work

Aqua Hastings

Aqua Hastings is interested in new ideas and alternative approaches to health problems. Their strength is creative thinking, and they have in teaching, practice, and research of complementary and alternative medicine, including traditional medicine in remote Australia.

Aqua is based in Alice Springs, NT, and is interested in work as a tutor, lecturer, a research assistant or consultant. You can contact Aqua by emailing aqua.hastings@uon.edu.au.

A huge thanks is extended to Brady Robards for this wonderful 'Sociologists looking for work' initiative.

Employment Opportunity

New: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Sociology Job ID: 20104. Full time/permanent The University of Auckland Applications close: 21 October. Read on...

Scholarship Opportunities

New: PhD scholarship in Social Housing: Pathways out of social housing RMIT University are seeking highly motivated and qualified applicants for a PhD scholarship to commence in February, 2019. The successful applicant will have, at minimum, an Honours level qualification in social science or related discipline and will have experience in quantitative research methods. Utilising their skills with administrative and survey data, the successful candidate will examine why people leave social housing and what happens to them subsequently. Fellow member, and winner of the 2017 ECR Best Paper Award, Juliet Watson, will be one of the supervisors. Application deadline: 26th October. Read on...

The University of Newcastle have a scholarship opportunity on a project, 'Low Carbon Energy Transition'. The successful candidate will contribute to a cross-institutional research project investigating the political dynamics of the low carbon energy transition within the Australian energy industry. Application deadline: October 31. 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...

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. Please complete this form and forward to the editors for inclusion in the August issue of Nexus. Congratulations!

Members' Publications

Books

Julie Elizabeth Peters. (2019). A Feminist Post-transsexual Autoethnography: Challenging Normative Gender Coercion. Abingdon/New York: Routledge.

Gender as a social class along with its concomitant heteronormative gender coercion seem to be intransigent across time and cultures. But across these cultures we also see a degree of nonconforming behaviour which very often carries significant multi-dimensions of stigma and risk; because the exception proves the rule, an understanding of gender nonconformity sheds light on the normative operation of gender in society.

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Book Reviews

Marino, S. Forthcoming. Review of the book From Belonging to Belief: Modern Secularisms and the Construction of religion in Kyrgyzstan, by J. McBrien. Pittsburg, Pittsburgh University Press, 2017, 232pp.

Book Chapters

Mai, T. Q. L. (2018). Vietnamese students’ transition to international non-government organisations. In T. L. Tran & S. Marginson (Eds.), Internationalization in Vietnamese Higher Education: Higher Education Dynamics. Springer International Publishing. Dordrecht. 51:235-251.

Mai Thi Quynh Lan and Pham Thi Thanh Thuy. (2018). Vietnamese EFL teacher training at universities: review of the design and cultural aspect of the curriculum. In J. Albright (ed), English Tertiary Education in Vietnam. Routledge. ISBN-13: 978-0-415-79197-7. p.172-184.

Journal - Articles

Jae-Eun Noh (2018). The legitimacy of development nongovernmental organizations as global citizenship education providers in Korea. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. Article first published online: September 28, 2018

Julie Hepworth, Toni Schofield, Rose Leontini & John Germov (2018). Alcohol‐related harm minimization practices among university students: Does the type of residence have an impact? British Journal of Health Psychology.

Alan Morris (2018): ‘Super-gentrification’ triumphs: gentrification and the displacement of public housing tenants in Sydney’s inner-city, Housing Studies, DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2018.1515894.

Tarja Salmela, Anu Valtonen, & Deborah Lupton (2018). The Affective Circle of Harassment and Enchantment: Reflections on the ŌURA Ring as an Intimate Research Device. Qualitative Inquiry. Article first published online: September 22, 2018

QUAH, Ee Ling Sharon (2018) Emotional Reflexivity and Emotion Work in Transnational Divorce Biographies. Emotion, Space and Society. Article first published online: 2 October 2018.

Malta S, Hocking J, Lyne J, McGavin D, Hunter J, Bickerstaffe A & Temple-Smith M (in press) Do you talk to your older patients about sexual health? Health practitioners’ knowledge of, and attitudes towards management of sexual health among older Australians. Australian Journal of General Practice.

Malta S, Temple-Smith M, Hunter J, McGavin D, Lyne J, Bickerstaffe A & Hocking J (in press) Could an online or digital aid facilitate discussions about sexual health with older Australians in general practice? Australian Journal of General Practice.

Malta S, Williams S & Batchelor F (2018) “An ant against an elephant”: Retirement village residents experiences of disputes and dispute resolution. Australasian Journal of Ageing 37(3): 202-209.

Marino, S. (2018) Reflections on the migratory aspects of folkloric Calabrian musicians sonaturi living in Adelaide, South Australia. Transforming identities and tradition. ROGERIUS. Rubettino Press. Vo. 14. P. 47-77.

Marino, S. (2018) Ethnic identity and race: the “double absence” and its legacy across generations among Australians of Southern Italian origin. Operationalizing institutional positionality. Ethnic and Racial Studies, pp.1-19.

Marino, S. (2018) Incrocio di vite Paths crossed. Rocco, migrating from Calabria to Brooklyn. Amish, from Bangladesh to Italy. Ethnic exploitation, arranged marriages, and ‘Ndrangheta. Then the nothingness. VIA (Voices in Italian Americana). American Journal of Italian Studies. Bordighera Press. Vo. 74. P. 62-66.

Marino, S. (2018) The double absence of the immigrant and its legacy across generations among Australians of Italian origin. Journal of Anthropological Research, 75(1), pp.137-160.

Nafiseh Ghafournia and Patricia Easteal (2018). Are Immigrant Women Visible in Australian Domestic Violence Reports that Potentially Influence Policy? Laws.

Christopher Pollard. 'What is Original in Merleau-Ponty’s View of the Phenomenological Reduction?' Human Studies 41 (3):395-413 (2018)

Informed News & Analysis

Holly Thorpe & Belinda Wheaton (1 October, 2018). Women’s surfing riding wave towards gender equity. The Conversation.

Blogs

Brady Robards (4 October, 2018). Spotlighting sociologists for hire: Aqua Hastings.

Crystal Abidin (24 September, 2018). Shadow Economies Of The Influencer Industry. Minutehack.

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.

Fellow member Christopher Mayes gave a keynote recently at the Australasian Association for Bioethics and Health Law in Townsville, 23-25th Sept. 2018. Christopher's Paper was on "Whiteness as a bioethical problem". The text for Christopher's keynote can be downloaded from 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

Seminars

New: Theorising Intimate Security: Affect and Post-Racial Politics A seminar by Dr Gilbert Caluya 4pm TOMORROW 5 October Deakin Downtown, Melbourne For more information and to register, read on...

Regional transition, structural adjustment and multi-level policymaking: A comparative case study of Australian and Canadian auto cities John Tierney, PhD candidate in Sociology, IRPS/ACU. TODAY Thursday 4th October, 11am-12pm, Melbourne. Read on...

Public Lecture

Activist Movements and Social Theory 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 Papers - Journal

New: Contemporary Issues of Early Childhood Special Issue on the early childhood workforce - Inconvenient truths about Early Childhood Education and Care: Workers' lives matter Guest editors include fellow member Yarrow Andrew Abstract submission deadline: October 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

Real and Digital Experiences: Latin American Migrants in Australia 1 November, 2018, RMIT University, Melbourne Registration deadline: October 22. Read on...

10th Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium. 15 -17 October, Hobart, Tasmania. Read on...

Conferences

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

New thinking on migration starts here Metropolis Conference, 29 October – 2 November, Sydney Explore migrant voices in a connected world - a place for advocating social change or platform for cyber racism? Keynotes include fellow member Andrew Jakubowicz. Read on...

A conference on rural crime, law and practice, and the criminal justice response Thursday 29 and Friday 30 November, 2018, University of New England Abstract submissions & Early-bird registrations close Monday 1st October. Read on...

The future in the past SAANZ – Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand Conference 2018. “The future in the past” is a phrase taken from Ernst Bloch, capturing his attention to the materiality of both past and future, and their interactions, in the present. Submission deadline: November 5. 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

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