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Today, the Migration, Ethnicity & Multiculturalism thematic group are holding an event at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne. You can follow the action on Twitter via hashtag: #NextGenMEM.

A warm congratulations is extended to Sheree Gregory. Sheree, and her partner Grant, welcomed their daugther "Evie-Dove Gregory-Cartwright" at the Royal Women's Hospital, who arrived 10 days early on Monday afternoon 16 September, weighing 2.8 kg. Sheree is on the local organising committee for this year's conference. If all goes well, you may be able to meet Sheree and Evie-Dove in Sydney at TASA 2019. 

Employment Opportunities

New: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sociology                                                             The University of Sydney                                                                                                    Application deadline: October 30. Read on...

Visiting Professor in Australian Studies 2020-21 or 2021-22 (two terms) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Centre for Pacific and American Studies, The University of Tokyo                                                                                                                            Application deadline: 5pm on 18 October . Read on... 

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

Fostering Global Digital Citizenship: Diaspora Youth in a Connected World       A PhD scholarship opportunity is for a 3 year project attached to ARC Discovery. The opportunity is for a domestic student who would be able to commence in January 2020. They will be located in Sydney, and supervised by Dr Amelia Johns (UTS, School of Communication).                                                                                                                Applications close: November 1st. Read on...

Looking for work registry

The Looking for Work registry is there to help sociologists looking for work but it is also there to assist those looking to employ a sociologist. The registry of members can be accessed on TASAweb here. If you would like to add yourself to the registry, please click here. If you are currently listed on the registry and no longer need to be, please remove yourself or contact TASA Admin to be removed. 

Members' Publications 

Book Chapters

Newman, C.E., Haire, Bridget (2019) ‘A reckoning that is long overdue’: Reconfiguring the work of progressive sex advice post #MeToo. Fileborn, Bridget and Loney-Howes, Rachel (Eds). #MeToo and the Politics of Social Change, Palgrave MacMillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030152123

Haire, B., Newman, CE., Fileborn, B. (2019) Shitty media men. Fileborn, Bridget and Loney-Howes, Rachel (Eds). #MeToo and the Politics of Social Change, Palgrave MacMillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030152123

Book Reviews

Fabiansson, C. (2019). Book Review: Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson and Signe Ravn, Youth, Risk, Routine: A New Perspective on Risk-taking in Young Lives. Journal of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783319876129

Journal Articles

Andrew Simon Gilbert, Josefine Antoniades, Zazie Bowen & Bianca Brijnath (2019) Legitimising depression: community perspectives and the help-seeking continuum, Health Sociology Review, DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2019.1670090

Peterie, M, Bielefeld, S, Marston, G, et al. Compulsory income management: Combatting or compounding the underlying causes of homelessness?. Aust J Soc Issues. 2019; 00: 1– 12. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.79.

Informed News & Analysis

Andrea Waling (October 2nd, 2019) Paul Hogan and the myth of the white Aussie bloke. The Conversation. 

Blogs

Alan Scott (September 30, 2019) Achieving Change. 

Podcasts

Dan Woodman (October 2nd, 2019) Cracking the anxiety code (Dan's on the last ten minutes, talking social change in men's fashion and the decline of the suit.). ABC Radio, Myf Warhurst.

Health Sociology Review

2021 Special Issue - Call for Expressions of Interest

Health Sociology Review (HSR) is an international peer-reviewed journal, which publishes high quality conceptual and empirical research in the sociology of health, illness and medicine. We encourage sociologists to submit proposals to develop and edit special issues within their field of expertise. Note, those who have previously submitted an expression of interest are welcome to submit again for this call. W                     Proposal submission deadline: Extended to October 11. Read on...

2020 Special Issue - call for papers

Sex, Health & Technology Special Issue                                                                             The Role of Bio-medical, Bio-mechanical, and Bio-digital Technologies in Sex, Sexual Health, and Intimacy.                                                                                                                      Full papers due: January 17th 2020. Read on... 

Members on the Move

Changing jobs, department or location? Let us know and we will list the details here. 

Alex Broom has moved to The University of Sydney: Leading health sociologist joins faculty

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. 

Members' 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. 

Thematic Groups 

TASA Health Day

Data, Technology and Sociology in the Age of Digital Health                       Keynote speaker:  Professor Alan Peterson, Monash University                                Keynote workshop:  Professor Deborah Lupton, UNSW Sydney                                    November 29, University of Western Sydney                                                                     Registration deadline: November 22. Read on... 

Other Events, News & Opportunities

2021 Journal of Sociology - Special Issue

Call for Papers

Imagining rural futures in times of uncertainty and possibility: Progressing a transformative research agenda for rural sociology. This Special Edition offers a critical opportunity to imagine the futures of rural societies and rural sociology at a time when, across the world, there has been an awakening of diverse publics to the reality that current and historical social and economic structures are leading to the demise of planetary health and human survival. Read on...

Workshop

New: ‘AKE: A Critical Feminist Arts/Research Workshop Series’ is coming to Canberra on Thursday 21 November, 12-4pm at the Australian National University. In this workshop, brought to you by Dr Ashleigh Watson, Dr Laura Rodriguez Castro, and Samantha Trayhurn, they will explore ways of practically extending critical and feminist social research with art. The workshop will involve talks on participatory visual methods followed by a practical workshop, where participants will produce a zine to be published with Frances St Press. This workshop is suitable for Honours, Masters and PhD students, and established social researchers. Read on…

Public Lecture

2019 Courtenay Lecture - After the Generations Wars: Building a better future for the young people                                                                                                      Speaker: Dan Woodman                                                                                                               Thursday 17 October 2019, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm AEST, James Cook University, Smithfield    Registration is free but essential. Read on...

Exhibition

Visualising the Future: Images and stories by the citizens of Clarence        Stemming from a project by Peta Cook                                                                                  Opening event Wednesday October 16th at 5.30pm
Exhibitions continue until 20th October (Wed - Sun 11am - 5pm) Tasmania. Read on...

Seminar & Postgraduate Workshop

The ‘First Fridays’ series of Gender and Sexuality Studies Postgraduate Workshops and Public Seminars continues on TOMORROW Friday, October 4, at Deakin Downtown (at 727 Collins St, near Southern Cross Station). The Postgraduate Workshop will run 2-3:30pm, followed by the Public Seminar at 4pm. ‘First Fridays’ are free and open to people interested in the work, although bookings are required for both the Seminar and the Workshop.

Seminars

MMIC Seminar Series: A/Prof Alan Gamlen - 'Visualizing Urban Diversity'
Gary Bouma, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations (Asia-Pacific), will chair this seminar.                                              Tuesday 8 October 12-1pm, N402, Menzies Building, 20 Chancellors Walk, Clayton Campus. For the full details & to RSVP, read on...

Funding

End of year funding grants are currently available to women who work in the humanities sector to support their participation in a professional development program through Women & Leadership Australia (WLA). Up to $7,000 scholarships available
Application deadline: November 22nd. Read on...

Forum

2019 Shepparton Indigenous Women in Leadership - Leading the Change          10 October, 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Shepparton :La Trobe University, Shepparton.                    For the full details and to book, read on...

Symposiums

Capabilities and Capitals: Implications for Students’ Persistence and Success at University                                                                                                                        November 21 - 22, University of Wollongong                                                                                    Fellow member Dina Bowman is one of the speakers.                                                       Registration is free but essential. Read on...

Conversations

Shifting paradigms: Conversations on developing a transformative agenda for future mental health research, policy and practice                                                     Join in on an afternoon of stimulating conversation on approaches to meaningful engagement with experts by experience to transform the agenda for mental health research, policy and practice.                                                                                                                10th October, 4 – 5.30 pm, RMIT University (City Campus)                                                      This event is free but registration is essential. Read on...

Conferences

New: 2019 AASR Conference: Religion and Violence                                                        4-6 December 2019, City campus, University of Newcastle                                                      The 2019 AASR Conference will be held from 5-6 December and include a free masterclass and workshop for postgraduates and early career researchers on 4 December.                 Last day to register 27 November. Read on...

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Rural sustainability in the urban century                         XV World Congress of Rural Sociology                                                                                            8-12 July 2020, Cairns, Australia                                                                                                        Submission deadline extended to November 1. Read on...                                      Registrations are now open for this event.

As part of the IRSA 2020 XV World Congress of Rural Sociology in Cairns, Australia, RC40 (The Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food of the International Sociological Association) and the Australasian Agri-Food Research Network invite abstracts for a mini-conference on the exciting theme of transdisciplinary visual methodologies. They are also hosting a separate (post)-graduate student workshop for students exploring and using visual methods.                        7 - 8 July, 2020. Submission deadline. November 1. Read on...

Advancing Equality at Work and Home: Strengthening Science and Collaboration                                                                                                                              Work and Family Researchers Network Conference                                                                June 24-27, 2020, New York Midtown Manhattan Hilton                                              Submission deadline: November 11. Read on...

Transforming Contexts, Transforming Selves: Gender in New Times          Gender Work and Organization conference                                                                                  24-26 June 2020 
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.                                                                                                  Submission deadline: November 1. Read on... 

Re-creating Landscape and Culture in a Time of Global Change                     International Association for Society and Natural Resources                                                Cairns, Australia, June 23-26, 2020. Read on...

The 28th American Men’s Studies Association Annual Conference  ‘Masculinities in Transition.’  19-22 March 2020. Greeley, Colorado, USA.                      Abstract submission deadline: 15 November 2019. Read on...

Advancing Equality at Work and Home: Strengthening Science and Collaboration                                                                                                                                        June 25-27, 2020, New York Hilton Midtown in New York City.                                   Submission deadline: November 1. Read on... 

Data Futures  Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)                                              University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
30 September, 9 am – 5 pm, followed by drinks and the launch of the SAM Media Futures Lab. Read on...

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