Dear , 

In case you are not aware, web pages on TASA’s History were added to TASAweb in 2013. The TASA History content was assembled by Fran Collyer, with the assistance of two students, all based at the University of Sydney. You can view the TASA History content on TASAweb here. 

We also want to let you know the Sociology of Economic Life (SEL) and Work, Employment and Social Movements (WESM) groups submitted a proposal to merge and establish a new group to the recent Executive meeting. The proposal was ratified by the Executive. The new group is Sociology of Work, Labour and Economy and you can join it via your membership profile. 

If you missed Bronwyn Carlson's TASA 2018 keynote you can view her slides here. 

If you have missed a newsletter or you would like to look back on any of them, you can view them here.

Research Code Review

The Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Codes (e.g. FoR and SEO codes) are being reviewed this year and TASA will make a submission, to be drafted by a subcommittee of the Executive (Dan Woodman, Alphia Possamai Inesedy and Jo Lindsay). TASA will send a short questionnaire to members this week to seek input.

Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to Na'ama Carlin who was awarded the UNSW Arts & Social Sciences Dean’s Teaching Award – Rising Star in Teaching 2018.

TASA Awards

The Awards currently open for nominations include:

1. Distinguished Services to Australian Sociology Award (closes May 31)
2. Outstanding Service to TASA Award (closes May 31)
3. TASA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching in Australian Sociology (closes June 15)
4. TASA Sociology in Action Award (closes June 15)

5. Early Career Researcher – Best Paper Prize (closes June 30)

TASA 2019 Conference Scholarships

The conference scholarships open for nominations include:

• Carer’s Travel Bursary
• Postgraduate Conference Scholarship
• Conference Scholarship for TASA Members with Disabilities
• Conference Scholarship for Sociology in Action
• Jerzy Zubrzycki Postgraduate Conference Scholarship

Note: This year, the submission deadline for all conference scholarships and bursaries is the same as the deadline for conference abstract/paper submissions: May 27, 2019. 

TASA 2021

Host the 2021 TASA Conference:                              Call for Expressions of Interest

We are seeking expressions of interest for hosting the November 2021 TASA Conference. Hosting the conference is an ideal opportunity for a university, department or other workplace to showcase their achievements, and promote their strengths. Alternatively a collective of sociologists in and outside of the university sector in a particular city or region may wish to use the conference to highlight the benefits of sociology to a broader audience.                                                                                                                                  Expressions of Interest deadline: Friday July 12. Read on...

Health Sociology Review

General Call for Papers

Karen Willis and Sarah MacLean together with Associate Editors (Dr Katherine Carroll, Dr Luke Gahan, Dr Kim McLeod, Dr Fernando De Maio and Dr Megan Williams) are committed to publishing the latest research on health, healthcare, wellness and welcome your contribution.

Please submit your article here. If you wish to discuss a possible paper for HSR, please feel free to contact fellow members Karen Willis or Sarah MacLean.

Employment Opportunities

New: Senior Researcher                                                                                                                  Regional Australia Institute (RAI), Canberra                                                                      RAI are really looking for a social scientist (preferably with some quantitative and qualitative experience). Apparently RAI has a great team with a wonderful program of research and a good supportive environment for those who would like to be able to continue to publish and move forward in academic circles while progressing a career in policy research.                                                                                                                          Applications close: April 17. Read on...

New: Associate Professor in Gender and Sexuality Studies                                        School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University                          Application deadline: April 25. Read on...

New: Research Officer                                                                                                                      The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society (ARCSHS)                                        La Trobe University, Bundoora                                                                                                Application deadline: April 28. Read on...

Fellowship Opportunities

Postdoctoral Fellow  - The University of New South Wales (UNSW) invites Postdoctoral Research Fellows to apply for 3 positions in the Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Research Centre. The three Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions will play important roles in the development of the research program of the new Vitalities Lab established by fellow member Deborah Lupton in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences.                                                                                              Application deadline: April 14. Read on...

National Library Fellowships are open to researchers from Australia and overseas undertaking advanced research projects. Application deadline: April 30. Read on...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

As part of fellow member Rebecca Olive's DECRA, UQ is finding a PhD scholarship associated with her project, ‘Understanding ecological sensibilities in recreational lifestyle sport’. There is not existing candidate, so this is a genuinely open call for domestic and international students to apply. Exciting! You can find details about the scholarship, the application process and Rebecca's project here.

DEADLINE EXTENDED:  An opportunity is available for an outstanding PhD scholar to conduct research in Sociology on the topic of Knowledge-Making in Australian Society: Sociology and its Social Impact. The project will be investigating how social knowledge has been produced over the past 80 years, and how such knowledge has been circulated between the academy, the media, the policy community, parliament and the broader community.                                                                                                                    Sydney University with Fran Collyer                                                                                              Extended application deadline: April 16. Read on...

Multiculturalism, Migration and Youth
Two PhD scholarships, Deakin University                                                                                    Application deadline: May 31. Read on...

Looking for Work Register

Our Looking for Work registry provides a way for our members who are looking for work to connect with people looking to employ sociologists. We hope this registry might help in building connections and networks towards more stable employment for our precariously employed members too. The registry of sociologists looking for work can be accessed on TASAweb here. 

Members' Publications

Journal Articles

Kristin Natalier & Priscilla Dunk-West (2019) What is a good post-separation relationship? The perspectives of Australian parents, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law,41:2, 171-187

Sharon Ee Ling Quah (2019) Transnational divorces in Singapore: experiences of low-income divorced marriage migrant women. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2019.1585023. 

MacDonald, F. (2019). The affective quality of sound: repositioning the listener, Qualitative Research Journal, 19(1), 41-48.

Richards, J., & Parry, K. D. (2019). Beers and blurred boundaries: The spatial and gendered organisation of pre-match venues for English football fans. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690219835487

France, A., Roberts, S., & Wood, B. (2018). Youth, social class and privilege in the antipodes: Towards a new research agenda for youth sociology. Journal of Sociology, 54(3), 362–380. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783318786580

Informed News & Analysis

Dan Woodman et al. (April 3, 2019) 2019 BUDGET: THE VERDICT PART 3. Pursuit. 

Holly Thorpe & Nida Ahmad (April 2, 2019) The importance of sports in recovery from trauma: lessons from and for Christchurch. The Conversation. 

John van Kooy & Rebecca Wickes (April 1, 2019) Settling migrants in regional areas will need more than a visa to succeed. The Conversation. 

Anna Halafoff, Andrew Singleton, Gary D Bouma & Mary Lou Rasmussen (March 21, 2019) Want a safer world for your children? Teach them about diverse religions and worldviews. The Conversation. 

Note, articles in this section each week are also listed on TASAweb here and here.   

Conference Presentations

Nick Pendergrast, 'Revolution and Reform in Social Movements', Paper presented at the Social Education Victoria (SEV) conference: audio, PowerPoint.

Blogs

Alan Scott (April 1, 2019) Sociology’s Edge – unbound by borders

Note, blog posts included in this section each week are also listed on TASAweb.

Podcasts

Note, podcasts included here each week are also listed on TASAweb.

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

Symposium & Postgraduate Workshop

Social Suffering in the Neoliberal Age: Classificatory Logic and Systems of Governance                                                                                                                                       18-19th July,Western Sydney University, Parramatta South Campus, Sydney, Australia        This symposium examines neoliberal systems of governance and its daily practices of managing, regulating and subordinating individuals, peoples and communities.        Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 24 May. Read on...   

Post Grad Workshop                                                                                                Wednesday, 17 July                                                                                                                   Chris Grover , University of Lancaster, will work with post grads to develop their papers in preparation for the symposium alongside exploring core issues in relation to their HDR project.                                                                                                                                                  Up to 3 travel reimbursements are available valued to a total of $400.00 per applicant. Please submit your request at time of submitting your HDR / symposium abstract. Read on... (note, this is the same link as above). 

These are free events but places are limited. 

Giving a voice to Australia's next generation of researchers in the humanities.

New: The ABC is pleased to be partnering once again with the University of Sydney for the Top 5 Humanities Media Residency, to discover, and give voice to, Australia's next generation of dynamic thinkers.  The scheme aims to equip emerging scholars with media and communication skills to help them reach and engage a wide audience for their specialist knowledge and research. Winners will work alongside some of Australia's best journalists and specialist broadcasters training in TV and radio and developing content for ABC digital platforms. Applications close: May 1, 2019. Read on...

Awards

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 2019 PEER ORGANISATION PARTICIPATION AWARD                                                                                                                    Fifth Contemporary Drug Problems Conference                                                  Rethinking ‘Change’: New Theories, New Topics, New Questions, New Methods                  4-6 September, Prato, Italy                                                                                                              Award submission deadline: May 1. Read on...

Zines

So Fi Zine is a sociological fiction zine for arts-based research, creative sociology, and art inspired by social science. It publishes short stories, poetry, photography, photo essays, cartoons, and other creative works. Edition #5 will be published in June 2019. Submission deadline: April 15. For full details, see sofizine.com

Workshops

New: Increasing your academic visibility                                                                                7 May, 2pm - 3pm, UNSW Kensington Campus                                                                       With Deborah Lupton. Read on...

Re/imagining Personal Data                                                                                    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1 October 2019                                                                                                                              Registration and lunch are free, but places are strictly limited. Please contact Deborah Lupton as soon as possible with an email noting that you’d like to register to secure your place. Read on...

Seminars

How (Not) to Talk about Identity Politics  Gender and Sexuality Studies seminar        TOMORROW 5 April, 4PM, at Deakin Downtown (at 727 Collins St, near Southern Cross Station). Read on...

Trust, Young People and Digital Media                                                                        4th Annual Meeting of the Young Creative Connected (YCC) Research Network                      30 September to 1 October, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland  There is no fee to participate in this seminar, and lunches will be provided. There are a limited number of registrations though. If you are interested in attending, please contact Michael Dezuanni. 

Social Sciences Week - Run an Event

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. We encourage you to plan an event/s for Social Sciences Week this year; 9 - 15 September. Please note, the final date to register an event to be part of Social Sciences Week is Thursday, 1 August 2019.

Call for Abstracts for Edited Collection

Youth, Place and Social Transformation Beyond the Global City              Editors: David Farrugia (University of Newcastle, AU) & Signe Ravn (University of Melbourne, AU)                                                                                                                                    Abstract submission deadline: May 1. Read on...

Call for Chapters 

Social theory, digital education and the Global South: Critical perspectives        The book aims to explore the interplay between digital media practices and education (in primary, secondary, further, higher, and adult and community education, as well as informal education) in the context of the Global South.                                                          Submission deadline: June 30. Read on... 

Call for Papers - Journals

2019 Call for Papers of the official journal of the 
Portuguese Sociological Association, Journal SOCIOLOGIA ON LINE. This Call for Papers is continuously open. Publications aiming to be
considered for the remainder of 2019 should follow the schedule - 2nd Issue: April 30th 2019 & 3rd Issue: August 31st 2019. Read on...

Nationalism’s Futures                                                                                                        Sociology Special Issue                                                                                                              Deadline for submission of full papers: 10 June 2019. Read on...                                    For any queries regarding this special issue, please contact: 
Bridget Byrne, Helen Holmes, Vanessa May, Shaminder Takhar.

Symposiums

NOTE DEADLINE EXTENSION: Rural Issues Symposium - The future of rural sociology in Australia, 2019                                                                                                       La Trobe, Bendigo, Friday 28th June, 2019.                                                                                  Keynote presentations from Professor Barbara Pini, Griffith University and Professor Robyn Eversole, Deputy Director of the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of Technology. In recognition of the unique social experiences of rural, remote, and regional residents, the symposium aims to bring together students, researchers, applied sociologists, community and social services professionals and academics engaging with a range of issues pertinent to rural, remote and regional Australia.                                                                                                                                            Abstracts and scholarship applications due: EXTENDED TO TOMORROW Friday April 5. Read on...

Religion and Race/ialisation in Australia                                                                    Friday, 26 April 2019: 10.30am – 4.00 pm, Western Sydney University                                    Speakers: Professor FethiMansouri (Deakin University), Professor Kevin Dunn (Western Sydney University), Associate Professor Farida Fozdar (University of Western Australia), Dr Jennifer Cheng (Western Sydney University)                                              Registration: Limited free registration, please RSVP to rosemary.hancock@nd.edu.au

Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity and Migration                                                     2-3 of August, Parramatta City Campus, Western Sydney University                                      Submission deadline: April 10. Read on...

Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium 
Monday 28th – Wednesday 30th October 2019                                                                       Hear insights from experts who are working to improve mental health services within rural and remote areas and discover what you can do to provide and advocate for equal mental health care for all Australians                                                                             Submissions deadline: June 28. Read on...

Conferences

Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD)                                          2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 22-24 May, Washington, DC USA                Submission deadline: April 15. Read on...

TASA 2019 - Diversity & Urban Growth                                                               Keynote Speakers: Maggie Walter, Deborah Stevenson and Rob Stones                      Western Sydney University, Sydney                                                                                   Submission deadline: May 27. Read on...

Millennial Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies and Lumbersexuals        Massey University, Wellington New Zealand, December 10-11                                        Submission deadline: August 30. Read on...

Youth Studies and the Challenges of Late Capitalism in a Globalised World       Journal of Youth Studies Conference                                                                                              December 2nd-4th 2019, University of Newcastle, Australia                                                  Submission deadline: June 28. Read on...

The Australian Social Policy Conference                                                                               9 - 11 September, UNSW, Sydney                                                                                              Submission deadline: 29 April. Read on...

Rural sustainability in the urban century                                                                          XV World Congress of Rural Sociology, 8-12 July 2020, Cairns, Australia                        Session proposals deadline: April 26. 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...

SAVE THE DATE   SAANZ Conference 2019 - Sociology for Everyone.                  University of Auckland, 3-6 December 

Accessing Online Materials

From March last year, the list of available Sage Sociology full-text collection online journals jumped from 36 to 91 peer-reviewed journals encompassing over 63,000 articles.

To access those journals, as well as the Sage Research Methods Collection & the Taylor and Francis Full Text Collection, please click here for instructions, if needed.

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

We encourage you to support your colleagues by sharing details of your latest publications with them via this newsletter. No publication is too big or too small. Any mention of sociology is of value to our association, and to the discipline, so please do send through details of your latest publication (fully referenced) for the next newsletter, to the TASA Office. Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning.

To ensure your publications listed in this newsletter are referenced correctly by third party users, it would be greatly appreciated if you could email your publications to TASA's Office in a referenced format. 

Links to content in this newsletter do not imply any official endorsement by The Australian Sociological Association or the opinions, ideas or information contained therein, nor guarantee the validity, completeness or utility of the information provided. Reference herein to any products, services, processes, hypertext links to third parties or other information does not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation.