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As per yesterday' email, nominations are called for the following positions on TASA's Executive Committee for the two-year term November 2018 – November 2020:

• President
• Vice-President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Postgraduate Portfolio Leader
• Ordinary member – Thematic Group Portfolio Leader
• Ordinary member – Public Engagement Portfolio Leader
• Ordinary member – Applied Sociology Portfolio Leader
• Ordinary member – Equity and Inclusion Portfolio Leader

Nominations close Friday August 31. For the full details, including links to the relevant forms, please go to TASAweb here.

As always we encourage you to support your colleagues by sharing details of your latest publications with them via this newsletter. Remember, no publication is too big or too small! To ensure your publications 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. 

Congratulations

A warm congratulations is extended to fellow member David Rowe. The Korean translation of his book 'Global Media Sport' was awarded 2018 Excellent Book by The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Republic of Korea. Pictured below is David with his principal Korean translator, Sang Keon Yoo.

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

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...

Journal of Sociology

Content Alerts

As a member of The Australian Sociological Association you have access to our journal, Journal of Sociology.  Journal of Sociology is published four times a year and is edited by Kate Huppatz, Western Sydney University and Steve Matthewman, University of Auckland. The journal features high quality sociological scholarship in all its forms and is dedicated to showcasing theory as well as applied sociology, quantitative and qualitative research. Based in the Southern Hemisphere and committed to intellectual works from the Asia-Pacific region, including Indigenous scholarship, the journal encourages submissions from across the globe. To sign up for contents alerts for Journal of Sociology,  please create an account or login here and update your alert settings to include Journal of Sociology.

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?

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.                                                                                                      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

Cities remain at the centre of global migration flows and challenges of diversity – as the principal destination for migrant settlement, as the localised site for national anxieties, as the space where human mobilities, rights and citizenship are facilitated or constrained, and as the everyday mediating ground for both racial and ethnic tensions and cosmopolitan futures.

This symposium invites academics, government and NGOs, community practitioners and industry, to network and come together for collaborative discussion on how we can build more inclusive cities.

Organisers: Dr Kristine Aquino, University of Technology, Sydney and Dr Jennifer Cheng, Western Sydney University

Speakers include:
Professor Kevin Dunn, Western Sydney University
Associate Professor Farida Fozdar, University of Western Australia
Associate Professor Amanda Wise, Macquarie University
Dr Shanthi Robertson, Western Sydney University
Dr Randa Abdel Fattah, Macquarie University
Lisa Button, Centre for Policy Development and Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative
Tom Nance, Western Sydney Community Forum
Nickie Flambouras, AFL Multicultural Programs
Nirary Dacho, Refugee Talent

Please click here for event flyer, full program and speaker list.

Date and time: Friday, September 14, 9.00 am to 4.30 pm                                            Location: Western Sydney University, Parramatta City Campus, 161-169 Macquarie Street, Parramatta

2 x $200 postgrad bursaries are available for TASA postgrad and casual/non-waged academics.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Limited spaces available. Register Here

For general enquiries and bursary applications please contact Jora Broerse.

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.

There are 3 x $200 bursaries for TASA postgraduate/casual/unwaged members based in regional NSW or interstate to support support accommodation/transportation costs. There are also 5 x $20 bursaries for TASA postgraduate/casual/unwaged members based in Sydney to support car parking or public transport costs (excluding fuel expenses). Anyone interested in applying for these bursaries can email Joel.

For more details, & to register, please read on..

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

Members' Publications

Jean Martin Reading List

Thanks to Raewyn Connell, we are able to publish a nice summary of what Jean thought of as a guide to sociology, at the time the discipline was being founded in Australia. 

NOTE FROM JEAN MARTIN, 1965

Sociology –References

In suggested order of reading. Mitchell is a good short text. Most of the other items are “classics”.

W. F. Whyte, Street Corner Society
J. West, Plainville, U.S.A.
R.S. and H.M. Lynd, Middletown, Middltown in Transition
J. Dollard, Caste and Class in a Southern Town
W.L. Warner, The Social Life of a Modern Community
B. Davies and Gardner, Deep South
M. Young and P. Willmott, Family and Kinship in East London
R. Benedict, Patterns of Culture (Paperback)
G.C. Homans, The Human Group
A.W. Jones, Life,Liberty and Property
E. Bott, Family and Social Network
K. Lewin, Resolving Social Conflicts
G.D. Mitchell, Sociology
E. Durkheim, The Rules of Sociological Method
T. Parsons, Essays in Sociological Theory
J. Madge, The Origins of Scientific Sociology
R.K. Merton, Social Theory and Social Structure
E. Shils, “The Calling of Sociology”, in Theories of [Sociology crossed out] Society, ed. T. Parsons et al., Vol. II

Please note: Jean Martin had all of the book titles above underlined. Unfortunately, this newsletter platform does not have an underline option.

Books

Book Chapters

Sarah MacLean, Michael Savic, Amy Pennay, Robyn Dwyer, Oliver Stanesby & Claire Wilkinson (2018)Middle-aged same-sex attracted women and the social practice of drinking, Critical Public Health, DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2018.1495828

Sharyn Roach Anleu & Kathy Mack (2018) Judicial Humour and Inter-Professional Relations in the Courtroom. In Milner Davis, Jessica, Roach Anleu, Sharyn (Eds.), Judges, Judging and Humour (pp. 144-178). Palgrave Macmillian.

McKenzie, Lara 2018. ‘Invisible anger: Intergenerational dependence and resentment among precarious academics’, in Intergenerational responsibility in the 21st century, Puaschunder, Julia M. (ed), Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, pp. 53-73. 

Toffoletti, K., Francombe-Webb, J., & Thorpe, H. (2018). Femininities, sport and physical culture in postfeminist, neoliberal times. In K. Toffoletti, H. Thorpe & J.Francombe-Webb (Eds.), New Sporting Femininities: Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times (pp. 253-275). Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. Free access during August.

Karen Soldatic (2018). Neoliberalising disability income reform: What does this mean for Indigenous Australians living in regional areas? In Deirdre Howard-Wagner, Maria Bargh and Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez (Eds.). The Neoliberal State, Recognition and Indigenous Rights. Australian National University Press. 

Alexander Page (2018). Fragile positions in the new paternalism: Indigenous community organisations during the ‘Advancement’ era in Australia. In Deirdre Howard-Wagner, Maria Bargh and Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez (Eds.). The Neoliberal State, Recognition and Indigenous Rights. Australian National University Press. 

Journal - Articles

Rikke Guldager, Karen Willis, Kristian Larsen & Ingrid Poulsen (2018). Relatives’ strategies in subacute brain injury rehabilitation: The warrior, the observer and the hesitant. Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Meredith Nash & Robyn Moore (2018), ‘I was completely oblivious to gender’: an exploration of how women in STEMM navigate leadership in a neoliberal, post-feminist context’, Journal of Gender Studies

Deborah Lupton & Sarah Maslen (2018). The more-than-human sensorium: sensory engagements with digital self-tracking technologies. The Senses and Society. 

JaneMaree Maher, Nickie Charles & Carol Wolkowitz (2018). Working mothers, injury and embodied care work. Gender, Work & Organisation. 

Reports

Dina Bowman, Agathe Randrianarisoa and Seuwandi Wickramasinghe (2018). Enhancing employment services for mature-age jobseekers. The Brotherhood of St Laurence. 

Informed News & Analysis

Steve O'Brien (July 25, 2018). Going backwards is the new going forward. The Herald. 

Karen Soldatic (July 26, 2018), New report brings Sri Lankan women living with a disability 'Out of the Shadows'. Western Sydney University News Centre. 

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

Social Sciences Week

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

New: Social Sciences Stars 2018. CHASS is organising a series of free public events in collaboration with publishers Routledge-Taylor & Francis, and The Conversation. 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...

New: Public Lecture – Power and Humility: the future of monitory democracy. September 11, Perth. Read on...

New: Monash School of Social Sciences 2018 Public Lecture: The Collapse of Values. September 11, Melbourne. Read on...

New: Masterclass – The New 21st-Century Despotisms: how to spot them, why they are novel and how their resilience may be surprising. September 11, Perth. Read on...

New: Griffith University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Community Poster Evening. September 12, Brisbane. Read on...

New: Roundtable – UWA Social Sciences Postgraduate students. September 12, Perth. Read on...

New: Seminar: What is ageism, and what can we do about it? September 12, Hobart. Read on...

New: Public Forum: Combatting Populism. September 12, Perth. Read on...

New: 2018 Peter Karmel Forum. Experts, who needs ‘em? – Promoting the Value of Expertise in Decision-Making in Australia’s Future. More details available soon.

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...

New: Student Symposium: The Backbone of Democracy. September 13, Townsville. Read on...

New: Workshop: A Future for New Australian Studies? September 13 & 14, Perth. Read on...

New: Anthropology departments from universities around Australia are taking part in Anthropology Day, with simultaneous events being held in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. September 13. 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 TOMORROW 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

New: World Congress on Health And Medical Sociology                                  Innovations in Medical Sociology and Human Culture                                                                  November 27-28,2018 at Osaka, Japan. 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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