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This is the final call for nominations for TASA's Jean Martin Award (JMA), which recognises excellence in scholarship in the field of Sociology and aims to assist with establishing the career of a recent PhD graduate. The 2019 JMA round is for theses for which a PhD has been formally awarded between the period March 1st 2017 to 28 February 2019. Note, self-nominations are welcome. Nomination deadline: TOMORROW March 1. Read on...

Journal of Sociology

Coming soon in the March issue

The Journal of Sociology is pleased to be able to present translated into English Georg Franck’s seminal essay, ‘The Economy of Attention’, which has been highly influential in German-language discussions of celebrity since it appeared in Merkur in 1993. The essay takes the analysis of the economics of attention in new directions, and adds depth and nuance to our understanding of the operations of the mass media and the logic of celebrity. Franck’s unique analysis will constitute an important conceptual resource for research innovations in the study of celebrity, the mass media, and the flow of information, knowledge and ideas. The essay has been translated by Robert van Krieken who also contributes a prefacing essay contextualising this work.

The March edition also contains Anthony Elliott’s article on Mobilities 3.0. We feature two articles on Indigenous Australian topics, as well as work on egalitarianism, masculinities, loneliness, riots and cancer care.

Health Sociology Review

Special Issue 2020 - 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. Published three times per year, the journal prioritises original research papers. Each year the journal publishes a special issue on a matter of central importance to health sociology and related fields, edited by guest editors. Submission deadline: March 25. Read on...

Doctoral completions

If you, or someone you know, has completed a PhD, professional doctorate or similar degree in recent months we would like to publish the details in Nexus. To submit the details, please complete this form and forward to the editor at nexus@tasa.org.au for inclusion in the March issue of Nexus.

Looking for Work Register

There are many members of TASA who are looking for work, from sessional teaching through to applied consultancy research. We have created the Looking for Work registry to provide a way for our members who are looking for work to connect with people looking to employ sociologists. We also acknowledge many of our members are employed precariously, and we hope this registry might help in building connections and networks towards more stable employment. The registry of sociologists looking for work can be accessed on TASAweb here.

Employment Opportunities

New: Research Fellow (Life Chances Study) Life Chances is a unique longitudinal study that examines how family income, social class, ethnicity and gender affect the lives of individuals Brotherhood of St Laurence, Fitzroy Application deadline: March 12. Read on...

Casual Survey Manager Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship & Globalisation, Deakin University (Burwood): ‘Youth Mobility, Aspirations and Pathways’ Project Application deadline: 4 March. Read on...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of Sydney Applications close: 6 March. Read on...

Research Assistants Young and Resilient Strategic Research Initiative Institute for Culture and Society and the Translational Health Research Institute at Western Sydney University Application deadline: TODAY February 28. Read on...

Assistant Professor The Institute of Sociology of the Pontifical Catholic, University of Chile Application deadline: March 31. Read on...

Postdoctoral Fellow The University of Melbourne Application deadline: TODAY February 28. Read on...

Senior Lecturer Monash University, Clayton Application deadline: March 5. Read on...

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

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

Knowledge-Making in Australian Society: Sociology and its Social Impact. Sydney University Application deadline: March 15. Read on...

Call for applications to the PhD program at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy. They have 17 fully funded PhD grants (for 4 years). The program is entirely held in English and the call has
no restriction of nationality.
Application deadline: TODAY 28 February. Read on...

Members' Publications

Books

Watkins, M., Ho, C. and Butler, R. (Eds) (2019) Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglosphere. Routledge.

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Asian migration and mobilities are transforming education cultures in the Anglosphere, prompting mounting debates about ‘tiger mothers’ and ‘dragon children’, and competition and segregation in Anglosphere schools. This book challenges the cultural essentialism which prevails in much academic and popular discussion of ‘Asian success’ and in relation to Asian education mobilities.

As anxiety and aspiration within these spaces are increasingly ethnicised, the children of Asian migrants are both admired and resented for their educational success. This book explores popular perceptions of Asian migrant families through in-depth empirically informed accounts on the broader economic, social, historical and geo-political contexts within which education cultures are produced. This includes contributions from academics on global markets and national policies around migration and education, classed trajectories and articulations, local formations of ‘ethnic capital’, and transnational assemblages that produce education and mobility as means for social advancement.

Book Chapters

Christina Ho & Megan Watkins (2019). 'The new meritocracy or over-schooled robots? Public attitudes on Asian–Australian education cultures', in Christina Ho, Rose Butler (Eds.) Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglosphere. Routledge.

Shanthi Robertson & Dallas Rogers (2019). 'Education, real estate, immigration: brokerage assemblages and Asian mobilities', in Christina Ho, Rose Butler (Eds.) Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglosphere. Routledge.

Rose Butler, Christina Ho and Eve Vincent (2019).‘Tutored within an inch of their life’: morality and ‘old’ and ‘new’ middle class identities in Australian schools', in Christina Ho, Rose Butler (Eds.) Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglosphere. Routledge.

Sharon Aris (2019). 'Indian tigers: what high school selection by parents pursing academic performance reveals about class, culture and migration', in Christina Ho, Rose Butler (Eds.) Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglosphere. Routledge.

Journal Articles

Broom, Alex; Kirby, Emma; Kokanović, Renata; Woodland, Lisa; Wyld, David; De Souza, Paul; Koh, Eng-Siew; Lwin, Zarnie (2019) Individualising difference, negotiating culture: Intersections of culture and care. Health. DOI:10.1177/1363459319829192

Rowe, E. (2019). Capitalism without capital: the intangible economy of education reform. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2019.1569883. See: https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2019.1569883

Informed News & Analysis

Raewyn Connell (February, 2019) The Problem With a Fight Against ‘Toxic Masculinity’. The Atlantic.

Andrew Singleton (27 February, 2019) After Pell, the Catholic Church must undergo genuine reform. The Conversation.

Gavin Smith (19 February, 2019) Why we fear snakes - and it's not because they kill us. The Canberra Times.

Blogs

Kirsten Harley (26 February, 2019) Next gen MND awareness

Deborah Lupton (23 February, 2019) Re/imagining Personal Data Workshop: Call for participants

Deborah Lupton (22 February, 2019) Vitalities Lab is go!

Erik Aslaksen (22 February, 2019) B1 Evolution and system

Members' Keynote Invitations

Martin Forsey has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the Rethinking Educational Ethnography conference to be held in Graz, Austria in June of this year. His presentation is titled "On the Dearth of Ethnography in Higher Education".For more details about the conference go to http://rethinkingethnographygraz.blogspot.com/p/call-for-papers.html

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

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

Conversations/Discussions

Interdisciplinary mental health research: Why and for whom? Three stimulating talks for the launch of the RMIT Health Network 12 March, 1:oopm - 4:00pm, RMIT University, Melbourne

Interdisciplinary experiments in the medical humanities and the social sciences
Complexities, challenges and cool ideas about engaging with lived experience
Creative arts-based approaches to mental health research Register (free) here.

Workshop

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

'First Fridays' Deakin GSS Seminar Series - LGBT Conversion therapy: Sex, Religion and Human Rights A seminar by Timothy Willem Jones TOMORROW 1st March, at Deakin Downtown (at 727 Collins St, near Southern Cross Station). Register (free) here.

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.

Funding Opportunity

Funding of up to $7,000 for humanities sector women available. Women & Leadership Australia is administering an initiative to support the development of female leaders across Australia’s humanities sector. Expression of Interest deadline extended: March 22. 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

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.

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...

Symposiums

Symbolic Objects in Contentious Politics British Sociological Association Early Career Event Saturday 6th April, University of Aberdeen Submission deadline: March 11. 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...

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: 22nd March. Read on...

Conferences

New: Recalibrating Diasporas: Asia Pacific and the Spaces Beyond 27-28 June, Murdoch University, Perth Submission deadline: March 25. 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...

2020 ISA Forum of Sociology Research Committee 22: Sociology of Religion Call for Session Proposals "Challenges of the 21st Century for Sociology of Religion" Proposal deadline: March 15. Read on...

Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 15 - 17 July, Queensland Submission deadline: March 31. Read on...

17th Polish Sociological Congress 11-14 September, Wrocław Me, Us, Them? Subjectivity, Identity, Belonging Registration & submission deadline: March 15. Read on...

Rethinking ‘change’: New theories, new topics, new questions, new methods 5th Contemporary Drug Problems Conference 4-6 September, Prato, Italy Submission deadline: TOMORROW March 1. Read on...

Excellence and Gender Equality: Critical Perspectives on Gender and Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences Australian National University, 26-28 June Submission deadline: March 6. Read on...

2019 International Conference and Workshops on Survey Research Methodology 7-9 August,Taipei Taiwan Submission deadline: March 5. Read on...

SAANZ Conference 2019 - SAVE THE DATE The Disciplinary Areas of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Auckland will host the 2019 Sociological Association of Aoteroa New Zealand conference. The conference will house a dedicated stream of the Asia-Pacific Science, Technology & Society Network. We also welcome the Gender and Sexuality Group. The conference will be held at the city campus, 3-6 December, 2019. The theme is: Sociology for Everyone. The conference will commence with a pōwhiri (welcome ceremony) at Waipapa marae. The first keynote speaker will be Linda Tuhiwai Smith. There are several more confirmed keynote speakers. Details will follow in the new year.

International Conference on Survey Research Methodology 7-9 August 2019․Taipei Taiwan Submission deadline: March 5. Read on...

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

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