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As mentioned previously, there are 7 quick and easy things you can do to help promote TASA and Sociology. You will find them in this tip sheet!

Congratulations

Our warm congratulations are extended to fellow member Kirsten McLean for her Australian Awards for University Teaching success recently, the most prestigious university teaching award.

Reunion

Fifteen Monash sociologists from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s met for an enjoyable reunion dinner at the Silky Apple in Melbourne on the 11 October.

It is hoped there will be a follow-up as some were unable to come on that occasion, plus emails were still missing for the following. If you are in touch with any of them, we'd appreciate if you could ask them to email Yoland Wadsworth at yoland.wadsworth@gmail.com, thanks.

Joy Birjak, Jan Branson, Bev Blaskett, Rosemary Calder, Richard Dickins, Robin English, Peter Hiller, Estelle Irving, Peter Ivany, Paul Kelsen, Jeremy Maddox, Judy Parker or Anne Seitz

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 email it to the editors at nexus@tasa.org.au so that they get the details right. Congratulations!

Members' Publications

Books

Martin Fredriksson, James Arvanitakis (Eds.) (2017). Property, Place and Piracy (Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series).

This book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. Piracy is understood as acts and practices that emerge in zones where the construction and definition of property is ambiguous. Media piracy is a frequently used example where file-sharers and copyright holders argue whether culture and information is a common resource to be freely shared or property to be protected.

Read on...

Journal Articles

Wassan, MR, Hussain, Z, Shah, MA and Amin, SN. (2017). International labor migration and social change in rural Sindh, Pakistan. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 26(3): 381-402.

Stefanie Plage, Alexandra Gibson ,Matthew Burge &David Wyld (2017). Cancer on the margins: experiences of living with neuroendocrine tumours, Health Sociology Review. Published online: 11 Oct 2017

Stahl G., Sharplin E., Kehrwald B. (2018) A Review of the Literature on Coaching in Pre-service Teacher Education. In: Real-Time Coaching and Pre-Service Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore. Online First, October 11

Informed News & Analysis

Christopher Pollard: The philosopher who was too hot for Playboy, The Conversation

Andrew Jakubowicz :Here’s how Australia can act to target racist behaviour online, The Conversation

Blogs

Kathleen Flanagan: Homelessness, Tasmania … and Airbnb

Michelle Peterie: Featured Member Profile - Michelle Peterie

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.

Meredith Nash: What is it like to be a woman in STEMM? Gender bias, sexual harassment, and the myth of meritocracy, Thursday, 23 November, Swinburne

Luke Gahan: Separation and Same-Sex Parented Families, Wednesday, 15th November, 5:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. (The presentation will commence at 5:45 p.m. with food and drinks on arrival). The Barkly, Cnr of Main Road and Barkly Street, Ballarat

Deborah Lupton:

Wednesday 1 November: Keynote presentation at the ‘Emotion and Affect in Dataified Worlds’ workshop, Helsinki, Finland.
Friday 3 November: Opening presentation with our Wellcome Trust grant research team at the ‘Researching Young People and Digital Health Technologies’ symposium we have organised, Manchester, UK (details here).
Monday 6 November: Invited public lecture at the ‘Digital Health’ workshop, Malmo, Sweden.
Tuesday 7 November: Invited presentation at the ‘Challenges of Digital Health’ workshop, Orebro, Sweden.
Friday 10 November: Keynote at the ‘Monitoring the Self: Negotiating Technologies of Health, Identity and Governance’ conference, Helsinki, Finland (details here).

Thematic Group Events

Youth Symposium - Research Methods in Youth Studies: Doing ‘Difference Differently’ 22 November, 2017, University of Melbourne Invited speakers: Professor Greg Noble, Professor Anita Harris, Professor Pam Nilan, Dr Julia Coffey, Dr Brady Robards

Spaces filling fast, CLICK HERE to register

Other Events, News & Opportunities

Bursaries Opportunity

2 x Honours Bursaries from Monash Population, Migration and Social Inclusion Focus Program

In 2018 the Monash Population, Migration and Social Inclusion (PMSI) Focus Program is offering two Honours Bursaries (value $3,000) to support students to undertake research that aligns with our research agenda. PMSI aims to provide understandings of the social, economic and physical impact of population growth in Australia with a specific focus on short and long term consequences of increased immigration for social inclusion as well as settlement experiences for regular and irregular migrant groups.

For further information on these bursaries including eligibility and application details visit our Honours bursary webpage or contact Rebecca Powell Rebecca.powell@monash.edu Applications close November 10, 2017.

Public Lecture

Flinders Sociology 40th Anniversary Raewyn Connell Public Lecture Flinders Victoria Square, Adelaide. Tuesday November 21, 5:30pm Space is limited, RSVP is essential. Read on...

Prize Opportunity

Prize for the best fourth year thesis in the field of LGBTIQ studies Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives For theses completed in the last 2 years Submission deadline: November 1. Read on...

Multigenerational Panel Discussions

LGBTI History Month @ LOOP will present a series of multigenerational panel conversations about the history of LGBTI activism, and explore how these histories can inform contemporary campaigns for LGBTI equality, including marriage equality. The remaining two will be held at the LOOP Bar, 23 Meyers Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000, 6pm.

Monday 23 October 2017 Graphics and activism
Wednesday 1 November 2017 Religious Activism

Research Symposium

Health Inequities, Trade and Global Governance Research Symposium La Trobe University's Centre for Health Law and Society 30 November Registration is free but essential. Read on...

Conferences

New: Abolitionist Approaches to Social Problems The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) August 10-12, 2018, Philadelphia Submission deadline: January 31, 2018. Read on...

Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Alternative Economic Models and Responses to Decline in Contemporary Society 21-22 May 2018 in Warsaw, Poland Submission deadline: December 10. Read on...

Call for Papers

Consumer Vulnerability: Advancing a multidisciplinary perspective of vulnerability The Editors are looking for interdisciplinary perspective on consumer vulnerability. Submission deadline: 12 February, 2018. 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:

First name of gift recipient;
email address of gift recipient;
the membership category you are gifting (see the Membership Categories & Fees section of TASAweb);
the cost of the membership; and
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.

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