| Renewed call for Vice-President nominations
| In case you missed out email last Friday, at the close of nominations the following members were elected unopposed:
- President: Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, Western Sydney University (2nd term)
- Secretary: Kay Cook, Swinburne University (2nd term)
- Treasurer: Anna Hickey-Moody, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2nd term)
- Indigenous: Jessa Rogers, Queensland University of Technology
- Equity and Inclusion: Heidi Hetz, University of South Australia (2nd term)
- Public Sociology: Sophie Hickey, Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University
- Thematic Groups: Tom Barnes, Australian Catholic University
- Postgraduate Portfolio Leader: Richa George, Monash University
Importantly, no nominations were received for the Vice-President portfolio. The Executive have re-opened nominations for that position. If you are interested in nominating for the Vice-President position, and you would like more information, we encourage you to contact Peta Cook, the current holder of that role, Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, TASA President or Sally Daly in TASA Admin. To nominate, please ensure your Candidate and Nominator forms are submitted to TASA Admin by midday, Monday August 15th.
| | TASA 2022 - Book Launches
| If you have recently published a book and you are interested in launching it at our conference in November, please email Sally Daly in TASA Admin.
| | Members' Engaging Sociology | Melissa-Jane Belle & Peta S. Cook (2022) ‘I’ve got no idea’: an ethnography of Critical Care Nurses’ nuanced and ambiguous professional identities in regional Australia, Health Sociology Review, DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2022.2091947
Gilbert AS, Busbridge R, Osbaldiston N. ‘Living in crisis’: Introduction to a special section. Thesis Eleven. 2022;170(1):3-8. doi:10.1177/07255136221103687
Noh J-E. Constructing ‘others’ and a wider ‘we’ as emotional processes: A case of South Korea in times of crisis. Thesis Eleven. 2022;170(1):43-57. doi:10.1177/07255136221102221 [OPEN ACCESS]
Manning B, Browne C. Comparative moral economies of crisis. Thesis Eleven. 2022;170(1):78-98. doi:10.1177/07255136221099576 [OPEN ACCESS]
Han S. Towards a tragic social science: Critique, translation, and performance. Thesis Eleven. 2022;170(1):9-27. doi:10.1177/07255136221093414
Leahy A. Sovereignty, society and human rights: Theorising society and human survival in times of global crisis. Thesis Eleven. 2022;170(1):28-42. doi:10.1177/07255136221093406 [OPEN ACCESS]
| For tips from fellow members on getting published in The Conversation (TC), click here. For some members' articles published in TC between 2013 & 2019, click here. To find out what can happen after publishing in TC, click here.
| If you missed last week's webinar with fellow member Catherine Hastings speaking about Critical Realist methodology, you can catch up with the recording here.
| TASA Thursdays
For a full list of our TASA Thursdays events for 2022, as well as the registration links, please visit TASAweb here.
| Sociology Out West 2022 Seminar Series
Curtin University
Today Thursday 28 July 17:00-18:30
Please join the Sociology our West crew for a cuppa to start at 5pm (and possibly muffins), and a lively discussion. Dr Sarah Palmer and Dr Donna Butorac will be sharing insights into their work as sociologists in different sectors, see flyer.
Feel free to join in on a cheap local dinner afterwards.
The venue is Building 501, Room 117, at Curtin university. You can Google this and it will show up on the Curtin map.
Please email Farida if you would like to join online.
| Fake news in digital cultures: Technology, populism and digital misinformation
| Cultures of Wellbeing Symposium
A Cultural Sociology Thematic Group Event
10am-3pm, Wednesday, 23 November
Deakin Downtown, Deakin University
Abstract submission deadline: August 31. Read on...
| ANATOMY OF A CENTRE-LEFT MAJORITY: Social and electoral trends in the 2022 federal election
Free online, Thursday, 4 August
10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Speakers include TASA member Ben Spies-Butcher (MQ/Greens)- The breakthrough of the Greens in 2022
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Deadlines for our TASA hosted ISA 2023 XX World Congress are now available here. For quick reference, the abstract submission deadline is September 30.
| Journal of Sociology - Volume: 58, Number: 2 (June 2022) has been published. You can access the Table of Contents here.
| New: Yuwinbir – this way! Going beyond meeting points between Indigenous knowledges and health sociology
Health Sociology Review special issue Volume 31, Issue 2 (2022)
Guest edited by Megan Williams and Demelza Marlin.
All articles are on OPEN ACCESS for 90 days here.
| Senior Research Fellow - Global Health Equity and Justice
Global Equity and Justice Research Group at The Kirby Institute, UNSW
Application deadline: TODAY July 28. Read on...
Professor of Sociology
Uppsala University, Sweden
Application deadline: September 30. Read on...
Post-doctoral Fellow
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Application deadline: September 1. Read on...
| The Jobs Board enables you to view current employment opportunities. As a member, you can post opportunities to the Jobs Board directly from within your membership profile screen.
| | | | The Scholarships Board enables you to view available scholarships that our members have posted. Like the Jobs Board, as a member, you can post scholarship opportunities directly from within your membership profile screen. | | | | Other Events, News & Opportunities | New: Sociology Salon
Guest Speaker A/Prof Jens Zinn
WHAT CAN A WORD SUCH AS “RISK” TELL US ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE?
3 August 4pm - 5pm, University of Melbourne
| New: Round Table Consultation Event - Understanding domestic violence and religion: Exploring how faith-based organisations can be part of the solution
This event is a national gathering to share information about initiatives and research demonstrating how churches and faith communities in Australia are working to prevent and respond to domestic and family violence.
Online or in-person (Melbourne), Friday 28 October,
| New: Ethics in fragile research contexts: Collective explorations
Thursday 18 August, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm AEST
University of Melbourne
How do we prepare Sydney's food system for the future?
The workshops are relevant to food systems innovators and community members in the City of Sydney to envision the future of food in Sydney and map current food innovation.
For Food Innovators: 11.00am, Tuesday, 02 August
For Community Members: 07:00pm, Wednesday, 03 August
| Talking Ageing with Attitude
28 October, Clunes
| War, Economic Strife and the Long-Lasting Intersectional Effects on Refugees, Minorities, Disabled People and the Global Environment
Free online postgraduate workshop
Presenters can approach the issues from whichever intersectional preference they choose.
Hosted by (In) Justice International and TASA
September 14th, 9:00pm to September 15th 12:50am AEST
Abstract submission deadline: August 15. Read on...
| Sociology and Space
Invitation for authors’ contributions to the journal’s special issue triggered by the war in Ukraine
Abstract submission deadline: September 1. Read on...
Visioni LatinoAmericane
Latin America between socio-environmental, health and conflict emergencies. Risks, strategic and geopolitical choices,
socio-economic repercussions, shortage of raw materials and food. Reality and perspectives
Adult Migrants’ Language Learning, Labour Market, and Social Inclusion
Special Issue, Social Inclusion
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion
Change and Its Discontents: Religious Organizations and Religious Life in Central and Eastern Europe
Volume 15 (Forthcoming 2024)
Edited by Olga Breskaya, University of Padova, and Siniša Zrinščak, University of Zagreb
Disabled People and the Intersectional Nature of Social Inclusion
Social Inclusion, Volume 11, Issue 4
Abstract submission deadline: November 30. Read on...
| Social Sciences Week 2022 | The team of Social Sciences Week (SSW) organisers have developed a digital assets webpage where you can easily download SSW images for your email signature, Twitter & Facebook etc.
Note, the deadline for having events uploaded to the SSW website is the end of July to allow organisers enough time for appropriate promotion and media releases. | Gift memberships, for any membership category, can now be accessed at anytime via your membership profile screen. If you would like to gift a membership, to someone new or to a current member, please follow the steps below:
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STEP 4: Click on the Gift Memberships menu item and complete the details, see yellow highlights in 2nd image below. | | Submitting Newsletter Items | | 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 & with a link, where possible) for the next newsletter, to TASA Admin. Usually, the newsletter is disseminated every Thursday morning. | | Updating your Member Profile | Personal pronoun preferences can now be added to your profile. There are 9 combination options to choose from. Please let Sally in TASA Admin know if your preference/s is not on the list and we will have them added.
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