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If you missed our TASA Thursdays event last week on Breaking your research out of the academic bubble with fellow member Belinda Lunnay and colleague Elle Choo, you can catch up with the recording here.
Please join us for next weeks Social Sciences Week TASA Thursdays event (7/9 12:30pm - 1:30pmm AEST) on the Voice with speakers fellow members Joann Schmider (Indigenous Portfolio Leader) and Alphia Possamai-Inesedy (President) as well as Kenny Bedford (Yes23 Campaign). With the upcoming referendum on the Voice looming, many people have had difficulties discussing or forming their position on the issue. This session will explore some of the misconceptions which are being heard in the community and direct you to where you can find reputable information. Register for this event here.
|  | Join us on Thursday 21st September 2023 for a TASA Thursdays Webinar titled: Visual Methods of Sociology.
Presented by fellow members Kazi Fattah and Dorinda t'Hart, this webinar will explore some of the issues surrounding visual methods and presentation, while also challenging some of the ethical concerns which can be encountered using visual data.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday 21 September 2023
Time: 12:30PM- 13:30PM (AEST)
Format: Zoom Webinar - login details will be provided 1-2 days prior to the event
| | Members' Engaging Sociology | Social Sciences Week (SSW) 2023
4th to the 10th of September.
In case you are not aware, SSW is an annual event that celebrates and showcases the diverse range of social sciences disciplines and research in Australia. ABC Radio National have expressed interest in the week and are keen to explore the program at the end of July to see where they can promote or cover any events.
For details, and to register events, visit the SSW website here.
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New: The Peer Revue: Why our Young Adults are Getting a Raw Deal
Smart meets silly in The Peer Revue, where cutting-edge research fuels improv comedy.
Wednesday 6th September at Theory Bar in Melbourne CBD.
Each month the Peer Revue invites a different superstar researcher to tells stories from their research, which will inspire a cast of talented improvisers to create brand new, unscripted comedy. As part of Social Sciences Week, fellow member Dan Woodman will be the academic guest. The Peer Revue is a hilarious celebration of science, philosophy, history, art, and all things academic. You’ll laugh, and you also might learn.
For details, and to register, read on...
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New: Social Sciences Week (SSW) events hosted by the University of New South Wales (UNSW)
ALL ON NEXT WEEK
This year, the UNSW School of Social Sciences is hosting a series of provoking conversations on the theme of Crisis & Change. What is the role of ordinary individuals in the broader picture of global climate change, and how can we respond to this urgent problem? How do young people respond to crisis and what can they teach us about hope and resilience? And how can storytelling shed light on a family’s journey to overcome crisis and trauma, against punishing bureaucratic systems?
For details of each of the UNSW SSW events, read on... | |
New: Western Sydney University gender and sexuality research showcase
Thursday, September 7th, 3pm - 7pm AEST
In-person, Parramatta, NSW
The Sexualities and Genders Research (SaGR) showcase is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested from academia, the community or industry, to come together and celebrate the diverse and impactful work being done in the fields of genders and/or sexualities research.
For details, and to register, read on...
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Responding to crisis and marginalisation: young people, hope, resistance and agency
Hybrid, 7 September 2023 at4:30pm - 6:00pm AEST, Sydney
Chair: fellow member Joanne Bryant
Speakers: fellow members Sujith Kumar Prankumar, Ash Watson, & Naama Carlin with colleague Gabe Caluzzi
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Developing research partnerships with schools
A workshop for school staff and researchers, presented by The Australian Sociological Association (Sociology of Education Thematic Group)
Hybrid, 6 September 1:00pm - 3:00pm AEST, Sydney
What kinds of social research are of benefit to schools? How can schools make room for research? How can researchers co-design projects with schools to achieve common goals? How can researchers manage institutional barriers, e.g. onerous approvals processes, financial constraints, and time constraints?
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Cancelled?: Taking a Closer Look at 'Cancel Culture'
Online, 5 September 2023 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am
TASA members, Claire Tanner, Brady Robards and Kiran Pienaar are convening a panel discussion on ‘cancel culture’ for Social Sciences Week (4-11 September).
Hosted by Monash University in partnership with Deakin University
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De-centring academic expertise: The politics of knowledge production and social transformation’.
Call for Abstracts
The symposium will take place at Melbourne University’s Parkville Campus 5th and 6th December with keynotes by Associate Professor Crystal McKinnon (Uni Melb) and Nadia Matiazzo (CEO Women with Disabilities Victoria).
Abstract submission deadline: 11th September. Read on...
| The Great Debate: Does Sport Unit Or Divide Us?
6pm - 9pm, September 5th, National Library of Australia
With speaker fellow member David Rowe
| As mentioned in previous newsletters, we are collecting resources on the Voice. If you have something to add to the below list, please email the details (with links) to TASA Admin.
| TASA Executive seeks to appoint a new editorial team for the Journal of Sociology for the four-year term 2025–2028.
The term of the current editors expires at the end of 2024, although copy for the first issue of 2025 will be organised.
The journal receives financial and administrative assistance from TASA and from the publisher, Sage. Manuscript submission is done online through ScholarOne. All members of the editorial team must be TASA members and ideally will be located within a department of sociology or a School/unit that offers a major sequence of sociology, including doctoral studies. The Executive are willing to consider applications from an editorial team at a single university or a consortia of staff at two or more universities. Such consortia will be required to demonstrate that they have the capability to work effectively across locations. TASA will provide the Managing Editor with a complimentary TASA membership.
Applicants are also required to show that they have institutional support for the management of the journal, and to specify the nature of this support. Selection protocols and application instructions are available via the orange link below. Additional information is available from the TASA President, Alphia Possamai-Inesedy or from the current Editor in Chief, Helen Forbes-Mewett.
Expressions of interest should be emailed to TASA Admin by 9am Monday October 16th, 2023.
| Call for proposals for Special Issue by Guest Editors - Issue 1, 2025
Each year HSR publishes a special issue on a matter of central importance to health sociology and related fields, edited by guest editors. Previous special issues have addressed topics around Indigenous knowledges, violence against women, temporality, posthuman perspectives, trans health, sex tech, COVID-19 and self-tracking.
The Editors of HSR encourage sociologists to submit proposals to develop and edit special issues exploring new ideas and the cutting edge of their field of expertise. We particularly welcome proposals for special issues with a focus on novel empirical domains, theoretical frameworks and/or methodologies in the sociology of health and illness (for example, the intersection of health sociology and climate change).
Proposal submission deadline: September 22nd. Read on... | Lecturer in Sociology
Australian National University
Assistant Professor (Sociology)
University of Massachusetts Boston
Application deadline: October 1st. 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.
| | | HDR Scholarship - Young Workers and Post-Industrial Citizenship
Deakin University
Fellow member David Farrugia is looking for two students with backgrounds in sociology, education, anthropology, or other critical social sciences, with an interest in youth, citizenship and employment and with an appetite for big ideas.
| | 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. | | | | In case you are not aware, you can add job and scholarship opportunities to our publicly searchable Jobs & Scholarships Board via your TASA membership profile, see image below: | | Other Events, News & Opportunities | New: Exploring Swinger Clubs in the UK: Upside Down Pineapples, Erotic Hierarchies and the Pleasuring of Desire
Hybrid, Thursday 14 September, 4:00pm - 5:00pm, 360 Collins St Melbourne
The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society invites you to a research and practice seminar with Chris Haywood. The seminar introduces you to UK swinger clubs, who visits them, what happens in the clubs and how we might begin to explain the dynamics of gender and sexuality within these spaces.
| New: TG10 Digital Sociology WIP Workshop
Hybrid, December 14–15
The Digital Sociology Thematic Group (TG10) of the International Sociological Association (ISA), is organizing this second workshop for work-in-progress papers. The workshop is open to Early-Career Digital Sociology Researchers (Ph.D. Students and Postdoctoral Researchers) and will be held remotely and in-person in Belgrade on December 14–15, 2023. Suppose you are at this early career stage and seeking advice, evaluation, and intellectual encouragement in a supportive environment to enhance your work-in-progress paper toward its publication.
Abstract submission deadline: October 1. Read on...
| New: Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program
The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) is seeking applicants for its 2024-2025 Early Career Work and Family Fellowships. The goal of the program is to help promising young scholars establish career successes and integrate them within the WFRN research community. Fellows receive a 2024 membership in the WFRN, conference registration, and $250 to attend an Early Career Fellowship Preconference (June 19, 2024) and the 2024 WFRN Conference (June 20-24, 2024) in Montreal, Canada.
The Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ACSPRI) Fellowship Program
ACSPRI's mission is to help foster high-quality teaching and research in the social sciences and to enhance the impact of social science research. To help achieve this mission, ACSPRI is pleased to announce – the ACSPRI Fellowship Program – supporting the next generation of high-quality researchers in the social sciences.
| Locating Asian Racialisation and the Asian Subject in a Settler Colony
Online, Tuesday, 5 September, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM AEST
| Global Scholars program - Call for Applications | Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
Applications for the 2024-2026 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program are now being accepted through October 30, 2023 (11:59 pm PDT). The program provides two years of unrestricted research funding, networking and mentoring opportunities for early-career researchers.
| The WA Migration Update
8 September
The Update brings together academia, communities, not-for-profits, the private sector and government, to share experiences and research on migration and settlement, and improve understandings of these critical contemporary issues.
| 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:
STEP 1: Click here and log in
STEP 2: Click on the drop down menu to the right of your name in the purple bar (RH) at the top of the website (see 1st image below)
STEP 3: Click on Profile (see 1st image below)
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 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.
| | TASA Documents and Policies | In case you are not aware, you can access details of TASA's current Executive Committee 2023 - 2024, and their respective portfolios, as well as documents and policies, including the Constitution, Values Statement, Statement on Academic Freedom, Code of Conduct, Grievance Procedures, Safe & Inclusive Events, Sustainable Events and TASA History.
| | Accessing Online Materials & Resources | | TASA members have access to over 90 peer-reviewed Sage Sociology full-text collection online journals encompassing over 63,000 articles. The image on the left shows you where to access those journals, as well as the Sage Research Methods Collection & the Taylor and Francis Full Text Collection, when logged in to TASAweb. If needed, here is a short instructive video on how to access the journals. | | | TASA Admin (Sally): admin@tasa.org.au
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