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Are you aware that TASA is running several different workshops at this year's Conference? The workshops on offer include the:
- Essential Elements of a Research Grant Proposal (2 parts);
- Translating Research into Fiction / Non Fiction (2 parts); and
- Pitching for Publication (3 parts).
Workshop presenters include Liz Minchin, Executive Editor, The Conversation, Josephine Wilson, Australian award-winning author, Khin Myint, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Fragile Creatures, & Kirsten Bartlett, Managing Director of the GrantEd Group. Fellow member workshop panelists include Adam Possamai (facilitator), Barbara Barbosa Neves & Ash Watson.
To keep abreast of all TASA 2024 matters, please visit our conference webpages.
| | We welcome you to join us at 3pm (AEST) next Thursday 5th September for TASA Thursdays Post Grad Session: Zine and Zine making as sites of research brave spaces.
| | | Join us on Thursday 19th September 2024 for TASA Thursdays: Turning to the sensed unconscious presented by Prof. Sarah Maslen from the University of Canberra.
For more information or to register Click here | | | Jovanovski, N. (2024). Diet culture and counterculture: Self and society in the anti-diet movement. Palgrave Macmillan.
| | This book is the first of its kind to explore how women challenge the powerful sociocultural and gendered phenomenon of diet culture across the broad anti-diet movement and beyond. Showcasing the voices of over 150 everyday women, activists, and health professionals across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, the author provides new insight into anti-diet practices while giving agency for women who remain main targets of diet culture. Using Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus as a novel starting point to develop a concept of the diet habitus, the author explores the possibility of a fragmented but unified diet counterculture. Drawing on feminist perspectives from women’s and fat liberation movements, the author demonstrates that women’s anti-diet practices are grounded in a combination of self and society; one that has the power to significantly re-shape the broad landscape of food and eating for women. Read on... | | | Borges Jelinic, A., and Ridgway, A. (2024). Migrant Women’s Narratives of Good Wifeliness: An Australian Case Study of Migrant Agency. In L. Espinoza Garrido, C. Gebauer, & J. Wewior (Eds.), Mobility, Agency, Kinship: Representations of Migration Beyond Victimhood (pp 153-174), Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60754-7
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Pienaar, K., Kelaita, P., & Murphy, D. (2024). COVID-19 and the biopolitics of stigma in public housing: dividing practices and community boundaries in pandemic times. Health Sociology Review, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2024.2390019 [OPEN ACCESS].
| New: From Thesis to Book: The Ins and Outs of Converting a PhD into a Monograph
Thursday September 19, 12-1pm AEST / 11:30am-12:30pm ACST / 10am-11am AWST
Do you want to turn your thesis into a book but don’t know where to start? This online lunchtime workshop, hosted by TASA MEM, will take you through the entire step-by-step process of converting a PhD thesis into a monograph. It will delve into how to prepare a book proposal and re-arrange thesis content as well as how to deal with practical issues such as which software and referencing program to use and finding the right proofreader and indexer. Fellow member Jennifer Cheng will provide tips and advice and explain the pitfalls to avoid based on her own experiences, while Jessica Faecks, from Palgrave Macmillan will provide the publisher’s perspective on how best to approach this process.
Note, a Zoom link will be available closer to the event.
|  | Jennifer E. Cheng is a Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University. She has published widely on anti-racist and anti-Islamophobic discourses, including her 2017 book Anti-racist Discourse on Muslims in the Australian Parliament, discourses on Australian values, and Muslim women’s experiences of participating in sport. In 2016, she was the inaugural winner of the Australian Sociological Association's prize for the most distinguished peer-reviewed article published by an Early Career Researcher for her article entitled "Islamophobia, Muslimophobia or racism?: parliamentary discourses on Islam and Muslims in debates on the minaret ban in Switzerland". Read on....
|  | | Based in Sydney, Jessica Faecks is Palgrave Macmillan’s Editor for Sociology APAC. She commissions monographs, edited collections, handbooks, reference works, textbooks, Palgrave Pivots and book series on a broad range of topics in sociology on and from the Asia-Pacific region. She particularly welcomes proposals on migration, race & ethnicity, intersectional inequalities, sociology of work, digital sociology and cultural sociology. Jessica also has a global remit for Childhood, Youth & Family Studies from a sociological perspective. | | |
Hopefully you received our dedicated email sent earlier this week regarding the Journal of Sociology 2026 special issue, which will be selected and managed by the incoming Editors in Chief for 2025-2028, fellow members Ashley Barnwell and Signe Ravn.
Expression of interest deadline: September 30th. Read on...
| Global Healthcare Systems and Violence Against Women and Girls
Special Issue
Health Sociology Review, Volume 33, Issue 2 (2024)
To access all articles of the special issue, read on...
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New: Assistant Professor in Sociology
Hong Kong Baptist University
Review of applications is ongoing until the position is filled.
Casual Research Assistant – Indigenising the Curriculum
University of Queensland
This is a casual position (approximately 1 day per week x 14 weeks) commencing in early September to early December, at HEW 6.3. The following flexible employment options may be available for this role: Part time/job share; some working from home; variable start or finish times; compressed hours.
If you would like to discuss this role, you can contact fellow member Rebecca Olson.
Research Fellow (Qualitative)
RMIT
Full Time, Fixed Term (Research) – 3 years, until June 2027
The Research Fellow (Qualitative) will be based in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration with the Eat, Move, Heal Network, to work on the MRFF-funded project, ‘Emerging from the long shadow: Optimising supportive consumer and provider journeys through the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)’.
Application deadline: September 1st. Read on...
| New: ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Two scholarships available
University of Melbourne
Language & Cultural Diversity in Automated Decision-Making: Australasia Pacific
Western Sydney University
This PhD opportunity is aligned with the project on Language and Cultural Diversity in Automated Decision-Making (ADM): Australia in the Asia Pacific in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S).
PhD Scholarship (open call)
Melbourne Social Equity Institute
University of Melbourne
| | Other Events, News & Opportunities | New: Ethics in Turbulent Times: How to Bring Society to Higher Ground
Starting in Social Sciences Week on September 10th
Tuesday, 10 September 2024 6:30 pm to Tuesday, 15 October 2024 9:30 pm
University College - University of Melbourne
Speakers include fellow member Susan Carland.
Fellow member, Ricki Spencer, interviewed Professor Camilleri regarding the upcoming series. You an access that video here.
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New: ISA Forum of Sociology
The 5th ISA Forum of Sociology will be an on-site event only, and we look forward to welcoming you onsite in Morocco!
Submission deadline: October 15, 2024. Read on...
New: Organizational Accidents: The Impact of Fragmentation and Uncertainty on Professional Life in High Risk Contexts
ISA Forum of Sociology
Rabat, Morocco, July 6-11, 2025
Submission deadline: October 15, 2024. Read on...
| Fellow member Geoff Lawrence’s book Societal Deception: Global Social Issues in Post-Truth Times will be launched by Greens member for South Brisbane, Amy MacMahon, on Monday 16th September at 6pm. The location is the Avid Reader bookstore, 193 Boundary Street, West End, Brisbane.
Free tickets can be obtained by registering with the Avid Reader website https://avidreader.com.au/pages/10212-GeoffreyLawrence-SocietalDeception
| Sorrento Creative Writing Prize
The Prize celebrates the annual Sorrento Writers Festival and its mission to bring writers and readers together. The winner will receive $5,000 and their writing featured at the 2025 Sorrento Writers Festival and at www.writing.org.au.
| Routledge Studies in Gender and the Criminal Legal System
Edited by fellow member Annette Bromdal et al.
This exciting new book series has been established to create and enable a body of research that will inform debates and policy surrounding gender within and around the criminal legal system.
| Harmful care, careful harm: relational entanglements in migration
Online, Monday 9th Sep 2024, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm AEST
Chair: fellow member Leah Williams Veazey
Speakers include fellow member Michelle Peterie
| XIII Portuguese Congress of Sociology
S. Miguel, Azores, 8 to 11 July 2025.
Abstract submission deadline: 14 October 2024. Read on...
| 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 continue the ACSPRI Fellowship Program supporting the next generation of high-quality researchers in the social sciences. Valued at $25,000, the fellowship will help PhD students to achieve their career goals, by providing direct financial support and professional development opportunities.
Application deadline: September 30th. Read on....
| Call for Co-Editor in Chief
| Sociology Compass
The role is focused on the Original Research section of the journal and will commence in 2025.
The position comes with a generous stipend, and the journal has done well in terms of Impact Factor and ranking over the past couple of years (they are ranked 13th by Google Scholar).
You can find more details about the role and apply here.
| Special Issues - Call for Abstracts
| Digital governance for a Human-Centred society
Platform: Journal of Media and Communication
The world’s increasing interdependence and reliance on digital platforms, mobile applications, data, algorithms, and automated technologies poses various issues and challenges.
Incarceration and health
Scientific Reports
Original research into incarceration and health, including studies on the health of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals and their families and healthcare within correctional facilities are welcome.
Guest editors include fellow member Annette Bromdal.
Translation and transformation of class through migration: Rethinking social and spatial mobility across contexts
Current Sociology Monographs
Deadline for 300 word abstract: 1 September. Read on...
| Child protection in the age of AI, sees Prof Michael Salter (SoSS, UNSW) facilitate a conversation with experts Grace Tame (Australian of the Year 2021), Jon Rouse (Queenslander of the Year 2019), and Zoe Lonard about the sinister implications of AI on child protection. AI is lauded as the next big thing in tech, but its release and uniquity has grave implications on children and the production of child sexual assault material. The panel's timely conversation will discuss legal and policy aspects of AI in this context as well as social considerations.
Details: 12 September, Thursday 4-5.30pm @ Esme Timbery UNSW (no livestream). Read on...
Solidarity and the right to protest, brings together a panel chaired by Prof Ben Golder (Law & Justice, UNSW) to discuss the global phenomenon of the student encampments for Gaza and explore legal questions these encampments raise in relation to the right to protect, freedom of expression, and right of assembly. The panel includes A/Prof Nick Apoifis (SoSS, UNSW), Prof Luke McNamara (Law & Justice, UNSW), Dr Liz Strakosch (University of Melbourne), and Rand Katib (student organiser).
Details: 12 September, Thursday 6-7.30pm @ Esme Timbery UNSW (no livestream). Read on....
Social Sciences Week 2024
Hosted by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
9-15 September 2024
Social Sciences Week is an annual event that celebrates and promotes the social sciences to a diverse audience of students, researchers, policymakers, and the public. During the week, a wide range of activities take place, including keynote lectures, panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, and interactive events. These activities are hosted by leading universities, research institutes, and non-profit organisations across the country.
If you would like to get involved by running your own Social Sciences Week events, you have until the end of July to register them on our website. Once events are registered, we will publish them on the Social Sciences Week events calendar and begin promoting on social media. You can find more information about running your own event here, or email Anna Dennis, at the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, with any questions.
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In 4 easy steps, you can upload job & scholarship opportunities from your member's profile screen. For instructions, visit here.
The Jobs & Scholarships Board is a public facing searchable feature of TASAweb.
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The November 2024 - November 2026 Executive Team can be viewed on TASAweb here.
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