Past Annual Conferences

TASA Annual Conference is the major academic activity each year. It is usually held in late November / early December and is hosted by a university, with support from the TASA Executive and a Professional Conference Organiser. The Conference features keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, a trade display and social events, and provides opportunities for networking with colleagues from Australia and overseas. The conferences are large enough to showcase a broad cross-section of cutting-edge Australian research, and small enough to remain friendly and accessible. The general details of past annual conferences are listed below.
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Year		Date	Venue	Theme	Convener/s
2024		25 - 29 November	Curtin University	Living Now: Social Worlds, Political Landscapes	Kim Humphery
2023		27-29 November	University of Sydney	Sustaining the Social: Voices, Cultures, Natures	Kim Humphery
2022		November 28 - December 2nd	University of Melbourne	Social Challenges, Social Change	Peta Cook
*2021		22 - 26 November	Online	TASA Thematic Week	Peta Cook
*2020		23 - 26 November	Online	Sociological Insights for the 'Now' Normal	Alphia Possamai-Inesedy
2019		25-28 November	Western Sydney University	Diversity & Urban Growth	Alphia Possamai-Inesedy
2018		19-22 November	Deakin University, Burwood	Precarity, Rights and Resistance	Grazyna Zajdow
2017		27 - 30 November	University of Western Australian	Belonging in a Mobile World	Farida Fozar and Catriona Stevens
2016		28 November - December 1	Australian Catholic University, Melbourne	Cities and Successful Societies	Mark Chou
2015		23 - 26 November	James Cook University. Held atShangri-La Hotel in Cairns	Neoliberalism and contemporary challenges forthe Asia-Pacific.	Theresa Petray &Anne Stephens
2014		24 – 27 November	University of South Australia	Challenging Identities, Institutions and Communities	Brad West
2013		25 - 28 November	Monash University, Clayton	Reflections, Intersections & Aspirations: 50 Years of Australian Sociology	Catherine Strong, Nick Osbaldiston, Helen Forbes-Mewitt (with JaneMaree Maher, Anita Harris, Alan Peterson, Harry Ballis)
2012		26 - 29 November	University of Queensland, Brisbane	Emerging and Enduring Inequalities	Alex Broom, Lynda Cheshire, Janeen Baxter, Mara Yerkes, Peter Walters and Judy Rose
2011		29 November -1 December	University of Newcastle, Newcastle	Local Lives, Global Networks	Steven Threadgold and Emma Kirby
2010		6-10 December	Macquarie University, Sydney	Social Causes, Private Lives	Selvaraj Velayutham, Norbert Ebert, Sheila Watkins, Michael Fine and Heather Middleton
2009		1-4 December	Australian National University, Canberra	The Future of Sociology	Stewart Lockie, David Bissell, Alastair Greig, Maria Hynes, David Marsh, Larry Saha, Joanna Sikora, Dan Woodman
2008		2-5 December	University of Melbourne, Melbourne	Re-imagining Sociology	Tim Marjoribanks, Jo Barraket, Jui-shan Chang, Andy Dawson, Marilys Guillemin, Millsom Henry-Waring, Andrew Kenyon, Renata Kokanovic, Jenny Lewis, Dean Lusher, David Nolan, Priscilla Pyett, Rosemary Robins, Deborah Warr, Johanna Wyn
2007		4-7 December	University of Auckland, New Zealand	Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Comparisons	Bruce Curtis, Steve Matthewman, Tracey McIntosh and Marueen Baker
2006		4-7 December	University of Western Australia and Murdoch University, Perth	Sociology for a Mobile World	Val Colic-Peisker, Farida Tilbury and Bev McNamara (with Loretta Baldassar and Raelene Wilding)
2005		6–8 December	University of Tasmania, Hobart	Community, Place and Change	Rob White and Roberta Julian (with Maggie Walter, Reannan Rottier, Mark Stranger, Della Clark, Lyn Devereaux)
2004		8–12 December	La Trobe University, Beechworth	Revisioning Institutions: Change in the 21st Century	Katy Richmond
2003		4–6 December	University of New England, Armidale	New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow	Peter Corrigan (with Michael Bailey, Sharon Gallen, Margaret Gibson, Gail Hawkes, Eric Livingston, John Scott and Steven Thiele)
2002i		5–6 July	University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane	Sociology in the Antipodes: Gateways, Frontiers, Trajectories	Zlatko Skrbis (with Barbara Adkins, Scott Baum, Angela Coco, Michael Emmison, Nicole Shephard and Ian Woodward)
2001		13–15 December	University of Sydney, Sydney	-	Robert van Krieken
2000		6–8 December	Flinders University, Adelaide	Sociological Sites/Sights	Debra King and Jason Pudsey
1999		7–10 December	Monash University, Clayton	Sociology for a New Millennium	Harry Ballis (with Dan Lennon, Lyle Munroe, Steven Russell and Pam Reynolds)
1998		1–4 December	Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane	Refashioning Sociology: Responses to a New World Order	Gavin Kendall (with Malcolm Alexander, Sandra Harding, Paul Harrison and John Western)
1997		9–12 December	University of Wollongong, Wollongong	Shifting Structures, Shifting Sociology	Trish Vezgoff
1996		4–8 December	University of Tasmania, Hobart	Community, State, Nation	Tim Scrase
1995		5–8 December	University of Newcastle, Callaghan	Tolerance, Diversity and Social Inequality	John Germov
1994		7–10 December	Deakin University, Geelong	Human Rights	Grazyna Zajdow (with Ray Jureidini)
1993		12–15 December	Macquarie University, Sydney	Social Theory in Practice	George Morgan and Ken Johnston
1992		10–13December	Flinders University and University of South Australia, Adelaide	-	Claire Williams and Sharyn Roach Anleu
1991		10–14 December	Murdoch University, Perth	Empowerment, Regulation and Social Change	Gary Wickham and Cora Baldock
1990		12–16 December	The University of Queensland	-	Claire Runciman
1989ii		8–12 December	La Trobe University, Bundoora	-	Katy Richmond
1988iii		28 November – 2 December	Australian National University, Canberra	-	Stephen Mugford
1987		14 –17 July	University of New South Wales, Sydney	-	John Buchner
1986		9 –12 July	University of New England, Armidale	-	Mary Wilke and Steven Thiele
1985		30 August – 2 September	University of Queensland, Brisbane	-	Paul Boreham
1984iv		-	-	-	-
1983		25–28 August	Melbourne College of Advanced Education, Carlton	-	Roger Woock, Bruce Wilson and Johanna Wyn
1982		26–29 August	University of New South Wales, Sydney	-	Frances Lovejoy and Ann Daniel
1981		28 November - 1 December	Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand	The crises within our discipline as well as the crises in the societies we are studyingv	Colin Goodrich
1980		23–26 August	University of Tasmania, Hobart	-	Peter Gunn, Jan Pakulski and Malcolm Watersvi
1979			Canberra College of Advanced Education, Belconnen	Sociology and Social Change: The Challenge of Relevance	Cedric Bullard
1978		18–21 May	University of Queensland, Brisbane	-	Michael Cass
1976		4–6 August	La Trobe University, Melbourne	-	Katy Richmond and G.Ternowetsky
1975			University of Waikato, New Zealand	-	David Bettison
1974		23–25 August	University of New England, Armidale	-	J.S. Nalson
1971		21–23 May	University of Queensland	-	D.J. Tugby and John Western
1970		23–26 August	Australian National University, Canberra	-	Jerzy Zubrzycki
1969		23–25 August	Monash University, Clayton	-	Anne Edwards
1968		1–3 February	Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand	-	J.H. Robb
1967		21–23 January	University of New South Wales, Kensington	-	Sol Encel and Athol Congalton
1965		21–23 August	Monash University, Clayton	-	Max Marwick
1964		Australian National University, Canberra		-	W.D. ‘Mick’ Borrie
1963		Australian National University, Canberra		-	W.D. ‘Mick’ Borrie

    * Due to the pandemic, the 2020 & 2021 conferences were moved online. In both years, the original destination was at the Australian National University with local organising committee members Paul K. Jones (chair), Baptiste Brossard, Melinda Cooper, Simon Copland, Deirdre Howard-Wagner, Maria Hynes, Adrian Mackenzie & Catherine Waldby. The theme was to be 'Broken World'.