| The XX ISA World Congress of Sociology is being supported by the Melbourne Convention Bureau. | | | | Dear ~~first_name~~,
If you are wanting to present at the XX World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne in June, and you haven't registered yet, you need to do so by TODAY 11am AEDT. You can register here.
If you missed last week's TASA Thursdays event on Sport, Community and Inclusion, with speakers Ramon Spaaij, Karen Block & Adele Pavlidis & Maia Tua-Davidson, you can catch up with the recording here. Note, there are some sound issues that we are working on rectifying.
| | Members' Engaging Sociology | Na'ama Carlin (2023) Morality, Violence, and Ritual Circumcision: Writing with Blood. Routledge.
| This book uses the Jewish ritual of circumcision to consider how violent acts are embedded within entrenched moral discourses and offers a new perspective for thinking about violence.
Intervening in contemporary debates on the Jewish ritual of circumcision, it departs from both the ordinary secular defences of circumcision for medical reasons, and the criticisms that consider it an unethical violation of bodies that cannot consent. An examination of the intersection of violence and morality, this book rejects the binary logic on which popular debates on circumcision hinge, arguing that in some instances violence can be a productive experience and can thus be considered beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’. Read on...
| | | Larin, T., & Jovanovski, N. (2023). 'Sex trafficking of women and children: Male sexual violence, public health, and the international survivor movement'. In Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health (P. Liamputtong., ed.). https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-96778-9_119-1
Jovanovski, N. (2023). 'Feminist pedagogy, the women's health movement, and the rise of the anti-diet health professional'. In Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health (P. Liamputtong., ed). https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-96778-9_5-1
| Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Wong M, 2022, 'Are recent trends in poverty and deprivation in Australia consistent with trickle-down effects?', Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 3, issue. 3, pp. 566-585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10353046221112715
Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Wong M, 2022, 'Comparing the Monetary and Living Standards Approaches to Poverty Using the Australian Experience', Social Indicators Research, vol. 162, pp. 1365 - 1385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02888-8 [OPEN ACCESS]
Saunders P; Naidoo Y; Wong M, 2022, 'The crumbling pillar: Assessing the impact of housing costs on recent trends in poverty and deprivation in Australia', International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 31, issue. 4, pp. 421 – 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12549 [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.
| | Career Development Grant - 2023
| The annual TASA Career Development Grant seeks to support the career development activities of TASA members where these activities are not covered by other funding.
A total of $4,500 is available, with a maximum of $1,500 available per applicant.
Application deadline: 20th May. Read on...
| | Honours Awards - Call for nominations
| TASA's Honours/Masters Student Award is given annually to the best Honours/Masters student in Sociology in each Australian university. The Award is:
- Determined by the convenor (or equivalent) of the Sociology Honours/Masters program in each university
- Available to Honours/Master students who have a) completed a sociology major, and b) had their Honours/Masters thesis supervised and/or examined by a recognised sociologist in the current year
- In recognition of receiving the best overall mark in Honours/Masters for that year
| TASA Thursdays
We have several TASA Thursdays event lined up:
April 20th: Live Music, Careers and a Rebounding Industry. Speakers: Catherine Strong, Fabian Cannizzo, Sam Whiting & Ben Green. You can register for the event here.
May 18th: TASA . Speakers: Liv Hamilton, Rob Watts, Judith Bessant & Milo Kei. You can register for the event here.
June 15th: The Voice. Speakers: Joann Schmider (Indigenous Portfolio Leader) and others TBC.
If you would like to be a presenter/panellist for one of our TASA Thursdays events, please contact Roger Wilkinson, our Digital Publications Editor.
| TASA ISA 2023 Aligned Events | Healthy Societies 2023: Southern Perspectives
June 22nd, 2023, Sydney
Keynote: Professor Nelson Filice de Barros
For the full details, read on...
| Australian Welfare Reform: Crafting Out Alternative Futures
June 22nd, Melbourne
Keynote: Dr China Mills, a leading scholarly civil society advocate (University of London)
| Disrupted plans, digital modalities, and undecided futures
June 22nd, 2023, Melbourne
Plenary Speakers: Professor Crystal Abidin (Curtin University), Dr Joshua Kalemba (Flinders University), Dr Brendan Churchill (University of Melbourne), and Dr Jacqueline Menager (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet).
| Transformative social science: a dialogue between evidence, policy and practice
June 23rd, 2023, Melbourne
Panellists: A/Prof Catherine Robinson, UTAS (sociologist), Anna Adcock (sociologist & Māori scholar), Research Fellow in the Centre for Women's Health Research, Victoria University of Wellington, Professor Jan Marie Fritz, University of Cincinnati (sociologist) & Dr Simone Casey, Senior Policy Advisor ACOSS (social policy)
For the full details, read on...
| Single parenting, co-parenting, and post-separation families: Challenges and opportunities in times of crisis
June 23rd, 2023, Melbourne
Keynotes: Dr Moeata Keil (University of Auckland), Professor Kathryn Edin (Princeton University), and Professor Kay Cook (Swinburne University).
For the full details, read on...
|
Single parenting, co-parenting, and post-separation families: Challenges and opportunities in times of crisis
June 23rd, 2023, Melbourne
Keynotes: Dr Moeata Keil (University of Auckland), Professor Kathryn Edin (Princeton University), and Professor Kay Cook (Swinburne University).
For the full details, read on...
| | | ‘Mobile Transitions’: A Symposium on Global Youth, Transnational Mobilities and
Transitions to Adulthood
June 23rd, 2023, Melbourne
Keynote: Associate Professor Valentina Cuzzocrea (Università degli studi di Cagliari)
For the full details, Read on... | Amazon Effects & Logistical Labour: New markets, new technologies, new workplaces?
June 23rd, 2023, Melbourne
Keynote: Professor Valeria Pulignano
For the full details, read on...
| Decentering knowledge in researching migration from the Global South
June 24th, 2023, Melbourne
Keynote speakers: Xiaoying Qi, Associate Professor of Sociology, Australian Catholic University & Lan Anh Hoang, Associate Professor in Development Studies, the School of Social and Political Sciences, the University of Melbourne.
For the full details, read on...
| Place Economies
Date: July 5th and 6th- Adelaide. The first afternoon/evening (i.e., the 5th) will be at UniSA City West; the second full day (i.e., the 6th) will be at Flinders Victoria Square Campus.
Keynote: Professor Ian Woodward, Southern Denmark University
For further details, read on...
| Journal of Sociology - Volume: 59, Number: 1 (March 2023) has been published. You can access the Table of Contents here.
|
New: Tenure-Track faculty member
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Center for Survey Research, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences.
Applicants specialising in computational social science, text mining, social network analysis, and data science are strongly encouraged to apply.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Tasmania
A central focus of the role will be management of the UTAS Rough Sleepers Initiative
Application deadline: April 23. Read on...
Research Fellow
Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
Senior Research Fellow
Transforming Early Education and Child Health (TeACH)
Manage an exciting new program of research called 'Thrive': Finishing School Well'.
Western Sydney University
Application deadline: March 27. Read on...
Research Consultant / Senior Research Consultant
The Insight Centre
A rare opportunity for a senior researcher to play a leading role in a growing, multi-disciplinary research agency by designing and delivering research for impact for the forpurpose and not-for-profit sector.
Working alongside fellow member Shanthi Robertson.
Applications close: TOMORROW March 24th. Read on...
Research Fellow
Australian National University
Carry out independent and collaborative research on the governance of health, technoscience and well-being
| 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.
| | | Ageing populations & older adults - Exploring the needs & interests of ageing populations & older adults
University of Tasmania
Primary Supervisor: fellow member Peta Cook
| | 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 | Policy innovation for inclusive internet governance
Policy & Internet Conference 2023
Sep 28-29, The University of Sydney
Submission deadline: April 16. Read on...
Contributing to and with STS
AusSTS 2023 Inaugural Conference
Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th July, UNSW, Sydney
World Conference for Religious Dialogue and Cooperation
October 04-08, 2023 Struga, North Macedonia
World Convention
(In)Justice International
Finland March 28-31
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