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Key Features and Delegate Benefits
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Conference Theme: Community, Place and Change
We encourage papers on the theme and on other topics from all areas of sociology and related disciplines
Where to go once in Hobart: When delegates arrive they should proceed to the Registration Desk which will be in the foyer of the Stanley Burbury Theatre, University Centre, Churchill Ave., Sandy Bay. For a map of the campus, please click here.
Location: The TASA’05 conference is being held at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) Sandy Bay campus. The Sandy Bay campus is approx. 3km from the centre of Hobart, the state’s capital city, and a twenty-minute drive from the airport. A range of accommodation types will be offered, including on-campus student accommodation at reasonable rates.
Key events:
- Plenary speakers
- Bob White Memorial Lecture – speaker Yoland Wadsworth
- Presidential Address: Roberta Julian
- Conference Dinner to be held at Meadowbank Estate Winery
- Women’s Breakfast
- Health Day and Postgraduate Workshop
Plenary Sessions
Community, Place and Change
Professor Roger Burrows, Department of Sociology, University of York, UK
Professional Issues: Anti-intellectualism and Sociology as a Vocation
Professor Chilla Bulbeck, Gender Studies and Labour Studies, The University of Adelaide
Professor John Carroll, School of Social Sciences, Latrobe University
Public Lecture - The Global-Local Community: Where to Now?
Dr Natalie Jackson, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania
Mr Jim Everett, Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC), Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA).
Professor James Kirkpatrick, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, UTAS
Paper sessions: call for papers will open soon
- Full Papers (Refereed): 3000 words, 200 word abstract, full paper to be submitted by 31 July 2005
- Full Paper (General): abstract to be submitted by 14 October 2005
- Work in Progress Paper: abstract to be submitted by 14 October 2005
Refereed Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM for all delegates. To be considered for the proceedings submit your paper by 31 July 2005
Recipients of TASA Awards & Prizes to be announced: Jean Martin Award | Stephen Crook Memorial Prize
Professional Development Forums, Round Table Discussions and Thematic Group Sessions
ASA, BSA, SAANZ & SAI reciprocal conference arrangements: Members of these associations can register for the TASA conference at TASA member rates
Audio-visual Facilities: Data projectors are limited in number; paper-givers are advised to bring overheads
TASA Sponsorship: TASA gratefully acknowledges the conference sponsors
Conference Registration Fee includes:
- 3 days of Conference Sessions
- Lunches
- Morning & Afternoon Teas
- CDROM of TASA’05 Refereed Conference Proceedings
- Conference Handbook with Program & Abstracts
- Conference Dinner
- Day Registration includes lunch and refreshments for that day, but not the Conference Dinner
Contact details:
For all enquiries:
Conference Secretariat
For any queries in regard to the conference, registration, functions or accommodation please contact one of the team at Conference Design.
Conference Design Pty Ltd
PO Box 342
Sandy Bay Tasmania 7006
w: www.cdesign.com.au
e: info@cdesign.com.au
p: 03 6224 3773
f: 03 6224 3774
Conference Co-Convenors:
A/Prof. Roberta Julian
Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 22
Hobart 7001
Phone (03) 6226 2217
Fax (03) 6226 2864
Roberta.Julian@utas.edu.au
Prof. Rob White
Head, School of Sociology and Social Work
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 17
Hobart 7001
Phone (03) 6226 2877
Fax (03) 6226 2279
R.D.White@utas.edu.au
Conference Media Liaison:
Maggie
Walter
Mark. Stranger@utas.edu.au
UTAS Sandy Bay campus map: Click here
Hobart Tourism links:
Discover Tasmania
http://www.discovertasmania.com.au/