Promoting sociology in Australia
Facilitating sociology teaching and research
Enhancing the professional development of TASA members
Nexus, the TASA newsletter, publishes news and views on TASA and sociology, with a special focus on the Australian scene. Nexus is the forum for sociologists to engage in current issues in sociology. From 2010, Nexus will be published three times a year and is available as part of TASA membership (online application available). For further membership enquiries please contact the TASA Office. Back issues of the newsletter are available online in the members only section.
In addition to standard presidential messages and reports each issue will contain the following sections:
Feature Article (1500 words)
This will be a research orientated entry from a distinguished scholar. Typically it will be sourced from the TASA public lecture(s), keynote addresses at the annual TASA conference or thematic group events.
Teaching Tidbits (500 words)
In this section colleagues will be invited to outline their approach to teaching a particular theory, theorist, method, concept or area. Contributors will be encouraged to detail their innovative aids and resources, such as film or television clips used, websites noted, games played, problems posed.
Expat (500 words)
This section profiles Australian sociologists teaching or studying (in the case of postgraduates) abroad. Those profiled will be asked to provide responses to four general prompts, providing them with a large amount of discretion in what they contribute.
10 things postgrads should know about…: (200 words)
This list by an anonymous author(s) will be a collection of ‘tips’ or insights for postgraduates including themes on writing, publishing, conferences, teaching, academic jobs, and sociology.
Institutional News (500 words)
This section will lists the activities of TASA members (including those who work outside of sociology and universities) under the following headings: appointments, promotions, visitors, national grants, events.
Books of Note (1000-1500 words)
This section provides brief summaries of Australian and international monographs that have recently published. Between 20 and 30 books will be ‘noted’ per issue, focussing on major international publishers and books that are a general sociological interest. Standard textbooks will not be included.
Nexus Publication Dates 2010
| Edition | Deadline |
| March | early March |
| June | TBC |
| October | TBC |
Dr Brad West west0182@flinders.edu.au:
Priscilla Dunk-West priscilla.dunkwest@flinders.edu.au:
Biographies of Editors
Brad West is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Flinders University. He is co-convenor of the Cultural Sociology Thematic Group. In recent years he has contributed a number of articles to Nexus and edited a special issue on nationalism and cosmopolitanism. With Eduardo de la Fuente in 2008 he edited a special ‘Cultural Sociology’ issue of the Journal of Sociology.
Priscilla Dunk-West is a sociologist and lecturer in the School of Social Work at Flinders University. After qualifying as a social worker, Priscilla worked in child protection before specialising as a sexual health counsellor which saw her work therapeutically with individuals and couples experiencing sexual difficulties. Priscilla is in the final stages of completing her PhD in Sociology entitled ‘Individual, Everyday Sexuality: Contingent Identity in Late Modern Life’ in which, using interview data, everyday sexuality is compared with a range of theoretical debates about the self in late modernity.
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