Promoting sociology in Australia
Facilitating sociology teaching and research
Enhancing the professional development of TASA members
Theme: Social Causes, Private Lives
Host: Macquarie University - Department of Sociology
Conference Contact: soc.mq.edu.au/tasa-conference
The 2010 TASA conference is dedicated to the reassertion of sociology as an engaged, critical discipline. Individual responsibility has become the dominant economic and political program, and for many an internalised fact of life. Sociology needs to vigorously reassert its core tasks: to contextualise private lives in the social condition and cultural temper of the times; and so to confidently take a critical position vis-a-vis economic, political and cultural processes in its own social environment and various domains.
Expressions of interest are sought for hosting the December 2011 TASA Conference. The annual conference is a key event for sociologists to present their research and network with peers, attracting approximately 250 participants each year. Hosting the conference is an ideal opportunity for a university or department to showcase their achievements and promote their strengths. Alternatively a collective of sociologists from universities in a particular city or region may wish to use the conference to highlight the benefits of sociology to a broader audience. Details of previous conferences are listed below.
TASA has secured the services of a Professional Conference Organiser to provide continuity in processes and assist in organising the administrative side of the conference. The intellectual input into the conference is provided by the Local Organising Committee which will select the theme, invite guest speakers, determine the format, etc. and maintain overall responsibility for the success of the conference.
Expressions of interest are due in the TASA office (admin@tasa.org.au) on or before Friday 30th July 2010. In preparing an expression of interest, please refer to the TASA Conference Hosting Application Guidelines.
For more information on hosting the TASA Conference, including preliminary inquiries, please contact TASA Vice-president:
Dr Debra King
email: deb.king@flinders.edu.au
phone: (08) 8201 3164
The Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association invites bids for the site of ISA Forum of Sociology in 2012. Click here for the full details.
See above for the Expression of Interest call for the 2011 conference