Hello all,
We have the following call for expressions of interest in contributing to the Journal of Sociology 60th anniversary special edition with an extended deadline until the end of THIS WEEK. See below for more information:
"In 2025, Journal of Sociology is celebrating 60 years of publishing sociological research in Australia. To mark this anniversary, we are planning a number of initiatives, including an online only special edition of the journal that will showcase highlights from the past 60 years as seen through today’s lens. For this, we are reaching out to the postgraduate community in TASA as we are keen to hear where the next generation of sociologists find inspiration in the rich history that is the journal’s archive. More specifically, we will re-publish one article from each decade (so 6 in total) with a new introduction/motivation for why this article is of particular value to us today. This could be because it addresses contemporary social or sociological concerns, because it took a particularly novel approach to investigating its topic, or because informs an aspect of your own research (as this is also a chance to show your own expertise).
We are looking for 6 PhD students to each identify one article from the JoS archive and write a 3,000 word piece (peer reviewed) by August 15. As we hope for some diversity in research interests and approaches, we are calling for short expressions of interest that include a few sentences about your field of research and methodological approach. If you are interested in particular decade, please also let us know this. Otherwise we will assign decades to successful contributors.
Please note, we are not expecting you to read through an entire decade’s worth of JoS issues to identify your paper of interest! To a large extent the search can be done by looking through online Tables of contents and using keyword search. We are also available to support you. We hope this is a fun way of being part of the JoS anniversary celebrations while at the same time getting a peer-reviewed publication out of it. Most institutions have a 3,000 word lower limit for what counts as a publication, hence the word count requirements.
Please submit your EoI by emailing us both on the email addresses below.
Ash Barnwell and Signe Ravn
ashley.barnwell@unimelb.edu.au and signe.ravn@unimelb.edu.au
Editors-in-Chief
Journal of Sociology"
This is a great opportunity so don't forget to get those EoIs to JoS Editors-in-Chief - Ash Barnwell and Signe Ravn before the end of the week.
Best wishes,
Your Postgraduate Subcommittee |