TASA Thursdays

TASA Thursdays was launched on Thursday April 23, 2020. What began as a way to help our members stay connected during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 & 2021, TASA Thursdays have continued in 2022. The sessions are an opportunity for members to showcase their work or present on a topical issue. They continue to be a means for sociologists to connect with likeminded people.  The recorded sessions are available on our YouTube channel here. 

Roger Wilkinson, our Digital Publications Editor, hosts the monthly webinars and Anthony K J Smith, our Postgraduate Portfolio Leader, together with the Postgraduate Sub-Committee, host the monthly Postgraduate sessions.  The schedule for 2022 is listed below. Note, you can register for an event via the links included in the event titles. 

2023 events: Note, we are very happy to report that we have locked in our first event for 2023; 'The Far Right in Australia: Historical insights’ with panellists Raewyn Connell, Pam Nilan, Josh Roose, & Mario Peucker. Thursday 16 February, 2023, 12.30-1.30pm AEDT

Date	Event Type	Presenter/s	Event Title	Recorded?
January 27 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT	PG Session	Jennifer Cheng	From Thesis to Book: The Ins and Outs of Converting a PhD into a Monograph	No
February 24 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT	Webinar	Grazyna Zadjow & Kerry Power	Trials and tribulations around the ethics of social media research.	Yes
March 17 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT	Webinar	Annette Brömdal & Tait Sanders	Navigating Intimate Trans Citizenship while Incarcerated in Australia and the US	Yes
April 7 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	PG Session - Panel	Host: Richa George	Choosing the right PhD for you: traditional thesis versus thesis by publication	Yes
April 21 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	Panel + Q & A	Lara McKenzie, Ramon Menendez Domingo &  Christian Mauri	PhD Graduates on the casual/sessional train	Yes
May 5 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	PG Session	Bernardo Dewey, Dorinda ‘t Hart & Lara McKenzie	Writing Strategies for PhDs: running an effective writing group	Yes
May 19 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	Presentation + Q & A	Alan Morris	International students struggling in the private rental sector.	Yes
June 2 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	Panel + Q & A	Tom Barnes (CHAIR), Elizabeth Humphrys, Alison Pennington & Elizabeth Hill	The Future of Work	Yes
June 16 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	Presentation + Q & A	Erik Aslaksen	Society as an Information-Processing System	Yes
July 7 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	Information Session	Laura Simpson Reeves	Postgraduate Engagement and Impact Award	Yes
July 14 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	Reflection / discussion	Ash Watson	5 Years of So Fi Zine	Yes
August 4 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	PG Session	Laura Simpson Reeves, Richa George & Bernado Dewey	Postgraduate & Early Career Researcher session: Parenting during your PhD	Yes
August 11	Panel + Q&A	Josephine Brown (Discussant): Panelists: Jemima Mowbray, Brendan Ross, Simone Hickey, John Lee OAM & Jean S. Renouf	Northern Rivers Housing Crisis	Yes
August 18 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	Presentation + Q & A	Sonia Martin & Simone Casey	Stigma and welfare	Yes
September 1 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST	PG Session	Simon Copland, Clare Southerton and Brady Robards,	Using digital methods meaningfully in sociological enquiry	Yes
September 15 12:30pm - 1:30pm AES	Postponed TBA	Claire Baker	TBC	TBC
October 6 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT	PG Session	Bernardo Dewey	How to Navigate Conferences: Effective Presentation Strategies	Yes
Rescheduled to October 13 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT	Presentation + Q & A	Elspeth McInnes	Developing Wellbeing Cultures in Schools	TBC
November 3 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT	PG Session	TBC	TBC	TBC
November 10 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT	Panel + Q & A	Social Stratification and Sociology of Activism thematic groups	'New' Homelessness	TBC
November 17 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEDT	Presentation + Q & A	Joshua Thorburn	Exploring How Incels Perform Gender	Yes