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We hope you can join us for our next TASA Thursdays event with fellow member Kate Henne (ANU) speaking on ‘Reporting Apps and #MeTooBots: Mapping the Landscape of Apps against Sexual Violence’. Co-authors on the topic Renee Shelby and Jenna Imad Harb will be joining the discussion. April 22nd 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST
Meeting ID: 841 5370 8624 and Passcode: 739863
TASA Thursdays Webinars: Protest Songs
The last couple of years has seen a resurgence of protest around the world. Recently, Roger Wilkinson, Digital Publications Editor, was searching Spotify and came across a playlist ‘Powerful protest & social justice songs’. If any TASA member has an interest in presenting or helping to present an interactive discussion for one of our TASA Thursdays Webinars sessions on protest and social justice music, please email Roger Wilkinson.
| | TASA Thursdays: save the date | Critical Indigenous Studies thematic group conveners Bronwyn Carlson and Tristan Kennedy, both at Macquarie University, will be speaking about their social media work for TASA Thursdays on July 22nd. More details to follow.
Fellow member Lizzie Knight, Victoria University, will be speaking on 'Assumed parenting roles and the systemic gaps in education and justice systems' for TASA Thursdays on November 25th. More details to follow.
Rick Spencer, University of Melbourne, will be speaking on 'How teachers disrupt heternormative practices within secondary school settings' for TASA Thursdays on a date TBC. More details to follow.
| TASA Awards open for nominations this year include:
- Distinguished Service to Australian Sociology Award: nominations close May 31
- Outstanding Service to TASA Award: nominations close May 31
- Teaching Sociology Award: nominations close June 15
- Sociology in Action Award: nominations close June 15
- Early Career Researcher - Best Paper Prize: nominations close June 30
- Postgraduate Impact & Engagement Award: nominations close July 31
This year, judging panels will also be assessing for the:
- Best Paper in Health Sociology Review; and the
- Best Paper in the Journal of Sociology.
You can access details about each award, and the nomination process/form, via TASAweb's Awards page.
| Feminist New Materialisms, Sport & Fitness: authors Holly Thorpe, Julie Brice & Marianne Clark
Join the authors and guests Professor Pirkko Markula (University of Alberta) and Professor Iris van der Tuin (Utrecht University) for a lively discussion about grappling with new materialisms and the collaborative book writing process.
Friday April 16, 9:00am - 10:30am AEST. Read on... | |
Berents H, Mollica C. Reciprocal institutional visibility: Youth, peace and security and ‘inclusive’ agendas at the United Nations. Cooperation and Conflict. April 2021. doi:10.1177/00108367211007873
2021 Fraser, S., Moore, D., Waling, A., & Farrugia, A. Making Epistemic Citizens: Young People and the Search for Reliable and Credible Sexual Health Information. Social Science and Medicine. 276: 113817.
2021 Lim, G., Waling, A., Lyons, A., Pepping, C.A., Brooks, A., & Bourne. A. The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People Accessing Mental Health Crisis Support Helplines in Australia. Psychology and Sexuality. DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1904274.
2021 Lim, G., Waling, A., Lyons, A., Pepping, C.A., Brooks, A., & Bourne. A. Trans and Gender‐Diverse Peoples’ Experiences of Crisis Helpline Services. Health and Social Care in the Community. DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13333.
| For tips from fellow members on getting published in The Conversation (TC), click here. For some members' articles published in TC between 2013 & 2019, click here. To find out what can happen after publishing in TC, read on...
| | This seminar series features TASA members Kate Huppatz (March), Ben Hanckel and Shiva Chandra (May) and Lucy Nicholas (July). | | | Journal of Sociology - Carer's Bursary
| The editors of the Journal of Sociology are inviting applications from the community of sociological scholars, who are TASA members, for a Carer’s Bursary funded by TASA.
This bursary is in response to a noticeable drop in submissions by authors with caring responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bursary totals $1000 for an author who has experienced disruption to publication outputs during COVID-19.
Applications close June 21st. For the full details, see the bursary webpage here.
| Journal of Sociology - call for expressions of interest
| | Call for expressions of interest to guest edit a special issue of the Journal of Sociology for 2023. The deadline for submissions, of no more than 3000 words in length, is Monday 21st June and they need to go to Allegra Schermuly, Managing Editor of the Journal. For details, read on...
| The latest special issue of Health Sociology Review is now out, guest edited by TASA members Christy Newman and Anthony K J Smith along with colleagues Elizabeth Duck-Chong, Son Vivienne, Cristyn Davies, Kerry H. Robinson & Peter Aggleton: Waiting to be seen: social perspectives on trans health [open access for 90 days].
| New: Research Assistant, HIV Phylogenetic Analysis
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Application deadline: this Sunday April 11, 11:55 PM AEST. Read on...
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There are many members of TASA who are looking for work, from sessional teaching through to applied consultancy research. Our 'Looking for Work' registry is to provide a way for our members who are looking for work to connect with people looking to employ sociologists. We also acknowledge many of our members are employed precariously, and we hope this registry might help in building connections and networks towards more stable employment.
Note, if you are looking for work you can list yourself in the 'Looking for Work' registry via your membership profile. Click on the Additional Member Data tab and scroll down to the question 'Are you looking for work?' After selecting 'yes' to that question, your details will appear in our publicly searchable 'Find a Sociologist' directory. Please contact TASA Admin if you need assistance adding your details.
If you would like to be spotlighted in our newsletter as someone looking for work, please email TASA Admin, and attach a profile image that can be used in the spotlight and include a bio outlining your location, highest qualification, areas of expertise, the type of work you are looking for, and whether you are in a position to relocate etc.
| The Jobs Board enables you to view current employment opportunities. As a member, you can post opportunities to the Jobs Board directly from within your membership profile screen.
| | | PhD fellowship in Critical Disability Studies
Carleton University, Canada
Part of the Engendering Disability Inclusive Development Partnership Project.
PhD Scholarship - Social practices of oral health in Australian preschool children
Flinders University
The PhD will be primarily qualitative, using ethnographic approaches to uncover and understand the social practices within families as they pertain to the oral health of pre-school children.
PhD Scholarship - Urban Care Geographies: Sustaining life in post-welfare cities
Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
The successful candidate will work within a research team on an Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project, Shadow Care Infrastructures: sustaining life in the post-welfare city.
Applications close: 30th April. Read on...
| | The Scholarships Board enables you to view available scholarships that our members have posted. Like the Jobs Board, as a member, you can post scholarship opportunities directly from within your membership profile screen. | | | | Other Events, News & Opportunities | New: International Sociological Association (ISA) Award for Excellence in Research and Practice
Awarded to a sociologist who advances and promotes sociological knowledge and practice through outstanding contributions to the discipline, the profession, and the ISA.
| New: Call for Session Proposals
Proposals are invited for sessions at RC20 Regional Conference on Comparative Sociology & The 2nd RC33 Regional Conference on Social Science Methodology.
New: Philippine Sociological Society's International Conference seeks to bring in a range of diverse voices that can problematize, theorize, and empirically analyze the various experiences of vulnerability, precarity and resistance. They invite presentations from sociologists and social scientists from around the world about their recent research and think pieces particularly on vulnerabilities and resistance. The conference is open to individual presentations and panel proposals.
Cultural Studies Association of Australasia - Bodies in Flux
1 - 3 December, Edith Cowan University, Perth
Submission deadline extended: July 30th. Read on... | So Fi Zine: Call for Submissions | So Fi Zine #9 with Sujatha Fernandes
With Sujatha Fernandes, So Fi Zine #9 invites creative pieces that open new spaces of expression. Play with voice and place. Consider the conditions under which stories are told. Read her reflections on why we need connective stories of depth and complexity here.
| National Library of Australia Fellowships
The National Library of Australia, in partnership with its generous sponsors and donors, offers researchers an opportunity to undertake a 12-week residency at the Library. Applicants may work in any field or discipline where the Library's collections have appropriate depth and breadth to support the desired outcomes.
Application deadline: 5pm AEST, Monday 26 April. Read on... | Queer Theory Reading Group Symposium
August 5th, Macquarie University and Online via Zoom
The Queer (Theory) Reading Group began in 2019 as an interdisciplinary group for HDR students to meet and discuss genders and sexualities research. The reading group has been a source of ongoing support and collaboration, and we hope to share this space with others as we showcase ECR and HDR scholars' research on genders and sexualities.
Abstract submission deadline: April 30th. Read on...
| International online Workshops | Crime, Criminalisation and Injustice. Stream 3, Disability, Crime and Discrimination
Weds 14th April, 10am – 2pm GMT
For full details, and to register, read on...
Crime, Criminalisation and Injustice. Stream 4, Youth, Marginalisation, Gender and Crime
Weds 21st April, 10am – 2pm GMT
The above workshops combine the strengths & insights of International research on Social Policy, Sociology, Politics & Criminology. Fellow member Karen Soldatic is one of the organisers.
Note, you do not need to present to participate in the stream workshops.
| | Updating your Member Profile | Personal pronoun preferences can now be added to your profile. There are 9 combination options to choose from. Please let Sally in TASA Admin know if your preference/s is not on the list and we will have them added.
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