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The Association For Humanist Sociology

2010 Annual Meeting

November 3 – 7

Meeting at the Crossroads

How Then Shall We Proceed?

 

We live in a distinct time —war in the midst of the call for peace, economic recession during unprecedented growth of corporate wealth, continued environmental devastation as oil dependency heightens, food insecurity amidst gluttony, and the entrenchment of institutionalized inequality when we seek justice.  At this historical juncture, how then shall we proceed?  Santa Fe, the oldest capitol city in the U.S., provides a unique meeting place to vision the future.  Literally, Santa Fe is the crossroads of the Pueblo, the Navajo, the Mexican, the Spaniard and the Anglo people.  Santa Fe is also the hub of art in the southwest: all forms and styles of sculpture, painting, photography and music coalesce here.  Please join us to examine this distinct time, to explore these crossroads, and to forge a way forward.

 

Direct submissions to:                                                                          Direct other inquiries to:

Steve McGuire, 2010 AHS Program Chair                                       Emma Bailey, 2010 AHS President

Sociology, Muskingum University                                                        Western New Mexico University

163 Stormont St.                                                                                                             P.O. Box 680                                            

New Concord, OH  43725                                                                                         Silver City, NM 88062      

740.826.8288 / smcguire@muskingum.edu                               575.538.6824 / baileye@wnmu.edu

Submission deadline: June 15, 2010

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TWO-YEAR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS: ASA

The American Sociological Association invites applications for six (6) two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships.  These awards are intended for scholars who are interested in working on understanding the origins of the current economic crisis, the crisis’s social impacts on such areas as race and gender relations, employment, housing, education, health, culture, migration, and politics.  In addition, research can focus on the social impacts of government and private efforts to address and regulate the crisis, including the sociology of finance and markets, organizational theory, and the sociology of law.

Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), this program will fund one Postdoctoral Fellow for a period of two years, beginning in August/September 2010, in the sociology department at EACH of the following major research universities:  Cornell University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Stanford University, the University of California-Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  

Each of the Fellowships will provide a supportive research environment and an opportunity for collegial interaction with scholars in the Fellow’s host university and with program participants in the other participating universities. The six Fellowships will be offered pending final budgetary approval from NSF in 2010.

The Fellowship program seeks to recruit new or recent PhDs who are looking to strengthen research skills in economic sociology and better understand comparative economic institutions and processes.  Applicants need not have done prior research on the current economic crisis.  Stipend: $45,000 annually plus benefits.  Successful candidates will be assigned to one of the six research universities in consultation with the sociology faculty of those universities. 

To be eligible, candidates must have received the PhD in sociology on or after May 1, 2008, or affirm that they will complete all PhD requirements, including the dissertation defense, by August 1, 2010.  Completion by this date is a strict requirement for beginning the position.  All Postdoctoral Fellows will be required to teach one seminar or limited-enrollment undergraduate course related to their research during their Fellowship period (typically in the first year of the Fellowship) and will also be expected to participate regularly in seminars or workshops of the department or program with which they are affiliated.

Postmark deadline for the application is February 12, 2010.  Application forms may be found at www.asanet.org (click on “Funding”).  In addition to a CV, official graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation, applicants will submit a personal statement (up to 10 double-spaced pages) that includes 1) why they are interested in the Fellowship program; 2) how their research experience fits the goals of the program; and 3) a description of their research agenda for the near future.  Applicants will submit one writing sample (i.e. a single-authored published article or a dissertation chapter, preferably with a maximum of 50 pages).  ASA and the six universities welcome applications from all who are qualified from a wide range of PhD programs and strongly encourages sociologists from under-represented populations, including women, under-represented racial and ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities, to apply for the Fellowship. Per NSF guidelines, all applicants are required to be a U.S. citizen or a legal U.S. permanent resident.

Announcing a New Book Series

Solving Social Problems

Series Editor: Bonnie Berry, Director of the Social Problems Research

Group, USA

www.ashgate.com/sociology

Solving Social Problems provides a forum for the description and

measurement of social problems, with a keen focus on the concrete

remedies proposed for their solution. The series takes an international

perspective, exploring social problems in various parts of the world,

with the central concern being always their possible remedy. Work

is welcomed on subjects as diverse as environmental damage,

terrorism, economic disparities and economic devastation, poverty,

inequalities, domestic assaults and sexual abuse, health care, natural

disasters, labour inequality, animal abuse, crime, and mental illness

and its treatment. In addition to recommending solutions to social

problems, the books in this series are theoretically sophisticated,

exploring previous discussions of the issues in question, examining

other attempts to resolve them, and adopting and discussing

methodologies that are commonly used to measure social problems.

Proposed solutions may be framed as changes in policy or practice,

or more broadly as social change and social movement. Solutions

may be reflective of ideology, but are always pragmatic and detailed,

explaining the means by which the suggested solutions might be

achieved.

If you would like to submit a proposal for this series, please email:

the Series Editor, Bonnie Berry: solving@socialproblems.org

or the Commissioning Editor, Neil Jordan: njordan@ashgatepublishing.com

BSA FOOD STUDY GROUP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

‘FOOD, SOCIETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH’

Monday 5^th and Tuesday 6^th July, 2010L The British Library Conference Centre, London

 Confirmed plenary speakers: Claude Fischler, CNRS, Paris and Harriet Friedmann, University of Toronto, Canada

The aim of this 2^nd conference is to further explore the interface between food, society and public health through a sociological lens.  Understanding patterns of food consumption, food acquirement or food production offers wider insights into social class, ethnicity, self-identity and the life course and the implications for national and global inequalities.

Food systems and eating practices are changing in response to the worldwide economic downturn and ever present environmental concerns, including climate change. This raises many questions, including: How are people responding? Is there a return to a ‘make do and mend’ mentality in relation to food? Are families passing on food skills and knowledge in a bid to ‘pull together’ and cope with change? Are food systems and eating practices becoming more sustainable?

What about food production and consumption in less developed countries? We are keen to explore how changing food systems are impacting on food security and livelihoods in developed and less developed countries. Is innovative action being taken to maximise the use of locally grown food, both in terms of improving sustainability and with regard to the taste/enjoyment of food?

This leaves us with the further question of whether current policies and interventions to improve diet and reduce levels of obesity remain pertinent, or do we need new solutions in a changed and changing world?

Further details are available from: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/food or www.food-study-group.org.uk

 The abstract submission deadline is Friday 29^th January 2010.

Abstracts received after this date will not be considered.

 Please direct any academic enquiries to w.j.wills@herts.ac.uk and any administrative enquiries to conference@britsoc.org.uk

Publication Opportunities in Rural Sociology

Beginning in 2010, the Rural Sociological Society will partner with Wiley-Blackwell to publish Rural Sociology.

Rural Sociology (RS) is the Rural Sociological Society’s professional journal. Published quarterly, this peer-reviewed journal is distributed worldwide. RS is in its 73^rd year of publication. Scholarly articles are authored by rural sociologists, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, economists, and other social scientists who study social, spatial, local, and global rural issues.

This advantageous new partnership offers RS many benefits including significant global marketing and accessibility and a leading online submission and peer-review system, ScholarOne.

As of September 14th, all new manuscripts should be submitted using ScholarOne at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rs. Submissions, reviews, and correspondence are now performed online. ScholarOne allows for efficient submission of manuscripts, provides guidance at every step, and makes the journey from submission to publication quicker and easier.

In addition, the Rural Sociological Society will offer an annual $1,000 award for the best scholarly 

Papers sought For Research Annual, Research in the Sociology of Health Care

 Papers are being sought for volume 28 of Research in The Sociology of Health Care published formerly by Elsevier Press and now by Emerald Press. The major theme for this volume is RACIAL/ETHNIC, GEOGRAPHIC, GENDER, AND OTHER SOCIAL FACTORS LEADING TO DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE: ISSUES FOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS.  Papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving racial/ethnic, geographic, gender and other social factors leading to differences in health and health care issues for patients and providers are sought. This includes examination of racial/ethnic, social, demographic and structural sources of differences in health and health care. This also includes papers that try to link an understanding of the causal processes between disadvantages whether due to race/ethnicity, gender, geography or structure and health and health care outcome differences. This includes a consideration of social sources of differences across the life course. Papers that focus on linkages to policy, population concerns and either patients or providers of care as ways to meet health care needs of people both in the US and in other countries would be welcome.

 The focus can be from a consumer side or a provider or policy perspective. Papers that raise issues of the availability of services, access to those services, quality of services and the role of government in services provision would all be appropriate. For papers examining social sources of differences in health and health care delivery systems in other countries, the focus could be on issues of delivery systems in those countries and ways in which revisions and changes impact health or health care, especially if those are then also related to broader concerns in health care in the US or other countries as well. The volume will contain 10 to 14 papers, generally between 20 and 40 pages in length. Send completed manuscripts or detailed outlines for review by February 1, 2010. For an initial indication of interest in outlines or abstracts, please contact the same address by January 5th, 2010. Send to: Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Sociology Program, School of Social and Family Dynamics,  Box 873701, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3701 (phone 480 965-8053; E-mail, Jennie.Kronenfeld@asu.edu). Initial inquiries can be by email. 

CALL FOR PAPERS: The British Sociological Association, Annual Conference 2010

Wednesday 7th ñ Friday 9th April 2010

Glasgow Caledonian University

The British Sociological Association invites submissions to its 2010 Annual Conference. Participants can present on topics they wish within broad streams (and open streams) that reflect the core research areas of the membership.

The Keynote Plenaries and Sub-Plenaries will address the Conference theme: Inequalities and Social Justice.

Abstract submission form available from: 

BSA Website: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/Conference

IMPORTANT DATES:

Friday 25th September 2009: Deadline for abstract submission.

Friday 15th January 2010: Last date for presenters to register.

E-mail: BSAConference@britsoc.org.uk 

Undocumented Hispanic Migration: On the Margins of a Dream. Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320 / October 16-18, 2009.

A multidisciplinary conference featuring presentations by Peter Andreas, Linda Bosniak, Leo R. Chavez, Jorge Duany, Nancy Foner, Judith Adler Hellman, Juan F. Perea, Alejandro Portes, Saskia Sassen, Carola Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, and Silvio Torres-Saillant. Also includes panel presentations by more than a hundred scholars, health and social-service providers, educators, attorneys, immigrants, and government personnel from across the United States and from Mexico. Please see the preregistration flyer at: www.conncoll.edu/AcademicsDocs/ConnCollConfPreRegistration.pdf. For further information, please contact Prof. Frank Graziano, fgraz@conncoll.edu.

The Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JMIS) solicits papers for a special issue devoted to second-generation immigrants in Italy. Potential contributions to the issue could address the following topics: Experience in Italian schools and educational achievement; Parent-child relations; Youth culture; Identity; Mixed couples and marriages; Gender; Geographical and occupational mobility; Political recognition and activity and legal/cultural citizenship; Employment and future prospects; Deviance and crime. Scholars interested in participating in the issue should send a short CV together with a title and 200-300 word abstract to Jeffrey Cole (jeffrey.cole@conncoll.edu) and Pietro Saitta (pisait@gmail.com) by July 1, 2009. Completed manuscripts should be submitted no later than November 15, 2009". REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS APPROACHING! Call for Papers The Social and Natural Limits of Globalization and the Current Conjuncture August 7, 2009 University of San Francisco The current international economic crisis foregrounds long-standing questions about the social and natural limits of globalization. Critics of the neoliberal turn have emphasized the extent to which social relations and nature are being commodified by the advent of a global market society, but so too are we increasingly aware of the diverse forms of resistance that pressures towards commodification encounter. This one-day conference explores the relationship between the political-economic transformation that engenders globalization, and the social and ecological challenges confronting the continued expansion and deepening of that process. We are particularly interested in thinking about new ways in which Polanyi’s fictitious commodities—land, labor and money—are implicated in the making and unmaking of global markets. We invite paper submissions on the following topics: · Global Food Crisis: The End of Cheap Food? · The Social Foundations of Global Environmental Change · Cross-border Organizing and Transnational Activism · Migration · Scales, States and Alternative Futures · Global Inequality · Finance, Financialization and Financial Capitalism In addition to the open paper sessions listed above, the mini-conference will feature introductory remarks by John Bellamy Foster and a plenary on “the counter-movement today” featuring Fred Block, Chris Chase-Dunn, Valentine Moghadam, and Timmons Roberts. The mini-conference will take place at the University of San Francisco on August 7, 2009—the day before the ASA begins. INTERESTED IN PRESENTING A PAPER? For descriptions of the sessions and more information about how to submit an abstract or paper, please visit the conference website at http://www2.asanet.org/sectionpews/miniconf.html. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2009. We will notify authors of their acceptance prior to June 1, 2009. WANT TO REGISTER TO ATTEND? The conference is free with advance registration. The deadline for pre-registration is July 20, 2009, but space is limited, so please register as soon as possible to confirm participation. If space permits, on-site registration will be available for a fee of $10.00. To register, please click on the link to the registration form at the conference website: http://www2.asanet.org/sectionpews/miniconf.html. Co-Sponsored by the Political Economy of the World-System, Environment and Technology, and Marxist Sociology Sections of the ASA, with the Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems and the journal Critical Sociology.

CRITICAL GLOBAL STUDIES SERIES Series Editor: R. A. Dello Buono, New College of Florida, USA Call for Book Manuscripts Early in the 21st Century, economic crises and the collapsing legitimacy of neoliberalism, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, have coincided with an upsurge of social movements and an incipient trend toward more progressive regimes. This peer-reviewed series is currently soliciting book manuscripts or anthologies that systematically explore the exploding contradictions in the global order as well as emerging alternatives that mark the transition away from neoliberal capitalist development. We are especially interested in studies that place emphasis on the critical and emancipatory insights of scholars and movement activists working in the global South. Those interested in contributing should send a brief description of the proposed book and a tentative table of contents (or list of contributors) to: R.A. Dello Buono, CGS Series Editor, rdellob@hotmail.com Detailed information for authors: http://www.brill.nl/cgs Editorial and Advisory Board José Bell Lara, University of Havana, CUBA Walden Bello, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA and University of the Philippines, PHILIPPINES Samuel Cohn, Texas A & M University, USA Ximena de la Barra, South American Dialogue, CHILE/SPAIN Víctor M. Figueroa, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, MEXICO Marco A. Gandásegui, Jr., Universidad de Panamá, PANAMA Ligaya Lindio-McGovern, Indiana University-Kokomo, USA Daphne Phillips, University of West Indies, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Jon Shefner, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA Teivo Teivainen, Universidad de Helsinki, FINLAND and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, PERU Henry Veltmeyer, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, CANADA and Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, MEXICO Peter Waterman, Institute of Social Studies (Retired), The Hague, NETHERLANDS Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences. With offices in Leiden and Boston (MA), Brill today publishes more than 100 journals and around 500 new books and reference works each year. Our main customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. Brill is a publicly traded company and listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV.

ILLUMINATION PROJECT 2009 SUMMER INSTITUTE Using Interactive Theater on Your Campus to Explore Social and Political Issues

A 6 day intensive workshop covering both theater skills and program logistics

In Portland, Oregon August 3-8 2009 Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus Facilitated by Jeannie LaFrance, Illumination Project Coordinator

About the Training 6 days, 7 hours/day (1/2 day on Saturday). 25 participants maximum. We are offering a six day intensive training, valuable for anyone who is interested in using interactive peer-education theater on their college, university or high school campus.

Participants will explore the techniques and strategies of the Illumination Project and Theatre of the Oppressed. These methods are used to promote civic engagement and student leadership and as well as meaningful community dialogue and problem solving around issues of race, class, culture, gender, immigration, religion and sexual orientation etc.

During the training we will cover skills around: • creating the infrastructure for a campus-based interactive theater program • building community through theatre-based games • exploring social and political issues through theatre-based exercises • developing performance material • producing and facilitating public performances

A comprehensive training manual and accompanying DVD will be provided for all

participants.

Training Dates: August 3rd – August 8th, 9-4:00 daily (9-12 Saturday)

Training Location: Portland Community College Sylvania Campus College Center – Oak/Fir/Elm Rooms 12000 SW 49th Avenue, Portland, OR 97280

Training Cost - $75 This training is being funded through a generous Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues grant therefore we have been able to keep the cost to a minimum. Please make check or money order to the PCC Foundation with “IP Institute” in the memo line. Please mail check or money order to: The Illumination Project, PCC Sylvania, CC272 PO Box 19000 Portland, OR 97280

Registration and Information: Registration deadline is July 1, 2009. Please register as soon as possible as space is limited. Registration Options: 1. Go to http://www.pcc.edu/resources/illumination/ and click on the “Summer Institute 2009” on the side menu (and mail check separately). 2. Complete the form at the bottom and email to jlafranc@pcc.edu (and mail check separately).

About Housing There are different housing options available in the area including a couple local hotels and a hostel. You will need to reserve early (especially for the hostel). Local hotels that range from $45- $105 per night for a single room and the Portland Hawthorn Hostel ranges from $25 - $48. We are also looking for some group accommodations. Please contact us if you would like more information on housing before registering - after you have registered we will send you a list of housing options.

What is Theatre of the Oppressed? The Theatre of the Oppressed, established in the early 1970s by Brazilian theater activist Augusto Boal, is a form of popular community based education which uses theater as a tool for social change. Theatre of the Oppressed is now used all over the world for activism, conflict resolution, community building and personal growth. Intended for non-actors, it uses theater as a catalyst for both individuals and entire communities to explore issues in their own lives and create avenues for personal, social and political change.

About the Illumination Project Founded in 2001 the Illumination Project (IP) is Portland Community College’s innovative student leadership and peer education program. The Illumination Project uses interactive theater to address issues of oppression and to foster a climate of equality, compassion, justice, and respect for all people in the PCC academic community and community-at-large.

The Illumination Project admits 20 students each fall into our year-long program. Students apply to be in the program and receive 12 tuition free sociology credits over three terms.

The Illumination Project's interactive community performances are designed so that large sections of the campus participate in problem-solving around issues that traditionally have made access to higher education more difficult for students of color, women students, poor/working class students, immigrant and sexual minority students.

About the Facilitator Jeannie LaFrance has over 20 years experience integrating different theatrical disciplines into her work, including, traditional, improvisation, film, social activism, education, Theater of the Oppressed and Drama Therapy. Jeannie coordinates Portland Community College’s Illumination Project, a nationally recognized campus diversity program. The Illumination Project’s mission is to create an inclusive and accessible academic and general community through student leadership development, civic engagement and social change theater.

Jeannie is also is the director Act for Action-Theater for All based in Portland Oregon. Act for Action was founded in 1998 and uses theater and teaches others to use theater as a form of community building, education and social change. Jeannie has worked with a wide variety of nonprofits and schools and has been recognized by numerous organizations for her commitment to social change and her service to the community. Jeannie also teaches Theater of the Oppressed classes at Portland State University.

For more information contact: Jeannie LaFrance at 503 977 8149 or jlafranc@pcc.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of International Feminist Journal of Politics: Call for Papers New Directions in Feminism and Human Rights

Guest Edited by Dana Collins, Sylvanna Falcón, Sharmila Lodhia, and Molly Talcott Deadline: August 1, 2009

International Feminist Journal of Politics seeks manuscripts for a special issue on new directions in feminism and human rights. We invite manuscripts that capture the invocation of human rights strategies and discourses by feminist advocates, activists and grassroots movements for politically radical ends as well as manuscripts that offer new critiques and challenges of human rights practices in struggles for justice. We are especially interested in manuscripts that engage with both new and longstanding conceptions of human rights as individual, imperial and state-centric by foregrounding transnational feminist mobilizations of human rights.

The call should be interpreted as openly as possible. We encourage papers that discuss innovative uses of human rights that engage with, but are not limited to, the following analytical categories and themes: Anti-racist human rights struggles * Indigenous women and sovereignty * Global struggles for rights to water, land, and other natural resources * Transnational feminist advocacy * Media and cultural expression * Sexual politics of human rights * “Human rights cities” * Reproductive rights and access to health care * Militarization, violence, and gendered (in)security * Feminist translations of international law into local justice * Prison abolition movements * Feminist democratization and the UN * Queering human rights * Gendering social, economic, and cultural rights *

Submissions for this special issue must focus on the praxis of feminist and other gender oriented movements and should promote cross-disciplinary conversations. We invite a range of different formats including academic pieces, testimonials from activists and practitioners, poetry, and film/book reviews. Please see the journal’s Instructions for Contributors for details concerning submissions, preparation of copy, references and style. Full-length critical essays/articles should not exceed 8,000 words. Testimonial accounts, book/film reviews, and other creative submissions, such as poetry, should not exceed 3000 words. Submissions should be sent by 1 August 2009 to to IFjP home base office (ifjp@yorku.ca), with a covering note specifying it is for consideration in the special issue on New Directions in Feminism and Human Rights.

Please direct any other queries about the Call for Papers to the Guest Editors: Dr. Dana Collins CSU Fullerton Sociology Dept. P.O. Box 6846 Fullerton, CA 92834 dcollins@fullerton.edu Dr. Sylvanna Falcón UC Riverside Women's Studies 2033 CHASS Bldg. Riverside, CA 92521 sylvanna@ucr.edu Dr. Sharmila Lodhia Santa Clara Univ. Political Science Dept. 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 slodhia@scu.edu Dr. Molly Talcott Arizona State Univ. Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences P.O. Box 37100 Phoenix, AZ 85069 Molly.Talcott@asu.edu

Please visit the IFjP website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14616742.asp

Studies in Social Justice Call for papers Studies in Social Justice is published twice yearly by the Centre for Studies in Social Justice, University of Windsor. This peer-reviewed, electronic journal publishes articles on issues dealing with the social, cultural, economic, political, and philosophical problems associated with the struggle for social justice. This interdisciplinary journal aims to publish work that links theory to social change and the analysis of substantive issues. The journal welcomes heterodox contributions that are critical of established paradigms of inquiry. Editors: Tanya Basok (University of Windsor), Suzan Ilcan (University of Windsor), Jeffrey Noonan (University of Windsor). Editorial Board: Franck Duvell (University of Oxford), Nancy Fraser (The New School for Social Research), Barry Goldson (University of Liverpool), Carol Gould (George Mason University), Robert Hackett (Simon Fraser University), David Harvey (City University of New York), Jane Helleiner (Brock University), Engin Isin (Open University), Cecilia Menjivar (Arizona State University), Arun Mukherjee (York University), Jackie Smith (University of Notre Dame), Daiva Stasiulis (Carleton University), Gary Teeple (Simon Fraser University), Sylvia Walby (Lancaster University), and Gordon Walker (Lancaster University). The Editors of Studies in Social Justice invite submissions at: http://www.studiesinsocialjustice.org> Tanya Basok, PhD Director Centre for Studies in Social Justice Co-Editor, Studies in Social Justice 251 CHS University of Windsor 401 Sunset Ave, Windsor Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4 (519) 253-3000 Ext. 3498 basok@uwindsor.ca

CALL FOR PAPERS & PREREGISTRATION Undocumented Hispanic Migration: On the Margins of a Dream. Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320 / October 16-18, 2009. A multidisciplinary conference featuring presentations by Peter Andreas, Linda Bosniak, Leo R. Chavez, Jorge Duany, Nancy Foner, Judith Adler Hellman, Juan F. Perea, Alejandro Portes, and Saskia Sassen. Also includes presentations by immigrants; by educators, social-service providers, and attorneys who work with undocumented Hispanics; and by border-enforcement officials. Preregistration is now open. The deadline for paper and panel proposals on migration, border enforcement, and undocumented life in the United States is April 1, 2009. For further information contact Prof. Frank Graziano, fgraz@conncoll.edu. Please see the complete call for papers at: www.conncoll.edu/AcademicsDocs/CC_HispStudies_Call_For_Papers.pdf

Michigan Sociological Review (MSR) encourages submissions for its fall 2009 issue.

The MSR is an official, peer-refereed publication of the Michigan Sociological Association. The MSR publishes research articles, essays, research reports, and book reviews. This editorial cycle particularly welcomes quality manuscripts in all areas of sociology. Submissions will be accepted until May 1, 2009. Send a sanitized manuscript via email attachment in MS Word format (not pdf) along with a brief biographical statement to: verschaj@gvsu.edu. Send disks via postal mail to: Joseph Verschaeve, Editor, Michigan Sociological Review, Department of Sociology, Grand Valley State University, 2169 AuSable Hall, Allendale, MI 49401.

Years of Infamy National Reading Campaign The year 2009 marks the 10-year anniversary of Michi Weglyn’s passing. In tribute to her life and commitment to social justice and peace, I ask you to join me in the national campaign to read Years of Infamy and hold a national teach-in on or around the Day of Remembrance (February 19, 2009). Weglyn’s seminal writing challenged us all to challenge and reexamine social injustices facing disenfranchised and silenced communities. Phil Nash, an ardent supporter of civil rights and close friend of Michi and Walter Weglyn, wrote about the role Years of Infamy had on the redress movement. Phi Nash wrote, By the time Years of Infamy was published in 1976, piecemeal activities to redress the unjust wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans had already taken place. What the movement for redress still lacked, however, was a clear refutation of the claim, made by President Roosevelt and other military and civilian officials in 1941, that a "military necessity" had existed for the mass detention of Japanese Americans. Several wartime Supreme Court decisions, an official Pearl Harbor inquiry, and other governmental actions made the camps seem justifiable in the minds of Japanese Americans and many other Americans. As Weglyn herself said in the Preface to her book, "With profound remorse, I believed, as did numerous Japanese Americans, that somehow the stain of dishonor we collectively felt for the treachery of Pearl Harbor must be eradicated, however great the sacrifice, however little we were responsible for it....In an inexplicable spirit of atonement and with great sadness, we went with our parents to concentration camps. The release of Years of Infamy in 1976 finally gave redress advocates the facts they needed to press their righteous claims in the courts and in Congress. The redress movement’s efforts led to a 1988 law giving $20,000 per former internee, and it was research done by Weglyn and other activist-scholars such as Aiko Yoshinaga-Herzig that made the difference for Congressional skeptics and critics. Weglyn also was a key backer of the William Hohri et al. versus United States class action redress lawsuit in the 1980s and the Heart Mountain draft resisters, who refused, on principle, to be drafted to fight for freedom when they themselves were living behind barbed wire. Until just weeks ago, she served as a resource person for Japanese American railroad workers, Japanese Latin Americans, and anyone else who had been denied redress compensation for any reason. (Asian Week, Volume 20, No. 35. Thursday, April 29, 1999) The meticulous documentation of wrong doings done to Japanese Americans echo the reality of continued injustices that haunt many people living in the U.S. Years of Infamy is often used and referred to when teaching classes or topics on social movement, post-911 issues, Guantanamo Bay, Same sex marriage discrimination, and more. I will be updating our website in the coming months to include all universities engaged in this campaign to read and then discuss Years of Infamy on or around the Day of Remembrance (February 19 2009). I look forward to our collective action to address and challenge social injustices facing all groups in the US and globally. I look forward to your participation. In solidarity, Mary Yu Danico Interim Director, Michi and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair of Multicultural Studies

NEW ASA SECTION-IN-FORMATION: DISABILITY IN SOCIETY We are proud to announce a new Section-in-Formation of the American Sociological Association: Disability in Society. The background to the formation of this Section-in-Formation includes the development of a social movement around disability rights, rising awareness of the impact of a disabling society, and the development of disability-specific legislation, policies and databases. Additionally, we will draw on a range of perspectives that connect the experience of disability with various forms of social inequality – racism, sexism, class oppression, and so on. We are keen to further explore the insights that may arise from studying experiences of disability from a range of perspectives and urge you to join with us. This is a great place to network, engage with other scholars, discuss recent events, and pursue avenues for grants, teaching, research and service. The Disability section is also pleased to be offering FREE membership to 40 graduate students who are current members of ASA who would like to join the section. We encourage potential members to contact the chairs of the membership committee, Liat Ben Moshe: lbenmosh@maxwell.syr.edu or Mark Sherry: markdsherry@yahoo.com Further information about ASA sections and becoming a member can be found at http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/sections/overview

Course Development Institute for Courses Using Student-Centered Discussion. The Interactivity Foundation is accepting applications from college faculty interested in exploring its approach to student-centered discussion and civically engaged education. The Foundation is a non-partisan non-profit devoted to greater citizen discussion and participation in the exploration and development of contrasting possibilities for future public policy. We are seeking 10-12 faculty to attend our 2009 Summer Institute to be held August 1-9, 2009, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Participants will learn, practice, and help to refine the discussion process we are developing for use in college classrooms and in a broader public discussions. Faculty will receive $5,000 honorarium for their participation, and the Foundation will cover the costs of travel, meals, and lodging. Following the Summer Institute, faculty will be invited to submit proposals for courses to be taught in the spring of 2010 at the participants’ home institutions. Courses selected for funding will employ a student-centered discussion process to explore a range of perspectives on the course subject matter and its connection to civic life and public policy. When the courses begin, faculty will receive an additional $5,000 honoraria. We are seeking faculty who are experimental and interdisciplinary and who wish to explore and develop different approaches to student-centered classroom discussion. We especially welcome faculty who view higher education within the context of active citizenship and who see deliberative discussion as a way to enhance student learning and connect the classroom to public life. Interested faculty should submit a CV and a letter of interest which describes their experience and interest in student discussion, their approach to teaching, and which addresses our interest in developing innovative and collaborative discussion partners that can make creative contributions in developing courses and methods for student-centered discussion. Please email these application materials to the Interactivity Foundation at shively@interactivityfoundation.org by 10/24/08. Notifications of selections will be made by 1/9/08. For additional information, including a list of faculty and their funded courses from our prior Summer Institute, visit our website at http://www.interactivityfoundation.org/2009si.html.



Work and Occupations invites papers for a special issue,

Changing Worlds of Professional Work: New Markets, New

Morals, New Models.  Recent years have seen profound

transformations in the landscape of professional work.

Organizations that employ professionals are changing form

and growing larger and more profitable. Markets for

professional labor and services are globalizing; some

clients and third-party payers are becoming more

sophisticated.  New groups of workers are making claims to

professional status, and boundaries between professions are

being renegotiated.  The entry of women, ethnic and racial

minorities, and other historically excluded groups has

generated new interests, challenges, and pressures.  Amidst

these changes, professionals are rethinking the business of

professional service, the nature of professional ethics,

the role of regulation, and their identities as

professionals.  At the same time, sociologists are

developing new perspectives on professional work.  While

the traditional sociology of professions has become

quiescent, researchers in the broader fields of

organizations, work, and inequality have begun to extend

their questions and models to the professional context.

This new work emphasizes the agency of actors at different

levels-individual professionals and clients, employing and

client firms, professional associations, and regulatory

agencies-within their economic, technological, and cultural

environments.  The co-editors invite papers that seek to

understand new empirical developments, offer new conceptual

lenses, or employ new ideas and innovative approaches to

push the boundaries of the sociology of professions and

professional work.  We welcome both theoretical

contributions and empirical papers utilizing diverse

methods. Review of manuscripts will commence on March 1,

2009. 

The co-editors welcome and encourage inquiries;

contact: Elizabeth H. Gorman at egorman@virginia.edu or

Rebecca L. Sandefur at sandefur@stanford.edu.

Marriage and Family Review Special Demography Issue Call for Papers


Marriage and Family Review announces a special issue concerned with the demography of marriages and families.

Guest Editors:  Kimberly Faust, Winthrop University
  Jerome McKibben, McKibben Demographic Research
       
Deadline: March 1, 2009

Population and demographic patterns are linked to many aspects of family life, including union formation and dissolution; pathways to parenthood; timing of childbearing; family size; childlessness; family structure and child well-being; parental involvement in families; transition to adulthood; and generational exchanges and relationships.

For this special issue, we seek a range of papers that examine the demographic transitions of the family life course at various levels (international, domestic, household) and lead to improved understanding and theory. We encourage contributions based on quantitative as well as qualitative data, including projection-based papers, and those that focus on population policy and analysis.

Marriage and Family Review publishes research articles (full-length, case studies, and research briefs), commentary and reviews related to the family unit and the complex issues affecting today’s families.

Please submit a letter of interest, including a 1-paragraph overview of topic of inquiry via email by October 15th to Kimberly Faust at faustk@winthrop.edu . Earlier inquiries are welcome. Completed manuscripts are due March 1, 2009 via email and should be formatted in accordance with Marriage and Family Review guidelines.  All inquiries and manuscripts are to be submitted in electronic format via email to Kimberly Faust at faustk@winthrop.edu. .

       

Project Censored Seeks University/College Affiliates for Annual Censored Selection Process

Project Censored at Sonoma State University is seeking affiliate professors/classes to help select the annual list of the most important news stories not covered by the corporate media in the US. This is an excellent learning opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in this 32-year-old annual research process and vote on the final stories selected. The results of the annual selection process are published in the Censored yearbook. Censored 2009 from Seven Stories Press is scheduled for pre-release in September of 2008 for fall classes nationwide. Classes in any subject taught at colleges and universities can become Project Censored affiliates.

Affiliate Responsibilities:

Fall Classes 2008

Students in class search independent and foreign news sources for important news stories not covered in the US corporate media. Stories are reviewed in class and prioritized for importance to the American people.

Students research the prioritized news stories for coverage in the US corporate media using the following databases (if available) Lexis-Nexis, Proquest, Google, and Factiva.

News stories not covered by US corporate media are vetted by campus faculty or community experts for accuracy and credibility.

News stories rated as accurate, credible and not covered by the corporate media are candidates for submission to the annual Project Censored vote process.

Submissions: Classes would nominate 10 or more news stories by January 1, 2009 (early nominations encouraged)

Nominations are to be submitted electronically as 200-300 word summaries of the news story with direct links to the original source URL. Summaries should include the names and contact information of the student researchers, and faculty/expert evaluators.

All nominations will be posted on the Project Censored interactive website www.projectcensored.org for comment and review prior to the final vote in March 2009.

All class participants and faculty/community evaluators would be eligible to vote on-line in March for final selection of the top 25 most important censored news stories to be published in the Censored 2010 yearbook (Fall 2009).

The names of all students and faculty participating would be listed in the acknowledgments of the annual yearbook. Personal attributions for those individuals whose stories make the final list would also be published.

Project Censored seeks to honor all nominations fairly, but reserves the right to do final edits, mergers, and analysis.

If interested e-mail the following information to peter.phillips@sonoma.edu
Faculty Name, University/College, Class Title, and Contact information.


Peter Phillips Ph.D.

Sociology Department/Project Censored

Sonoma State University

1801 East Cotati Ave.

Rohnert Park, CA 94928

(707) 664-2588

http://www.projectcensored.org/

CALL FOR PAPERS: SOCIETY FOR APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY

The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites abstracts (papers and
posters) for the Program of the 69th Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, NM, March
17-21, 2009.  The theme of the Program is “Global Challenge, Local Action:
Ethical Engagement, Partnerships and Practice”.

The Society is a multi-disciplinary association that focuses on problem
definition and resolution.  We welcome papers from all disciplines.  The
deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2008. For additional
information on the theme, abstract size/format, and the meeting, please
visit our web page (www.sfaa.net, click on “Annual Meeting”).

If you have a webpage for links, please add the following:

The Society for Applied Anthropology is pleased to announce our 69th Annual
Meeting in Santa Fe, NM, March 17-21, 2009.
For meeting information visit
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2009.html

*AAAS CALL FOR PAPERS*

*Challenging Inequalities: Nations, Races and Communities*

The conference theme can be interpreted in two different ways. Political, economic and social inequalities among nations, races, and other communities are indeed challenging insofar as they have persisted to the present and continue to resist reduction. At the same time, the theme can also be understood as a call for scholars, students and community activists to develop ways to challenge inequalities in order to foster equality, justice and fairness among nations, races, and communities of various backgrounds, including ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, and nationality.

Honolulu, and more generally Hawai‘i, provides an appropriate site for the Association for Asian American Studies annual conference because 2009 marks the fiftieth anniversary of statehood for Hawai‘i. The islands became a state in 1959 because of the unequal power relations between the nations of Hawai‘i and the United States that resulted in the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893 and its annexation as a U.S. territory in 1898. The fiftieth anniversary of statehood is not likely to be officially celebrated in Hawai‘i out of respect for the concerns of the /Kanaka Maoli /(Native Hawaiian) people who became U.S. colonial subjects after annexation. By contrast, some Asian American groups, such as Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans, have benefited substantially from statehood as evident from their dominant economic and political status in Hawai‘i. Our conference can serve as a forum to rethink the causes and differential consequences of the emerging American Empire in the Pacific and Asia in the late nineteenth century and its peremptory status in the affairs of Asian Americans and of Asian and Pacific Island peoples in the twentieth century, and to consider its possible decline in the current neoliberal age.

The historical injustices and violence of U.S. colonization of Hawai‘i and the contemporary marginalization of /Kanaka Maoli /in their homeland provide a political, economic and cultural context for rethinking other challenging inequalities that continue to plague us and compel us to develop appropriate means to contest them. Such inequalities, albeit constantly shifting, include those between the United States and Asian and Pacific nations, especially as a result of the economic, cultural and military globalization of the latter nations, including Hawai‘i, under the impetus of transnational capital. In response, nationalist movements, including the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, have emerged to resist such globalizing processes. What role can Asian Americanists play in our teaching, research, and community service in rethinking and challenging such global inequalities among nations and their peoples?

Inequalities among races include those between Asian Americans and other racial groups, including Pacific Islanders. In what is being referred to as his “A More Perfect Union” speech on March 18, 2008, Honolulu-born and raised Barack Obama described contemporary race relations as “a racial stalemate we’ve been stuck in for years.” How then can we as academics and activists contest persisting racial inequalities and hierarchies? How do we challenge “color-blind racism” and appropriations of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s in limited ways that deny the persistence of vast racial inequalities? How can we develop collective strategies and coalitions toward a society based on tolerant and egalitarian race relations?

Inequalities among communities include those among and within Asian American groups based on ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual orientation. Women and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities continue to face institutional hurdles that bar them from gaining equal treatment. Those inequalities certainly intersect with those based on nation and race (and with each other) and clearly indicate the social and cultural complexity of inequalities in society. How do such inequalities and their intersections challenge us to rethink our theoretical approaches and political strategies for resolving them?

Please join us in Honolulu in 2009 as we address the above and other significant questions and issues on challenging global, racial, ethnic, gender, class, and other inequalities. Complete panel submissions (with a minimum of three papers and a maximum of four) will be given priority, but individual paper submissions will also be considered. We invite submissions for workshops and roundtables as well.

Please note that all paper and panel applicants, including other paper presenters and discussants in a panel, must be members of the Association for Asian American Studies. If you are not an association member at the time of the submission deadline of October 31, 2008, you will have until January 1, 2009 to join by sending your payment and completed annual membership form to The John Hopkins University Press, the publisher of the association’s journal. The membership form is available on the AAAS website at http://www.aaastudies.org/forms/index.html. Note also that paper presenters and discussants must pay the conference registration fee prior to the conference in order to be included in the printed conference program.

Dr. Mary Yu Danico
Professor and vice-chair, Psychology and Sociology Department
Interim Director of the Michi and Walter Weglyn Endowed chair of Multicultural Studies
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA 91768
(909) 869-3895
FAX (909) 869-4930
www.csupomona.edu/~mkydanico
            

CALL FOR PAPERS: SOCIAL SOURCES OF DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE AND LINKAGES TO POLICY, POPULATION CONCERNS AND PROVIDERS OF CARE

Papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving social sources of disparities in health and health care are sought. This includes examination of social, demographic and structural sources of disparities in health and health care. This also includes papers that try to link an understanding of the causal processes between disadvantage and health disparities. This includes a consideration of social sources of disparities across the life course. Papers that focus on linkages to policy, population concerns and providers of care as ways to meet health care needs of people both in the US and in other countries would be welcome.
   

Volume 27

Papers Sought For Research Annual 

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

                           
Papers are being sought for volume 27 of Research in The Sociology of Health Care published formerly by Elsevier Press and now by Emerald Press. The major theme for this volume is SOCIAL SOURCES OF DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE AND LINKAGES TO POLICY, POPULATION CONCERNS AND PROVIDERS OF CARE
Papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving social sources of disparities in health and health care are sought. This includes examination of social, demographic and structural sources of disparities in health and health care. This also includes papers that try to link an understanding of the causal processes between disadvantage and health disparities. This includes a consideration of social sources of disparities across the life course. Papers that focus on linkages to policy, population concerns and providers of care as ways to meet health care needs of people both in the US and in other countries would be welcome. The focus can be from a consumer side or a provider or policy perspective. Papers that raise issues of the availability of services, access to those services, quality of services and the role of government in services provision would all be appropriate. For papers examining social sources of disparity in health and health care delivery systems in other countries, the focus could be on issues of delivery systems in those countries and ways in which revisions and changes impact population health, especially if those are then also related to broader concerns in health care in the US or other countries as well. The volume will contain 10 to 14 papers, generally between 20 and 40 pages in length. Send completed manuscripts or detailed outlines for review by February 15, 2009. For an initial indication of interest in outlines or abstracts, please contact the same address by January 10, 2009. Send to: Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Sociology Program, School of Social and Family Dynamics,  Box 873701, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4802 (phone 480 965-8053; E-mail, Jennie.Kronenfeld@asu.edu). Initial inquiries can be by email.

CALL FOR PAPERS: CALIFORNIA SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING

The California Sociological Association will meet November 7-8, 2008 at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. The theme is "Societal Issues," but all topics are welcome.  The deadlines are June 15 to volunteer to organize sessions, panels, workshops, or special events (but the earlier, the better), and August 1st will be the last chance to submit papers for research presentation sessions or roundtables.  For more information, contact Ed Nelson ednelson@csufresno.edu or (559) 978-9391.

A public conference on Windows Into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an
Age of High Technology

A public conference on Windows Into the Soul:Surveillance and Society in an  Age of High Technology will be held at Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California on March 27-29, 2008. Information on the conference can be found at: http://www.hmc.edu/newsandevents/hixon08.html.
The thirty participants are centrally involved in  helping to define the emerging field of surveillance studies (described by Peter Monaghan in The  Chronicle of Higher Education's story "Watchingthe Watchers.") A number of the conferees served on, or advised, the Committeeon Privacy in the
Information Age for the National Academy of Sciences and contributed to writing its recent report, Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age, and also contributed to the recent
Contemporary Sociology (March 2007) symposium, "Taking A Look at Surveillance and Society")

The Center for Public Policy is honored to invite students to Summer School on Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe 2008! (CDPE2008)  Where: Prague, Czech Republic  When: July 2-9
Who: The founder of the European Spring/Summer Institute  and the Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology, the Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP), has teamed up with professors from Poland, USA and UK to launch a Summer School on Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe 2008
What is it about:  The Summer School "Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe"  is a week long academic program designed to bring together 30 undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds (political science, sociology, media studies, anthropology and cultural studies, behavioural sciences, gender studies) from all part of the world to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.
Why: The program is designed for those who are interested in and would like to learn more about the cultural aspects of political institutions and processes. The program is aimed at drawing closer attention to the cultural dimensions of political institutions and processes in Europe (e.g. policy making, political communication, migration and citizenship in the EU).
We invite you to visit our website http://www.cdpe.cpvp.cz to discover all the details about the CDPE 2008. The website contains updated information about the Summer School, application process and on-line application.
We also suggest students to submit their applications by the Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2008. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2008.
Should you have any questions regarding the Summer School or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us:
CDPE2008
Centrum pro verejnou politiku
Vyjezdova 510
190 11 Prague 9
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 737 679 605
Fax: +420 281 930 584
www: http://www.cpvp.cz/clp/
E-mail: clp@cpvp.cz
We are looking forward to your application!!!
Best regards,

CALL FOR PAPERS: 26th SEUSS: Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium

Theme: Health: Global, social, interpersonal, and Individual

Co-Sponsored by Emory University and Morehouse College Departments of Sociology


The 26th SEUSS will be held on February 24-25, 2008 (Sunday and Monday) at Emory University.  The Symposium provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to participate in a professional meeting.  Papers in any area of sociology are welcome.  Students whose papers are accepted will give a 12-15 minute presentation of their research. The three best papers will receive an Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research (1st place $100, 2nd place $75, 3rd place $50).  All presenters will receive Certificates of Professional Participation.  Abstracts of all presented papers are published in the Symposium Proceedings.

A banquet will be held on February 24th for all student participants and faculty.  The keynote speaker at this year’s banquet is Professor Ellen Idler from the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University.

Application Procedure.  Interested students should submit a one page paper abstract and a faculty letter of support by January 31st, 2008 (please send by email to Dr. Corey Keyes at corey.keyes@emory.edu). The faculty letter should indicate that the paper is, or will be, completed and ready for presentation on February 25th.  Students will be notified promptly of their acceptance.  A nominal registration fee of $25 is charged to help defray the costs of the banquet and proceedings.

Note: Information about paper winners from the last SEUSS, registration and accommodation information, and updates are available at the website http://www.sociology.emory.edu/SEUSS/

Under Graduate Research Conference, Santa Clara University

We would like to invite you and your students to the 35th Annual Western Departments of Anthropology and Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference to be held at Santa Clara University on Saturday, April 5, 2008.  Please post the enclosed call for papers and announce the Conference to your interested students and faculty.  For detailed information see our Conference website: http://scu.edu/cas/anthropology  or http://scu.edu/cas/sociology. All forms may be obtained from the website, such as: Abstract, Presenter, Non-Presenter, Advisor, Accommodations, Information to All Presenters, SCU Directions.

Please be advised that all program participants (presenters, session chairs, and discussants) are required to pay a registration fee in advance of the conference. This year our registration fee will be $30.00.  Saturday’s lunch is included for registered participants.  Guests are welcome to attend sessions for free, but if they wish to attend the luncheon, they must be registered by March 5, 2008.  (Lunch includes a keynote speaker and is highly recommended).

Please obtain the abstract form from the Conference website, and return it by February 1, 2008.  Abstracts should be no longer than one page in length and should include:
1. a clear statement of the research questions/thesis;
2. identification of a body of literature to which the study will contribute;
3. a clear description of the methodology;
4. a brief indication of results, observations or findings; and
5. a summary statement of conclusions and theoretical implications

Our keynote speaker will be announced at a later date.  Should you or your students have any questions regarding the conference, please feel free to call (408) 554-2794 or Fax (408) 554-4189, or email schiaramonte@scu.edu.

FELLOWSHIP: TOBACCO CONTROL RESEARCH, UC SAN FRANCISCO

Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research.  The University of California, San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE) invites applications for fellowships in policy-relevant, tobacco-control research. Applications are due January 31, 2008, for fellowships beginning July 1, 2008. Fellowships are funded for one or two years and may be extended. The CTCRE represents a partnership between UCSF faculty and the Tobacco Control Archives (TCA) housed in the Kalmanovitz Library.  The CTCRE offers two research programs. Postdoctoral trainees will receive an annual salary commensurate with their experience, approximately $37,000-$51,000, according to the NIH stipend scale.  These positions are supported by an R25T NIH training grant and applicants should be eligible for funding from the National Institutes of Health.  Postgraduate trainees will receive an annual salary commensurate with their experience and subject to funding availability.  Sources of funding may include support from the scholar’s home institution, faculty-mentor funding, or an R25T NIH training grant.  Trainees will be recruited from a variety of fields including basic science, social science, public health, clinical science, political science, history, economics, law and marketing.  They will study and conduct research in association with UCSF faculty mentors. Applicants may learn more about the fellowship program and current faculty research at the CTCRE website: http://tobacco.ucsf.edu. To request an application form please contact the Program Asst., UCSF CTCRE, 530 Parnassus Ave., #366, San Francisco, CA  94143-1390, (415) 476-0140, Fax. (415) 514-9345, or Email:  nathan.sinclair@ucsf.edu or Web site http://tobacco.ucsf.edu
 

Call for Papers: First ISA World Forum of Sociology, Barcelona

The Research Committee on Language and Society, RC25, of the International Sociological Association (ISA) is calling for paper and panel proposals for the First ISA World Forum of Sociology in Barcelona, Spain September 5th-8th, 2008.  The RC25 theme for the conference is Speaking of Justice: Social Research and Social Justice.  RC25 conceives of studies of language broadly and welcomes all varieties of sociological analyses of language/representation. Please submit an abstract (350 words maximum) by January 5, 2008 to: Celine-Marie Pascale, American University, USA pascale@american.edu and Isabella Paoletti, Social Research and Intervention Centre, NGO, Perugia, Italy paoletti@crisaps.org.  For more information about the Forum go to:  http://www.isa-sociology.org/barcelona_2008/

Call for Papers: Mini Conference on Group Processes

We are seeking papers for the April 2008 Group Processes Mini-Conference, to be held in conjunction with the Pacific Sociological Association meetings in Portland, OR.  Any topic related to groups is welcome. We have several sessions and we particularly encourage graduate students to take advantage of this opportunity. We aim to represent the breadth of group processes research, so please pass the word on to colleagues or students who might not normally think of themselves as group processes researchers, but whose work fits, and encourage them to submit.

Portland is a beautiful city, with fabulous restaurants, shopping, and outdoor activities. The group processes sessions will take place in the Portland Marriott (the PSA conference hotel) which is right on the water in the heart of downtown Portland.

The conference is from April 10-13 and conference registration is $40 for faculty and $20 for students who belong to the PSA (non-members must pay an additional $40/$15 to join the association). Extended abstracts are due by October 15th.

To facilitate graduate student participation, the PSA offers two types of awards.  The Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award includes a honorarium of $200 and 2 nights lodging at the conference hotel. More information is at: http://www.pacificsoc.org/2006/06/call_for_nomina.html There are also several Student Travel Awards that provide $125 to help cover travel expenses. Details are at: http://www.pacificsoc.org/2006/06/student_travel_.html

You can find more information about the conference, and submit your abstract, online at http://www.pacificsoc.org/. The Group Processes sessions are listed under the Social Psychology topics in the Call for Papers. If you have any questions, or would like to serve as a discussant for one of the sessions, please contact the mini-conference organizers, David Schaefer (david.schaefer@asu.edu) and Jessica Collett (jlcollett@nd.edu), directly.

David R. Schaefer, Ph.D. School of Social and Family Dynamics Arizona State University Box 873701 Tempe, AZ 85287-3701 http://www.public.asu.edu/~schaef/

Call for Papers Journal of Global Mass Communication Special Issue on Comparing Media Systems Reconsidered

Guest Editor: Thomas Hanitzsch, University of Zurich th.hanitzsch@ipmz.uzh.ch Submission deadline: 1 January 2008 The study and comparison of media systems is a large and growing area of research. In more than fifty years, since the Four Theories of the Press paved the way for a new generation of researchers, scholars have sought to describe, compare and classify national media systems across cultures and over periods of time. Communication  research has witnessed the rise of competing paradigms and different approaches. The range in which researchers articulate their views stretches broadly from large-N studies with an overly general perspective to idiosyncratic small-N analyses with a more culture-specific focus. By and large, this can be seen as reflecting the divide between universalistic approaches and cultural relativism, as well as etic and emic views. At the same time, with the end of the cold war, the onward march of globalization and the rise of new communication technologies, it has become easier than ever before to debate on paradigms and perspectives in comparative media systems research across national, paradigmatic and disciplinary boundaries. For this special issue, the Journal of Global Mass Communication seeks innovative research papers that focus on comparative media systems research. This includes articles from a historical and critical perspective, meta-analyses of existing research, as well as new empirical studies and work on theory building. All theoretical and empirical approaches are welcomed. Topics to be considered include, but are not limited to: Contextualized reviews concerning the state of the art of comparative media systems research from a historical perspective; Innovative efforts to establish common denominators of concepts that are able to capture culturally diverse media systems; Methodological challenges and problems posed by the comparison of media systems that operate within distinct cultural contexts; New attempts to map national media systems onto a grid of predictive structural dimensions; New empirical evidence that contributes to theory-building or challenges established theories. Editorial Information The Journal of Global Mass Communication is a new journal (edited by Arnold De Beer of Stellenbosch University in South Africa) devoted to the analysis of mass communication in a global context. Authors are encouraged to submit high quality, original works which have not appeared, nor are under consideration, in other journals. Articles should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words, taking cognizance of the special issue’s focus. All submissions should follow the APA style and be submitted in MS Word. U.S. English is to be used. Send all submissions to the Guest Editor Thomas Hanitzsch at th.hanitzsch@ipmz.uzh.ch  The journal aims for a turn-around review time of six weeks.   http://www.marquettejournals.org/globalmasscommunication.html Marquette Books LLC 3107 E. 62nd Ave. Spokane, WA  99223 509-443-7057 (voice) 509-448-2191 (fax) bookcall@marquettebooks.org www.MarquetteBooks.com

CALL FOR PAPERS: Institutional Ethnography, Special 2008 Issue of Socialist Studies: The Journal of the Society for Socialist Studies, Ian Hussey, Guest Editor

Institutional ethnography is a method of inquiry that changes Dorothy E. Smith’s theory of the social organization of knowledge into a critical research practice. Institutional ethnographers employ Marx’s ontology of the social. They see the social world as it is, continually coming about by the coordinating and concerting activities of people – that is, the social happens, it is not an ensemble of meaning. They begin research in the actualities of everyday/everynight reality and seek to explicate, not explain, how those actualities are organized by and hook into extralocal, text-mediated ruling relations. Such an understanding can illuminate ways to change that organization. Throughout the last decade, some institutional ethnographers have been developing new ways of doing research for, not of, activism – that is, creating knowledge for changing the world, not objectifying activists’ actualities. This special issue of Socialist Studies is a space for institutional ethnographers to share their work. Papers might offer examples of institutional ethnography, discussion of institutional ethnographic methods, the theory behind the research approach, the ways that institutional ethnography can be used by or for activists, amongst other topics. Articles should be submitted to Ian Hussey at ihussey@uvic.ca by November 1, 2007, and should conform to the Manuscript Guidelines available at www.socialiststudies.ca.

CALL FOR PAPERS: RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH CARE

Papers are being sought for volume 26 of Research in The Sociology of Health Care published formerly by JAI Press and now by Elsevier Press. The major theme for this volume is CARE FOR MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS AND POPULATION HEALTH CONCERNS: IMPACTS ON PATIENTS, PROVIDERS AND POLICY.

Papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving provision of health care and issues related to major health problems or population health concerns are welcome. This includes examination of social, demographic and structural problems and a wide variety of major health problems including chronic illnesses, serious acute health problems, and disabilities that require health care.  Papers that focus on perspectives of patients, providers or health policy concerns as ways to meet health care needs of people both in the US and in other countries would be welcome. The focus can be from a consumer side or a provider or policy  perspective. Papers that raise issues of the availability of services, access to those services, quality of services and the role of government in services provision would all be appropriate. Papers can focus on issues of services for specific diseases such as AIDS, heart disease and cancer or across a wide variety of health care problems or health care services delivery in general. For papers examining health care delivery systems in other countries, the focus could be on issues of delivery systems in those countries and ways in which revisions and changes impact major health problems and population health, especially if those are then also related to broader concerns in health care in the US or other countries as well. The volume will contain 10 to 14 papers, generally between 20 and 40 pages in length.

Send completed manuscripts or detailed outlines for review by February 15, 2008. For an initial indication of interest in outlines or abstracts, please contact the same address by January 10, 2008. Send to: Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Sociology Program, School of Social and Family Dynamics,  Box 873701, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4802 (phone 480 965-8053; E-mail, Jennie.Kronenfeld@asu.edu). Initial inquiries can be by email.

WOMEN AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE:  POLICING, PROSECUTION, AND INCARCERATION Call for Papers and Creative Submissions for a Special Issue of the National Women’s Studies Association Journal

Despite the fact that women constitute the fastest growing segment of the U.S. prison population, the ways in which women encounter and are affected by the criminal justice system remain largely understudied.  In an effort to make a significant contribution to the scholarship in this arena, “Women and Criminal Justice: Policing, Prosecution, and Incarceration” is a special issue of the NWSA Journal dedicated to exploring the global connections among the many ways in which women experience various aspects of the criminal justice system.  This issue will examine the broad range of specific challenges faced by women encountering the courts, police, and prisons.  It serves as a means of documenting and bearing witness to the struggles of women whose voices are frequently silenced, while at the same time providing theoretical and analytical frames with which to discuss these issues.

The questions we are interested in exploring include but are not restricted to the following: How have shifts in laws and police procedures contributed to the rapidly rising numbers of women being sent to prison in the U.S. since the 1980s?   In what ways do criminal justice systems intervene in, and even sever, legal and emotional ties between mothers and children?  How are women engaging criminal justice issues as community leaders and activists?  In instances when incarceration displaces significant numbers of women from a single community, how does their absence affect whole communities and also shape the ways in which people perceive and construct individual and group identities?  We seek explorations and answers to these questions that engage notions of gender, place, and culture as well as documentation and analysis of leadership and activism.

The following topical areas broadly outline the subject matter that we see as most relevant to the documentation and analysis of women’s experiences with various criminal justice systems around the world.  These can be used as starting points for papers, but authors are not restricted to them: The incarceration of women How the parole system affects women Laws which specifically target women, such as anti-prostitution laws Police brutality against women Families and criminal justice, including the high divorce rate among prisoners, single parenthood caused by incarceration, and the loss of parental rights because of incarceration Social relationships among incarcerated women Mothering incarcerated children Healthcare in women’s prisons Women’s labor in prisons Educational opportunities, or lack thereof, for incarcerated women Scholarly neglect and/or institutional exclusion of issues relating to women and criminal justice The pedagogy of teaching about or to women prisoners Representations of incarcerated women in the media Representations of incarcerated women in various art forms How women prisoners represent themselves Women and the death penalty International/transnational struggles and movements connected to women and criminal justice The failures of law enforcement and legal systems to effectively respond to crimes against women Comparative studies of issues related to women and criminal justice in different parts of the world Women prisoners displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequently housed in men’s prisons International responses to crimes against women, including the on-going murders of women in Juárez, México The particular challenges which face women who work as prison guards, attorneys, and police officers

We are interested in both academic papers and creative explorations of the above topics.  Creative submissions could include but are not limited to poetry, autobiographical or narrative writings about women and criminal justice, and visual artwork.  We encourage currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families to submit.

Guest Editors:             Jodie Lawston, Department of Sociology, California State University San Marcos                                    Ashley Lucas, Department of Dramatic Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Submission Process: Proposals for academic papers and creative submissions, no longer than two pages, should be emailed to Jodie Lawston at jlawston@csusm.edu by October 15, 2007.   Author(s) must include all identifying information on the proposal, including name, title, institutional affiliation, address, phone numbers, and email.  After the deadline, we will review proposals and contact authors as to which manuscripts we will pursue for the special issue.  Manuscripts that we decide to pursue will be subject to blind review and must adhere to the publishing guidelines of the NWSA Journal, found at: http://www.nwsaj.engl.iastate.edu/. Feel free to contact either Ashley (lucasa@email.unc.edu; 919-962-2496) or Jodie (jlawston@csusm.edu; 760-750-4623) with any questions or concerns about the submission process.             People without access to email may submit proposals by mail to:                         Ashley Lucas                         Center for Dramatic Art                            CB#3230                            University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill                            Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3230 DEADLINE FOR ALL PROPOSALS: October 15, 2007 to Jodie Lawston at jlawston@csusm.edu

The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites sessions and abstracts (papers and posters) for the Program of the 68th Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, March 25-29, 2008.  The theme of the Program is “The Public Sphere and Engaged Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities for Applied Anthropology”.  The Society is a multi-disciplinary association that focuses on problem definition and resolution.  We welcome papers from all disciplines.  The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2007.  For additional information on the theme, abstract size/format, and the meeting, please visit our web page (www.sfaa.net, click on “Annual Meeting”).

1968: Impact and Implications BSA Theory Study Group Conference in collaboration with Birkbeck Institute for Social Research 3-4th July, 2008, Birkbeck, University of London Call for Papers This conference is timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of May 1968. It seeks to provide a forum for reflecting back on the events of that time as well as thinking about their implications for current and future endeavours – theoretical and political. Alongside plenary events with keynote speakers and roundtables, there will also be a number of parallel paper sessions. We would welcome ideas for roundtables and papers on the following streams: • The Legacy of 1968: Sociological and Theoretical Considerations • Social Movements: Theory and Practice • Global Considerations • Feminism and Women’s Movements • Questioning Science and Expertise • Civil Rights Movements in the US • Empire, Decolonization, Postcolonial Others • Transforming Sexualities: Gay Liberation and Beyond • Poetry, Art, and Performance • Critical Theory and Protest • The Situationists and Subversion • The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Marxism • Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Politics • Black Power and Pan-Africanism • Student Politics and the Politics of Education • The Post-68 Subject: Personhood and Self • Poster Presentations • Open stream  KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (confirmed): • William Outhwaite, Professor of Sociology and Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex, author of The Future of Society, Social Theory and Postcommunism (with Larry Ray) and contributor to The Disobedient Generation: Social Theorists in the Sixties • Ken Plummer, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, author of Inventing Intimate Citizenship and editor of Sexualities: Critical Assessments • Lynne Segal, Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies, Birkbeck College, author of Making Trouble Those interested in presenting papers or organizing sessions on the topics listed above are invited to submit proposals to the conference organizing team by September 14th, 2007. For paper presentations please submit an abstract of up to 300 words, specifying the stream you would like to be considered for, to Debbie.Brown@britsoc.org.uk; if you would like to organize a panel session please email us a brief synopsis of the session together with contributors and titles of papers; for posters please email us a short outline of your ideas. Conference Organizing Team: Gurminder K. Bhambra (Warwick), Ipek Demir (Leicester), Helen Gregory (Exeter), Timo Juetten (Sussex), Steve Kemp (Edinburgh), Maki Kimura (Open University), Sasha Roseneil (Birkbeck)

Call for Papers: TEACHERS, TEACHING, AND THE MOVIES Interdisciplinary Conference October 25-27, 2007 College of Charleston, Charleston, SC This conference will focus on an under-examined topic in the fields of education and film studies:  the way narrative cinema represents teachers, teaching, and learning.  Though the cinema has a long tradition of taking school life and teachers as subjects for its stories, relatively little scholarly attention have been given to filmic representations of educational themes.  Such is especially surprising given that films have shaped much of how the general public views the teaching profession and education.  Films have circulated powerful, though often uncomplicated, representations of teachers and influenced our sense of what meaningful educational experiences are supposed to look like and how good teachers create them.  Such representations have also shaped our understanding of the dynamics of teacher-student relationships and the roles (positive and negative) that teachers play in the lives of students and the larger community.  In short, the movies have become unlikely authoritative texts on what counts as good education.  But have the stories that films tell about teachers become so formulaic, so “natural,” that other more complex and courageous stories seem unavailable to us?  Have the movies mystified as well as illuminated the teaching profession and life in schools? “Teachers, Teaching, and the Movies” will critically examine these and related issues pertaining to film and the representation of teachers and schools.   The conference will also explore the use of films in pedagogy—its educational potential as well as its problems and pitfalls. Keynote Speakers Henry A. Giroux Global TV Network Chair in Communications, McMaster University Henry A. Giroux is one of the leading critical pedagogy scholars in North America and author of dozens of essays on education, politics, and popular culture. His books include Educational Leadership and the Crisis of Democratic Culture and Corporate Culture and the attack on Higher Education and Public Schooling. He is also co-editor of several books, including Popular Culture, Schooling, and Everyday Life, and Cultural Studies and Education: Towards a Performative Practice. Robert C. Bulman Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, St. Mary’s College Robert C. Bulman’s academic pursuits have focused on understanding the dynamic that exists between film, education, and culture.  His research, scholarly, and creative interests are devoted to topics on education and social inequality, adolescence, and Hollywood films and American culture.  Robert C. Bulman is author of Hollywood Goes to High School: Cinema, Schools and American Culture. Paper Proposals The organizers invite paper proposals from a range of disciplines (education, film studies, sociology, history, English, etc.).  Some possible topics include: • Where did Mr. Chips come from?  What are the philosophical and historical roots of that archetype of the good teacher, Mr. Chips? • How has Hollywood represented minority teachers and female teachers?  How has it treated racial and gender issues in teaching? • Hollywood and education policy:  have films affected education policy or public opinion on education policy? • Film and pedagogy:  What is the theory and praxis of the role of film in the curriculum?  How should films be used and not used in classrooms?  • Scandalous teachers—analyses of films that depict teachers who run counter to archetypes of the good teacher, films that give us unflattering portrayals of teachers, students, parents, and schools. • Teacher-student relationships—discussions of films that explore problematic areas in these relationships. • Teaching as something more than a profession:  teacher as saint, surrogate parent, inspirer.  How much have the movies cultivated this idea of teaching and has it necessarily benefited the profession? • Have representations of teachers and teaching changed over time?  Does, for example, the model of the good teacher change in films from the 50s to the 60s and 70s? • Twentieth-century film representations of the good teacher vs. earlier, pre-twentieth-century literary representations of the teacher. • Non-American cinematic representations of teachers:  how are teachers and teaching depicted in the French, German, Italian, and Japanese film traditions?  What can we learn from them? • Analyses of specific classic and recent films about teachers and education—such as Blackboard Jungle, The Paper Chase, Dead Poets Society, Election and Freedom Writers. • Frederick Wiseman’s High School 1968 and the documentary tradition. • Mis- and missed representations:  in what ways has the cinema’s depiction of teaching and schools distorted our understanding of the education system the teaching profession?  What areas of teaching and school life have the movies not explored or blinded us to? Please send proposals of no more than 500 words to one of the conference organizers by June 15, 2007: John Bruns Director, Film Studies Program Department of English College of Charleston 66 George St. Charleston, SC 29424-0001 BrunsJ@cofc.edu> Paula Egelson Director, Center for Partnerships to Improve Education School of Education College of Charleston 66 George St. Charleston, SC 29424-0001 EgelsonP@cofc.edu

Call for Participation: Association of Humanist Sociology

Expanding our Branches: Nourishing our Roots Association of Humanist Sociology 2007 Annual Meeting October 25-28 Hilton Garden Inn, Henderson, Nevada Come to the sunny southwest to help us reflect on where we have come from and discover how we can go places we have never been. We invite proposals for papers or sessions that feature: • scholarly work • music, theatre, video, or other forms of creative expression • teaching • film screenings • book discussions • social activism • sociological tours of area Submission deadline: June 30, 2007 Send proposals to Emma Bailey, Program Chair baileye@wnmu.edu

Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting Santa Clara, CA August 2-5, 2007 Social Change and Restructuring in Rural Societies: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities Plan to attend the 70th RSS Annual Meeting to be held at the Marriott Santa Clara in Santa Clara, California, August 2-5, 2007 Theme: "Social Change and Restructuring in Rural Societies: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities" See the RSS website for details: www.ruralsociology.org

Western Social Science Association Meeting: April 11-14, 2007 We at the Western Social Science Association would like to take this opportunity to invite you to participate in the Spring 2007 meeting of the Association, being held April 11-14, 2007 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.  As an organization, the WSSA is committed to multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship, service, and collegiality. In April of each year, 900 or more social scientists gather for the Association’s annual conference.  At a typical conference, held over three and one-half days, participants organized in some 30 sections and affiliated groups present 900 papers at 300 disciplinary and interdisciplinary panel sessions. For your convenience a list of sections and affiliates is located on our web site at http://wssa.asu.edu. Some of the larger affiliates include: Association of Borderlands Studies, Canadian Studies, the International Sociological Association, Sociology, Association for Institutional Thought and Women’s Studies.  It is important to note that while membership in the Association is not necessary in order to present, it is encouraged.  Please note that some WSSA affiliated organizations also require separate membership. It is preferable that abstracts be sent directly to the appropriate section coordinator as listed on our website. If you are not sure in which section your paper would best fits, using our website, you can submit the abstract directly to Richard Adkisson, the President-Elect and overall Program Coordinator. Richard V. Adkisson Department of Economics P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3CQ New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 Office: (505) 646 - 4988 Fax: (505) 646 1915 Email: wssacalgary@bae.ad.nmsu.edu In addition to the academic activities at the conference we offer several social venues that allow you to continue discussions started in the sessions, meet new colleagues, renew old acquaintances or simply relax. We know that you have many choices of which conferences to attend in the upcoming year. However, we hear from WSSA participants that no other academic conference offers the discipline related focus, while at the same time offering the diversity and collegiality of the WSSA. For more information on the WSSA and its affiliates please see our website at http://wssa.asu.edu.

Call for Papers: The 24th Canadian INTERNATIONAL Qualitative & Ethnographic Research Conference: "Towards New Heights." May 17-19 2007 St. Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. We encourage submissions involving a broad range of ethnographic and qualitative research.  We welcome both novice and veteran scholars.  Please send your abstract to Professor Deborah K. van den Hoonaard and Professor Will C. van den Hoonaard at qualitatives@stu.ca. Please use the subject title "submit" in your reply and include the following information: *Title of the proposed paper *Name of author(s) and contact information *Indication of the author(s) who will be attending the conference to present the paper *An abstract of approximately 150 words *One-paragraph C.V. describing your current position as student or faculty, a synopsis of your most recent or relevant scholarly activity *Recent positions and those relevant to the subject matter of the conference (starting with the most recent) *Recent publications and those relevant to the subject matter of the conference (starting with the most recent) *Degrees (start with the most recent and specify the discipline) The deadline for submissions is September 20, 2006, which will allow us time to apply for SSHRC funding. Accepted electronic formats are: plain text, Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, or PDF. We shall confirm receipt of your abstract within a week. We will let you know whether or not your abstract will have been accepted no later than mid-December 2006. John Stringer Administrative Assistant Canada Research Chair BMH 411 St. Thomas University p 506.460.0384 f  506.452.0611 stringer@stu.ca

The 2006 Annual Conference of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology, San Jose, California, October 26th to 28th. The theme for the conference is Sociology for What: Building Our World. The purpose of AACS is to support the application of sociological knowledge and methodology and to promote applied sociology as a profession. More information about the conference is posted on the AACS website, such as hotel information, local attractions, transportation, etc. If you have questions, please contact conference organizers from the site: http://www.aacsnet.org/wp/ I personally am looking for colleagues who would like to present or attend several sessions on Sociology and Built Environment. Environment will be construed very broadly,  from Urban Planning to industrial design. At this time our goal is to engage a good number of colleagues and create a critical mass for productive discussions and exchange of information. I will be also happy if our colleagues submit their own proposals for sessions on sociology and built environment. If you have questions, you can contact me personally at the address below. With kind regards, Lubomir Popov Lubomir Popov, Ph.D. Associate Professor Interior Design Program School of Family and Consumer Sciences 309 Johnston Hall Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403-0059 phone: (419) 372-7935 fax: (419) 372-7854 lspopov@bgsu.edu New Journal: Regulation & Governance

We are pleased to announce the establishment of a new peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal, Regulation & Governance edited by John Braithwaite (ANU), Cary Coglianese (Harvard) and David Levi-Faur ( Haifa ). Regulation & Governance will aim to serve as the leading platform for the study of regulation and governance by political scientists, lawyers, sociologists, historians, criminologists, psychologists, anthropologists, economists, and others. Published quarterly by Blackwell beginning in March 2007, Regulation & Governance will seek to provide a forum for major new research, debate, and refinement of key theories and findings in one of the most important fields of the social sciences. We are committed to open and critical dialogue and encourage scholarly papers from different disciplines, using diverse methodologies, and from any area of regulation. Through Regulation & Governance, we aim to advance discussions between various disciplines about regulation and governance, promote the development of new theoretical and empirical understanding, and serve the growing needs of practitioners for a useful academic reference. We invite you to visit the journal's website, submit a paper, and recommend the journal to a colleague. For further information about the journal, including submission instructions, please visit our website. Manuscripts can be submitted online. If you are willing to review papers from time to time, please also visit mc.manuscriptcentral.com/reggov and click on the "create account" note at the top right of the screen. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions. Yours, John Braithwaite Cary Coglianese David Levi-Faur Australian National University Harvard University University of Haifa Editors, Regulation & Governance

The Society for Applied Anthropology

The Society for Applied Anthropology is pleased to announce our 67th Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Tampa March 27-31, 2007.  Meeting Information.    For other information contact Melissa Cope at the Society.

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: RACE & SOCIETY

Race & Society invites the submission of manuscripts for peer review and possible publication. Race & Society, the official publication of the Association of Black Sociologists, is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research on the social and structural aspects of race and race relations in contemporary society. We seek theoretical, conceptual, and critical analysis studies from all social science disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, economics, history, political science, and psychology. Race & Society is especially interested in studies that focus on African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and American Indians. Consult the latest issue for manuscript formatting and submission instructions, also available at our website Send three copies of your manuscript to: Bette Woody, Editor Race & Society Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts at Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Dorchester, MA 02125-3393.