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Calls for Papers, Conferences, Awards, and Journal Announcements Calls for Applications and Nominations */Gender & Society/ Book Review Editor: Call for Applications* Linda Grant and Kathrin Zippel, Publications Committee Co-Chairs The Publications Committee seeks applications and nominations for the position of Book Review Editor for /Gender & Society/. The Book Review Editor is responsible for coordinating (with the journal editor) the following tasks: 1) selection of books for review, 2)selection of reviewers for books, 3) supervision of the review process, 4) editing reviews for publication, and 5) preparing and presenting activity reports to the Publications Committee at boththe Summer and Winter meetings. Approximately 50 book reviews per year are published in Gender & Society. The Book Review Editor receives an annual stipend of $5000, an additional $2400 for required travel to both the Summer and Winter SWS meetings, and funds for hourly student support. For the editorship, desirable resources and skills include experience with journals, editing and publishing. The Book Review Editor must be a member of SWS. For more information on the requirements and work of the position, please contact the current Book Review Editor, Martha McCaughey (email: mccaugheym@appstate.edu). The appointment is a three-year term, beginning May 15, 2010. Applications should be emailed to Linda Grant, Co-Chair of Publications Committee (lgrant@uga.edu). The application should include: 1) a statement of background and interest; 2) a statement of goals for the book review section; 3) a CV; 4) a statement of supportive resources, including (but not limited to) the extent to which the applicant's institution supports the position in terms of space, management, and administrative issues. The deadline for applications is December 1st, 2009. Calls for Papers and Books Dear feminist sociology colleagues:
Shari Dworkin and I have recently launched a blog called
/Sexuality & Society/ (http://contexts.org/ Women's Health Issues, Announces New
Manuscript Category, "Policy Matters" Call for Papers:
The Editors and Editorial Board of Women's Health Issues invite article
submissions for a new category of peer-reviewed manuscripts entitled,
“Policy Matters.” We invite authors to submit scholarly, thoughtful,
and timely policy analyses related to various issues affecting women's
health. Author instructions are available at www.jiwh.org and at www.whijournal.com. Please note that the journal uses
APA style for all manuscripts. Inquiries as to the suitability
of a manuscript topic are welcome and may be directed to the Editors
at whieditor@gwu.edu or telephone 202-994-4184. Societies without Borders: Human Rights
and the Social Sciences.
In keeping with its mission to make the scholarly analysis of economic,
political, social, cultural, and environmental rights accessible to
a wide audience, Societies Without Borders: Human Rights and the Social
Sciences—a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal—is transitioning
to an online format. Beginning in 2010, the journal will appear in spring,
summer, and fall issues at societieswithoutborders.org In preparation for the 2010 issues, the
new co-editors, David Brunsma, Mark Frezzo, and Keri Iyall Smith, are
soliciting 5000-8000 word manuscripts that contribute to the social
scientific understanding of human rights in global context. Manuscripts
should be original, theoretically-informed, and methodologically rigorous
yet accessible to a broad readership. Scholars, teachers, practitioners,
and activists are invited to take an innovative approach to the analysis
of human rights. Send manuscripts to submissions@ Lewis A. Coser Award for Theoretical
Agenda Setting: The annually organized Lewis
A. Coser Award for Theoretical Agenda-Setting
is intended to recognize a mid-career sociologist whose work holds great
promise for setting the agenda in the field of sociology. Given for
the first time in 2004-2005, the Coser Award recognizes a mid-career
sociologist whose work, in the opinion of the Committee, holds great
promise for setting the agenda in the field of sociology. While the
award winner need not be a theorist, his or her work must exemplify
the sociological ideals Coser represented. Eligible candidates must
be sociologists or do work that is of crucial importance to sociology.
They must have received a Ph.D. no less than five and no more than twenty
years before their candidacy. Nomination letters should make a strong
substantive case for the nominee's selection and should discuss the
nominee's work and his or her anticipated future trajectory. Nominations
should be sent to Richard Swedberg (Cornell) at rs328@cornell.edu. No self-nominations are allowed. Committee
members may nominate candidates. After nomination, the Committee will
solicit additional information from nominees and others for those candidates
they consider appropriate for consideration, including published works
and at least two additional letters of support from third parties. The
Committee may decide in any given year that no nominee warrants the
award, in which case it will not be awarded that year. SWS WINTER 2010 Meeting.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR PANEL PROPOSALS AND ROUND TABLE PRESENTATIONS
UNDER THE THEME: LEFT COAST FEMINISMS: Reimagining Borders, Bodies
and the Law. February 4-7, 2010 at the Hotel Mar Monte, 1111 E.
Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, Cal. 93103 (www.hotelmarmonte.com). California, like much of the nation,
is deadlocked over competing visions of the future. Long heralded
as the "left coast" for its diversity, liberal democratic
majority, strong system of higher education, Hollywood, and a strong
environmental lobby, California is now rife with conflict over definitions
of citizenship, control of bodies-immigrant, children, female, queer-and
their racialization and increasing demonization as expressed by the
passage of legislation by state voters. For example, Proposition
21 facilitates trying and sentencing minors, largely of color, as adults.
Proposition 187 (struck down by the courts) proposed to deny education
and health benefits to undocumented immigrants and their U.S.-born children.
Most recently, the passage of Proposition 8 restricts legal marriage
to heterosexual couples. How the public and policymakers define
and patrol "borders" is one of our most hotly contested issues.
"Borders" refers both to the geographic terrain as well as
the ideological dimensions that seek to restrict and control access
to the "pursuit of happiness." Contestations over appropriate
borders, ideological and political, are not restricted to California
but are sweeping the nation and globe. "Left Coast Feminisms"
are not specific to California or the Pacific Northwest; rather, the
term is a proxy for a national engagement with social justice shared
by feminists cross-nationally. These engaged feminisms articulate
visions of social justice and programs, intellectual, pedagogical, and
grassroots that articulate this vision. SWS members are invited to submit
proposals for panels and abstracts that interrogate concepts of borders,
bodies, and the law within the rubric of left coast and all engaged
feminisms. Please submit abstracts 250 words or less
to meeting@socwomen.org by November 15, 2009. See you in
Santa Barbara! FREEDOM: The Freedom to Debate, Create,
and Innovate Multidisciplinary Unconventional Ideas, Theories, and Methodologies
on the Study of Population: 2010 Meeting of the Critical Demography
Association. University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, March
5-6, 2010. Critical Demography is an approach that makes
explicit the manner in which the social structure differentiates dominant
and subordinate populations. Accordingly, it necessitates discussion
of population control and population power. In this context, one cannot
speak of race, sex, and class without likewise articulating the impact
of racism, sexism, and classism on various population outcomes.
Submissions on all sociological topics are welcome. Regular submissions
for all sociological topics in any of the above formats are due by
November 30, 2009. Electronic submission is available at: http://www.albany.edu/~hdh/ BEYOND CITIZENSHIP: FEMINISM
AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF BELONGING. An international, interdisciplinary
conference. 30 June - 2 July 2010; Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
The language of citizenship has, in recent years, been mobilized by
feminists to articulate a wide range of claims and demands. The notions
of economic, political, social, cultural, sexual/ bodily, and intimate
citizenship, for example, have all been developed and explored in terms
of their normative potential and their actual realization. In Europe,
in particular, there has been a strong steer from research funders and
policy makers towards research agendas which address the question of
citizenship in the context of increasingly diverse and multicultural
societies. But, can the concept of citizenship encompass the transformations
that feminist politics seek? What are the restrictions and exclusions
of contemporary forms and practices of citizenship? How does the concept
of citizenship deal with power, inequality, and difference? Is a feminist,
queer or global citizenship thinkable, or should we find a new language
for new forms of belonging? We invite proposals for papers that address
these questions and the broad theme of the conference. We particularly
welcome papers which explore the interface between the feminist academy
and feminist activism, and which are interdisciplinary and innovative
in method and approach. Individual paper proposals (max. 200 words)
or proposals for panels of three or four related papers (max. 300 words)
should be submitted by 1st December 2009
to: abstracts.beyondcitizenship@ RGC 2010 Conference in New Orleans,
February 18-20, 2010, Race, Gender & Class Issues and the Obama
Presidency. Hampton Inn Hotel, Gravier Conference Room, Downtown
in the French Quarter Area, Daily Complimentary Hot Breakfast, Organized
and Sponsored by the journal /Race, Gender & Class/ The 2010 Conference
registration is $125 for students and $175 for non-students. Our
three-day conference will include plenary sessions, concurrent panels,
and social events. We will post additional information about the conference
as soon as possible on the RGC website at http://www.suno.edu/Race_ Irish Masculinities: An Interdisciplinary
Conference, 26 - 27 February 2010
Website: http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ Call for papers: crisis, social movements
and revolutionary transformations http://www.interfacejournal.
Political Power and Social Theory:
A Research Annual welcomes submissions for its 2010 volume. PPST
is a peer-reviewed annual research journal committed to advancing the
interdisciplinary understanding of the linkages between political power,
social relations, and historical development. The journal, currently
edited by Julian Go (Boston University) and published by Emerald Press,
welcomes both empirical and theoretical work and is willing to consider
papers of substantial length (up to 80 manuscript pages). PPST is pleased
to have published award-winning authors and papers such as, most recently,
Cedric de Leon’s "'No Bourgeois Mass Party, No Democracy': The
Missing Link in Barrington Moore's American Civil War" (PPST Volume
19, 2008), which received the Barrington Moore Jr. Prize for best article
from the Comparative-Historical Section of the American Sociological
Association. The current volume (in press) includes a Scholarly Controversies
section featuring Saskia Sassen. Submission date is rolling, but authors
interested in ensuring their submission is considered for the 2010 volume
should plan on submitting no later than January 15, 2010. Papers
submitted after that date are not guaranteed consideration for the 2010
volume but may be for the 2011 volume. For more information on
submission and the journal, please see the PPST website: http://www.bu.edu/sociology/ ASA's Sociology of Emotions Section’s
Recent Contribution Award:
Nominations are being sought for the most outstanding book published
in the last three years that advances the sociology of emotions empirically,
theoretically, or methodologically. The recipient must be a member of
the Sociology of Emotions section. Send nominations to Jen Lois by
February 1, 2010. Deadline for receipt of books February 15, 2010.
Copies of books should be sent directly to the committee members: Jen
Lois, Department of Sociology, 516 High St., Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA 98225-9081, email: jennifer.lois@wwu.edu<mailto: ASA Section on Race, Gender, and Class Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award: This award recognizes scholars who have made a distinguished and significant contribution to the development of the integrative field of race, gender, and class through the publication of a journal article or book chapter on the "cutting edge" of sociological inquiry. We accept nominations of articles and book chapters published in 2008, 2009, or 2010. Nominations may be submitted by the author or by others. To nominate an article, please send a letter of nomination not exceeding two pages that states why the article makes a significant contribution to the field of race, gender, and class; provide a complete citation of the work; and send an electronic copy of the article via email. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2010. Please send all information to the Chair of the Article Award Committee, Elizabeth Bernstein, email: eb2032@columbia.edu ASA Section on Race, Gender, and Class
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award:
This award recognizes scholars who have made a distinguished and significant
contribution to the development of the integrative field of race, gender,
and class through the publication of a book on the "cutting edge"
of sociological inquiry. We accept nominations of books published in
2008, 2009, or 2010. Edited collections are not eligible. Nominations
may be submitted by the author or by others. Nominations of work written
by section members will receive additional consideration by the award
committee. To nominate a book, please send a letter of nomination not
exceeding two pages that states why the book makes a significant contribution
to the field of race, gender, and class. Letters of nominations will
be acknowledged by the Chair with information about where to send 4
copies of the nominated book. Please do not send books to the Chair
before receiving a response to the nomination. The deadline for nominations
is March 1, 2010. Please send nomination letters to the Chair
of the Book Award Committee: Dr. Demetrius Semien, Sociology Department,
Berea College, Campus Box 2156, Berea, KY 40404. Email: semiend@berea.edu Berkshire Conference on Women's History:
"GENERATIONS: Exploring Race, Sexuality, and Labor across Time
and Space." June 9-12, 2011, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Proposals due March 1, 2010.The Berkshire Conference of Women's
Historians is holding its next conference at the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst 2011 marks the 15th Berkshire Conference on Women's History
and the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, which
was first celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland and
is now honored by more than sixty countries around the globe. The choice
of "Generations" reflects this transnational intellectual,
political, and organizational heritage. Instructions for submission
will be posted on the Berkshire Conference website: http://www.berksconference.org ASA Section on Race, Gender, and Class
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award:
In an effort to encourage emerging scholars to investigate the intersections
of axes of difference by recognizing and rewarding exceptional graduate
student contributions to the field, the ASA Section on Race, Gender
and Class seeks paper nominations for the Outstanding Graduate Student
Paper Award. This award is for the best paper in the field of race,
gender, and class written by a graduate student. Eligible papers must
be unpublished, sole-authored, and must have been written while the
author was enrolled as a graduate student in 2008, 2009, or 2010. Papers
will be accepted from authors who are currently enrolled or who hold
their terminal MA or PhD degree. Eligible papers must be no more than
25 pages (double-spaced not counting references) in length and the references
must follow the ASA Style Guide reference format. Nominations may be
submitted by the author or by others. To nominate a paper, please send
an electronic copy of the paper and a letter of nomination not exceeding
two pages that states why the paper makes a significant contribution
to the field of race, gender, and class. The deadline for nominations
is March 1, 2010. Please send all information to Chair of the
Graduate Student Paper Award Committee: Tal Peretz email: tperetz@usc.edu Special Issue of Race, Gender, Class focusing on Climate Change. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) most recent report on climate change it behooves academics and activists to ensure that the interrelated issues of race, gender and class are not further obscured but become as central to combating climate change as the policy that enforces corporate reductions in carbon emissions. The need for more inclusive, interrelated and complex analyses of climate change is dire. For this special issue of Race, Gender, Class we seek articles that take on this challenge in their approach to climate change by including the interrelated and integrated layers of race, gender and class. Submissions may focus on any aspect of climate change (legal, political, social, educational, agricultural, economic, religious, sexual, ideological, international, local…etc) but the analysis must be multifaceted in terms of race, gender and class, bringing to the fore a complexity that has been sorely lacking. Approaches may be empirically or theoretically based, may be qualitative or quantitative and may represent a variety of styles and perspectives but they should be well supported by argument and / or data and should attempt to bring new and provocative insight to the discussion of climate change. Abstracts (500 words) should be sent by April 1st, 2010 to the address below. Selected authors will be notified by May 1st 2010, and the deadline for submission of the final paper (8000 words) will be June 1st, 2010. For further information or submission of abstracts, please contact by email phoebe.godfrey@uconn.edu or by snail mail: Phoebe C. Godfrey Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Department of Sociology, 344 Mansfield Rd., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06226-2068. Conference Announcements Mother: CUNY conference on mothers,
mothering, and motherhood, a day-long conference on Friday, February
26, 2010 at the Martin Segal Theater, Graduate Center, City University
of New York, featuring scholars and poets writing about mothers, mothering,
and motherhood. The conference celebrates a special issue of WSQ (Women's
Studies Quarterly), guest edited by poet Nicole Cooley and sociologist
Pamela Stone. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women and
Society (CUNY) and the Feminist Press. For more information please contact
Zoe Meleo-Erwin, wsqeditorial@gmail.com. 2010 ESS Annual Meeting Participate in the exciting ESS 2010 Meetings! Want to give a paper? All you need is an abstract! Don't have a paper? Volunteer to be a discussant or presider! Still Undecided? Just look at who else
is going to be there! The Top 10 Reasons to Attend the ESS
Meeting March 18-21st 2010: 10. EXPERIENCE workplace justice. Attend a thematic session on Employment, Unions and Downsizing organized by Dan Clawson. The ESS encounter with the economic crisis becomes part of the story. 9. ATTEND a conversation on Post-Obama America with William Julius Wilson, Larry Bobo and Cheryl Gilkes. 8. JOIN a discussion on the crisis in higher education with Brandeis’ President Jehuda Reinharz and Scott Jaschik from Inside Higher education (and others) and find out what the future holds. 7. HEAR from Colleagues like Orlando Patterson, Richard Alba, Phyllis Moen, Juliet Shor, David Pellow, Bryan Turner, Ruth Milkman about how new social realities are emerging from this economic crisis including retirement, the environment, housing, jobs, healthcare and public life. 6. ATTEND A MINI-CONFERENCE on poverty, inequality and work organized by Don Tomaskovic-Devey and Steve Vallas -- or one on urban ethnography with Elijah Anderson, Mitch Duneier, and Sudhir Venkatesh. 5. MEET THE AUTHORS AND THEIR CRITICS and meet our new ESS authors at THE NEW book reception. 4. CELEBRATE the work of Naomi Gerstel at Thursday’s Robin Williams Lecture. 3. ENGAGE IN "CONVERSATIONS WITh” Margaret Anderson, Katrina MacDonald, Bill Gamson, Alan Wolfe, Wendy Cage, Dorothy Smith, Nancy Naples and many more top scholars on our changing society from the future of liberalism to the shape of religion in the U.S. 2. HONOR the work of Rosabeth Moss Kanter. 1. CATCH UP with old friends and enjoy the sites around Boston! Don't Forget--Sign up TODAY! The Deadline is OCTOBER 30th: To submit an abstract or to volunteer please visit the ESS homepage at:
If you have information on an upcoming conference, please send an announcement to the section web-coordinator, Tal Peretz.
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