The Wuhan Lockdown: A Discussion about COVID-19 in China and the US Theory, History, Society (THiS) Book Boom Series via Yan Long: The COVID-19 pandemic had brought many countries—including the first and second most powerful economies in the world—to their knees. In this online panel, five sociologists will discuss Guobin Yang’s book The Wuhan Lockdown and reflect on what has happened, what has changed, and what we … Continue reading Announcements — November 2023
I am very pleased to share with you our section’s calls for submissions for its annual awards. Please consider nominating your work! We look forward to your submissions. May I highlight especially our newest awards: The Stuart Hall Award in Cultural Sociology for “a mid-career sociologist whose work holds great promise for advancing the cultural study of racial or ethnic inequality” and the John Mohr Dissertation Improvement … Continue reading Submissions and Nominations for 2024 Section Awards
Announcements Job Postings The University of Oregon, Department of Sociology, seeks to hire an assistant professor of sociology with expertise in culture, digital media and/or technology, broadly defined. The ideal candidate will have a record of methodologically rigorous scholarship, a commitment to institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a dedication to inclusive teaching. Find more information about the position here: https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/531916/assistant-professor-of-sociology The Department … Continue reading Announcements
The Eastern Sociological Society held its annual meeting in February organized around the theme “Dignity and Society.” Sessions covered a wide range of topics of particular interest to scholars of culture including “Identity, Power, and Caste in Science Fiction,” “Cultural Politics,” and “Voices, Meaning, and the Media.” Call for Papers Third Annual Du Boisian Scholar Network (DBSN) Virtual Gathering at the University of Michigan, Ann … Continue reading Announcements
New Books Buchholz, Larissa. 2022. The Global Rules of Art. The Emergence and Divisions of a Cultural World Economy. Princeton University Press. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691245447/the-global-rules-of-art A trailblazing study of the emergence of a global cultural field and the different ways in which artists from formerly colonized or peripheral locations become valued worldwide. Prior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of so-called “international” contemporary art consisted almost … Continue reading Newsletter Announcements
New Articles Jack, Anthony Abraham, and Zennon Black. 2022. “Belonging and Boundaries at an Elite University.” Social Problems 18. DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spac051. Liang, Yingjian. 2022. “Different Time Frames, Different Futures: How Disadvantaged Youth Project Realistic and Idealistic Futures.” Social Problems. DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spac053. Mijs, Jonathan J.B. 2022. “Organizing a Weak Anti-prison Movement? Surrogate Representation and Political Pacification at a Nonprofit Prison Reentry Organization.” Race and Space (Research … Continue reading Winter 2022 Announcements – Articles, Books, Conferences and Symposia
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