Section CULTURE, newsletter and website of the ASA Culture Section seeks Editorial Assistant The editors of the Culture Section Newsletter are looking for a web-literate publishing graduate student assistant for the 2015-16 academic year. Duties include assistance with website maintenance, newsletter layout, copyediting and possibly other small administrative tasks. Experience with WordPress platforms is a plus. More substantive responsibilities are possible depending on student assistant’s … Continue reading Two PT publishing/editorial assistant positions for students

About the series:  This cutting-edge series will address how global forces impact human bodies and the individual and collective practices associated with them. Books in this series will explore the globalization of bodily practices as well as how the interaction of local and global ideas about bodies produces particular forms of embodiment. We are particularly interested in research covering the ways that globalization engenders inbetween … Continue reading Call for Proposals: Palgrave Studies in Globalization and Embodiment

[NB: this is an updated ad. Applicants should use the web link or job posting number included here.] Theory and Culture: University of Colorado. The Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor with expertise in both social theory and culture. The applicant will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses and conduct research in … Continue reading Theory/Culture Assistant Prof. Position–Sept 15 deadline (Colorado Boulder)

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH College of Liberal Arts Department of Human Development Tenure-Track Position Opening RECRUITMENT NUMBER:  2293  POSITION:    Assistant Professor of Human Development EFFECTIVE DATE:       August 17, 2016 (Fall Semester) SALARY RANGE:   Commensurate with qualifications and experience  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:   • Ph. D. in Human Development or contributing discipline (e.g.,        Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, or Health Sciences)      • Degree at time of application or official … Continue reading Job opening, Assist Prof in Human development (Sept 7 deadline)

MONDAY, August 24 8:30 to 10:10am, location TBA The Materiality of Culture? This session is composed of papers that critically reflect on recent advances that challenge purely discursive or ideational conceptions of culture. Organizer: Gianpaolo Baiocchi, NYU   10:30am to 12:10pm, location TBA Normalcy Papers in that session investigate different aspects of what is considered “normal” –ways of feeling, thinking, and acting— and/or ponder how … Continue reading 2015 ASA’s Sociology of Culture Program