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Sociology of Culture Section Awards 2015

Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book Fatma Müge Göçek. 2014. Denial of Violence: Ottoman Past, Turkish Present, and Collective Violence against the Armenians, 1789-2009. Oxford University Press. Honorable Mention: Gabriel Abend. 2014. The Moral Background: An Inquiry into the History of Business Ethics. Princeton University Press. Clifford Geertz Prize for Best Article Matthew Norton. 2014. “Classification and Coercion: The Destruction of Piracy in the English … Continue reading Sociology of Culture Section Awards 2015

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CFPs and events announcements

Call for Submissions: Sociology of Work

RSW   |Research in the Sociology of Work | An Emerald Publication (Download as PDF here) Steven Vallas, Northeastern University Editor-in-Chief | s.vallas@neu.edu   Call for Submissions Research in the Sociology of Work has been a widely respected research annual since 1988. Beginning in 2016,  RSW will appear twice annually, the better to represent the best and most provocative sociological thinking being done on work, organizations, … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Sociology of Work

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CFPs and events announcements, Gender and Sexuality

CFP: WSQ Special Issue, QUEER METHODS

WSQ, Call for Papers: Special Issue (QUEER METHODS) (See web page at CUNY)     Guest Editors: Amin Ghaziani, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia Matt Brim, Associate Professor of Queer Studies, College of Staten Island, CUNY   Queer Studies is experiencing a methodological renaissance. In both the humanities and the social sciences, scholars have begun to identify research protocols and practices that … Continue reading CFP: WSQ Special Issue, QUEER METHODS

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Art, Review

33 Artists in 3 Acts, by Sarah Thornton

 A Review by Ann L. Mullen, U. of Toronto   Sarah Thornton, sociologist and author of Seven Days in the Art World, published a new book last fall, titled 33 Artists in 3 Acts. While her previous book took the reader on a tour of the varied institutions that make up the art world (auctions, art schools, fairs, awards and so forth), her new book … Continue reading 33 Artists in 3 Acts, by Sarah Thornton

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Art, Interview, Review, The Craft of Sociology

Ten Questions for Sarah Thornton

   Sarah Thornton is a writer and sociologist of art. After earning her Ph.D. in sociology, Sarah went on to work as the chief correspondent on contemporary art for The Economist, as well as writing for many other publications, including Artforum, the Guardian, and The New Yorker.  She published Seven Days in the Art World in 2008, a book about the inner workings of the … Continue reading Ten Questions for Sarah Thornton

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ASA 2014

Ahead of ASA 2015: highlights of 2014

First-Time Book Authors Writing Workshop, featuring Eviatar Zerubavel (Aug. 2014, San Francisco) By Ruth Braunstein and Fiona Rose-Greenland   Following up on the Graduate Student Publishing Workshop held at the ASA Annual Meeting 2013, the Graduate Student Representatives to the Culture Section Council organized in 2014 in San Francisco a First-Time Book Authors Writing Workshop. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Culture Section and … Continue reading Ahead of ASA 2015: highlights of 2014

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