Category: Announcements

Conference: EPIC 2016 “Organizations & Change”

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EPIC, an international network of scholars and practitioners advancing ethnographic & social science approaches to industry & organizations, extends a call for participation to its annual conference, EPIC2016.  OOW members may be particularly interested in the paper track “Organizations & Change”.

EPIC2016 Call for Participation: epicpeople.org/2016/call-for-participation

Organizations & Change Paper Track: epicpeople.org/2016/call-for-participation/#papers

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CFP: Mini-Conference of the Comparative Historical Sociology Section

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“Can Comparative Historical Sociology Save the World?”

Mini-Conference of the Comparative Historical Sociology Section

Friday, August 19, 2016

Seattle, Washington

The Comparative Historical Sociology section of the American Sociological Association and the Equality Development and Globalization Studies (EDGS) program at Northwestern University are pleased to announce a mini-conference entitled “Can Comparative Historical Sociology Save the World?” The conference will take place August 19th, 2016 at the University of Washington, in Seattle.

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New Publication: The Sociological Quarterly Special Issue

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The Sociological Quarterly has just published a special issue, organized by Joyce Rothschild, on “The Logic of A Co-Operative Economy and Democracy 2.0: Recovering the Possibilities for Autonomy, Creativity, Solidarity, and Common Purpose.”  The articles cover findings, drawn from ethnographic research, interviews, and archival research, about how collectives engage in consensus-based decision making; how decentralization, storytelling, and communication help growing groups; how participatory practices obscure versus reveal inequality; how collectives redress gender inequality; how collectives dampen or harness emotions.  Even better: All articles are free!  Happy reading!

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Passing of Ivar Berg, 1929-2016

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Ivar Berg, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, remembered for his “warmth, humor, quick wit and encyclopedic knowledge” (as quoted by OOW Section member Jerry Jacobs) passed away on January 1st.  A few of Ivar Berg’s accomplishments are highlighted in the NYT obituary, and Arne Kalleberg will be writing up a longer entry for ASA’s Footnotes later this month.  An overview of Ivar’s career can also be found here.

 

 

New Member Publication: Mijs on Prisoner Reentry

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Jonathan J.B. Mijs, a doctoral candidate at Harvard University, has a forthcoming publication in Sociological Forum that may be of interest to members.  The full reference and link to the abstract can be found below:

Mijs, Jonathan J.B. 2016. The Missing Organizational Dimension of Prisoner Reentry: An Ethnography of the Road to Reentry at a Nonprofit Service Provider. Sociological Forum 31(2): forthcoming.
Abstract: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2701506

General Social Survey (GSS) Website

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On December 18th, the existing GSS website will be replaced by a new site at http://gss.norc.org/

Past users of the GSS website should find essentially the same information and content that existed on the old site. Among the major changes are the following:

  • NESSTAR is no longer part of the GSS website and many of its features have been replaced by GSS Data Explorer (see description below).
  • A bibliography of GSS and International Social Survey Program (ISSP) research publications has been expanded to cover over 25,000 entries. Examples of recent GSS/ISSP uses in the media are provided.

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New Publication: Handbook of the Life Course

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Shanahan, Michael J., Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson (Editors). Handbook of the Life Course, Vol. II. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016 (720 pp.)  

Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life Course, this second volume identifies future directions for life course research and policy. The introductory essay and the chapters that make up the five sections of this book, show consensus on strategic “next steps” in life course studies. These next steps are explored in detail in each section: Section I, on life course theory, provides fresh perspectives on well-established topics, including cohorts, life stages, and legal and regulatory contexts. It challenges life course scholars to move beyond common individualistic paradigms. Section II highlights changes in major institutional and organizational contexts of the life course. It draws on conceptual advances and recent empirical findings to identify promising avenues for research that illuminate the interplay between structure and agency. It examines trends in family, school, and workplace, as well as contexts that deserve heightened attention, including the military, the criminal justice system, and natural and man-made disaster. The remaining three sections consider advances and suggest strategic opportunities in the study of health and development throughout the life course. They explore methodological innovations, including qualitative and three-generational longitudinal research designs, causal analysis, growth curves, and the study of place. Finally, they show ways to build bridges between life course research and public policy.

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New Interest Group: Sociology of Medical Education

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We would like to invite section members whose research is connected to health professions or medical education (training, socialization, or professionalization, broadly defined) to join a new interest group for the Sociology of Medical Education. Our hope is that by bringing this community together, we may forge some possible collaborations and create a space within which we may workshop our scholarship. Please contact Laura Hirshfield (UIC), Barret Michalec (Univ of Delaware), Kelly Underman (UIC) or Alexandra Vinson (Northwestern) for more information. If you would like to be added to the Google group, please contact Kelly Underman at kunder2@uic.edu.