Sociology

‘Sport’, as Mandela famously observed, ‘has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers.’

The latest issue of the journal Historical Social Research (HSR) is published!

HSR Vol. 44 (2019) No. 2: Governing by Numbers - Key Indicators and the Politics of Expectations. ed. Walter Bartl, Christian Papilloud & Audrey Terracher-Lipinski

The issue of Crosscurrents magazine, New York, which will be dedicated to PRIVACY. Meaning, history, social implications, cultural relevance, anthropology, threats to, origins of, philosophical background etc. The interdisciplinary, international, inter-generational and inter-denominational journal seeks to unite and mingle different perspectives: theological, historical, anthropological, linguistic, sociological, political, religious, psychological, medical, legal etc. Looking for essays. Please, consult Crosscurrents to have a better idea of what we are looking for.

Since the end of the 1990s, Latin America witnessed the so-called "left turn", which broke, for two decades, with the "Washington Consensus". On the base of the increase of prices of the basic products and a strong economic growth, an expansion and a reconfiguration of the social and labor policies was implemented.

Applications are invited for a Research and Orientation Workshop on Refugee and Migration Studies to be held in Kolkata from 25 November to 29 November 2019. The workshop will be organised by the Calcutta Research Group in collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. It will address issues of protection for refugees and migrants, gender, race, religion and other faultlines in the protection regime, neo-liberalism and migrant labour, statelessness, borderlands and the Indian and South Asian experiences in a global context. 

6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN’S STUDIES: How Far Have We Got?

18.01.2020.

Dear Colleagues-  We are seeking co-panelists for the upcoming South Asia Conference in UW Madison. Please send an abstract of not more than 250 words to nhanwar@iba.edu.pk and m.sur@westernsydney.edu.au